Suppose the keyboard came unplugged, and you needed to get the CD out? I mean, yea, a smart person would just plug the keyboard back in and mash the eject button, but suppose it was something else, like, the USB ports suddenly stop working? On a Mac, you're screwed if your UBS ports die. And yea, I...

hah. mar. you sound like a fellow sufferer. personally i can't wait until apple do a sega and just sell OS X for x86. then we can all have triple boots and forget about the "but apples are a must for creative professionals" bull. by the way, if you're struggling getting the CD tray to actually open...

The big manufacturers eg dell will declare your warrenty void when you've even looked in the case. Obviously they'd never know if you've been inside so it doesnt really matter. That depends; for most home computers it's not true. For example, you can add RAM or a hard drive without voiding the warr...

BenW wrote: BTW, if you open the case (I asume you have to realise it has 3 fans) then you've already techincally voided your warrenty.

Who told you that?!?

TJ, check p.101 of your manual to be sure.

using DTEMP my friend After reaching 45C, I decided it was too much. I'm glad I decided that because the HD was pretty much cooking in there, it felt really hot to the touch. So for now I put back in the cage so it can dissipate heat throughout the case. My room temp varies between 24 to 26 C. Don'...

This is why I can't stand Apple. These prices are a bit outdated, but... We've got some PowerMac G5s here at work, just the CASE would cost over $600. For EACH of these. The mice, about $70 each. For a one-button, stupid-looking optical mouse. We quickly replaced them with Microsoft mice. The monito...

We use Windows XP on our server, it works just fine for our purposes, and also allows the server to double as a living-room media center. We run MediaPortal on it.

I don't particularly like or hate police in general, but I have met a few who were total assholes. There are also some, though, who really do care about serving and protecting. There are also some who are just plain lazy. Another problem I have is the lack of proper weapon training. My opinion is th...

Wealth, because money can buy all the rest, except maybe enlightenment, which is more along the lines of salvation than happiness, and ignorance, which is a bad answer anyway.

Wow. That looks loud.

Yate Loon fan is cheaper, go for that if it's not too late.

The Sonata (I have one) needs to have a front fan for HDD cooling. Any of the more quiet 120mm fans should do. The orange Nexus is the current favorite, though expensive ($15 + shipping). What CPU cooler are you planning to use? Screw the Nexus, get the low-speed Yate Loon.... same fan, half the pr...

LennyC wrote:Things like my optical drive. I don't plan on extending anything serious like the ATX power connector or anything.

Pretty far then, I would think.

LennyC wrote:Sweet, thanks.

That's not to say 10 feet is a likely candidate for the max length.... 2 feet would be pushing it on the 24-pin connector.

Which cables do you need to extend, and how far?

It's not ideal, but unless you've got a really weird design, you should be able to extend them to the length you need without problems.

Somewhere between 1 inch and 10 feet is the max length.

hugekebab wrote:hi

is there anywhere in the uk i can get a well silenced pc that would pass the test of these forums?

sam

SPCR "standard" - that's rich.

Actually, I kinda like "Windows FU", something with the arrogant American flair. (A good thing)

If you want to just use one fan at 6V, measure the resistance of the fan, then go out and buy a resistor with the same resistance value, or several resistors that add up to the same value. Then wire it up in series with the fan. That's only accurate if you trust the fan's resistance to not change w...

Arthur C Clarke suggested that vegetable crops should be grown instead of "wasting" it on meat production. He argued that global famines could be avoided. He probably had forgotten about the common agricultural policy in Europe! What about going back in time and start processing dinosaur meat. Anyo...

Please explain to me how a drive can be rated at 1.5 Bel and 16 deciBel at the same time?

Thanks for the details, schmidtl. I had some interesting WoW graphics problems myself. I run a 6600GT with a homemade quiet cooler, and whenever I overclock too high or turn the fan down too low, I sometimes get random triangles with one vertice in outer space somewhere, but no crashes. Maybe I'm s...

Hello, I read that the Gigabyte 6600GT passive has video IN. Can anyone tell me what kind of input there is? Is it Composite in / S-video in? both? And maybe I will sound stupid but what software do you use to get the video from the video in? I mean, if I were to plug in a Playstation 2 or Gamecube...

Well, I doubt the glue will conduct enough to kill something...besides, wouldn't electricity just take the easiest path to wherever it needs to go? I doubt it will prefer cold hard glue to a nice fresh copper wire. Electricity does take the path of least resistance, but that doesn't mean it won't a...

If you want to just use one fan at 6V, measure the resistance of the fan, then go out and buy a resistor with the same resistance value, or several resistors that add up to the same value. Then wire it up in series with the fan.

rpsgc wrote:Have you seen this?
It just looks so... tempting for me to buy (although I have no 939 CPU or PCI-E card too )

WOW.

Whether they do or not, I pretty much guarantee that the glue is not a 100% perfect resistor, it could also be slightly capacitive. So this would be a bad idea.

I've always wondered why nobody made a board with a white PCB. I'm tempted to buy it, just for looks. I mean, I don't even have a 939 CPU, OR a PCI-E video card, but I still want this thing.

I like those paper flaps. That's a cool idea.

Wow. A seller should NEVER address his customers in such a manner. Even if the customer is wrong. Sarcasm, rude comments, etc. are NOT the way to build a company's reputation as a fair, honest business with good customer support. I certainly would not even consider buying from a seller with such an ...

lenny wrote:Mar, you're not being very helpful today - this is the second such post I came across

If there's a post I don't really know how to answer, I figure, what the hey, why not throw in some comic relief? Even if it's not really all that funny.