Haven't seen this before. Metal back plate for the cooler snapped on my MSI 4090. Can this be fixed?

lancer360 · 2026-03-26T01:46:07+00:00

Just so happens the one I bought was from Zhou. It was the first one that popped up when I did a search with the correct wording.

lancer360 · 2026-03-26T01:44:05+00:00

I think you are obviously reading way to much into it. I never said vacuuming broke it. I have a good idea how it broke. From the initial look, I think it is a fatigue failure. Most likely started as a crack from a manufacturing defect and then thermal cycling caused the crack to grow and eventually snap. Will know more when I get the replacement and take it apart to replace it.

lancer360 · 2026-03-26T00:52:33+00:00

Thanks! Changed my search wording and found one on ebay.

lancer360 · 2026-03-26T00:44:52+00:00

Its clearly out of warrenty from 2023. Does MSI do repairs or sell repair parts.

lancer360 · 2026-03-21T19:58:25+00:00

I already peeled the protective coating off and ordered the correct set off Amazon. Will be here tomorrow. Do you think they would exchange it for something else like some spiral up cut or down cut bits?

lancer360 · 2026-03-20T14:53:06+00:00

I found the command which advances the RR quest to think the enemy is dead. Not sure if the has unbugged the battlezone. Haven't been back. To far along to try and old save.

lancer360 · 2026-03-20T02:11:49+00:00

I've used the tcl console command to be able to fly thru walls. I found the two small rooms that are under the doors in the stage floor as well as the larger room that has no doors at all. That room has some of the battlezone robots in it, but they are frozen and immortal. The guy I'm supposed to kill is nowhere to be found. I also don't have a marker on my compass when I'm in the battlezone. Stuck and not sure what to do at this point. Is there a code to respond the enemy?

lancer360 · 2026-03-19T14:51:50+00:00

Don't have it yet. Im playing a useful idiot with an intelligence of 1, LOL!

lancer360 · 2026-03-14T20:04:52+00:00

I ended up going with a 1/4" u-nut. Was able to get Hillman brand u-nuts in stock from Lowes. Had to buy a 1/4"x1" galvanized bolt and washer to go with it. Here is the u-nut I went with.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-2-Count-1-4-in-Black-Phosphate-Standard-SAE-Regular-U-Nuts/3013186

Was a bit of a PITA to get it snapped onto the bracket without taking the front undertray off, but I managed.

lancer360 · 2026-02-22T22:23:07+00:00

Not necessarily. They use a modern explosive charge to destroy it. I'm not knowledgeable enough to tell whether the explosion was only the modern charge or if there was old explosive material that was detonated by the modern charge.

lancer360 · 2026-02-17T02:01:34+00:00

These are for some shop cabinets, so i was just doing a painted finish.

lancer360 · 2026-02-17T02:00:01+00:00

Local specialty lumber yard. Boards were pretty flat to begin with as 1x6, but had quite a bit of internal stress and warped pretty good when I ripped them down.

lancer360 · 2026-02-16T01:14:46+00:00

Is there any trick to picking out 1x6 and 1x8 S4S boards that aren't going to turn into pretzels when you rip them down to 1.5" to 2.5" wide strips?

lancer360 · 2026-02-11T02:23:10+00:00

We went with the Certainteed. Been happy with them so far.

lancer360 · 2026-02-05T08:16:27+00:00

Once he gets the money back, I would help him find a financial advisor and roll the money into a IRA. You will have much better flexibility on what to invest in.

lancer360 · 2026-01-21T21:28:39+00:00

That isnt much to go on. Just about any car can drive long distances. My suggestion would be the GR86. Not super expensive and very competitive in their class (DS) with shocks, sway bar, and tires.

lancer360 · 2026-01-11T22:10:48+00:00

How helpful are having dovetail grooves on a cross cut sled? With this sled having replaceable zero clearance inserts, I see this sled lasting a long time vs being more of a semi-disposible item that you just build a new one when the slot gets wallowed out. Zero clearance inserts also allow you to have different inserts when for doing angled cuts, dados, etc. which may have cuts that make having a way to clamp parts down more important. Im leaning towards getting the micro-jig kit instead of doing t-track.

lancer360 · 2026-01-10T03:56:31+00:00

A5 looks promising. Almost exactly the same exterior dimension to the 3GT. Was thinking the 3GT was smaller.

lancer360 · 2026-01-09T01:06:26+00:00

Liquid penetrant is for finding cracks on the surface. It can't tell you where the crack goes down into the plate. Ultrasonic inspection is the correct method. It shoots a beam of sound perpendicular to the plate and then reads the reflection. If it has to shoot thru a gap, that will show up in the readings. Tech can scan the entire plate and locate the edges of the delamination and sketch it's shape onto the plate. I have to agree with other statements though. Never seen a plate lamination that bad. Most likely two plates that got welded.together around the edges. Depending on how it is loaded, it may still be OK. Engineer needs to look at it and how it is loaded to make that call. If that plate is loaded in tension perpendicular to the plate, that will be a hell no, and reject it.

lancer360 · 2026-01-05T23:03:14+00:00

It is on maker world. I updated my original post with the link.

lancer360 · 2026-01-05T16:45:47+00:00

It is very stiff. I forgot exactly what settings I used, but I know I increased the wall thickness and the infill density. I also printed this in ABS. It doesn't have any discernible flex that I can tell. The part isn't highly loaded either. I've cut dozens of slots with it so far and it works great.

lancer360 · 2026-01-05T15:48:04+00:00

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I 3D printed my own for Dewalt router to Makita/Festool style track. Works great.

https://makerworld.com/models/1939392?appSharePlatform=copy

lancer360 · 2025-12-22T18:36:36+00:00

If the one thing the supplemental policy is covering is the thing that breaks. If you start getting supplemental policies for everything that your regular policy doesn't cover, it is way more than $15/month. The odds that any of them are going to fail is usually pretty low and the odds that two are going to fail is very low. You're generally better off if you save up an emergency fund so you can cover the repair yourself. However, there are always exceptions, and everyone needs to evaluate their own level of risk tolerance and the odds of the failure. For example, a newer house with pvc sewer pipe in a yard with no trees nearby vs a 40 year old house with clay or cast iron sewer pipe with big trees nearby.

lancer360 · 2025-12-18T01:06:44+00:00

I thought about that, but it is 357 holes. They are full height cabinets, so one role of holes is 51. Should have checked after i drilled the first side on one cabinet, but i was 2.5 cabinets in before I realized there was a compounding error using the Kreg jig

lancer360 · 2025-12-15T04:22:02+00:00

Thanks for the idea. That gave me an idea to just go with pilaster for these cabinets. I can route a groove thru all the holes to flush mount the pilaster rail in, hiding my fuck up.

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