Similar story, but I noticed the backwards fan as the problem before we started stripping RAM. However, once I took the cooler off and turned it around, I managed to get the wire for the fan between the CPU and the copper plate on the bottom of the cooler. When we locked it in place and turned on the machine, it made it through POST and we started installing Windows.
It didn't take long for the CPU to heat up (it was a brand-new AMD) and the plastic aroudn the wire melted. I guess that caused electricity to shoot through the CPU, becuase we heard a loud ZZZZZZZZZZZap! and the damn thing went nuts until I yanked the plug from the wall.
When the smoke cleared the room, I took it all apart and saw a nice black hole in the CPU. They wouldn't RMA it...
I'm playing "Bridge Commander" now and that First Officer is about to find herself in a Spock-like situation on the inside of a torpedo... Why can't she just keep her fcuking commentary to HERSELF?!?
My father worked for the main competition to Imax (called Megasystems, but you've never heard of them in the US and you won't because they recently folded... but I digress) and they had the machines in their workshop to do this themselves.
He would machine custom parts for his motorcycle and then powder coat them in the next room. Before they closed the doors, he sand blasted then powder coated dozens of bolts and nuts and various parts for his bike. It would have cost a FORTUNE to do all that without the benefit of his employer.
Errr... ex-employer. Anybody need a salty old CAD tech in St. Augustine, FL???
Filthy set of free-weights and a rusty bench were stolen the same night I put the "$50 OBO" sign next to it. It sat there for almost a WEEK before I had that idea...
What reason do "they" have to try and make their lies within the realm of plausibility? If you could get away with it, why would you put the effort into crafting an elaborate cover?
"That's right, I'm playing golf with Don Cornelius on the Moon. Don't call here no more!"
And if you cannot ride a bicycle, I suppose that industry and everyone associated with it can go to h3ll? Your "average" nature shows, but it should not hinder others with more ambition, knowledge, skill or drive.
I liked it as well. I tried to switch to RH9 a few months ago to learn the basics so I could build a MythTV box, and I eft with my tail between my legs. I got all the way through the install and everything worked great! Then I tried to start installing programs and "habit" kicked in...
"OK, I'll just double-click the EXE and... and..."
At least the Internet worked "out of the box" and I had fun playing Tux Racer and Asteroids for that half-hour... This guide answered some stupid questions I had and I believe the videos should help even more. It's not THAT hard, it's just a matter of adapting to the differences. Knowing those differences ahead of time makes ALL the difference!
Precisely. Another consideration is where it was mined. We've already started to see it with the "Sirius Diamond" mined exclusively in Canada and sold only through certain shops (or should I say shoppes???).
Before we got married, I explained to my wife how the cartels/syndicates conspire to keep the stones' value artificially inflated and made sure she knew about the Human Rights violations that go hand-in-hand with mining. I explained that synthetic diamonds will soon be common and you'll be able to buy diamonds by the bucket, like granite at the rock store down the road. She was incredulous at first, then researched it and agreed.
Guess what she had to have on her finger the day we got married?
They don't care when it comes down to "Go Time". It's like planning on saving or donating a percentage of your paycheck before it hits the bank. Easy enough to say it before it is time to act on it...
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It didn't take long for the CPU to heat up (it was a brand-new AMD) and the plastic aroudn the wire melted. I guess that caused electricity to shoot through the CPU, becuase we heard a loud ZZZZZZZZZZZap! and the damn thing went nuts until I yanked the plug from the wall.
When the smoke cleared the room, I took it all apart and saw a nice black hole in the CPU. They wouldn't RMA it...
touche'
He would machine custom parts for his motorcycle and then powder coat them in the next room. Before they closed the doors, he sand blasted then powder coated dozens of bolts and nuts and various parts for his bike. It would have cost a FORTUNE to do all that without the benefit of his employer.
Errr... ex-employer. Anybody need a salty old CAD tech in St. Augustine, FL???
Not ME, of course, but SOME people...
Filthy set of free-weights and a rusty bench were stolen the same night I put the "$50 OBO" sign next to it. It sat there for almost a WEEK before I had that idea...
Did you just imply that the US nearly bankrupted Saudi Arabia??? The country that owns ~7% of the US???
"That's right, I'm playing golf with Don Cornelius on the Moon. Don't call here no more!"
In other news, I won't be paying my taxes this year as I firmly believe the influx of cash will "Break the Bank".
I'll agree if we reduce it "to the pain".
Crash-Free since 2003
"OK, I'll just double-click the EXE and... and..."
At least the Internet worked "out of the box" and I had fun playing Tux Racer and Asteroids for that half-hour... This guide answered some stupid questions I had and I believe the videos should help even more. It's not THAT hard, it's just a matter of adapting to the differences. Knowing those differences ahead of time makes ALL the difference!
*ahem*
The big problem is 90% of geeks are guys and 90% of guys aren't interested in finding much more than a warm body to fake an orgasm.
I hate to generalize, but I'm SO good at it...
Before we got married, I explained to my wife how the cartels/syndicates conspire to keep the stones' value artificially inflated and made sure she knew about the Human Rights violations that go hand-in-hand with mining. I explained that synthetic diamonds will soon be common and you'll be able to buy diamonds by the bucket, like granite at the rock store down the road. She was incredulous at first, then researched it and agreed.
Guess what she had to have on her finger the day we got married?
They don't care when it comes down to "Go Time". It's like planning on saving or donating a percentage of your paycheck before it hits the bank. Easy enough to say it before it is time to act on it...