Getting hot about the cooler, another 2

I ran some more temp testing on my computer and the temps were just too high.  So I ripped it apart again and saw that the heatsink was not seated well on the cpu.  The mount for the Ninja uses a push pin system instead of screwing to the motherboard which sucks in my opinion.  There is no way to adjust the tension.  Well after attempting to reinstall it several times, none to my satisfaction, I noticed that the mounting bracket for the heatsink appeared to be getting hung up on some capacitors around the cpu.  No matter what I tried it just would not seat securely. 

Finally I got fed up and put the original heatsink back in which actually cools better than either of the two that I just tried.  The Ninja will do a better job if I can get it to fit correctly.  I did some quick research and low and behold found others complaining of the exact same issue.  The Ninja gets hung up on certain motherboards.  There were two fixes I saw, either hack into the bracket to create clearance or buy a universal mounting kit that fits properly.  I opted for the latter.  I ordered it this morning.  One benefit of this process is I can now rip my system board out in all of 5 minutes.  I have had a lot of practice.

We made it through last night without Nicki dumping on the floor.  I walked around the house this morning doing an inspection, worried that my morning would once again be ruined by the sight of excrement.  I was pleased to find none.

Last night I did a training run with Ali, a brisk, sub 10 minute mile, two mile run.  It was pushing it a bit since I just ran Saturday and my right knee felt a bit sore after we were done but nothing that I haven’t felt many times before.  I popped my ibuprofen, iced it when we got home and today it feels pretty good.  5 miles in a four day span, it’s much more than I thought I would be doing for a long time.  My next target is the 4 mile run on Thanksgiving morning.