I have been thinking of a thread like this for a while, where people can post their latest gadget news, computer fetishes etc. I know many of us archinecters are into these things, so giving this a try.
(I dont mean to kill any 'best laptop' or 'apple vs pc' threads)
My computer is still broken. That's awesome! Got a new mobo and it still doesn't work. Guess I'll be fooling around with processors next. Doesn't seem to be HDD, RAM, or Quadro. Kinda pissed that I bought another mobo. Anyone need a new one?
Tyan S2875 Dual Opteron Board. I actually don't know if the old mobo works. It probably does haha. I probably got screwed out of $200 by being a dumby.
we bought a xps 400 and it SUCKS ASS. Really loud fans go crazy when the dual core starts running. My dual Opteron (almost 2.5 years older) is waaaaaaay faster than the XPS. Got to call tech support tomorrow.
Its good that dell bought alienware, now they will at least sell amd processors.
not to add any fuel to the fire, but are you hard drives fine??? AFAIK, ram problems dont affect the registry and you should be able to install the OS just fine....
I think I might just smash my computer. The RAM is definately screwed and I have one more thing to try with the OS before I try a new HDD. I've accessed both HDDs via other machines.
What's a good mouse (optical/laser) for drafting? I've read somewhere on the board that a high-res gaming mouse will boost accuracy/efficiency when drafting/CG editing, etc.
cant help on the color laser printer (that's still like an automatic lawnmower to me) but.....
What can anyone recommend for a digital projector that will run from a PC or Mac, to be used for projecting stills, from line drawing to photo, and animations?
I didn't feel like starting a new thread for this so I thought this was a good a place as any.
You guys, I seriously, REALLY want to throw my desktop out the window. I came home yesterday and brought it out of stand by and it wouldn't connect to the internet (c'mon, I had to get to archinect), so I restarted, and it spontaneously lost a system file. I got it booted with a boot disk but now it is 10 kinds of messed up, won't start my virus software, doesn't recognize any connections, and is moving really really slow, I mean my screen saver doesn't even move.
So what am I going to do? I'm probably going to have to wipe out the whole hard drive and reinstall Windows and every other goddamned thing I have on there, which by this point is quite a bit. Thank god I have an external hard drive so at least I wasn't worried about my stuff going away.
Would someone please tell me why I shouldn't light this piece of shite on fire and go buy the Mac Powerbook I've been drooling over for months and months?
a cool thing i just found. i almost put it in the news, but it doesn't exactly appear to be new.
for marking a moment in your life relative to moments in the lives of others: the blind camera
i'd never actually use such a thing, but the fact that it exists is fantastic. to imagine using it, clicking the button, hooking it into my laptop, and seeing what other people recorded from their lives at exactly that moment...kinda blows my mind a little.
hardware and technology thread central
I have been thinking of a thread like this for a while, where people can post their latest gadget news, computer fetishes etc. I know many of us archinecters are into these things, so giving this a try.
(I dont mean to kill any 'best laptop' or 'apple vs pc' threads)
Let me start with this:
SAMSUNG UNVEILS 32GB FLASH DRIVE
Not a Dell man, and paint-job aside, one of these would be nice.
My computer is still broken. That's awesome! Got a new mobo and it still doesn't work. Guess I'll be fooling around with processors next. Doesn't seem to be HDD, RAM, or Quadro. Kinda pissed that I bought another mobo. Anyone need a new one?
what kind of motherboard? will you give it to me free if I can diagnose your problem?
Tyan S2875 Dual Opteron Board. I actually don't know if the old mobo works. It probably does haha. I probably got screwed out of $200 by being a dumby.
i have a fetish for blue led light comming out of my pc.
we bought a xps 400 and it SUCKS ASS. Really loud fans go crazy when the dual core starts running. My dual Opteron (almost 2.5 years older) is waaaaaaay faster than the XPS. Got to call tech support tomorrow.
Its good that dell bought alienware, now they will at least sell amd processors.
Looks like it was a RAM problem, but it killed my installation of Windows, but now I can't reinstall Windows. Damn!
not to add any fuel to the fire, but are you hard drives fine??? AFAIK, ram problems dont affect the registry and you should be able to install the OS just fine....
I think I might just smash my computer. The RAM is definately screwed and I have one more thing to try with the OS before I try a new HDD. I've accessed both HDDs via other machines.
are all your ram cards screwed? you should figure out which one is bad then try your processors with the new mobo and the card that works....
bad ram can screw up windows very easily. get the data off and format.
use this before reinstalling:
http://www.memtest.org/
calling whistler....
What's a good mouse (optical/laser) for drafting? I've read somewhere on the board that a high-res gaming mouse will boost accuracy/efficiency when drafting/CG editing, etc.
I haven't played may games since the days of the ZX spectrum. Bought this software to kill some time while the missus catches up with ER.
Gone are the days of pac man this game is amazing on line!
As far as hardware goes this is still top.
Tom Tom 700
we are planning to buy a good 11x17 laser color printer for the office
Any suggestions? ive been looking at Xerox phasers, HP laserjets, but there are no good reviews online, any good/bad experiences about laser printers?
any help is appreciated!
bump, help please!
cant help on the color laser printer (that's still like an automatic lawnmower to me) but.....
What can anyone recommend for a digital projector that will run from a PC or Mac, to be used for projecting stills, from line drawing to photo, and animations?
epson has some great DLP projectors....some extrememly compact useful for traveling etc. check em out...
I didn't feel like starting a new thread for this so I thought this was a good a place as any.
You guys, I seriously, REALLY want to throw my desktop out the window. I came home yesterday and brought it out of stand by and it wouldn't connect to the internet (c'mon, I had to get to archinect), so I restarted, and it spontaneously lost a system file. I got it booted with a boot disk but now it is 10 kinds of messed up, won't start my virus software, doesn't recognize any connections, and is moving really really slow, I mean my screen saver doesn't even move.
So what am I going to do? I'm probably going to have to wipe out the whole hard drive and reinstall Windows and every other goddamned thing I have on there, which by this point is quite a bit. Thank god I have an external hard drive so at least I wasn't worried about my stuff going away.
Would someone please tell me why I shouldn't light this piece of shite on fire and go buy the Mac Powerbook I've been drooling over for months and months?
a cool thing i just found. i almost put it in the news, but it doesn't exactly appear to be new.
for marking a moment in your life relative to moments in the lives of others: the blind camera
i'd never actually use such a thing, but the fact that it exists is fantastic. to imagine using it, clicking the button, hooking it into my laptop, and seeing what other people recorded from their lives at exactly that moment...kinda blows my mind a little.
Seems like an appropriately dumb idea but...
Slydial Lets You Avoid Awkard Calls, Go Straight To Voicemail
Seriously people? We need this? Man up and take some responsibility, and don't be a chicken shit.
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