Stories
Short accounts from recent workshops. Names are first-name or initial only; details refer to real session types we run.
The Fundamentals day-one power worksheet caught a rail conflict I had ignored while shopping. Building the single-card bring-up under watch made the home start-up less nerve-wracking — though I still double-check every PCIe cable twice.
Ara S. — GPU Mining Fundamentals, spring cohort
I almost bought a 1000 W unit that would have sat at the edge of its rail. The Component Matching Clinic forced me to re-spec before the order went out. The session itself felt brisk; I would have liked fifteen more minutes on riser brands.
Min-jae K. — Component Matching Clinic
Cooling Basics Lab changed how I space shelves more than any undervolt tip. Measuring intake on a humid afternoon explained why my evening hashrate dipped. Sora kept us on the meters instead of chasing neon case aesthetics.
Elena V. — Cooling Basics Lab
Private mentoring helped me read why one card drifted after six days while the others held. We did not “fix” everything remotely — some pad work still needed hands on site — but the stop-and-check list was worth the block.
D. Han — Private Mentoring Block
Longer look
A Buk-gu resident joined Fundamentals after two cards crashed nightly in a closed cabinet. During module 05 we rebuilt airflow with an open side and a shared intake duct taped for the exercise. Back home they reported steadier overnight temperatures and fewer miner restarts — with the mild caveat that street noise from higher fan RPM needed a second pass on curves.
The useful part was not a magic BIOS; it was writing intake and exhaust numbers on the worksheet and treating them as part of the weekly check, same as hashrate.
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