Wha?!?

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Too "late".  The mind is drifting.

I did get the front panel power set up.  Correctly?  I guess I will find out, before too long.  Though I am leaning toward it being correct.  Several forums seemed to indicate the same setup, and that made sense, potentially.  I installed the video card and connected that to power... which is off of course, for now.  Then I began tinkering with the 2.5" sled rigs, sata cords, and power cords.  It wasn't as bad as I thought, assuming the connections are actually good.  I have both sleds set up with two ssd's each.  That is the main thing, other than the blu-ray, that was left before attempting a post.  That way I can set up raid 10 on those, installing win 7 shortly thereafter.  I don't know if 7 is as bad as some of the others, so that if I add those hybrids in raid 1, if I will have to reset 7 as if I bought a whole new computer?  I should check on that.  Oh, and I did get the cpu aftermarket fan cooler off and back on.  It is MUCH easier to use a socket.  It's still tricky, just not as tricky.

Thirty years ago, I would have pushed on through, taken my monitor in and hooked it up, then attempted to run the numbers.  I am not that impertinent, impatient, or foolish.  Of course, "that" is the key word.  But no, not tonight.  I will sleep on it.  Then, when I wake, I will begin checking all of the power cords, all of the connections, finding things I am not sure about and researching those (or again, probably).  They really did a horrible job of explaining the front panel i/o and led hookups, adding in something totally different without even explaining what it was or how to deal with it.  The manual for both the motherboard and the case seem to be well out of date, and shamefully.  The tech that is there is... two, maybe three, years old, at least.  No excuse.  Though I am beginning to suspect sales suck.  These devices have been sitting on a shelf since they were made, only some were sold.

Yeah, something is really odd about the world economy.  Everything that is moving is a fraud.  Transferring goods from one place to another, without any sales taking place, to make it look like sales are happening... building cities no one is or probably will ever live in.  How much tech even actually works?  The newest mainstream chips I have seen from Intel look more like a green based step back.  It's crazy out there.  No one is willing to cross the line, call in debts, pull, push, or scrumming.  Fascinating to watch.  Terrifying to understand.  Imagine watching lions and lambs all too afraid to run or chase, just looking around in a sort of shock or stupor.   Do you have any idea what it would take to make that happen?  Now... think about what it would take to make greedy men, warful nations, even terrorists, all reconsider what they are doing.  Spooked.

Anyway.  I won't be turning her over tonight.  Maybe not even tomorrow night, depending on how well my research and certain goes.  I want to have it pretty much nailed, at least in my mind, before I push the buttons.  It is definitely about bedtime though.  I actually expect there to be some problem.  Major or minor... that's just how it goes.  I have already hit some, though I seem to be figuring them out, so far, faster than they arise, mostly.

Good night.