Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 11th 12, 02:36 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 20
Views: 949
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 10th 12, 02:43 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 936
CORSAIR Builder Series Power Supply quality
Ant wrote:
On 7/8/2012 6:05 PM PT, larry moe 'n curly typed:
with almost all brands of PSUs, many models still contain low quality
capacitors from companies like Teapo, CapXon, and...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 9th 12, 02:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 936
CORSAIR Builder Series Power Supply quality
Ant wrote:
So Antec is better now? I had a Fortron FSP650-80GLC PSU (650 watts)
that lasted from 5/14/2007 to 12/5/2009.
They should be better now, but as with almost all brands of PSUs,...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 6th 12, 08:40 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 936
CORSAIR Builder Series Power Supply quality
Ant wrote:
On 7/5/2012 11:14 PM PT, larry moe 'n curly typed:
Corsair, Antec, and Seasonic are all good brands for PSUs.
Antec PSUs are good? Mine didn't last long in my personal...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 6th 12, 08:10 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 936
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 6th 12, 07:14 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 936
CORSAIR Builder Series Power Supply quality
On Jul 5, 9:17*am, Daniel Prince wrote:
Is the CORSAIR Builder Series Power Supply a good quality power supply?
Yes, according to JonnyGuru.com, one of the best websites for...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 2nd 12, 07:44 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,061
need RAM recommendation - please help
Bill in Co wrote:
larry moe 'n curly wrote:
My overall failure rate has been 10% with modules made with
unidentifiable chips. So I wouldn't trust any of the major brands,
except...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 2nd 12, 07:22 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
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Replies: 23
Views: 817
Thermal Cement?
John Doe wrote:
"larry moe 'n curly" wrote:
Krazy Glue is a brand of super glue. It will work, but I don't
like it because sometimes the heatsink comes off...
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Forum: General
July 2nd 12, 02:33 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,168
defective processor ?
Sydney2 wrote:
I suspect the processor. How to make sure ? What else can be wrong ?
In addition to the hard disk, I would suspect the memory, especially
if it has heatsinks over its chips or the...
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Forum: General
July 2nd 12, 02:23 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,168
defective processor ?
Sydney2 wrote:
My computer seems to stop from time to time :
After the startup, the machine runs normally for a while. Then
everything is stopped. The computer won't respond to the...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 2nd 12, 02:04 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,733
Computer popped
Metspitzer wrote:
The pop, I think, is a big clue. I may go ahead and order a Power
Supply tester.
Have you tried the paperclip test, where you bend a paperclip into a
"U" and plug it into...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 2nd 12, 12:47 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,061
need RAM recommendation - please help
glee wrote:
Well I wouldn't go solely by some customer reviews.
Especially positive reviews. Detailed negative reviews have been much
more helpful.
RAM by all the major suppliers (Crucial,...
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Forum: Asus Motherboards
July 2nd 12, 12:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,351
need RAM recommendation - please help
Adam wrote:
the customer reviews led me to the following ...
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3
12800) Desktop Memory Model
F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL ...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 2nd 12, 12:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,061
need RAM recommendation - please help
Adam wrote:
the customer reviews led me to the following ...
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3
12800) Desktop Memory Model
F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL ...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 1st 12, 11:02 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
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Replies: 23
Views: 817
Thermal Cement?
Agent_C wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:18:14 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:
If you are very familiar with using super glue, you can use that.
Would this include...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 28th 12, 08:16 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 11
Views: 534
Is overclocking genuinely useful?
On Jun 27, 10:10*pm, Doc wrote:
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig
processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video...
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Forum: General
June 28th 12, 08:16 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 11
Views: 613
Is overclocking genuinely useful?
On Jun 27, 10:10*pm, Doc wrote:
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a Core2 Duo 2.33 gig
processor. The CPU is just under specs for some newer video...
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Forum: General
June 19th 12, 08:55 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 8
Views: 711
Post power surge problems
On Jun 18, 8:39*am, J B wrote:
The fried PC has 3 hard drives, 2 of which are encrypted with
Bitlocker. I pulled out the main drive (unencrypted) and tested...
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Forum: General
June 12th 12, 08:35 AM Posted to comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 14
Views: 946
HOW2 copy IDE to SATA?
On Jun 11, 4:33*am, wrote:
I read:
You *can *buy *integrated motherboards that allow a computer to use
both *SATA and IDE hard drives. However, only one of the two...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
May 7th 12, 11:31 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 51
Views: 1,544
Good quality 2tb SATA hard drives
Daniel Prince wrote:
Does any company currently make good quality two terabyte SATA hard
drives? I have read that both Seagate and Western Digital now have
severe quality problems and that...
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Forum: General
April 27th 12, 08:04 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 6
Views: 457
computer brand
wrote:
what computer brand is best??
The December 2011 Consumer Reports survey of computers bought from
2008-2011 listed these failure rates (differences of less than 3%...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
March 25th 12, 01:02 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 61
Views: 1,973
Single-rail vs. multi-rail power supplies?
Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 24/03/2012 3:37 AM, larry moe 'n curly wrote:
Bit-Tech.net says the 1GB Radeon 6870 uses from 128W - 247W. Power
estimators aren't very good and usually give...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
March 24th 12, 04:02 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 61
Views: 1,973
Single-rail vs. multi-rail power supplies?
Arno wrote:
On 23/03/2012 9:10 PM, Paul wrote:
The only way a rectifier gets better, is by disappearing.
In the picture here, the rectifier on the secondary is
replaced by a...
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Forum: General
March 24th 12, 09:31 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 4
Views: 467
HD "sector repair failures"
kenw56 wrote:
I recently installed an internal Maxtor sata 250 gig HD.
I saved data to it, and started to back it up and got some error warnings.
I then ran chkdsk and it found some problems...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
March 24th 12, 08:37 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 61
Views: 1,973
Single-rail vs. multi-rail power supplies?
Yousuf Khan wrote:
I currently have a desktop with a Zalman 600W PS, it was a pretty
nice PS a few years ago when I got it, but now it looks like the system
has been upgraded and grown again,...
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