https://notes.alelec.net/tags/v100/ Recent content in V100 on alelec blog Hugo en-us Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:30:00 +1000 https://notes.alelec.net/posts/reverse-engineered-repairs-with-micropython-and-claude/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:30:00 +1000 https://notes.alelec.net/posts/reverse-engineered-repairs-with-micropython-and-claude/ <p>There&rsquo;s a particular sound you never want to hear from a machine with two Tesla V100s bolted into it. A sharp <em>zap</em>, then half a second later the smell of magic smoke. I heard both, lunged for the PC&rsquo;s main power switch and killed everything.</p> <p>Then I just stood there for a bit, not wanting to look. The carrier board those V100s sit on cost around $500 and isn&rsquo;t the kind of thing you pick up at the local Jaycar; if I&rsquo;d cooked it, the whole datacentre-under-the-desk project was dead in the water. That proper stomach-drop moment where you know you&rsquo;ve done something dumb and you&rsquo;re about to find out exactly how dumb.</p>