Sun Aug 10 20:44:07 +08 2025

content/microblog/2025.smd

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 > This page lists entries for the current year, for past entries consult the [microblog archive](/microblog/).
 
+## [Killing Falcons]($section.id("2025-08-10T20:00:00))
+My PC - aka falcon - has been faithfully running under my table with no issues for the past ~7 years with no issue, the i7-8700k and the 1070Ti running happily. 
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+I was overseas in Canada for the past year, and it happily ran with only 1 minor issue, the CMOS battery dying and the computer failing to reboot after a power failure, and also a memory upgrade, bumping from 32Gb to a 64Gb, by my father. 
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+I came back, saw the dust covered PC and slightly rusting PC and decided it was time for a deep clean. Opened it up, used a air blower and blew out the dust. Tried swapping out the GPU with a A2000 ADA that I just bought for my minisforum (while my cooler is still on delivery) and now the computer failed to boot, being stuck in a bootloop, with no display out from both the dGPU and the iGPU. 
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+The AsRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4 is "very well designed", with no indicators (LEDs or displays) of any kind, making the issue even harder to debug. I tried booting it again with my trusty 1070Ti and had still no output. 
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+I guess I did blow out some load bearing dust...
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+I'm assuming i've killed the motherboard and am picking up a 2nd hand motherboard, so wish me luck. 
+
 ## [Helm]($section.id("2025-08-08T16:00:00"))
 Another thing I'm exploring is writing a helm chart. I've got one generated by Claude [here](https://git.yadunut.dev/yadunut/system/src/branch/main/charts/system) but I feel like it's overkill for what I'm trying to do. So going through the generated templates and removing unnecessary stuff. For reference, I'm using podinfo's helm chart to see what I actually need