AxolotlMuseum

The Server Build and the Missing CPU

kira and prop spec'd a new server PC for Season 1, only for Amazon to deliver a CPU box with no CPU inside.

Event ASMP S1 1 Mar 2022 – 12 Mar 2022

On 1 March 2022 kira pulled prop into voice chat to “pick parts for server” 1. The Minecraft server was still running on an old Pentium, and the plan was a Ryzen 5 with 8 to 12 GB of RAM set aside for Minecraft. The parts arrived in a Corsair case full of RGB fans, which kira admitted he had chosen only because they were the cheapest.

Server Parts Delivery Schedule
Server Parts Delivery Schedule The order for the new Axolotl server PCk1R4 · 4 Mar 2022

The build was scheduled as a Discord event for 10 March, and that day brought the surprise. Amazon had sent an i5-10400 box with nothing in it. As kira put it: “I got an i5-10400 without processer instead of ryzen 5 5600x” 2. He bought a processor locally instead, announced “processor obtained!” the next day 3, and built the machine on the evening of 11 March.

The new server PC, open
The new server PC, open Likely the finished server PC, on the night of the buildk1R4 · 11 Mar 2022

The new machine got a name that kira vowed to keep: “yes the server’s name is gonna be axolotl even if the mc server dies” 4. Within a day it was running the server; see Migration to the New Ubuntu Server and The Server on Kira's Home Connection.

  1. k1R4 · 1 Mar 2022 · #asmp-s1-general @prop come vc time to pick parts for server
  2. k1R4 · 10 Mar 2022 · #asmp-s1-general I got an i5-10400 without processer instead of ryzen 5 5600x
  3. k1R4 · 11 Mar 2022 · #asmp-s1-general processor obtained!
  4. k1R4 · 12 Mar 2022 · #asmp-s1-general yes the server's name is gonna be axolotl even if the mc server dies