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  1. miaam
    I love the looks of this laptop, you can't go wrong with black & red, but the red bevel really makes this design. Also, I must say the white squiggly lines on the bottom of the laptop make it pretty freaking desirable :3
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    Buttons on the back are a great idea, more companies should steal it :3
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    eleVR [el-uh-V-R] http://elevr.com/ is a cool new way to experience VR on the web. Vi Hart, Andrea Hawksley, and Emily Eifler, who you might know from geeky places on the YouTubes are developing a VR player and the crazy duct-taped grade hardware necessary to shoot spheric footage. The player is compatible with the Oculus and the source code is available on GitHub. Their website features an interactive demo of 360° (2D) footage the team captured. They keep a blog where you can learn about Hairy Balls and all the theory behind the player. Also, an Oculus grew googly eyes. http://elevr.com/introducing-the-elevr-web-player/ Source: Vi Hart's Twitter feed (well, that's how I found out about it) Do you guys think the web is ready for VR? is it too soon?
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    It's been a few days, I haven't notice any smoke, house burning down or hell fire. I'm gonna assume this was caused by a wonky cable extension that just happens to catch on fire if a full moon rises on Friday the 13th and mark this issue as solved.
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    Copypasta fail in the description: The link for the case on NCIX in the actually a link to the motherboard The only reason I notice is because this is the first case that ever made me think a side panel can look nice.
  6. miaam
    Here's a update on the current situation: TL;DR: more crazy chemical fumes, SATA power & data extension at fault. Fixed? imgur album with all the pics in this post http://imgur.com/a/edyzB#0 I cleaned the SSD and figured there was no need to open it. There was some dark crusty stuff on the power connector, and a small part of the plastic was eaten away.
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    I'm not trying to get my money back, I'm just traying to make sure I'm doing things in a safe way. The PSU is 5+ years old, the SSD is 2 or so, there's no RMAing it I'm gonna go buy some sata cables and then I will open the SSD and report when I'm back.
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    Lots of people seem to think the PSU aused it. If so, is it safe to boot again with the same set up (except the melted cable)? Is there any way to test the PSU before I declare it dead/evil? And, as a more general question, is it bad to have a big margin of wattage? (I can see how using a crazy SLI setup drawing +500W on a 350W PSU is a hazard but, is the opposite situation dangerous?)
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    Cooler Master Real Power Pro M700 I've been using it for 5+ years. My guess is it's the small extension I used for the sata power. Been using it for a couple of years tho. Yup, using a surge protector and an uninterrupted PSU. We did have electric storms in the past couple of days.
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    This is my first real post on the forum, might be a little messy. So yeah, my SSD may have caught on fire ?? I was gaming (nothing too intensive: Brütal Legend) when I noticed a bunch of smoke coming from my case. I instantly turned off the computer, opened the side panel and then unplugged the computer from the wall socket. (The computer seemed ok on the software side when I noticed the smoke, no glitch no nothing) The sata power connector for my SSD was pretty much melted, the SSD was cold to the touch (aluminium casing) I unplugged the connector, to make sure it wasn't melting and then hardening in place making it impossible to unplug later Smoke was still coming out of the SSD a good ten minutes after the comp was off. There's now a bunch of nasty black stuff all over the place, and a nice smell of burnt plastic to go with it... So, I was wondering if any of you have had similar experiences and if you had any advice on how do proceed next. What I'm planning to do is, wait till stores open (it happened a little after 4 am) grab some air duster and remove the black stuff that's all over the case. And then maybe open the SSD casing to see if there's some damage in there, before I try to boot the computer with the same SSD and a new power cable. If you have any thoughts on things I should or should not do, feel free to contribute. I would also be interested on possible causes, so I could avoid a similar accident. If you need more information/details, feel free to ask.
  11. miaam
    I've been using an HTC One S for a couple of years because it's one the sexiest phones ever made, but I have to admit the gun metal M8 looks really nice :3
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