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by peteamer
Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:54 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Audio(phile?) / Hi-Fi Questions...
Replies: 116
Views: 55435

When people start trying to silence their PC by covering it in strips of silver foil, rubbing it with different creams, or writing on it with a special pen, then I'll start getting worried... Debunk the audiofool snake oil all you like... but don't you come round here telling me my strips of silver...
by peteamer
Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:56 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Proper tire mounting
Replies: 34
Views: 19449

:lol:
by peteamer
Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:48 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
Replies: 1664
Views: 1468431

aristide1 wrote:But even then moron finstall does not get the SMP version,
"./ finstall smp"

IIRC...

A_Complete_Guide_to_Using_FINSTALL_for_NEWbies incl. how to set up as a service.
by peteamer
Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:06 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: Reserator II for Dual CPU system
Replies: 16
Views: 9319

~El~Jefe~ wrote:You definitely cant mix a zalman with anything else. it uses anodized aluminum. would still rust no matter what.
If the aluminium is anodized and has a proper/full covering, errosion or galvanic corrosion will not happen.

For an outstanding explanation and then further discussion see here.
by peteamer
Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:21 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: D-Link DIRE655 router wireless setup problem - need help!!
Replies: 5
Views: 3172

HI Stephen, the five sets of two characters is your hardware/MAC address, a network I.P. add. is usually 192.168.*.* on a home network, maybe 10.0.*.*. (The *'s may be single/double/triple digit. ) Using ipconfig /all, is DHCP enabled? "ipconfig /renew" will force windows to clear all info and reque...
by peteamer
Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:21 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What are you listening to right now?
Replies: 4309
Views: 2479025

Robert Miles - Dreamland
by peteamer
Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:03 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: The Skyscraper Photo PC
Replies: 28
Views: 17303

8)
by peteamer
Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:01 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
Replies: 1664
Views: 1468431

8)


Welcome Back!! :D
by peteamer
Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:59 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Speedfan only shows 1 core of dual core CPU?
Replies: 6
Views: 4609

Anybody got any idea if Brisbane's or any other dual cores have dual temps?



Regards
Pete
by peteamer
Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:31 am
Forum: Watercooling
Topic: has anyone died from liquid cooling system?
Replies: 24
Views: 21680

Bluefront wrote:You have the extra noise from the pump motor,
Only if you use a pump.....
Bluefront wrote:plus you usually need a dedicated fan for the radiator.
But not for many setups.....
by peteamer
Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:50 am
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Heatsink compund / grease / whatever you want to call it!
Replies: 12
Views: 5277

Is nobody going to link to the toothpaste and Marmite page?.....


:D
by peteamer
Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:27 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Beta SMP clients for MacIntel and Linux
Replies: 16
Views: 11520

From: http://fahwiki.net/index.php/A_Complete ... or_NEWbies

In the same folder as you set up via finstall, type in a terminal:

~/foldingathome/installService




Pete
by peteamer
Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:11 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
Replies: 1664
Views: 1468431

Funny you should mention Stoli, I was attacked by a bottle of the very same last night... (yes attacked, I have no other explanation for todays hurting head. :roll: ) Tonight it's Smirnoff Norsk. My last HD died from a Bacardi overdose... I nudged it out of it's elastic suspension whilst adjusting a...
by peteamer
Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:37 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: A word of warning about booting Windows from 2.5" drive
Replies: 43
Views: 18942

and Microsoft strongly recommends it not be disabled. Microsoft pagefile recommendations are not for the likes of the devotees round here, the're for the likes of the Advent Pentium III 1Ghz owner with 256 RAM running XP with all the fancy trimmings, 6 Office 2007 documents open and two cases of Ad...
by peteamer
Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:19 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Undervolting: how low can you go?
Replies: 234
Views: 272020

Good shout Palindroman 8)

Perhaps drop it into the folding forum too.....


Pete
by peteamer
Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:55 am
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Investigating AC Power quality
Replies: 6
Views: 3649

P.S. the lights do go dim in my house when I plug some high power unit in, Krell used to design their audio power amplifiers to deliberately do this, to perpetuate the myth of them being incredibley powerfull... and therefore proving the virility and sexual prowess of the owner..... (I kid you not....
by peteamer
Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:21 am
Forum: Site Feedback
Topic: Email notification of replies
Replies: 12
Views: 9057

They sure do.

From Mike's signature: Support SPCR! Donate for Friend or Patron Status.
by peteamer
Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:40 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
Replies: 1664
Views: 1468431

Yep, which is why I thought my experience would be of more use to him than most... :mrgreen:
by peteamer
Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:44 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SPCR Folds Team Blog
Replies: 1664
Views: 1468431

I'd like a table of processors, how many PPD they are capable of, and how many watts they use. No wattage's (I think...) but http://fahinfo.org does a Damn Good job with user inputed PPD's for lots of chips. KansaKilla , I'm not sure ASRock boards are the way to go for you... I had one and it died....
by peteamer
Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:13 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: A word of warning about booting Windows from 2.5" drive
Replies: 43
Views: 18942

My Sony Vaio laptop is somewhere around four years old. It folds from 6PM to ~8AM during the week (Mon-Thur) and non stop Fri evening-Mon morning with 1/2HR writing of progress to the HD for resume points.

Still on the original 20GB HD (Toshiba IIRC).

Just to throw some 'data' into the mix.....
by peteamer
Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:37 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: SMP segmentation faults
Replies: 4
Views: 4304

Ivoshiee over at the folding forum is having the same prob.
No solution though...


Pete
by peteamer
Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:36 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The artificial sweetener war...at Walmart.
Replies: 12
Views: 6728

Re: The artificial sweetener war...at Walmart.

Bluefront wrote:I contracted Diabetes.
? .....
by peteamer
Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:23 pm
Forum: Power Supplies
Topic: Article on PSU size & overkill; irresponsible journalism
Replies: 137
Views: 103556

Back to the PSU Wattage required front: Looks like the price drops have already begun. Q6600 + ecs mobo for $299: Edit: Bought the combo morning... initial tests show 2000PPD folding with a Windows SMP (project 2651). Power consumption figures aren't that bad either: Idle (1.6ghz) = 66W SMP Folding ...
by peteamer
Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:16 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Typo Strikes Again
Replies: 2
Views: 3318

There are a few amongst us that have contributed points to team 31754..... :oops:

Wasn't it Rusty075 or Zyzzyx that started that... 'Team' ?.....
by peteamer
Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:56 pm
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Help debugging half-dead system
Replies: 5
Views: 4354

There's always Scan as an alternative...


Pete
by peteamer
Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:50 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Scheduling F@H & Shortcut Problems
Replies: 11
Views: 7211

angelkiller wrote:Thanks for all your help!
You're Welcome. 8)



On behalf of us all...

Thanks for the Thanks. :D


Regards
'Us'
by peteamer
Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:46 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Another Firefox problem...Fixed!
Replies: 8
Views: 5430

Bluefront, you seem to fairly regularly have issues with firefox, do yourself a favour and at least try Opera... or even K-Meleon.


Regards
Pete
by peteamer
Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:33 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: silencing humans
Replies: 32
Views: 22686

[i]In my eyes[/i]: YugenM wrote:God damn, I hate Volvos and the vast majority of people who drive them. As if they're not insecure enough, they have to drive the ugliest brand of car on the planet and act like utter assholes.
:D
by peteamer
Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:11 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Help me with a virus problem please.
Replies: 23
Views: 10464

You're Welcome.....