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Sociology > Depression |
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09 Oct 2006 09:38:56 PM |
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MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
and i can't find the source
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
09 Oct 2006 09:43:06 PM |
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% wrote:
and i can't find the source
the mouse button
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| User: "%" |
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09 Oct 2006 09:48:03 PM |
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"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
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% wrote:
and i can't find the source
the mouse button
no wonder you get the big coinage
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
09 Oct 2006 11:08:50 PM |
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% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
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% wrote:
and i can't find the source
the mouse button
no wonder you get the big coinage
Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
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| User: "%" |
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09 Oct 2006 11:10:10 PM |
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"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
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% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
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% wrote:
and i can't find the source
the mouse button
no wonder you get the big coinage
Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
there's a ski resort near you ,
that looks like where i live ,
and now i forget the name
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 10:34:25 AM |
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% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
and i can't find the source
the mouse button
no wonder you get the big coinage
Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
there's a ski resort near you ,
that looks like where i live ,
and now i forget the name
Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 10:43:26 AM |
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"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p1ss1Fgts9aU2@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
and i can't find the source
the mouse button
no wonder you get the big coinage
Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
there's a ski resort near you ,
that looks like where i live ,
and now i forget the name
Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?
well it had those but that's not the name ,
i posted it the day i saw it but i guess you missed it
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 05:45:02 PM |
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% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p1ss1Fgts9aU2@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
and i can't find the source
the mouse button
no wonder you get the big coinage
Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
there's a ski resort near you ,
that looks like where i live ,
and now i forget the name
Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?
well it had those but that's not the name ,
i posted it the day i saw it but i guess you missed it
I'vee alternating between active and a lot doing and then spending days
doing my lisa impression.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 05:49:01 PM |
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"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2m3fFh0f9vU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p1ss1Fgts9aU2@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
and i can't find the source
the mouse button
no wonder you get the big coinage
Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
there's a ski resort near you ,
that looks like where i live ,
and now i forget the name
Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?
well it had those but that's not the name ,
i posted it the day i saw it but i guess you missed it
I'vee alternating between active and a lot doing and then spending days
doing my lisa impression.
yea well it was on Bike TV but it was snowboarders
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
11 Oct 2006 04:05:03 AM |
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% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2m3fFh0f9vU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p1ss1Fgts9aU2@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0kmeFgejveU2@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p0flmFgn8fkU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
and i can't find the source
the mouse button
no wonder you get the big coinage
Sometimes I have to warn people about not trying things at home.
there's a ski resort near you ,
that looks like where i live ,
and now i forget the name
Would that be snow and pine trees ski resort?
well it had those but that's not the name ,
i posted it the day i saw it but i guess you missed it
I'vee alternating between active and a lot doing and then spending days
doing my lisa impression.
yea well it was on Bike TV but it was snowboarders
Were they biking on snowboard TV?
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 01:24:58 AM |
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In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
backups?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 09:46:12 AM |
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"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
backups?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 02:24:06 PM |
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% wrote:
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
backups?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me
I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 02:26:43 PM |
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"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
backups?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me
I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.
i do too , but i still pay someone because i can
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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10 Oct 2006 06:56:04 PM |
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% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
backups?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me
I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.
i do too , but i still pay someone because i can
You just want a PC buddy
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| User: "%" |
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10 Oct 2006 07:33:48 PM |
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"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2q8jFgvla7U1@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are
your
backups?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me
I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.
i do too , but i still pay someone because i can
You just want a PC buddy
well if i'm going to do what you do ,
i might as well be you so move out i'm moving in ,
and leave the slippers
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
11 Oct 2006 04:06:15 AM |
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% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2q8jFgvla7U1@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net...
% wrote:
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are
your
backups?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me
I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.
i do too , but i still pay someone because i can
You just want a PC buddy
well if i'm going to do what you do ,
i might as well be you so move out i'm moving in ,
and leave the slippers
You can live in the pool house.
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
11 Oct 2006 01:54:17 AM |
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In message <4p2aamFgu91sU1@individual.net>, Franz Bestuchev
<franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> writes
% wrote:
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
backups?
i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me
I don't pay someone to do it for me, I learn and figure it out myself.
I back-up the data I change, daily. I do a fortnightly back up, too.
Given a CD recorder it's easy for me - I keep two days worth of data. If
you have more data, or want to back up programs too, you'd need a lot of
CDs, or a DVD writer.
I've had to use the backups several times, so I'm pretty strict with
myself about them.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 12:31:23 PM |
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In message <deSdnYVjq-DZL7bYnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
backups?
i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me
Ah! That out of date, huh?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 02:01:57 PM |
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"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:QQE$SJDrj9KFFwN2@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <deSdnYVjq-DZL7bYnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:VMQ+VYK6yzKFFwMS@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <UtudneMq5sNEmrbYnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, %
<persent@gmail.com> writes
and i can't find the source
Mine clicked, then the hard drive turned up its toes. How good are your
backups?
i don't do my own tech work ,
i pay someone to do it for me
Ah! That out of date, huh?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
affordability
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| User: "slunky" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
09 Oct 2006 09:41:48 PM |
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_/ % wrote \_
and i can't find the source
Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
is.
--
-slunky
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
09 Oct 2006 09:45:33 PM |
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"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
news:slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero...
_/ % wrote \_
and i can't find the source
Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
is.
--
-slunky
one of mine use to sound like a plane propeler ,
it was really loud , it drove me nuts , i put a bit of oil on it ,
that worked for about two days ,
then i reached in and pushed on it and it made a click noise ,
and its been dead silent since but i know its turning cause it cut my finger
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| User: "slunky" |
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09 Oct 2006 09:47:51 PM |
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_/ % wrote \_
one of mine use to sound like a plane propeler ,
it was really loud , it drove me nuts , i put a bit of oil on it ,
that worked for about two days ,
then i reached in and pushed on it and it made a click noise ,
and its been dead silent since but i know its turning cause it cut my finger
I can usually fix mine by turning it off for a minute, and then it runs
for about a week before it gets noisy again.
--
-slunky
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| User: "%" |
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09 Oct 2006 09:49:08 PM |
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"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
news:slrneim2j7.kc.slunky@latitude.zero...
_/ % wrote \_
one of mine use to sound like a plane propeler ,
it was really loud , it drove me nuts , i put a bit of oil on it ,
that worked for about two days ,
then i reached in and pushed on it and it made a click noise ,
and its been dead silent since but i know its turning cause it cut my
finger
I can usually fix mine by turning it off for a minute, and then it runs
for about a week before it gets noisy again.
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-slunky
oh no , i can't turn it off ,
what if somebody says something
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| User: "slunky" |
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09 Oct 2006 09:50:32 PM |
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_/ % wrote \_
oh no , i can't turn it off ,
what if somebody says something
You could do like me and have more than one computer.
--
-slunky
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| User: "%" |
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09 Oct 2006 09:52:55 PM |
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"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
news:slrneim2o8.kc.slunky@latitude.zero...
_/ % wrote \_
oh no , i can't turn it off ,
what if somebody says something
You could do like me and have more than one computer.
--
-slunky
i've got three here , but one's hers so no go there ,
and the other has a crack in the port thing where the motherboard goes in ,
and i think it will cost more to fix than its worth
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 01:53:11 AM |
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In message <slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
<slunky@globalzero.org> writes
_/ % wrote \_
and i can't find the source
Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
is.
There's a noisy fan in the PC I'm sorting out at the present. I've
tracked it down to the video card, which doesn't help much; how do you
change the fan on one of those?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
10 Oct 2006 10:33:17 AM |
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Alan Harding wrote:
In message <slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
<slunky@globalzero.org> writes
_/ % wrote \_
and i can't find the source
Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
is.
There's a noisy fan in the PC I'm sorting out at the present. I've
tracked it down to the video card, which doesn't help much; how do you
change the fan on one of those?
You either hack something on (I prefer using Panaflo 80mm fans because
they're nice and quiet) and just a bunch of epoxy and things are held
nicely.
This is assuming that it's out of warranty. While they're *in* warranty
I often complain to the RMA dept. that the fan has died so I have 1 or 2
spares.
Little fans don't last, and their efficiency/size is lousy so the RPMs
are often quite high.
Lastly, depending on whether you need the PCI slots below you can use a
Big ***** Heatsink designed for something else and attach it with thermal
epoxy (careful with that stuff). Depending on the card you may not need
a fan at all after that.
There's also items like the Zalman VF900 (have a Zalman on the CPU too),
I have one of those on my 6800GT, which is currently at 40°C. The other
video card has a stock heatsink (BFG...heavy round lug of copper, that I
sanded to *flat* and mirror shiny) and it has to sit between cards. So
it runs at ~60°C right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118001
It would bake that card if I didn't have a 120mm fan on some home-bent
aluminum brackets that have it rigged to blow air across all the add-in
cards.
I figure this machine has 9 fans. I've got another box for archiving
files to and it's got 7 fans.
I'm not the overclocker/hardware nut I used to be, but I'm still
borderline insane on DIY PC stuff.
If you're going to replace a fan and plan on keeping the machine for a
while, get Panaflo fans. Failing that use Sunon.
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
13 Oct 2006 02:55:18 AM |
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In message <4p1spuFgts9aU1@individual.net>, Franz Bestuchev
<franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> writes
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
<slunky@globalzero.org> writes
_/ % wrote \_
and i can't find the source
Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
is.
There's a noisy fan in the PC I'm sorting out at the present. I've
tracked it down to the video card, which doesn't help much; how do you
change the fan on one of those?
You either hack something on (I prefer using Panaflo 80mm fans because
they're nice and quiet) and just a bunch of epoxy and things are held
nicely.
This is assuming that it's out of warranty. While they're *in* warranty
I often complain to the RMA dept. that the fan has died so I have 1 or
2 spares.
Little fans don't last, and their efficiency/size is lousy so the RPMs
are often quite high.
Lastly, depending on whether you need the PCI slots below you can use a
Big ***** Heatsink designed for something else and attach it with thermal
epoxy (careful with that stuff). Depending on the card you may not need
a fan at all after that.
There's also items like the Zalman VF900 (have a Zalman on the CPU
too), I have one of those on my 6800GT, which is currently at 40°C. The
other video card has a stock heatsink (BFG...heavy round lug of copper,
that I sanded to *flat* and mirror shiny) and it has to sit between
cards. So it runs at ~60°C right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118001
It would bake that card if I didn't have a 120mm fan on some home-bent
aluminum brackets that have it rigged to blow air across all the add-in
cards.
I figure this machine has 9 fans. I've got another box for archiving
files to and it's got 7 fans.
I'm not the overclocker/hardware nut I used to be, but I'm still
borderline insane on DIY PC stuff.
If you're going to replace a fan and plan on keeping the machine for a
while, get Panaflo fans. Failing that use Sunon.
The card's well out of warranty - it was sitting, unchanged, in the
I'net computer for six years. After I air sprayed the muck off the fan,
it packed up completely, so I had to use my spare card in it. Then the
DVD drive started making dreadful sounds and then stopped reading, so I
had to swap that for my spare.
I'm out of spares, apart from hard-drives and floppy drives. I have a
DVD ROM, I think, but no more readers. I'm going to have to spend money
- Wynne's PC needs upgrading. It's a games machine, so it won't be
cheap. I'll have to look up what's suitable and affordable.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
13 Oct 2006 10:43:40 PM |
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Alan Harding wrote:
In message <4p1spuFgts9aU1@individual.net>, Franz Bestuchev
<franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> writes
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <slrneim27s.kc.slunky@latitude.zero>, slunky
<slunky@globalzero.org> writes
_/ % wrote \_
and i can't find the source
Every once and a while one of my fans starts making a lot of noise, but
since there's so many in the computer I can't figure out which one it
is.
There's a noisy fan in the PC I'm sorting out at the present. I've
tracked it down to the video card, which doesn't help much; how do
you change the fan on one of those?
You either hack something on (I prefer using Panaflo 80mm fans because
they're nice and quiet) and just a bunch of epoxy and things are held
nicely.
This is assuming that it's out of warranty. While they're *in*
warranty I often complain to the RMA dept. that the fan has died so I
have 1 or 2 spares.
Little fans don't last, and their efficiency/size is lousy so the RPMs
are often quite high.
Lastly, depending on whether you need the PCI slots below you can use
a Big ***** Heatsink designed for something else and attach it with
thermal epoxy (careful with that stuff). Depending on the card you may
not need a fan at all after that.
There's also items like the Zalman VF900 (have a Zalman on the CPU
too), I have one of those on my 6800GT, which is currently at 40°C.
The other video card has a stock heatsink (BFG...heavy round lug of
copper, that I sanded to *flat* and mirror shiny) and it has to sit
between cards. So it runs at ~60°C right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118001
It would bake that card if I didn't have a 120mm fan on some home-bent
aluminum brackets that have it rigged to blow air across all the
add-in cards.
I figure this machine has 9 fans. I've got another box for archiving
files to and it's got 7 fans.
I'm not the overclocker/hardware nut I used to be, but I'm still
borderline insane on DIY PC stuff.
If you're going to replace a fan and plan on keeping the machine for a
while, get Panaflo fans. Failing that use Sunon.
The card's well out of warranty - it was sitting, unchanged, in the
I'net computer for six years. After I air sprayed the muck off the fan,
it packed up completely, so I had to use my spare card in it. Then the
DVD drive started making dreadful sounds and then stopped reading, so I
had to swap that for my spare.
I'm out of spares, apart from hard-drives and floppy drives. I have a
DVD ROM, I think, but no more readers. I'm going to have to spend money
- Wynne's PC needs upgrading. It's a games machine, so it won't be
cheap. I'll have to look up what's suitable and affordable.
I've got an MSI GeForce 6600GT (AGP) (still w/ 2 years warranty IIRC)
and an Asus GeForce Ti4200 Deluxe (AGP) that I've been thinking about
putting up on ebay. The 6600GT is a pretty solid gaming card and so is
the Ti4200 depending on what kind of pixel pushing you need.
Bit of a PITA to sell trans-atlantic, but let me know if you're
interested. I'll certainly give you a good price for not having to
hassle with ebay.
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| User: "slunky" |
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| Title: Re: MY COMPUTER IS CLICKING |
13 Oct 2006 10:52:20 PM |
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_/ Franz Bestuchev wrote \_
I've got an MSI GeForce 6600GT (AGP) (still w/ 2 years warranty IIRC)
and an Asus GeForce Ti4200 Deluxe (AGP) that I've been thinking about
<snip>
Bit of a PITA to sell trans-atlantic, but let me know if you're
interested. I'll certainly give you a good price for not having to
hassle with ebay.
How much do you want for each? I'm looking for a videocard upgrade.
--
-slunky
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