The Computer Megathread

[SpreadsPlague]

 

Brings a whole new meaning to the term "case fans"

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[Ethan]

FX-8150 Zambezi
also this is serious: My laptop keyboard dosent do anything at all anymore and I have a spare keyboard on my lap right now. Hao 2 remove keyboard

First off, that CPU is super overpowered for your new GPU. Do you game much?

Second of all:

Ew. Bad compared to i5-2500k, which is cheaper:

Get these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131730

I have to agree with this. Even though I love AMD so much, this is true.

[Becquerel]

First off, that CPU is super overpowered for your new GPU. Do you game much?

Second of all:I have to agree with this. Even though I love AMD so much, this is true.

OK But I still need help with replacing my laptop keyboard.

[Night Fox]

My laptop keyboard dosent do anything at all anymore and I have a spare keyboard on my lap right now. Hao 2 remove keyboard

you aren't going to be able to do that
buy a USB keyboard or a new laptop

[Becquerel]

you aren't going to be able to do that
buy a USB keyboard or a new laptop

uhh well uhh you see when you turn on the computer and the screen shows you a black background with white text telling you to select an option? I cant use the arrow keys or the enter key at all. Plug in a new USB Keyboard? NOPE. Wont work. Buy a new laptop? We dont have that kind of money.

[Night Fox]

how did you break it?

[Becquerel]

how did you break it?

Dont ask.

[Ethan]

Well, take out the keyboard and buy a replacement keyboard.
Worst case scenario is the keyboard is attached to the case and you pay someone to transfer stuff if you buy a new case.

[Becquerel]

Well, take out the keyboard and buy a replacement keyboard.

hao2

[Ethan]

hao2

Here's a great guide.

[Becquerel]

Here's a great guide.

Nvm, I managed to remove and replace the keyboard. Crappy thing is: the spare one dosent work.

I ordered a new G72 B60US Keyboard off amazon. Should arrive between Dec 30 - Jan 6

[Ethan]

Guys, a great video on SSD caching (SRT, Momentus etc):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKUYVVPWN8I

[steve5451]

My motherboard no longer has SATA connectors on it so temporarily installed my ancient IDE hard drive which is only 13 GB and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7. I had exactly 4GB left and I installed 1 game, Cortex Command. Currently I only have 179MB left on the hard-drive but it keeps changing from like 200MB to as low as 50KB's. Cortex Command takes up 106 MB of space and I turned off my page file and deleted my temporary folder.
What happend to all that disk space? :C

[Ethan]

My motherboard no longer has SATA connectors on it so temporarily installed my ancient IDE hard drive which is only 13 GB and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7. I had exactly 4GB left and I installed 1 game, Cortex Command. Currently I only have 179MB left on the hard-drive but it keeps changing from like 200MB to as low as 50KB's. Cortex Command takes up 106 MB of space and I turned off my page file and deleted my temporary folder.
What happend to all that disk space? :C

Windows 7 funkys.
It quite often fluctuates drive space. On one of my computers, I have to leave at least 15GB free space as one day it's all free, the next it's taken up.

[KoopaScooper]

I thought it had to do with the initial size of the pagefile and the maximum size (taking up more room if needed,) but I've only really dealt with XP on small drives, so it could be different.