The "Quick Questions that does not Deserve a Thread"...Thread. V3 - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=Silverspar;37703957]Told him what you told me, he said, "Rubber gloves are better because there's a chance you can sweat with an anti-static wristband and fry it anyways." If it helps he's replaced a graphics card, a power supply and a hard drive with rubber gloves.[/QUOTE] Ignores FP, silently weeps as he shells out cash for new hardware.

[QUOTE=Silverspar;37703957]Told him what you told me, he said, "Rubber gloves are better because there's a chance you can sweat with an anti-static wristband and fry it anyways." If he does fry it, can we send it back to Newegg or is it done and a waste of money? If it helps he's replaced a graphics card, a power supply and a hard drive with rubber gloves.[/QUOTE] Fucking take the gloves and burn them and tell him he needs the bracelet because you wont notice it gets fried without it. All it needs is a spike and it will get upset and not work anymore. If he still wont go get it, still destroy the gloves and have him move it to a spot where the feet are not in contact with carpet and turn the computer on for a few seconds with his/your hands on a unpainted part of the case to discharge and then begin the replacement in all cotton clothing. Do not move around and if you step away you will need to discharge yourself again the same way.

[QUOTE=SEKCobra;37700792]I am trying to get some very old drives to fail (which they should be about to) so I can hand them to some trainees to repair them. So basically I'm hoping for a tool that spreads bytes all over the place and just rapes the disk. Since they are too degraded for our servers and don't have any warranty left I am trying to make training items out of them.[/QUOTE] I'm still sort of confused. You want to corrupt the data on the drive, or just wear it out a bunch. If the latter, I think PC mark or some other tool has a random access test, which I think will scan all over the drive, try running it nonstop on a bench machine for like a week maybe. It basically would simulate rebuilding a big RAID I'd bet. If the prior, yea you could probably let it do the test then unplug the drive, plug it back in, wave magnets over it while it's doing the test to try and mess up the data. What are they going to be fixing exactly? What kind of trainees? Repairing sectors, or general IT stuff for them to get a dead drive working again.

[QUOTE=Silverspar;37703957]Told him what you told me, he said, "Rubber gloves are better because there's a chance you can sweat with an anti-static wristband and fry it anyways." If he does fry it, can we send it back to Newegg or is it done and a waste of money? If it helps he's replaced a graphics card, a power supply and a hard drive with rubber gloves.[/QUOTE] If you are sweating profusely, keep a clean towel on hand and wipe your hands every minute or two. You shouldn't touch the connectors, sweating or not. [IMG]http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab307/IAMNGIN/500531a1_1706_ccfd.gif[/IMG] In all seriousness you may be able to claim the product was DoA. Doesn't make your father any more sane.

[QUOTE=Zephyrs;37706172]If you are sweating profusely, keep a clean towel on hand and wipe your hands every minute or two. You shouldn't touch the connectors, sweating or not. In all seriousness you may be able to claim the product was DoA. Doesn't make your father any more sane.[/QUOTE] Okay, i think i convinced him to let me work on it. But one problem i have is the house is mostly made of carpet. And would pressing down on the back of the metal case work good for grounding? Yeah, sorry this has gone on for so long but i'm really paranoid, I don't want to fuck up my first build. This is my Christmas present and my parents don't have much money at all, i'm barely getting by with the $700 budget i have right now.

As long as you have a piece of skin touching an unpainted part of the case you will be fine, just don't shuffle your feet around and you'll be fine. [editline]17th September 2012[/editline] Not the best thing in the world but I statically shocked a motherboard and I felt it jump through my finger, the motherboard lasted 6 years until a power surge due to lightning storms finally killed it.

[QUOTE=Zac;37679975]Anyone know of free video editing software that will alow me to have two videos playing? Like for a facecam kinda thing? I tried camtasia, its awesome but i am NOT paying 300$ for it.[/QUOTE] Anyone?

How come when I transfer a file across my home network from my Mac (Wireless) to my PC (wired), the transfer rate is only about 1MB/s? My can easily get download speeds close to 4MB/s at my school from the internet, but can only transfer 1MB/s on LAN? Is it because I have a shitty router? Or is it some other factors?

[QUOTE=Zac;37706443]Anyone?[/QUOTE] I'm not quite sure what you are asking. Virtual Dub? Just make sure you have the right codecs installed. [QUOTE=Electroholic;37706489]How come when I transfer a file across my home network from my Mac (Wireless) to my PC (wired), the transfer rate is only about 1MB/s? My can easily get download speeds close to 4MB/s at my school from the internet, but can only transfer 1MB/s on LAN? Is it because I have a shitty router? Or is it some other factors?[/QUOTE] Sounds like a shitty router. 1MB/s would be 10 Mb ethernet. I wasn't aware they even sold routers at that speed anymore.

[QUOTE=Silverspar;37706327]Okay, i think i convinced him to let me work on it. But one problem i have is the house is mostly made of carpet. And would pressing down on the back of the metal case work good for grounding? Yeah, sorry this has gone on for so long but i'm really paranoid, I don't want to fuck up my first build. This is my Christmas present and my parents don't have much money at all, i'm barely getting by with the $700 budget i have right now.[/QUOTE] I think your over-worrying. I built my whole pc with no gloves or not wrist band or nothing. Just don't touch anything you aren't supposed to and touch the case once and a while.

Yeah, just try your hardest to hold the corner of everything and you'll be fine.

[QUOTE=McGii;37698472]Is there any easy way to play sound over skype without using stereo mix/having them hear them talking[/QUOTE] noone?

Is my computre good? Cpesifications: Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 215 processor 2.71 GHz RAM: 3,00 GB System: Windows 7 home premium 32 bit Graphic: ATI Radeon HD 4650

What's a good alternative to a trackpad mouse for using 3D programs on a laptop?

I'm trying to delete a folder I created but then this: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SQE5Z.png[/IMG] [editline]18th September 2012[/editline] Deleting everything inside it then the folder solved it. Uh, what.

Looking for a new keyboard, my £10 logitech is getting a bit shit. Cost isn't really an issue, looking for something with quite a few programmable macro keys and obviously media controls, USB Ports on it would be excellent. Any recommendations from you guys?

[QUOTE=I be da best;37689541]No.[/QUOTE]I don't think that's right. [url]http://www.amazon.com/Half-Life-2-Game-Year-Edition-pc/dp/B000AOE14M[/url] [url]http://www.alteredgamer.com/half-life/24329-half-life-2-freemans-tryst-with-combine/[/url] [url]http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=254543[/url] [url]http://www.valvetime.net/threads/anyone-know-if-hl2-will-support-win98.32633/page-2[/url] [url]http://anglezone.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/204-pm-counter-strike-source-counter.html[/url] [url]http://steamreview.org/posts/win98supportends/[/url]

I had WS2008 installed on a hard drive which had RAID1. One of the drives broke, so I replaced it. Now apparently WS2008 thinks there are three OS installs on the HDDs, when in reality there are two: [img]http://i.imgur.com/hZZXC.png[/img] Any ideas how I could fix that?

Okay so I need help buying a laptop. [URL="http://*********com/8r2exd5"]http://bit.ly/V7yi0I[/URL] I live in Ireland so the price of that laptop would be 880 including shipping and that's with the exchange rates. Only thing I added onto it was 8gb of RAM because default was 4, and I chose no operating system standard because I think my college gives us free Windows 7. Laptop would mainly be used for games, internet, videos, and some editing. Don't care if it can't play everything on Ultra just want to be able to play ever game decently on medium. A laptop with a 630m in Ireland costs around 1500 euros, and this laptop has a 650m and is 880 so it sounds like a good deal? Let me know xxxx

what's a good software for backing up files?

What would be my best upgrade from a GTX 550 Ti? I have an i7 so bottlenecking won't be an issue. My price range is around $250. I also have this [url="http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=3738"]500w CoolerMaster PSU[/URL]. I can upgrade my PSU as needed.

[QUOTE=Dragory;37710177]I had WS2008 installed on a hard drive which had RAID1. One of the drives broke, so I replaced it. Now apparently WS2008 thinks there are three OS installs on the HDDs, when in reality there are two: [img]http://i.imgur.com/hZZXC.png[/img] Any ideas how I could fix that?[/QUOTE] Image the drive to a third device using ghost or something, reset the RAID config and image it back. You could also check to see if the drives are exactly the same size.

[QUOTE=sphinxa279;37709904]Looking for a new keyboard, my £10 logitech is getting a bit shit. Cost isn't really an issue, looking for something with quite a few programmable macro keys and obviously media controls, USB Ports on it would be excellent. Any recommendations from you guys?[/QUOTE] I'd go to the mechanical keyboard thread, but my recommendations would be the CM Storm trigger, Corsair K60/90.

[QUOTE=Zerokateo;37711383]I'd go to the mechanical keyboard thread, but my recommendations would be the CM Storm trigger, Corsair K60/90.[/QUOTE] I was just checking out the Steelseries Merc Stealth, absolutely love my steelseries Xai Mouse and I've heard nothing but good things regarding the Merc Stealth, heard anything good yourselves?

So no matter which slot I put my new Asus Xonar DGX into (2 x16, 2 x1) the pc just loops before even posting with all fans running and the speaker clicking. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this?

[QUOTE=sphinxa279;37711402]I was just checking out the Steelseries Merc Stealth, absolutely love my steelseries Xai Mouse and I've heard nothing but good things regarding the Merc Stealth, heard anything good yourselves?[/QUOTE] I mean yeah its a good keyboard but at the price a mechanical keyboard is only $10 - $20 more and is soooo worth it. Also which GPU would look better with this motherboard? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821&Tpk=sabertooth%20z77[/url] ASUS 670 [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121637[/url] Or MSI 670 [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127685[/url]

[QUOTE=sphinxa279;37711402]I was just checking out the Steelseries Merc Stealth, absolutely love my steelseries Xai Mouse and I've heard nothing but good things regarding the Merc Stealth, heard anything good yourselves?[/QUOTE] It's not mechanical, and considering you can get a Quickfire Rapid (which is mechanical) for around the same price I wouldn't recommend it.

What are the particular advantages over a mechanical keyboard and do they live up to the hype surrounding them?

[QUOTE=sphinxa279;37711901]What are the particular advantages over a mechanical keyboard and do they live up to the hype surrounding them?[/QUOTE] Average life of 50 million keystrokes compared to 1 - 10 million, high quality cherry switches and they just feel AMAZING when you type on them. Different types of feels, Clicky and tactile, Tactile but not clicky, non clicky and not tactile. Sounds wonderful whenever you bottom out on a key, Most mechanical keyboard have NKRO of full N key rollover which is A huge plus. They are just so fucking awesome, I almost bought a logitech G15 and then my friend pulled the CM quickfire pro off the shelf and I just fell in love.

It depends on the board, but generally yes they live up to it.