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[08:28]<nnw2ynmjj>I was wondering that myself. I ended up buying the NEC ND-3550A BG OEM. I didn't like the fact that the LED always stays on on the BenQ 1665BK. Reviews are descent on the BenQ and it comes with the lightscribe technology, but I feel it will be at least 2 or more years before the media is comparable in price to existing medias and the current lightscribe is real slow. I think I did the right thing by waiting on the lightscribe.
[10:23]<vmmwno9>does any one know if a heat sink goes bad if it will cause the pci ports not to establish with cards, and etc
[10:26]<svjgnpysx>What? :)
[10:27]<svjgnpysx>How can a heat sink go bad? It's metal. It's got no moving parts.
[10:28]<vmmwno9>well it got hit by lighting
[10:28]<vmmwno9>someone just told me it could be the heat sink
[10:28]<svjgnpysx>You're going to have to provide a lot more information.
[10:28]<vmmwno9>well when i plug in a pci card
[10:28]<vmmwno9>it don't read it
[10:28]<vmmwno9>but sometimes gets power
[10:28]<svjgnpysx>Also, lightbulbs generally just shatter against heatsinks.
[10:29]<afyaxn>"read" it?
[10:29]<afyaxn>buwhahaha
[10:29]<vmmwno9>like the lights will get power on the network card, but it won't read in device manager, and now the mouse isn't working, but earlier the pci network card wasn't getting anything, but now i switch it
[10:30]<vmmwno9>but the nic card is lighting up, but don't get detected by device manager
[10:30]<svjgnpysx>and what part got hit by a lightbulb?
[10:30]<vmmwno9>lighting
[10:30]<vmmwno9>rain storm lol
[10:30]<svjgnpysx>lightNing
[10:30]<vmmwno9>sorry typo
[10:30]<vmmwno9>im tired :(
[10:31]<svjgnpysx>So, general surge down the line?
[10:31]<svjgnpysx>I've never met a computer that still booted after a power surge, AND lost hardware. Usually the PSU goes first.
[10:32]<vmmwno9>yea
[10:32]<vmmwno9>I'm thinking about reinstalling win xp
[10:32]<vmmwno9>becuase device manager isn't detecting nothing
[10:32]<svjgnpysx>Odd thign to say on freenode :)
[10:33]<vmmwno9>outta of the pci slots
[10:33]<vmmwno9>lol sorry
[10:33]<svjgnpysx>Not sure what to say there..
[10:33]<afyaxn>xp -> vista?
[10:33]<svjgnpysx>Does the BIOS detect the cards in question?
[10:34]<svjgnpysx>cliche: Rephrase that question.
[10:35]<vmmwno9>for some reason it won't let me in the bios it always says keyboard error
[10:35]<svjgnpysx>Don't need to get in
[10:36]<svjgnpysx>First screen, your video card initialises. Second screen, it identifies the CPU and counts the ram (and says "del for bios"), right?
[10:36]<vmmwno9>its a dell 4300, i'd like to just replace the mobo inless i can get the current one working
[10:36]<vmmwno9>f2 for bios
[10:36]<svjgnpysx>Third screen, it shows a bun..... oh, dell.
[10:36]<svjgnpysx>Sorry to hear that.
[10:37]<svjgnpysx>That rules out just about every option you have. If it's under warranty, send the whole thing back. If not, buy a real machine.
[10:38]<vmmwno9>can i get another cheap mobo that the processor, and everything will fit onto that board, case
[10:39]<vmmwno9>its 1.7 giga hertz
[10:43]<svjgnpysx>I rather doubt that.
[10:43]<svjgnpysx>Dell have this thing for proprietary parts that don't work elsewhere.
[10:43]<vmmwno9>so the cpu won't fit on another board
[10:43]<hjfgfgssggss>CPU would fit fine
[10:43]<svjgnpysx>The CPU might
[10:43]<svjgnpysx>Most likely the PSU will have the wrong pinout, and the case won't fit any other board
[10:43]<hjfgfgssggss>mobo fitting in the case might be an issue, though
[10:44]<svjgnpysx>but the chip itself isn't a Dell part
[10:44]<svjgnpysx>Of course, an old 1.7... $50?
[10:45]<hjfgfgssggss>slow, probably a small L2 cache..
[10:46]<svjgnpysx>as for the original question, I have no bloody clue what your friend was on about, reguarding a "bad heatsink"
[10:49]<vmmwno9>yea
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[11:34]<rrcsrw>anyone got any experience wiring cat 5 with ethernet sockets?
[12:03]<rrcsrw>anyone got any experience wiring cat 5 with ethernet sockets?
[12:04]<afyaxn>no
[12:04]<afyaxn>because it's nothing to say
[12:49]<cjrgjulijw>question: if a switch is basically an intelligent hub, then whats a router?
[12:49]<edijus>win or linux os?
[12:50]<cjrgjulijw>either/or
[12:50]<hjfgfgssggss>CoRnJuLIOx: Don't exactly know the details, but more or less keeping a routing table between two or more distinct networks.
[12:51]<cjrgjulijw>i c, thanks
[12:51]<cjrgjulijw>the book they gave me in class on this stuff wasn't all that helpful
[13:01]<wzgmnznm-xnzn>note: plug n play is shit
[13:02]<wzgmnznm-xnzn>ping!
[13:02]<wzgmnznm-xnzn>respond!
[13:05]<wzgmnznm-xnzn>anybody?
[13:27]<cjrgjulijw>ping?
[13:29]<cjrgjulijw>reply from 168.255.1.10: bytes=32 time=476 ms ttl=51
[13:38]<cjrgjulijw>:-)
[14:07]<2prpm>http://img226.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wtf3rv.png
[14:08]<2prpm>bad psu or is that normal.. ? the machine doesnt seem unstable
[14:11]<2prpm>also note the rpm of the fan at 40K
[14:11]<2prpm>but that only started happening when i told speedfan to use 100% on that fan
[14:14]<vzyppym_hugvnz>blafd: i'd say that speedfan isn't reading your sensor chip properly
[14:16]<2prpm>yeah, must be speed fan, although the the temp1 and temp2 do tally up with the bios readings

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