The Half Life 2 Rig By Tornado

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Sun Mar 5, 2006 8:28:40 PM #16045 Perm Link

Sweet system!! sounds really good but....err...whats up with Windows 2000?? could you expalin that?

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Sun Mar 5, 2006 8:28:42 PM #16046 Perm Link

My uncle didn't trust (and still doesn't trust) the stability or safety of Windows XP so he decided when we were building it to put in Windows 2000. I'm thinking about asking him if we can at least put in a spare hard drive with XP SP 2 on it when he comes over to visit next time (he lives in Maryland, and I live in a state which is not Maryland) so when Microsoft drops support for 2000 we can more easily switch to XP.

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?
Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.
Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

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Sun Mar 5, 2006 8:28:53 PM #16056 Perm Link

win2k easy to explain try explaining an amd x2 cpu in a p4 mainbord

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Re: The Half Life 2 Rig By Tornado

Wed May 3, 2006 10:38:42 AM #17507 Perm Link

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sounds like a quick pc, when u gonna tidy up ha ha

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Re: The Half Life 2 Rig By Tornado

Wed May 3, 2006 10:41:17 AM #17508 Perm Link

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That sucks about the motherboard being fried. What broke it?

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Fri May 5, 2006 8:34:04 PM #17581 Perm Link

That day there had been power outages around my neighborhood, and I never sprung for a surge protected power strip because I didn't think I needed one (due to lack of internet usage). The power went out at 4:30 ish while I was using AutoCAD. When it came back on, some sparks blew out of the mobo and it started to stink. The problem was that when it came back on all of the power in the house went into the computer (my two computers and my mothers being in on a seperate breaker switch, which I had gone down to reset thinking that was what happened, because the breakers in my house all turn off if the power goes out and forgot to turn back off when it didn't work) and it heated a couple of leads so much that they failed and started melting the actual plastic of the mobo. It was a spectacular (if a bit costly) spectacle though, with the sparks being incased in a plume of smoke being whirred around by the fans. It even set off a smoke alarm.
In summary? Well, it was my absent mindedness about forgetting to turn the breaker back off and ignorance regarding the power strip. The reason it didn't fry the other two computers was that they were surge-protected and weren't on when the power went out.
Edit: I forgot to mention that when the mobo went it took the front-mounted LCD temp. and fan adjustment screen with it, which I haven't replaced yet.

Edited at Sat May 6, 2006 4:43:21 AM

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?
Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.
Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

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Sun May 7, 2006 4:48:59 PM #17600 Perm Link

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Wow. That sucks. You should invest in a good UPS to protect your computer. I never trust anything without a UPS.

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Sun May 7, 2006 5:00:41 PM #17609 Perm Link

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Man, that's awesome!

I did something like that. I touched my SB AWE64 with my headphones (the ones with metal for the band) and it shot a spark out from the card while I was looking at it. AWESOME.

Sucks about the hardware, though.

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:32:50 PM #18424 Perm Link

A new update: Yesterday, while testing my EEPROM reader for the Genesis, it fried itself out. An explanation is under "Notes." Nothing too expensive, but I have to build another one now, and buy another copy of Super Manaco GP. I also now have an 8 plug surge protector.

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?
Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.
Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:40:00 PM #18425 Perm Link

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You should invest in a UPS rather than a surge protector...

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:04:12 PM #18427 Perm Link

Why? What are the advantages of a UPS? Hell, what is a UPS?

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?
Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.
Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:07:22 PM #18429 Perm Link

In response to Tornado #18427

An uninterruptible power supply will condition the power going into your computer so (hopefully) spikes, surges, and dips won't occur.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:16:41 PM #18432 Perm Link

i had bout 3 power cuts in last year all of which my pc has been on and luckily no damage was caused to mine ? i always think of getting a ups off ebay or summink it always worries me.

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:18:32 PM #18433 Perm Link

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It's like a PC-plug only power strip? So, does it go into the computer or just sit outside of it?

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?
Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.
Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:39:43 PM #18443 Perm Link

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It sits inbetween any electrical device. It can supply power to anything that uses AC.

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:27:56 PM #18458 Perm Link

Ain't I lucky to have a good power connection that only sometimes fails for a split second due to lightning... never had a serge

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Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:09:36 AM #18480 Perm Link

I have a UPS for all my computers and some other electronic devices.

If you have DSL or cable, you should invest in surge protection for those modems as well.

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Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:35:51 PM #18670 Perm Link

Impresive build

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Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:42:04 PM #19601 Perm Link

I've been looking at the prices of bigger HDD's falling, and I'm wondering if I should go for a bigger drive. I've managed to fill up 184 gigs of the 250 I have with various things (mostly DVD's and game back-ups), so I was wondering whether I should spring for a bigger one. Cost really isn't much of an object so long as it slots under a grand (it's one of my months that I have nothing to buy, so I'm naturally hording money).

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?
Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.
Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

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Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:34:36 PM #19612 Perm Link

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Get two more 250s and put them in a RAID 5 array Smile

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Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:29:02 AM #19717 Perm Link

The problem is though that I only have room for three more HDD's, and I want to have wiggle room to upgrade in the future. That, and setting up RAID arrays annoys me greatly. I wouldn't have done it with the Raptors if they weren't so bloody fast.

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?
Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.
Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

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Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:06:45 PM #19761 Perm Link

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The RAID 0 you got with the raptors is asking for trouble with data loss.

I really do like the way your system is setup. Well, you could go with a RAID 5 array for redundancy and speed. Seriously, RAID 0 is just bad for data retention... plus those raptors die faster.

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Tue Aug 1, 2006 6:18:52 PM #19884 Perm Link

But it's so fast. The only reason I set it up for RAID 0 was because it was fast, and I really do not enjoy the time it takes to get a RAID array going. Besides, see journal post.

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?
Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.
Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

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Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:48:24 PM #72908 Perm Link

I'm considering selling this one as well. Though I'm not decided either way what to do with it.

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?
Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.
Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!