Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
10-08-2011, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,934
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
10-01-2011, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,337
Re: LCD monitor backlight
It's been a long time since I looked into it but I believe the operating brightness makes a huge difference in the bulb's lifespan. I always keep my backlights pretty dim, I don't see the point...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
07-24-2010, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,062
Re: Linux penguin -- Best, comment, rage.
First unix I installed at home was FreeBSD 2.something. Command prompt only, worked fine but I only played around with it a bit.
Then tried redhat 6.2. Tried the Gnome GUI on that, didn't like it....
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
07-01-2010, 12:24 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,494
Re: SVHS Goodness
I've bought 3 $5 VCRs in the past year, and they were all fails.
The first one worked for about a month. The other 2 were DOA. Annoying.
I haven't seen an SVHS yet, I'd love to get one of those...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Computer Displays
04-27-2010, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,332
Re: CapXon
Even though the replacement caps weren't low-ESR, it still should have most likely started running (for a while at least) if caps were the only problem. There's probably another problem besides the...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
04-12-2010, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,523
Re: Gigabyte GA-7VTXE - Bad Caps
As it happens, I apparently did a diagram of this board. I found it on my hard drive, so I've attached it here (too big to post inline).
That's what I would do. The board was laid out for 9...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
04-04-2010, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 8,587
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
04-04-2010, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,121
Re: Video adapters - bad caps
I think part of the reason for the cheap caps is because the add-on video card market is very gamer oriented. The big customers buy new cards every year, so long lasting parts aren't a necessary...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
04-04-2010, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 20,679
Re: Opinions on "ultra durable" Gigabyte boards?
True if you count Opterons, I think Supermicro also makes those. I was really thinking of desktop PC boards.
The high end brands make desktop boards for Intel, but they're only interested in...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
04-02-2010, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 20,679
Re: Opinions on "ultra durable" Gigabyte boards?
Those caps are really rated for 2k hrs at 105C, but the endurance increases dramatically with reduced temperature. So Gigabyte is just speculating that they'll run for 50k. That number doesn't come...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
03-21-2010, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,484
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-22-2010, 02:56 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 10,940
Re: LOL virus fail.
I'm not talking about killing a virus after it's infected you. Loading a web site has never given me a virus.
We're talking about the ability to kill Firefox (as acstech did) when it loads a...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
02-21-2010, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 10,940
Re: LOL virus fail.
I don't see how that's any different than Windows. I kill stuff in the task manager all the time.
What annoys me is that Firefox doesn't provide a clear way to close those popups without using the...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design
02-16-2010, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,431
Re: Is buying a used SmartUPS a good idea?
I got the UPS about 1 1/2 weeks ago, or something like that.
It's working great. It didn't include the serial cable, which apparently is proprietary, but I got one of those later. It also didn't...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
02-10-2010, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 9,486
Re: Abit NF7
I've never traced out that board, but it's possible that 1 unique cap near the AGP slot might be the only cap on the AGP power supply output. If so, it might be overstressed with higher power cards.
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Forum: Troubleshooting Game Consoles & Other Weird Devices
02-03-2010, 03:08 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 28,875
Re: Identifying badcaps in a Xbox360
There's many machines (360 probably among them) that run so hot that cap failures are common regardless of the brand.
I've also seen blown Rubycon MCZ in a small form factor computer. It was just...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
01-31-2010, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,965
Re: 2 motherboards - 2 problems....
The Intel sounds like a power supply issue. Maybe also the Gigabyte. When it was still able to boot (but failing), did you check the voltage readings?
When you replaced the Intel board with the...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
01-28-2010, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,263
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
01-28-2010, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,263
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Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design
01-28-2010, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,431
Re: Is buying a used SmartUPS a good idea?
The history of my bad UPS went something like this:
1) Battery no longer held much charge. It was just good enough to deal with momentary brownouts, but not long enough to shut down. By this...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Power Supplies and Power Supply Design
01-27-2010, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,431
Is buying a used SmartUPS a good idea?
My old UPS (APC Back-UPS ES 725VA) has died. It might just need a new battery, but I'm in doubt. A few months ago I started getting a constant alarm (which I disabled in powerchute), and after the...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
01-27-2010, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,263
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
01-18-2010, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,593
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