Delivery scheduled today. The DHL guy knows the drill. He uses one hand to fend me off as I try to kiss him while giving me the package with the other one. I hope they pay him extra to deliver to crazy people like me.

The new PCB is quickly wired up. I know the connections by heart. But I also know what happens to people flying too close to the sun so I triple check them anyways. The big moment and BOOM. It works. No fireworks this time.

I’ve replaced the cable connecting the PCB to the display to see if it improves matters. Remember, that’s what I was trying to solve in the first place when I fried the machine. And it turns out, the display just takes like 10s to boot sometimes. Sometimes it doesn’t but yeah. So in plain English: I’ve destroyed my machine for nothing. It worked all the way. At least I have a nice topic for the next session with my psychologist.