Back in November, I did my first and only (to this date) AMD Threadripper build. The CPU package is massive and requires a T8 driver (Could be a T10) to install into the socket. Luckily, it comes with the tool. Additionally, this build was water-cooled and there are no AIO [All-in-one] water-coolers that we sell…
Author: Michael Molenda
Build 37: August 14 – 15, 2018
Hi readers… yes, back for another post. This one is from a build I did last week. This one didn’t go as smoothly as I would have liked, but in the end, the customer got the build he wanted and that makes me happy. Let’s go over the build one step at a time and…
Laptop CPU Cooler Repair
For this customer’s laptop, it was diagnosed with a thermal issue. In a laptop, generally, you do not have anything other than a CPU fan and it’s attached heat pipes that are used to draw heat from the components. In some cases, there are discrete graphics processors thus requiring more cooling. That is the case…
An Introduction
Welcome to my new blog, Technical Paradise. My name is Michael Molenda and I am currently an A+ Certified Technician at Fry’s Electronics in Milton, GA. I enjoy my job but at the end of the day, it is just a job. I am looking for somewhere I can expand my horizons and start a…


