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I always get confused about this. If were setting our clocks back an hour, then why do we get an extra hour?

 

ohhhh I get it, just a little slow

^ wow. just, wow

when i had my old p4 630, it would generally run about that hot. those cpus run warm, period. I did throw some artic silver in, which dropped my temps some.

my new conroe, on the other hand, 31c under load.... gotta love that

Ulead Videostudio is a very good "prosumer" program, easy to follow and you can get professionalish results with it. I used to use it quite a bit for my job until I finally got financing for adobe software

There are other possibly cheaper programs to do basic editing, but videostudio is a personal favorite and good bang for the buck.

If I wanted to engage in a frustrating conversation with plenty of resistance I would've called accounts payable or called home and talked to my wife.

this is CLASSIC!

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"I can't believe you have all this animal porn on your PC...who are you!??" Oh man...that was a bad day.

Why? Did she make you delete it ? hehe

MAC address filtering >>>>WEP ..try it

^ fixt

i would stick with that ram. have you tried tightening the timings or bumping the speed?

I don't know enough about ram timings to mess with it, nor do I know the "safe" way of increasing the speed... but thats a topic for another thread. Thanks Cujo

Here's my rig with a few shiny new parts:

Asus P5B 965X

Intel E6600 Conroe @2.4GHz

Corsair 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 667HMz

eVGA 7800GT CO

WD 200GB SATA2, 16MB cache

Antec Truepower 450W

Lite-On DVD +/- RW

Coolermaster Centurion ATX mid tower

next step up will be fast ram, and a dx10 gfx card when they are out

Ok, first off thanks once more to all who gave me suggestions, you guys rock.

NOFX, I did try resetting my CMOS, and it did nothing.

I switced out my piece of crap motherboard for the shiny new asus one for my sister's computer, and my beast fired right up with no problems. It was indeed a dead motherboard. (for the record, I first did this with the new power supply and my old cheapy, both times worked).

I consider this unfortunate event as a positive, because now it give me an excuse to get a NICE motherboard and upgrade to some dual core action I'll probably spring for my own antec power supply too just for good measure.

Thanks guys, I think I'm on the right track to solving this thing!

It was giving me the same problem with the new power supply though as well. I'm going to try this asus motherboard with my original setup to see if it works. I'll post back with results.

sounds like the right conclusion to me. you failed to list your powersupply in your specs there though. my guess is because it's a cheap one.

 

inspect your mobo capacitors and see if any are popped.

Yes, my original power supply was cheap, however I did plop in a new antec 400W (from my sister's build) and it gave me the same crap. I don't think it's a power supply problem, also because all the stuff turns on and the fans spin and such.

I don't know what a popped capacitor looks like, but all of them on my board seem to appear the same. Is it possible for my board to be dead without any visual indications such as a popped capacitor?

Thanks for your help!

Thanks in advance to any who may respond to this.

Today I installed an additional 1 GB (2x512) of identical ram (to go with the previous 1 GB 2x512 I already had). To do this I had to remove my video card, since it's long enough to block the ram eject tabs. I installed the ram, hooked the vid card back up. When I turn on the power, all the fans spin normally, and the computer makes the normal beep sound during boot up, but I get absolutely nothing on the monitor. Not even the boot screen. I tried to let it run and turned sound on to see if windows would boot and nothing happened. Here's a list of what I have tried thus far:

- removing new ram and returning to previous "original" working condition

- Switching original ram to different slots on mobo

- replacing old ram with new ram (I tried 3 seperate sets of new ram, so it CANT be a ram problem)

- tried a different video card (new ati x1300 for my sis)

- tried using a different video card slot (mine has 2 pci-e x16 slots)

- tried a different power supply

I feel that I have exhausted every possibility that I have at my disposal. My only guess at this point is my motherboard crapped out, and I have no idea how that could have happened by just installing more ram. I DO have a brand new asus motherboard here for the comp I am building my sister, but I really really really don't want to remove mine until I get some confirmation that my motherboard has indeed passed on.

Please give me a little guidance or confirm my diagnosis all you computer gurus, you fellow coalitionites freakin ROCK!

Here's my system:

P4 630 3.0GHz

ECS 945P-A (v1.1) mobo <---------- it was cheap, i know....

1GB (2x512) @ 533MHz Corsair valueram (tried 3 different sets along with originals)

eVGA 7800GT CO

WD Caviar 200GB SATA 3.0GB/s

Lite-On DVD+/-RW

btw, all this stuff was brand new last november

I just wanted to mention the fact that tonight on scopeless I witnessed some of the best teamwork in a pub atmosphere ever. For at least 4 maps in a row I was on toolbear's team (and yes, i autoed every time) and everyone else on the teams were all WORKING TOGETHER!

I tend to have a more dominant personality, especially in trying to organize strats for maps and stuff, but the game is 100x more fun when people decide to follow a plan and work together.

Thanks all (especially toolbear) and keep up the sweet teamwork!

It's a dull pain.. With more pain as I move. I made an apt today with a general prac. They have to recommend you to other doctor's in the system...

Yeah, if thats the way your coverage works then you gotta jump through those hoops I spose. Good luck with it!

Is the pain a constant dull pain in the joint, or do you only feel it when you move it? Pain when moving the joint might be an indication of something more wrong in there. If it's just a constant dull pain in your shoulder when you're not moving it as well, and you're still feeling it this weekend, then I would recommend consulting an orthopedist. Doesn't mean that you will need surgery if you see an orthopedic surgeon, but they can diagnose your problem if there is one and suggest therapy or something. Hope it starts feeling better without having to fix anything!

Oh, btw, I worked for an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in sports medicine for five years, so I have something of a background in this. I'm no doctor by any means, but I've seen enough injuries to make a few general suggestions

May I ask why you are selling after having it for all of 4 months?

If you're upgrading already then thats an expensive habit

I have that same card and LOVE IT. Had mine since November!

First computer: Apple IIGS

Disks only, no OS!

The game: Wings of Fury. To this day, one of the most entertaining games I have ever played. If I could buy back that old computer, I would just to play that game!

It's impossible to get higher than 322.9. I played it for an hour and got 322.9 three times, never higher. I also got 322.9 the first time I posted and Shazz got 322.9 too.

It is NOT impossible to get higher that that!

323.5!

I took a screenie of it, but have no idea how to post it here

That screenshot is one of the scariest things I have ever seen...

321.0

I have started getting loss lately in gc servers which started a couple weeks ago maybe. It even got in the 40's the other day Previously (last month and before) I don't remember EVER having loss. In the last week or so I usually am getting 4-9 loss.

It could just be my ISP stinks.

I'll have to try a couple other servers though to see if it's a problem exclusive to gc servers for me though.... I haven't checked yet cause 95% of my playing time is in GC servers!

You need to overclock an FX-60??

*glares at P4 630 in rig and shakes head*

This is just my humble opinion. AutoCAD is probably one of the best out there for 2D modeling and is still being used by many companies for this purpose. If you want to do 3D modeling, the better choices are CATIA or ProE or something along those lines. One of my friends who is an engineer designing semi trailers uses Solidworks all the time. I know the aircraft industry loves CATIA.

CATIA has decent 2D modeling stuff..... not great, but pretty good. It's a sweet program once you get to know it.... not quite as intuitive as some other programs but very very powerful.

During my studies at Purdue I have been proficient (in some more so than others) with a few different CAD programs.

Oh, BTW, stay away from IronCAD. IronCAD is teh ebil. ftl!

Thanks for the recommendations guys. I'm thinking I'll replace the power supply here in the next week or so and see how that goes. Even if it's not the actual problem, wouldn't hurt for the future to have a nice antec power supply!

Its weird that the speedfan reading could be so far off...

My bios only gives me the readings for a 12V and 5V rail, seems like I should be getting more than that.