Computer Forum Chat Thread

[protput]

n.n I had to get a new heat sink due to my computer having a flawed heat sink and... I kinda wiped off the thermal paste but I'm kinda scared of installing the new one

/cries

Apply some on some paper first, to see how much comes out and get a feel for it. Last time I did it with a new tube, some watery substance came out before the actual paste. I was glad I used it on paper first!

[Resentful]

Apply some on some paper first, to see how much comes out and get a feel for it. Last time I did it with a new tube, some watery substance came out before the actual paste. I was glad I used it on paper first!

They had the thermal paste pre-installed so I'm fine with that n.n however I'm still too scared to install it ._.

[Xuvial]

Oh my GOD. You know my post earlier of how I said something was going *squeak* in my system every now and then and I thought my HDD was about to die, so I frantically backed up everything on another HDD?

Well it turns out the squeaking is being caused by my MOUSE (Logi G400). Once in a while, the clicking actions causes the one of the buttons to make a squeaking sound.
Yes, it's a mouse that squeaks. It's a motherfucking PUN.

Well atleast my stuff is backed up now

[BicycleMafioso]

Who needs girls when i have crossfire?
My radeons brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like, mines better than yours.

[DeltrusDisc]

I know your secret. ;p

[Adappy]

So what you're saying is when you say "that's graphics card is really hot"... you don't mean what most people would think you do

[DeltrusDisc]

So what you're saying is when you say "that's graphics card is really hot"... you don't mean what most people would think you do

^_<

/10charinfunstuffwtf?

[Cyanotical]

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Apple invented marketing!

[inux94]

That special club bro.
Hipster glasses should come with a retina display macbook.

They apparently found aliens on Mars, still alive.

[Xuvial]

Apple invented marketing!

Pffft no

But they will be the primary reason of the inevitable revamp of the patent system.

So you can indirectly thank Apple later for the invention of a patent system that works

[inux94]

Apple: SUE THEM!

Copy them if they're successful!

We might be bashing too much ^^

[BicycleMafioso]

Pffft no

But they will be the primary reason of the inevitable revamp of the patent system.

So you can indirectly thank Apple later for the invention of a patent system that works

Mmmm, well, I'd say it just highlights how ancient everything in the US legal businesses in general.
Look at their court-system, patents, jurisdiction, division in federal/state et c all together. Extremely out-of-date.

[Cyanotical]

Mmmm, well, I'd say it just highlights how ancient everything in the US legal businesses in general.
Look at their court-system, patents, jurisdiction, division in federal/state et c all together. Extremely out-of-date.

it actually used to be pretty good, until it was butchered by pro-corporate/anti-regulation lobbying

and unfortunately, most american voters are more concerned with the religious values of their chicken to care, and big business pays a lot of money to keep it out of the view of the american public, a good example is the fact that most americans had no idea about SOPA until google brought it up, even though nearly everyone in the tech field knew about it months prior

[BicycleMafioso]

Yes, in theory it is great. It just doesn't work... anymore.
The problem is, like with anything, everything works as long as you respect the system. Once you bring fanatics into things, as well as all the bribing and corruption (I mean no offense to any American out there, but if you take money from a company, or a lobby, it is a bribe), it just.. doesn't work.

It wouldn't hurt if you also had different parties to actually vote on, that aren't nigh identical, with the difference being that one guy is more religious than the other.

Either way, I will refrain from that discussion onwards, since politics and religion never leads anywhere good. Nor does shrimp.

[Vestig3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFeC25BM9E0&feature=player_embedded

Lol from 2:17-2:24 is soooo true xD

[Asera]

My Xonar Essence shipped yesterday. :3:3

[Xuvial]

Neat-o, let us know the difference it makes in sound
Also be sure to try it with the equalizer (with your own settings) vs no equalizer. I'm convinced that I can't be the only person who found the Xonar STX's default settings (no equalizer) sounded like absolute shit, everything was horribly muddy. As soon as I kicked in my "U"-shaped equalizer settings (high bass, low mids, high highs) heaven greeted my ears.
Looks a bit like this (but in the STX control panel):


Also does anyone know of a fan controller that allows you to turn off the fans completely, not just min-max? A computer only needs 1-2 fans going on slow when it's at idle to maintain the bare minimum airflow, the rest can be safely turned off. It will be a truly silent computer, completely inaudible unless you stick your ear to it.
Then when you do something intensive, turn on the fans as neccessary

[BicycleMafioso]

I've started to move away from a mostly U-shaped equalizer, but to default.
I got annoyed at the, ironically, muddy noise eventually, and figured less bass is less tiring.
This with the DX though.

[Vestig3]

Nvm remove this please P: