CIPWTTKT&GC v0x14 (v20): Turning it off and on all day every day - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=gman003-main;37259160]Has anyone used a [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=26-104-320]Logitech Anywhere Mouse?[/url] I'm considering getting one, based off a reply in the Quick Questions thread, but some of the reviews mention hardware reliability issues. And I've had less-than-perfect reliability with Logitech stuff. Both my Logitech mice ended up with malfunctioning buttons after a year, and my Logitech headset broke often and easily. However, I've mainly bought their cheap stuff (save the headset), so the reliability wasn't as much of a concern. But the one I'm considering is less low-end, about double what I've paid in the past. I would hope it's more reliable.[/QUOTE] I have one, it's my favourite mouse ever.

[QUOTE=Protocol7;37262582]so it's the exact same technology except it's sold by a company whose audio peripherals are generally shitty, break within a year and is marketed as being ~DiFFerenT 4 GamErZ~ I'm sorry the G35s are just shit[/QUOTE] I don't buy "gaming" gear, I just buy whatever has the features I want, a good price and gets solid reviews. At sub-$100, what other non-bluetooth wireless USB headset would you recommend? Or if any of those requirements limits one to a selection of only "shit" options, what are some examples from the "myriad of outperforming" cans that are in that range? As for "general shittyness," I'm going need you to elaborate because the Logitech gear I have has held up much better than anything else I've bought. I actually just got a free replacement G930 with shipping both ways covered by them after ~18 months of use on my last one, just because I complained about the leather earpads starting to crack.

Got Dataram's Ramdrive working.... that I PAID FOR... Their support sucks. Fixed it when I spent like 20 minutes fixing it. And nowwwww...... [img]http://puu.sh/VKDU[/img]

[QUOTE=mblunk;37262917]I don't buy "gaming" gear, I just buy whatever has the features I want, a good price and gets solid reviews. At sub-$100, what other non-bluetooth wireless USB headset would you recommend? Or if any of those requirements limits one to a selection of only "shit" options, what are some examples from the "myriad of outperforming" cans that are in that range? As for "general shittyness," I'm going need you to elaborate because the Logitech gear I have has held up much better than anything else I've bought. I actually just got a free replacement G930 with shipping both ways covered by them after ~18 months of use on my last one, just because I complained about the leather earpads starting to crack.[/QUOTE] Some Panasonic HTF600 headphones plus a modmic set you back around 80 bucks and it will sound better in both departments, for cheaper.

Suggest some games. Since I planned on doing a series of videos about RamDriving Games. Since I got 32GB I can even load RAGE or GTA4 completely.

: | [img]http://puu.sh/VKZf[/img] Yes, I kept accidnety screening my whole desktop some how.

[QUOTE=Chezhead;37262179]I've recently been appointed head of some sort of tech squad at our school that's being instated next year. Freshmen are all getting school-appointed laptops, and generally everyone at our school is tech-illiterate, so the administration decided to have an invite-only "IT Study Hall" which would offer credits for fixing laptops and really any technology-related problem around the school. Also, it looks like all my "peers" are not too computer-smart, so I will likely be dealing with a lot of this. Most of them know how to download some torrents or can make games on gamemaker and thus are known as the "1337 haxxorz" around the school. I'm more of a software guy, but I have not been asked to do much PC repair prior to this. I recover files by using an external linux boot disk, I can take computers apart and put computers back together again, and generally standard stuff. Although I do not have much experience in the field of PC Repair, I feel I am prepared to handle nearly anything software-related with a combination of past experiences and google. All of this is going to be Windows related, but the Graphics Arts department uses Macs, so I guess I may be dealing with those. This leads me to my question: I know that you guys lean more on the hardware side than software side, so what sorts of stuff should I be prepared to fix hardware-wise? Software advice would be appreciated too, as well as any sort of items I would need to keep in my personal office space to use to fix computers. So far, I have a couple flash drives, a couple sized screwdrivers, and some canned air. I could bring my extensive library of linux distribution disks and my Puppy Linux or Backtrack Live USBs I use for recovering files from hard drives that refuse to operate correctly.[/QUOTE] If it's not POSTing reset the CMOS first. Works 70% of the time for me and it's pretty effortless (but still involves sticking your hand inside the case and manhandling jumpers so you can be 1337 repair guy) You'd think this is an obvious tip but from what I've seen it isn't. Also keep common spare parts like jumpers, screws and some cables around (shouldn't need to buy em if you can find useless/broken computers or something like that), and a large, low-power(?) magnet or small plastic box inside your toolbox to stick the screws you're working with while they're not in their respective holes so you don't have to end up using your spares. [editline]16th August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Brt5470;37263289]Suggest some games. Since I planned on doing a series of videos about RamDriving Games. Since I got 32GB I can even load RAGE or GTA4 completely.[/QUOTE] Arma 2! It's unoptimized as fuck and one of it's main "requirements" is a decent hard drive.

[url]http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/falcon-northwest-tiki-core/4505-3118_7-35332634.html[/url] Pretty impressive that they can get a 3770k and a 680 in a case not much bigger than an XBox 360.

[QUOTE=ProWaffle;37264289][url]http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/falcon-northwest-tiki-core/4505-3118_7-35332634.html[/url] Pretty impressive that they can get a 3770k and a 680 in a case not much bigger than an XBox 360.[/QUOTE] Fuck, I saw that in a PC gaming magazine The dream machine 2012 in one of the magazines was $14,000 :v:

He says they have different options to choose from in the video.

Fuck, this TF2 server thing is pissing me off No ticket? You'll have to wait about an hour. Can't join my friend's game because the voucher only works if you have a ticket. The FAQ lied. (Although I do know most of it is the server overflowing and shit, like Diablo III release day) /rant Surprisingly, I've been doing really well with this low space and conserving it. Good computer skill to learn. Try it out some day.

[QUOTE=mblunk;37262917]I don't buy "gaming" gear, I just buy whatever has the features I want, a good price and gets solid reviews. At sub-$100, what other non-bluetooth wireless USB headset would you recommend? Or if any of those requirements limits one to a selection of only "shit" options, what are some examples from the "myriad of outperforming" cans that are in that range? As for "general shittyness," I'm going need you to elaborate because the Logitech gear I have has held up much better than anything else I've bought. I actually just got a free replacement G930 with shipping both ways covered by them after ~18 months of use on my last one, just because I complained about the leather earpads starting to crack.[/QUOTE] I would never recommend a wireless headphone, let alone a headset. They're terrible. They just are. The headphone thread will agree, Head-Fi will agree. You know what wouldn't happen with a pair of something like the HD 650s? Cracking leather earpads. Because they're not actually leather, they're a much more comfortable foam.

[QUOTE=DustySheep;37264464]Fuck, I saw that in a PC gaming magazine The dream machine 2012 in one of the magazines was $14,000 :v:[/QUOTE] The Beast in PC Powerplay here in Australia averages about $25,000, swaying about $5000 either way.

[QUOTE=Protocol7;37264928]I would never recommend a wireless headphone, let alone a headset. They're terrible. They just are. The headphone thread will agree, Head-Fi will agree. You know what wouldn't happen with a pair of something like the HD 650s? Cracking leather earpads. Because they're not actually leather, they're a much more comfortable foam.[/QUOTE] Yeah I've had foam before, and it is very comfy, but I don't notice the less-comfortable aspects of leather especially with the immersive airtight seal. I know the G930s aren't designed with no-compromises maximally accurate sound reproduction in mind, just that it's not a bad choice when on sale all things considered for people looking for its features. Of course people looking to spend every bit of $500 on nothing more than beautiful sound have different priorities. It's just a shame that, as you said, nobody seems able to combine that philosophy with other material features like lossless wireless.

I found the entry. [B]CPU: Xeon E5-2687W Mobo: Asus P9X79 WS RAM: 64 GB Corsair RAM (um wat) GPU: 2 690's SSD's: 2 512GB HHD's:3 4TB (you don't need this much fucking space) Case: Silverstone TJ11 Paint job (why): Smooth Creations Keyboard: Vengance K90 Speakers: Audioengine 5+ Mouse: R.A.T. 7 Albino PSU: Corsair AX1200i Monitor: 2 Dell U3011 Cooling: Various (um) OS: Win. 7 Pro[/B] Cost: $14,482 [editline]15th August 2012[/editline] And the paint job was to make it blue and white.

[QUOTE=Chezhead;37262179]I've recently been appointed head of some sort of tech squad at our school that's being instated next year. Freshmen are all getting school-appointed laptops, and generally everyone at our school is tech-illiterate, so the administration decided to have an invite-only "IT Study Hall" which would offer credits for fixing laptops and really any technology-related problem around the school. Also, it looks like all my "peers" are not too computer-smart, so I will likely be dealing with a lot of this. Most of them know how to download some torrents or can make games on gamemaker and thus are known as the "1337 haxxorz" around the school. I'm more of a software guy, but I have not been asked to do much PC repair prior to this. I recover files by using an external linux boot disk, I can take computers apart and put computers back together again, and generally standard stuff. Although I do not have much experience in the field of PC Repair, I feel I am prepared to handle nearly anything software-related with a combination of past experiences and google. All of this is going to be Windows related, but the Graphics Arts department uses Macs, so I guess I may be dealing with those. This leads me to my question: I know that you guys lean more on the hardware side than software side, so what sorts of stuff should I be prepared to fix hardware-wise? Software advice would be appreciated too, as well as any sort of items I would need to keep in my personal office space to use to fix computers. So far, I have a couple flash drives, a couple sized screwdrivers, and some canned air. I could bring my extensive library of linux distribution disks and my Puppy Linux or Backtrack Live USBs I use for recovering files from hard drives that refuse to operate correctly.[/QUOTE] You seem to know enough to fix most problems. Get yourself easy access to Google and you will be fine. [editline]16th August 2012[/editline] Also most the time in laptop repairs its a matter of replacing a faulty part, it's not often that something comes along that can be fixed without hacky methods.

Do you guys know of a tool or a script that will force windows to make thumbnails for every file on my system? I always like having thumbnails and hate waiting for it to generate them. Would be fine for running it overnight or something and letting it generate them. Even if I type in jpg into search and let it run I have to physcially scroll for it to gen them.

[QUOTE=DustySheep;37265080]I found the entry. [B]CPU: Xeon E5-2687W Mobo: Asus P9X79 WS RAM: 64 GB Corsair RAM (um wat) GPU: 2 690's SSD's: 2 512GB HHD's:3 4TB (you don't need this much fucking space) Case: Silverstone TJ11 Paint job (why): Smooth Creations Keyboard: Vengance K90 Speakers: Audioengine 5+ Mouse: R.A.T. 7 Albino PSU: Corsair AX1200i Monitor: 2 Dell U3011 Cooling: Various (um) OS: Win. 7 Pro[/B] Cost: $14,482 [editline]15th August 2012[/editline] And the paint job was to make it blue and white.[/QUOTE] Putting a 2 Socket Xeon in a 1 Socket board. Great idea. You spend $15k on a PC but get a dual socket xeon for a single socket board. Seriously...

[QUOTE=Brt5470;37265790]Do you guys know of a tool or a script that will force windows to make thumbnails for every file on my system? I always like having thumbnails and hate waiting for it to generate them. Would be fine for running it overnight or something and letting it generate them. Even if I type in jpg into search and let it run I have to physcially scroll for it to gen them.[/QUOTE] Can't you do that automatic scroll thing on windows explorer? (middle click and drag down a bit) If so you could do the search *.jpg thing and make it scroll down at a speed that generates them.

[QUOTE=DustySheep;37265080] SSD's: 2 512GB HHD's:3 4TB (you don't need this much fucking space) [/QUOTE] RAID? And wow, they didn't even suggest windows 7 Ultimate.

what ssd is best to get right now for like games and shit [editline]16th August 2012[/editline] im thinking of raiding ssds

[QUOTE=Turing;37268850]what ssd is best to get right now for like games and shit [editline]16th August 2012[/editline] im thinking of raiding ssds[/QUOTE] Samsung 830s

[QUOTE=Lomme;37255165]Why limit yourself to only hear things? You can move your head and break your neck trying to move yourself in-game with this wonderful device: [IMG]http://cdn.pollin.de/article/big/G710644.JPG[/IMG] Also, it was a cable spaghetti monster.[/QUOTE] Instantly thought of the Megaman helmet. :v:

PC-World are having a clearance, I picked up a R.A.T 3 and steelseries QCK mass, both for £15, not a bad price, check your PCworlds! [editline]16th August 2012[/editline] I saw a G400 for £12.50 too but someone grabbed it before I could,

[QUOTE=David Tennant;37270614]PC-World are having a clearance, I picked up a R.A.T 3 and steelseries QCK mass, both for £15, not a bad price, check your PCworlds! [editline]16th August 2012[/editline] I saw a G400 for £12.50 too but someone grabbed it before I could,[/QUOTE] I'd go in for a cheap mouse and come out with a 52 inch tv and monster hdmi cables

[QUOTE=DustySheep;37264889]Fuck, this TF2 server thing is pissing me off No ticket? You'll have to wait about an hour. Can't join my friend's game because the voucher only works if you have a ticket. The FAQ lied. (Although I do know most of it is the server overflowing and shit, like Diablo III release day) /rant Surprisingly, I've been doing really well with this low space and conserving it. Good computer skill to learn. Try it out some day.[/QUOTE] Get a blog

Well shit. My PS3 that i sent for a reball is completely stuffed. Fuck consoles with a rake.

[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;37271048']Well shit. My PS3 that i sent for a reball is completely stuffed. Fuck consoles with a rake.[/QUOTE] What's a reball? (Excuse my clueless PS3 Lingo, my Launch PS3 has been collecting dust for years)

The GPU/CPU in consoles is in a package called BGA (Ball grid array) and the solder connecting it to the motherboard may give / break because of thermal stress (being cooled down and heated up repeatedly). Reballing means the process to re-solder the joints. It is notoriously hard to do it by hand or at home, unless you want a fucked up oven.

Even soldering the chips in sockets would be a good way to prevent solder breakage, but I guess every cent matters in the manufacturing process and they have to make it as cheap as possible.