Aluvus
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Open the case and slip $50 inside. Then if you have problems down the road, you'll have the cash to deal with it.
Assuming the power supply doesn't murder something else, like the motherboard.
The psu in my case is very silent but the fans in aspire cases are loud they where real silent when I first got my case but after a few months they got real loud but my case has 4 fans the qpack only has 1 120mm fan.That's typical behavior of very poorly made fans.
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thanks so far, but I really need to know is how to get out of this what i need.
Let's say I'm checking for the voltage on a circuit. What setting would I set it to to find out the voltage? (this and other scenarios)
For ac voltage, one of the settings near the top (the two blue ones next to the V), for dc the red ones counter-clockwise from them. Use the smallest-numbered setting that is large enough. Start with a small settings and work up as needed.
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Starting from the top (moving clockwise) what does do each of the sections measure? By section I am referring to the colored off areas
AC voltage, dc current, hFE is current amplification factor (presumably for testing transistors by putting them in the socket next to "Light"), next spot appears to be a continuity test (probably), then resistance, then dc voltage. The 2kΩ spot can also serve as a diode tester, which is why it has a diode symbol next to it.
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If you had a more specific question, that might get things going.
Blanket advice: turn it on with the red circle-with-a-line-in-it button, turn the dial to what you want to measure and a number value at least as large as what you want to measure, and stick the probes into something. Black probe should be in the center port, red probe in whichever side probe is appropriate for what you're measuring.
I'm guessing Hold will freeze the current value on the screen.
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2x256 sticks
The more likely problem is that your specific board didn't work with those specific sticks. Especially if they were the same make/model.
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My socket 939 mobo would not run PC2700 ram.
How many different sticks of PC2700 did you try?
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Socket 939 only supports pc3200.
Untrue.
Socket 939 systems will run PC2700, and will do it with relatively little loss of performance. Athlon 64s are not that picky about memory.
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I am still using Athlon XP 2600 and plan to upgrade it. I read that AM2 socket will be available this summer and later the CPU will be 65nm and support DDR2-800. Should I wait or get now X2 (or dual core opty)?
I do mainly video/audio and FPS games (CoD2 now).
Thanks.
How much do you plan on spending? Remember, as soon as the AM2 comes out the 939's will most likely drop significantly!
My recommendation to pretty much everyone is to wait until AM2 comes out if possible, and then buy Socket 939.
@OP: AM2 is expected in June (-ish). Support for DDR2-800 is likely to be at or near launch. They have essentially delayed the launch to wait for DDR2 speeds (and latencies) to improve. AMD will shift to 65 nm... sometime. They can get by without doing so for a while if needed.
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as for Mac OS X, my upgrades cost me $25 (student.. always stay in one class to keep the discounts..at this rate it will take me 10 years to get my masters..:)0
Find yourself a school that will give you an MSDNAA subscription... free licenses to nearly every version of Windows.
it iratates me that if you pull the drive from said computer and move it to a difftent computer you loose the license to run the OS... (I guess this would mean for VMware also)Well, if it's an HP/Dell copy.
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DirectX 10 support will be rolled out the same way support for 9 was. An entire generation of cards (more or less), from cheap to l33t, will go on the market basically all at once.
DirectX 10 is expected to release alongside Vista somewhere in the second half of this year (September?), so supporting cards will probably be available about then.
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Just my opinion, but Windows is optimized for performance (considering all it has to do). Any changes to the GUI by outside vendors is extremely unlikely to do a better job (that is, improve performance).
If you don't already have the latest greatest and bestest graphics card that'd be the way to go -- Buy the best card and you could use a 'skin' program and likely still see an increase in the speed of the GUI. (Of course if you bought the card and left Windows alone the boost would be even greater.)
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A graphics card change is not going to make any difference to performance in the 2D Windows GUI.
@OP: Most if not all of these programs are in fact quite bad for performance.
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I have a mod in mind for my room computer. Want to keep the tower in the closet right next to the desk and run extra long IDE cables to the CD drives out to the desk and extend the wires to the power button to the desk too. I might want to mount the drives to the bottom of the desk. heck I might be able to mount the entire system to the bottom of the desk getting rid of the case. (It's a big desk)
The official length limit for ATA is 18 inches. The longest ATA cables I can recall seeing were 36 inches.
You could of course throw the drives in USB enclosures. USB allows 5 meters, more if you use hubs or repeaters.
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Hey guys,
I bought a "Cyberpower 320SL" at a garage sell this mornin. (For $1)
It has 6 power ports, 3 of which are for the battery back up feature. Those 3 DONT work, & the "Faulty wiring" light on. Ive tried it on several different home outlets, with no change.
Is this unit broken or should the person that wired my house be shot?
Is it fixable?
It's possible the battery, or some its associated circuitry is damaged. If the problem is isolated to the "battery backup" ports, that would be my first suspicion.
"Faulty wiring" usually means the hot and neutral lines are swapped. Most devices will work just fine anyway. I've never seen a surge protector or battery backup refuse to work due to this, but it's not inconceivable.
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I've been doing a little investigation and found that the problem getting windows XP running on the new Mactels is that XP doesn't support EFI. I also found that Vista will support EFI so when Vista hits the shelfs it should just install on a Mac...of course I said it should that's far from it will.
All signs seem to indicate that Vista will be basically able to run on the Mactels, provided driver support doesn't kill the idea. Apple has essentially taken the stance that they don't care whether it works or not.
I might seriously consider a Mac if I weren't limited to Apple's OS.
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This data may have your answer. If not, it's still good reference material.
Pinouts.ru doesn't cover the internals of the power supply, though in general yes it's a good reference. The Hardware Book is a similar reference.
FormFactors.org would be somewhat more relevant. BUT AFAIK the ATX spec doesn't explicitly lay out whether or not all power grounds need to be shorted together. It's just done that way.
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Ground is ground is ground. They are often all connected directly to each other inside the power supply.
What model power supply?
Plenty of desktop boards now use a 24-pin "ATX" connector, with the 4-pin "P4" connector as well.
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Look at the "Charts" tab in Speedfan
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Sennheiser PX100. I bought a pair about 2 years ago and am very happy with them. They're low enough impedance that portable players are happy driving them.
They fold to be more compact, though they still take up more space than earbud-style 'phones.
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I'm having trouble finding a reason to vote against the BFG?
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To some extent, the socket a chip is on may impact performance or its ability to get rid of heat (different numbers of pins, different physical dimensions). And sometimes there are differences that aren't inherently tied to the socket itself, but are decisions made by manufacturers. Athlon 64s on Socket 754 cannot use dual channel, while those on Socket 939 can, because AMD decided to make it so.
Brand is not the only thing that impacts cost. Specific models on different sockets do sometimes have different prices either because of differences in features (dual channel, as above) or just marketing.
Socket differences are significant mainly because they often coincide with shifts in technology- a new feature set, new architecture, different kind of memory, or what have you.
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Hey guys, I'm building my new PC in march (since money aint flowin' good now, we still gotta sell our old house). Anyways, I'm guessing by March AMD will release their new socket, so I can prolly afford a Socket 939/940 Socket build.
But I'm wondering, which one is better for my needs?
I'm a semi advid gamer (Counter Strike, America's Army, AOE 3)
I'm guessing the Socket 939 mobo is fine for me, since I think the 940 is for heavy duty machines.
I'm planning on spending $800 or even less.
What types of chips support 940 anyway?
Opterons and some older Athlon 64 FX chips. There is no sane reason for a gamer to buy Socket 940 any more, except getting a really spectacular deal.
The new Socket AM2 will also have 940 pins, but will not be compatible with anything currently on the market.
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I have never seen such a beast.
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What am I overlooking here? How do you d/l one of those wallpapers?
(Save Target As?)
"Save images as" or "Save picture as"
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http://www.statcounter.com/
free tool shows where visits are coming from
I like StatCounter, and for different reasons I also like Google Analytics. They are gradually re-opening signups.
My traffic has been a little high this week, but nothing that raises any red flags.
Testing Your Psu?
in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP
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There are various ways, yes, of varying quality. The main problems are:
1. It is physically difficult to take complete measurements of the power supply's output.
2. It is somewhat complex to take useful measurements of the power input into the supply.
A device like this is probably the most straightforward way to get a decent estimate. If you use something like that, it's important to remember it can't account for the efficiency of the power supply itself, which is likely somewhere in the vicinity of 80%.