Computers

Prepped for surgery (640 x 427)

nyx, on two Radio Times magazines, on a table.

Inside the machine (640 x 427)

Look, ma, no fans! Notice the enormous heatsink on the right, and the heatsinks surrounding the HDD at the bottom left. There's no power supply unit; instead, DC power is supplied from an external PSU.

Tiny motherboard (640 x 427)

But perfectly formed.

Heatsink (640 x 427)

The CPU and northbridge are cooled passively, connected to the large heatsink via heat pipes.

Bad and good (640 x 427)

At the top is the faulty MemoryMaxx DIMM. At the bottom, lying on its anti-static bag, is the replacement, a Crucial-branded Samsung module.

Locked and loaded (640 x 427)

The DIMM is installed and securely pushed into place. So it's time to put the lid back on and test the new memory....

Good to go (640 x 427)

memtest86+ took a little over two hours to complete a single pass. No errors! See that nyx's CPU is a VIA Samuel; all VIA's recent-ish CPUs have had Biblical names.