• I can't stand talking to computer illiterate people about computers.
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[QUOTE=edberg]I see, so with a highly reliable drive you need a highly reliable interface. It's not just the speed.[/QUOTE] You could technically replace the controller on the drive with a different interface, but if I was paying $700 for a drive, I would treat it like the queen of england while installing it.
[QUOTE=Shogoll]It would be nice if you could tell me how to overclock a Dell. I got an XPS 420 simply because it was cheaper then building on here (Japan) and it came with a 24 inch screen that I instantly fell in love with. Anyways my Q6600 is still stuck at 2.4GHz, so I was wondering how to overclock it. If it involves actually messing with the motherboard directly through jumpers and the like though, then never mind. [/QUOTE] BSEL pad mod, it has you putting a peice of tape on one of the contacts of the Q6600, making the FSB 1333Hmz and also making the cpu operate at 3.0Ghz fine on Stock Cooling. If you search for that, you should be able to find the diagram for it. NOTE: You will have to take off the heatsink and CPU in order to do the BSEL Pad Mod.
SCSI might noe be faster than SATA 3.0gb/s (or so what I remember). But I find them HIGHLY dependable and responsive hard-drives. Sure they are expensive, but I only had a hand-full of SCSI drives fail one me, while for PATA/SATA, well I had plenty die off (SATA seems to be more reliable than PATA, but might be my luck). hey, it's personal opinion. I'll grab a Raptor before a SATA II any day.
The only thing I dislike about SCSI drives is that when they do eventually fail, they have catastrophic failures that you will never forget. The very few SCSI drives I have had fail usually had the platter either snap off the spindle and slice through that rubber membrane seal and bounce around in the case, or the platter just explodes and sends shrapnel all inside the drive. You generally don't want to be around when either happens.
I just experienced the harddrive exploding. It's neat really. Had it happen to my buddys computer while we were lanning. Scared the shit out of us. I never had a SCSI drive cause the platter to fly off the spindle and become a frisby of death.
[QUOTE=bohb]The only thing I dislike about SCSI drives is that when they do eventually fail, they have catastrophic failures that you will never forget. The very few SCSI drives I have had fail usually had the platter either snap off the spindle and slice through that rubber membrane seal and bounce around in the case, or the platter just explodes and sends shrapnel all inside the drive. You generally don't want to be around when either happens.[/QUOTE] That scares me, seeing as how the top cover of my Raptor X is nothing but a thin piece of transparent plastic.
[QUOTE=edberg]That scares me, seeing as how the top cover of my Raptor X is nothing but a thin piece of transparent plastic.[/QUOTE] Well the sides are going to take more of the force anyway, if they ever flunged apart. Your more likely to have the heads crash than them breaking apart.
I once had a CD shatter while in the drive. Some shards escaped out the front and cut my leg. [b]Edit:[/b] loud as fuck by the way
[QUOTE=ChompyMDC]I once had a CD shatter while in the drive. Some shards escaped out the front and cut my leg. [b]Edit:[/b] loud as fuck by the way[/QUOTE] That I understand. Since that's closer to the outside of the case, there's tons of shady CD manufacturers. Doesn't happen much with DVDs and other formats due to the lower speeds/lower RPMs. Harddrives though are built for it.
One guy at work wanted to continue using his rig while the overheat alarm was blaring...actually...most people need telling to switch off their pc when that happens. Even when it does start smoking they still think they need it. It's quite worrying.
Our computers teacher is computer illiterate. Thus I can install pretty much anything right before his eyes and he won't notice :P
[QUOTE=demoguy08]The problem is that you are a socially inept nerd that don't know how to talk to people, not that they are illiterate. Try explaining slowly next time without using complext terms and don't become all arrogant and snotty when they don't understand.[/QUOTE] I'm not talking about people that don't understand the complex things, I'm talking about the people who have no idea what the fuck a computer is for, the ones who say "So how do I run recycling bin?" I'm talking about the ones who just don't get it even with moron speak.
[QUOTE=PhillyPico]Well guys, nerds, I bet people hate when you talk about things that you are illiterate and ignorant at. Like sports for example.[/QUOTE] Damm. Being a little smart about computers means I don't know anything about sports. Makes me feel sad about people who think they know the most about computers in school and their typing speed is like, *tack* *1 second pause* *tack*. Takes them 1 minute to type this sentence.
[QUOTE=jlbmw2002]That I understand. Since that's closer to the outside of the case, there's tons of shady CD manufacturers. Doesn't happen much with DVDs and other formats due to the lower speeds/lower RPMs. Harddrives though are built for it.[/QUOTE] Even if hard drives are built for it, the high end drives still spin at 10,000-20,000 RPM which is a lot of rotational force.
Oh yeah, well I have a [b]digital[/b] computer! :O
[QUOTE=jlbmw2002]That I understand. Since that's closer to the outside of the case, there's tons of shady CD manufacturers. Doesn't happen much with DVDs and other formats due to the lower speeds/lower RPMs. Harddrives though are built for it.[/QUOTE] When you got a harddrive spinning at 10,000+RPM, that's A LOT of force being applied on to the disks. After time, that spindle is going to get weaker from heat and use. When that does, the 10k RPM is going to become a good reason why you got a platter stuck in your leg :excited: [QUOTE=smurfy]Oh yeah, well I have a [b]digital[/b] computer! :O[/QUOTE] Well I'm still using a series of gears and pullies :(
[QUOTE=SirZoloft]Well I'm still using a series of gears and pullies :([/QUOTE] Haha, my 286 owns you any day.
[QUOTE=SirZoloft] Well I'm still using a series of gears and pullies :([/QUOTE] [img]http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/images/1944_Colossus_large.jpg[/img] :quagmire:
My friend had this virtumundo or something on his computer. He looked up some forums and downloaded hijackthis he runned it and decided to delete all the files listed... Then he called me "hi can you help me reinstalling windows". Also one girl said in our class "i removed adobe reader and that deleted our internet" :)
[QUOTE=Joppu]Also one girl said in our class "i removed adobe reader and that deleted our internet" :)[/QUOTE] Don't you just hate it when you delete your internet??
One of my friends bought a computer and has no idea what is in it. I asked him what graphics card he had and he just went "How should I know!" I was like :downs:
Some people don't care, others don't know. the dumbest part of that guys experience is that he [B]BOUGHT[/B]a computer :downs:
I just had a look on Mac-Forums.com, and the first thread I saw (yes, the first) was this: "Hello, a friend of mine was asking me whether or not the macbook pro supports a super speed ram? i had no clue.... "
There was this one guy I know who likes to think he knows a lot about computers, but he actually knows almost nothing. One time he was trying to tell me that a better graphics card would increase download speed. Another time he was trying to tell me that he "Installed XP on one of the schools computers then emailed XP to all the other computers in the school and it automatically installed it on all of them" I said "How long did it take to install?". He said "About 5 minutes." I facepalmed so hard I hurt myself.
Actually, I installed Windows Vista on all our computers by just using ping. And the SOUND CARD makes your downloads faster. :rolleye: computer illiterates.
I find it humorous.. For the first 5 minutes or so, then I just start wanting to hit them for not understanding the simplest of things.
A couple of weeks ago I was in an ICT lesson in school. For some reason we were being given a ridiculously simplified explanation of how memory and storage works. Anyway after an explanation of RAM the teacher explained that "the hard disk is a form of Read-Only Memory or ROM". After a few seconds around half the class attempted to point out that since you can save files to the hard drive, it can't possibly be read-only. Unfortunately she then told us that read-only simply meant it could only be read and not written to sometimes, but otherwise you could write to it. Around 5 minutes and a rather pointless discussion later, we found enough examples in the textbooks to convince her otherwise. The funny bit is that she is meant to be an ICT teacher, and half her class are more competent than her. Why oh why is ICT mandatory in the UK?
The year 9's at my school are taking the entire GCSE ICT course in 2 days. I had to waste a year of my life on it :'(
Joy oh joy, on Friday, my ICT teacher has to teach me how to use a program I've been using for 4 years.
I'm still learning how to use Publisher in ICT, a program which I will not only never need to use, but is incredibly simple. Oh, as well as how to make a website... IN MICROSOFT WORD! :excited:
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