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MSI z390 Godlike Motherboard

September 29, 2019

Michael Molenda

I had to replace a Godlike motherboard in one of my customer’s computers… Did I really want to do that? Of course, I did! I…
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Dirty Computer

September 29, 2019

Michael Molenda

By far, the dirtiest computer I have ever cleaned… Before… the dirt is thick, it is everywhere. I is disgusting and make me cough as…
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Build 76 – A Major Rebuild

August 25, 2019

Michael Molenda

This was a major rebuild.. only because this is the first one I remember that has a floppy drive connection on the motherboard. Look at…
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My Favorite Build of 2018

March 17, 2019

Michael Molenda

I was able to build a number of custom machines at Fry’s during 2018. I don’t have an exact number, but there were a lot…
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Alienware Modernization

October 17, 2018

Michael Molenda

So, I was tasked with taking an older Alienware Area 51 desktop. I called it a behemoth because it was so big and very heavy.…
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Build 1: Date Unknown – Not my first build

September 17, 2018

Michael Molenda

I didn’t take pictures of many of my builds prior to this one. However, this is what I consider build 1 because it is the…
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Build 20: November 23, 2017 – AMD Threadripper

September 17, 2018

Michael Molenda

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…
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Build 37: August 14 – 15, 2018

August 23, 2018

Michael Molenda

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…
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Laptop CPU Cooler Repair

August 16, 2018

Michael Molenda

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…
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