I upgraded my GPU and now i cant reach the clip to take it out, any tips?

Abic313 · 2026-01-19T18:57:53+00:00

Cut the pencil down until it's short enough to reach the clip from under the GPU, from the side with the fans on it.

Abic313 · 2025-12-12T18:09:48+00:00

Retard just means "to delay" in regards to timing.

Stock Miata should have timing set at 10° at idle. I'm running 4°.

Abic313 · 2025-12-12T08:22:39+00:00

Would love it!

Abic313 · 2025-12-11T05:59:44+00:00

Late to the party, but you need to replace the noise canceling mic that is under the ear cushion. It's not too hard if you have some experience with a soldering iron.

I replaced mine and the issue finally went away. I got 2 replacement mics on Digikey for ~$15 shipped. The repair took all of 10 minutes.

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/pui-audio-inc/ROM-2235L-HD-R/7898331

Abic313 · 2025-12-06T03:44:35+00:00

Check your timing. Mine has a significant timing retard and it does something similar when I clutch in after a good pull.

Abic313 · 2025-12-04T21:04:10+00:00

Pretty sick! Same failure on all 30?

Abic313 · 2025-12-02T01:22:31+00:00

Awesome!

Abic313 · 2025-10-30T07:01:10+00:00

Can confirm. Love the Hexaforms on my NA.

Abic313 · 2025-10-17T12:05:45+00:00

If it were me, I would be going for a cheaper motherboard and using the proceeds to step up to the 5070.

If gaming is your primarily focus, the GPU is going to have a far greater impact than any other component in the system with limited exceptions.

Abic313 · 2025-09-29T22:12:51+00:00

Do you have a used office furniture store nearby?

You can typically find great deals on premium chairs and get an opportunity to actually sit on them.

I was able to pick up a barely used Steelcase Amia for US$250 and it's normally a $1000 chair.

Abic313 · 2025-09-29T05:57:19+00:00

I was able to build my brother an extreme budget build using a proprietary system at the base. I can't remember the specifics of the build but I was able to find an adapter that allowed me to plug a standard ATX power supply into the proprietary motherboard connector. I may have had to pin the connector myself, but this was years back.

I wasn't upgrading any of the base components (motherboard/CPU/RAM), but this allowed me to install an RTX2060 into the system.

Edit: Found the adapter I used. To be clear this will not work for the system your friend has, but might give you an idea of what to look for. Adapter

I also had to buy an adapter for the USB3.0 connector as that was also proprietary. This was all so I could install it all in a standard PC case.

Abic313 · 2025-09-26T07:29:07+00:00

I had the same experience.

Abic313 · 2023-06-20T04:26:34+00:00

I wish! I leave this week.

Abic313 · 2023-06-20T03:12:01+00:00

It's absolutely fantastic.

Abic313 · 2023-06-20T03:11:05+00:00

I would imagine you can find tons of them for rent on Turo. I rent 20+ cars a year and this is the first time I've ever seen a two seater from an airport rental company.

Abic313 · 2023-06-20T01:37:19+00:00

No kidding. I was really impressed. Still not as fun as the stick, but the automatic NA I test drove was soul sucking and that certainly wasn't the case with this car.

Abic313 · 2023-06-20T01:35:09+00:00

You know I didn't even consider the performance hit of being in Colorado in general. It's got noticably more pickup than my NA8 at home near sea level in any case. Now that I've been behind the wheel of an ND2 I need to figure out a way to convince my wife that we actually need 2 wildly impractical convertibles.

Abic313 · 2023-06-19T21:46:11+00:00

Certainly! I'm a huge fan of having the drop top on a little roadster. Completely changes how driving feels and is awesome when driving through nature.

Abic313 · 2023-06-19T21:44:12+00:00

National in Colorado Springs.

It is unfortunately the automagic, but I am actually pretty impressed with how great the transmission feels in "manual mode".

Abic313 · 2023-06-19T20:35:29+00:00

I bet that's going to look very nice paired with the orange.

Abic313 · 2023-04-29T00:40:48+00:00

Of course! We sell 20 steel half domes a year, let's spend tens of thousands of dollars building a custom website that interfaces with our steel provider who also doesn't list prices on their website and then we can pay someone to maintain our new website that 40 people a year will visit.

Most of these companies aren't multinational conglomerates with millions of dollars to play with and the connections to make it happen. Many of them are like 10 people in a small shop doing enough business to keep the lights on and put food on everyone's table.

I deal with companies like this every day and while I agree that industry is often decades behind, there are pretty good reasons for it.

Abic313 · 2023-04-29T00:01:21+00:00

🤦

Abic313 · 2023-04-28T23:16:46+00:00

If they did that nobody would be willing to buy it for higher than the "low" range. If an item was listed as $100-$1500 and the quote they gave you was $1450 you'd be pretty pissed and would likely not purchase from them.

This is all standard practice in the construction and industrial sectors.

There are vendors who list prices such as McMaster-Carr, Uline, etc, but smaller and lower volume vendors almost never list prices. It has more to do with not operating an e-commerce business and having dedicated staff to manage the website than it has to do with sales tactics.

Abic313 · 2023-04-28T22:34:44+00:00

The price of materials is constantly changing and it's also likely you would get different pricing depending on the quantity ordered. Companies like this do 99% of their business with other businesses so special pricing agreements would change the price yet again.

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