← /contentslug: 2018-05-19-shipping-delay
date: 2018-05-19
title: shipping delay purgatory
type: notebook entry
Ordered a replacement power supply after the old one started making a noise I did not like under load — a sort of intermittent whine that only shows up during sustained GPU usage, which given what I do with this computer is basically always. Two-week shipping estimate has become four weeks and counting. Tracking page hasn't updated in nine days.
In the meantime I've been babying the current PSU — capping power draw, shorter training runs, more breaks. Everything takes longer. Nothing's broken yet. Living in a weird holding pattern where I'm afraid to actually push the hardware in case tonight's the night it finally dies mid-run.
Junior year's winding down, which is a relief — one more year of this and then I get to pick classes I actually care about. AP exams were fine. Nothing else notable. Waiting on a box from a warehouse somewhere. Very glamorous life.