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

Is there anyone here with experience with the RPi? I think mine is a bit borked, as nothing from the USB works (inc the ethernet). Apparently this is due to a crystal chip being not soldered on properly but I'm too sacred to try and solder it myself bcause if it isn't it i'll probably break the whole thing :(

[QUOTE=Eltro102;36968861]Is there anyone here with experience with the RPi? I think mine is a bit borked, as nothing from the USB works (inc the ethernet). Apparently this is due to a crystal chip being not soldered on properly but I'm too sacred to try and solder it myself bcause if it isn't it i'll probably break the whole thing :([/QUOTE] Contact the manufacturer, I'm sure they'll send you a replacement.

[QUOTE=Ehmmett;36969251]is XFX an okay power supply?[/QUOTE] Also XFX is made from seasonic So you have XFX warranty and seasonic who made it, they use high quality Japanese parts. Which certification does it have? silver gold?

Well, got a new psu, its 600W and its xfx and its temps are pretty good

[QUOTE=Ehmmett;36969618]80+ Silver cert[/QUOTE] Silver is alright , and the parts are from seasonic so its very good. You should never save on the psu, and if you have more money for gold or even platinum you get an even better lasting psu. I have an Corair AX850W Gold and it can put out about over 1000Watts you got more head room up. Also the Ax850 is also made with parts from seasonic.

Buying a new mouse. Was thinking of going with the [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104577]logitech g400[/url] or [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104318]g500[/url]. As I have the mx518 and I love it. Only thing I don't like is I wish it had a better scroll wheel. I forget what its called but I like the scroll wheels that don't click.

[QUOTE=high;36970470]Buying a new mouse. Was thinking of going with the [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104577]logitech g400[/url] or [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104318]g500[/url]. As I have the mx518 and I love it. Only thing I don't like is I wish it had a better scroll wheel. I forget what its called but I like the scroll wheels that don't click.[/QUOTE] I've got the G500 and love it, it has a switch to toggle hyperscroll (No resistance on wheel)

[QUOTE=DustySheep;36962593]Comcast is now bottlenecking our internet speeds to 109Mbps[/QUOTE] I get 12 Mb/s from Charter. [editline].[/editline] Most people in my area only get 5-10 Mb/s. For some reason none of the better internet providers want to come up here.

To all those saying that there's no boost from using an APU with discrete graphics, you're pretty much flat-out wrong. AMD's had something called Hybrid Crossfire (now branded as "dual graphics") for a while now that uses both the IGP and the discrete GPU. [url]http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/dual-graphics/Pages/dual-graphics.aspx[/url]

Does anyone remember an article about inside valve? The offices and everything. It was a huge article on some site with lots of pictures and information about all the different areas and such. I want to read it again, but google hasn't helped. anyone know?

You'll all die laughing at this. Apparently, according to Best Buy ([i]shudders[/i]), people thought Samsung tablets were iPads. [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1201219[/url]

Does this look good? I wrote it in a hurry so I will probably have to rewrite some parts later [url]http://swappa.com/listing/CEU220/view[/url]

[QUOTE=superstepa;36971835]Does this look good? I wrote it in a hurry so I will probably have to rewrite some parts later [url]http://swappa.com/listing/CEU220/view[/url][/QUOTE] I would love to buy that if I had money :saddowns:

It looks like my router takes about 20-30MBit/s of speed from my Internet connection. It's all connected via cable, everything supports gigabit LAN/WAN and should be fast enough: cable modem -> WAN Port NetGear WNR3500L (N300) -> LAN Port my PC When I connect my PC directly to my modem I get my stable 120MBit/s but when I connect my PC to my router I only get 100-90MBit/s which drops to 70 or less on speedtests. I use DD-WRT on my NetGear WNR3500L (N300). Any ideas? Fixed my problem. I switched to Tomato USB, better Firmware with all the functions I need.

Windows is retarded, to make other languages characters show up instead of just rectangles you have to change your system Locale to the language you want to be able to read.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;36971790]You'll all die laughing at this. Apparently, according to Best Buy ([i]shudders[/i]), people thought Samsung tablets were iPads. [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1201219[/url][/QUOTE] These are probably the same people who say: Wii / Playstation / Xbox = Nintendo PSP / DS / iPod = Gameboy Blu ray / DVD player = VCR PC Tower = Hard drive Monitor = Computer

I have my K90 video uploaded. Will be published in about 5 hours. You get to see my face for about 5 minutes talking about bullshit.

I'm playing MGS and talking to Kiwi about it. It's truly a great game, shame I can't quite find the correct epsxe settings for it so it's always missing some feature or special effect or something.

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;36973271][IMG_thumb]https://dl.dropbox.com/s/q4qeaczdpmaw412/love.png?dl=1[/IMG_thumb] I'm gonna go start downloading this.[/QUOTE] you'll play it for 5 minutes get confused and uninstall it

[QUOTE=Strikebango;36969839]Silver is alright , and the parts are from seasonic so its very good. You should never save on the psu, and if you have more money for gold or even platinum you get an even better lasting psu. I have an Corair AX850W Gold and it can put out about over 1000Watts you got more head room up. Also the Ax850 is also made with parts from seasonic.[/QUOTE] The price they're charging on Silver and up are generally pretty ridiculous, though. And efficiency isn't necessarily the right parameter for quality.

[QUOTE=zerotwelve;36974088]you'll play it for 5 minutes get confused and uninstall it[/QUOTE] Or he'll feed for 50 games straight and upset the "hardcores".

So 420€ on my bank account. CPU - ~215€ (i5 3570k) Mobo - ~120€ RAM - 4GB ~ 25€ I have a 500W IED and a HD4650. Should I put the overall towards the PSU or GPU? Thinking PSU now and GPU later, seems safer that way.

[QUOTE=tratzzz;36974708]So 420€ on my bank account. CPU - ~215€ (i5 3570k) Mobo - ~120€ RAM - 4GB ~ 25€ I have a 500W IED and a HD4650. Should I put the overall towards the PSU or GPU? Thinking PSU now and GPU later, seems safer that way.[/QUOTE] Get an i3 and a cheaper mobo, upgrade both GPU and PSU. While it's nice having a really good CPU, you're gonna gain a lot more from having a capable card. I'm assuming that you won't be doing any professional movie editing or anything like that.

[QUOTE=tratzzz;36974708]So 420€ on my bank account. CPU - ~215€ (i5 3570k) Mobo - ~120€ RAM - 4GB ~ 25€ I have a 500W IED and a HD4650. Should I put the overall towards the PSU or GPU? Thinking PSU now and GPU later, seems safer that way.[/QUOTE] PSU that has parts from seasonic. For your price range there is for example the Fractal Design Newton R2 800W ATX 2.2 which you can get one of those for under 80€ and its a pretty good powesupply , very silent and good power delivery.

I finally got the backlight for the thinkpad and managed to fit it after plenty of swearing and cuts. Now the inverter is making a buzzing noise which at first was tolerable until i tapped the bezel area where the inverter is, now it's annoying me. Oh, and there is something between the backlight and the LCD making a black mark on the screen. :suicide:

I finally got xscreensaver fixed, now I can properly dump my memory on the screen. (because that's so secure)

[video=youtube;t1_8foWysTA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_8foWysTA[/video] What the shit is this

[QUOTE=PyroCF;36975344] What the shit is this[/QUOTE] It's an Apple ad.

[QUOTE=PyroCF;36975344][video=youtube;t1_8foWysTA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_8foWysTA[/video] What the [b]shit[/b] is this[/QUOTE] I think you answered your own question. I found the one with the wife in labour somewhat amusing, but overall they're pretty bad. [editline]28th July 2012[/editline] I just noticed that since the Apple subforum was removed, all its threads are pretty dead.

[QUOTE=PyroCF;36975344][video=youtube;t1_8foWysTA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_8foWysTA[/video] What the shit is this[/QUOTE] I don't get what this ad is trying to say "Don't buy our shit second hand"? "Don't buy shit from generic computer stores"? "Wearing an apple shirt and an iphone on a lanyard doesn't make you look like a tool"?