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  • R Roger Wright

    Good advice, Griff. I want to know what naughty video he was watching that made it overheat like that!

    Will Rogers never met me.

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    Brisingr Aerowing
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    I was building something in VS 2013. I tested the HDD and all systems are green. There is a power surge protection circuit between the drive and the motherboard, so the drive didn't get hit. I will likely get rid of the RAM, as I don't really need it.

    What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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    • J JMK NI

      I risk getting run out of town for suggesting this, but how about a Macbook? They are really well built, great for running Windows on, and the customer service is incredible. I don't think any of the other manufacturers even come close!

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      Brisingr Aerowing
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      Too expensive. I tried a Mac before, but never really got used to it. I have an iPad Air, but that is the only thing from Apple I will ever get.

      What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Must have been a hot lady! :omg:

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        Roger Wright
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        :laugh: :laugh: Naughty boy! For not sharing, that is... ;)

        Will Rogers never met me.

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        • D DaveX86

          I stopped buying anything Sony after opening up a newish stereo amplifier and finding 1950's era electronics inside...all shiny and nice on the outside, total crap on the inside.

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          enhzflep
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          When you say 50s era electronics, it didn't have vacuum tubes in it, did it?

          "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon

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          • enhzflepE enhzflep

            When you say 50s era electronics, it didn't have vacuum tubes in it, did it?

            "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon

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            DaveX86
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            Almost! I would actually like vacuum tubes...they always have better sound than transistors. Alas, no vacuum tubes. I meant more the circuit board and hardware.

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            • D DaveX86

              Almost! I would actually like vacuum tubes...they always have better sound than transistors. Alas, no vacuum tubes. I meant more the circuit board and hardware.

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              enhzflep
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              Ah. I figured it was probably a stretch since it was just Sony, but one never does know. I considered mentioning the difference in the sound, but like I just said - one never does know. :grins: I was just looking at some amps the other day, but at $700 for 10+10 rms as a diy kit, I think there's a few other things I need first! Yeah, can't stand the pcbs some mobs use - they're not even glass fibre for heaven's sake.

              "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon

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              • enhzflepE enhzflep

                Ah. I figured it was probably a stretch since it was just Sony, but one never does know. I considered mentioning the difference in the sound, but like I just said - one never does know. :grins: I was just looking at some amps the other day, but at $700 for 10+10 rms as a diy kit, I think there's a few other things I need first! Yeah, can't stand the pcbs some mobs use - they're not even glass fibre for heaven's sake.

                "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon

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                Yeah, the printed circuit board *was* terrible...I could have made something better than that :) These days I just use a nice set of Audio Technica headphones and a nice headphone amp...was tired of people complaining about the noise :)

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                • enhzflepE enhzflep

                  DaveX86 wrote:

                  I always get an Asus motherboard when I build a desktop box...always been happy with them.

                  Same here. I recommend them highly. I never spend more than $60 or $70 on the mb for a home pc, and they've all been from Asus. My habit began years ago when they were the only mob that made both desktop motherboards and laptops.

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                  Brisingr Aerowing
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                  One of my friends has an Asus, and it had an issue a month after the warranty expired, yet Asus still fixed it for free. I have also heard good things about Asus' Customer Support team.

                  What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                  • B Brisingr Aerowing

                    One of my friends has an Asus, and it had an issue a month after the warranty expired, yet Asus still fixed it for free. I have also heard good things about Asus' Customer Support team.

                    What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                    enhzflep
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                    I've always found their stuff to be very good. The list of installed crapware on it is basically of zero length, too. It's a 'dual-license' machine, so it came with Win7 installed and a Win8 disc included - unbeatable! Yup, I suspect they're more than clever enough to know that good-will costs far less than it's worth. I hear good stuff about the MBs made by the company they spun-off years ago, too - ASRock. No idea about their customer support though.

                    "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon

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                    • D DaveX86

                      Yeah, the printed circuit board *was* terrible...I could have made something better than that :) These days I just use a nice set of Audio Technica headphones and a nice headphone amp...was tired of people complaining about the noise :)

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                      enhzflep
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                      And done so with a dalo pen I'll bet!

                      DaveX86 wrote:

                      nice set of Audio Technica headphones

                      Ha! And here I was considering pointing out the difference in sound between transistors and valves.

                      DaveX86 wrote:

                      was tired of people complaining about the noise

                      Good-taste it seems, is like common-sense - not universal.

                      "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon

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