Back to sing Linux praises

[Scribe1]

Just want to report that I built a junkyard dog of a PC mini-tower using a mix of discarded and newly-purchased parts - my first such project since the 1990s - and when it was time to apply power and install an OS, I used my Mint 22.3 thumb drive. I violated a number of tech ethics, including sheet-metal screws to attach the CPU heat sink and plumber's tape to make brackets so I could use a laptop SSD hard drive. Everything came up and worked, despite having a few settings wrong that caused it to take a long time to boot. So once again, I love Linux!

The device name is, of course, "Frankenstein," or "Frank" for short.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

Reminds me of a post I Made on another thread (Or Profile Post), Where I Took a bunch of old Parts, Shoved them all together without a case, and "Tried" to make it work.
I still think it would have worked if I just had a power button .
I think I even tried too Hotwire it once..
(Fail 2000)

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

The Good Ole' Days lol

 

[Scribe1]

Reminds me of a post I Made on another thread (Or Profile Post), Where I Took a bunch of old Parts, Shoved them all together without a case, and "Tried" to make it work.
I still think it would have worked if I just had a power button .

:LOL: The power button was another issue. There is a header on the Dell motherboard which doesn't use "standard" wiring for the power switch, power LED, and disk activity LED. I tried a home-made connector with twisted wires for the jumpered pins, and that might have been correct, but I was impatient and ordered the switch and wiring harness from a seller in the UK.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

:LOL: The power button was another issue. There is a header on the Dell motherboard which doesn't use "standard" wiring for the power switch, power LED, and disk activity LED. I tried a home-made connector with twisted wires for the jumpered pins, and that might have been correct, but I was impatient and ordered the switch and wiring harness from a seller in the UK.

A lot better then me wanting to shove a paper clip on the PSU Connector to "Jump Start" another Dell with a dying PSU!

On That PC, I took out a old Dimension case and tried to throw a Optiplex 390 MB In there-- And It apparently blew the board to Toast (For some reason, The Power light was just flashing Blue. I since got rid of it after me and my neighbors tried to combobulate the don thing together!

If I had a TV show, it would be "How to Not Hack together your computer"
I'll see if I can get some pictures.

 

[Scribe1]

I must admit to resisting the temptation to drill out the threaded motherboard fittings for the CPU heat sink, as part of using #6 screws, nuts, and lockwashers. But as reckless as I was feeling, still the vision of taking an electric drill to a motherboard made me cringe.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

I must admit to resisting the temptation to drill out the threaded motherboard fittings for the CPU heat sink, as part of using #6 screws, nuts, and lockwashers. But as reckless as I was feeling, still the vision of taking an electric drill to a motherboard made me cringe.

At Least you used Bolts! I Just Bent mine into place and the cooler would not fit anyway, so it was not even all the way on!
no bolts, Just Gravity and a slight wedge on there from what I remember.

I'm a Mad Man!

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

I must admit to resisting the temptation to drill out the threaded motherboard fittings for the CPU heat sink, as part of using #6 screws, nuts, and lockwashers. But as reckless as I was feeling, still the vision of taking an electric drill to a motherboard made me cringe.

I Get that too- I have an old NCR 3150 Laptop from the early nineties, that the bolt stripped on the case. Only way to get at the toast capacitor at the back is by taking it out I think. With 90s plastic It makes me Cringe too. Especially because it's right by (I Think) the battery...

 

[CaffeineAddict]

The device name is, of course, "Frankenstein," or "Frank" for short.

If that's how you named your system then it's suggested to install Debian on it and turn it into a FrankenDebian lol
That would be true Frankenstein