Inside, it is perfect. Cats are sleeping. I was studying (up until about 25 minutes ago). Karl is blissfully seated at his PC monitor, everything FINALLY working as expected - smoothly....noiselessly....perfectly. Almost.
It took one final (literal) last-minute run to Micro Center last night to obtain a large enough power source to run his new graphics card, but things began to look promising - until they didn't any more.
As soon as we arrived home, Karl calmly (as calm as he could) set about disassembling his PC's interior workings to install the new power unit. That was a feat in itself.
Eagerly, he fired it up, only to come interface-to-ear with an annoying, unidentifiable, frequently-intermittant noise. My suggestion was to shut down the PC and tackle the trouble in the morning. Fresh eyes and ears, new start, sleep-refreshed and not so aggrevated from the get-go. He reluctantly agreed, and that was the day.
Of course, the noise was non-existant in the morning, but after less than 10 minutes of use, it materialized once more.
The frustration level peaked his meter and he dug his heals in.
No way was he going back to MC, and no way was he in the mood to talk to anyone there over the phone to try and troubleshoot!
We talked and assessed the issue, sussed out the noise location and visually spotted the trouble. He opened the box one last time and tied an errant cord back, away from one of the fans.
Voila!
All is right in the kingdom once more, and I can get back to studying.
Uck!
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