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    That's an OLDER AT power supply where the line in from the wall was actually switched at the front of the case; the power button literally cuts power to the machine. They had to change to ATX and use the green wire to allow the motherboard to stay powered to enable proper sleep/hibernate states where the motherboard could boot more quickly by keeping ram active-- and that only works if it's still powered on. see old: You need to ditch that entire old click-on-click-off latching switch with a more modern momentary contact switch and find a way to jam that behind the original button -- then wire that to the motherboard header for 'power' see new:
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    I like giveaway! Thanks Zotac for being awesome! Thanks Linus et al for being linussy! -Frollard
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    Very nice -- those headphones make me feel warm and fuzzy!
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    Count me in -- I am getting fed up with logitech's gorilla bloatware with my mouse!
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    I picked up the LG G-watch (not round ) back on black friday sale...299 marked down to 99 on the play store. Couldn't be happier. If I had paid 300 I would have felt totally ripped off and 'insane'. For a hundred dollars it keeps time, gives me notifications, g.now and voice commands. In the age of phones getting bigger and bigger (and harder to pull out your pocket, especially while seated)...the wearable will come into its own. 349 minimum for A.watch is nuts. Proper insane.
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    I'm with what I see as a commenting majority here: Video good, Music good but too loud (sudden loud is okay, perhaps a smoother transition to loud instead of the first beat, where it were like opening a door instead of a hard cut). Outtro slogan kinda lame.
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    Leapmotion gesture control. Picked up the indiegogo/kickstarter whatchamacallit... Should be renamed "can't tell a closed fist from an 'ok sign"-motion.
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    Who wants a NUC? This guy! *thumbs up*
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    Count me in! I have been wanting to upgrade to the new platform for a while but can't justify it
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    I think fewer watched/cared about it because it's been a solid ad for a few weeks - maybe I have my timeline wrong but I think I saw the ad several times before I saw the cooler review at which point I knew it had 'industry leading specs and was super shiny'.
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    That case sure is sexy Awesome giveaway, thanks!
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    How to have your game multiplayer be shit: Do not release all content to all players. I'm reminded of warhawk, ps3 launch-ish...It was an awesome shooter and community then they did dlc updates where only people with the dlc could play on the new maps/use the new vehicles...the fragmented community stopped playing because nobody could fill a 32 player game. Those who purchased couldn't fill a game because they were rare. Those who didn't were bored because half the people left to try the upgrade. Everyone was sour and quit.
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    Count me in for a give-away! Those are sexy cards and the review is informative!
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    I can't help to notice the ?drc=linustechtips in the url; Is this a legit affiliate code for Linus? I don't mind participating, good deal and all but it's still not above board to use an affiliate code without bringing it up.
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    I'm not really that upset if it died (it paid itself off with the mining on free electricity) just the hours spent installing the watercooler diagnosing this problem is now a pain in my ass. Update: Now I get zero video signal over dvi on either card. I can remote in with teamviewer...that's about it....until the computer crashes. Sometimes I get bios...gonna try to boot into that next and set defaults. Edit: update 2: Got video back, but I'm blue-screening (or monitor-off-screening) with numlock hard freeze every little while when I run anything graphical. Enabling crossfire slows the machine down (does that zero power thing) and 2nd card acts like an anchor dragging the system down. AMD, particularly the software is garbage.
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    That's what I feared...One of the coolers is still good, the other we tested 'how loud can it go' with a bench power supply at 30 volts. Fun fact: loud, then melted...
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    Already factory reset.
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    Greetings I converted my mining rig into a gaming rig when electricity prices surpassed the profits. They were cheap refurb Powercolor 7970s with really crappy stock coolers (blowers). All the cards were tested and working individually (gfx) as well as non-crossfire for computation. They spent their entire lives undervolted for efficiency, at sub 85C, so I'm pretty sure the gpu isn't fried. The mobo/cpu/ram were the cheapest I could buy a year ago, so they're off less importance and going to be sold soon. Single Crossfire bridge is installed. I'm swapping the mobo/cpu soon, currently an FX4300 in an asus board - can get details when I'm home 4GB ram Testing is difficult because they are now watercooled with an EK bridge connecting them and I'm getting strange behaviour (I really don't want to drain the loop): Windows desktop/aero is intermittently flickering and digitized, picture is there but very very garbled. Tested on HDMI and DVI connections on separate monitors/projector. At first I thought it was just my hdmi cable. After reboot sometimes problem persists, sometimes not. Sometimes it starts a few minutes into running. Temperatures reported around ambient+5, as expected for my watercooling loop. If I plug video cable into the 2nd (lower, newer) card there is no flicker. If I enable CrossfireX, 2nd card stops reporting its temperature (speedfan, afterburner, furmark), and I get no performance gain (furmark only shows one card and fps stays the same with crossfire on or off) If I disable CrossfireX, both cards report a stable sane temperature, and both show up in furmark with only one doing work Steps yet to be taken: Test in different motherboard, reinstall drivers, reinstall windows, set computer on fire and say 'effit'. Am I missing something obvious?
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    I've loved LTT for many years, only recently joined the forums. The videos here gave me the confidence to build systems, including a dual-graphics watercooled machine. Attached is a photo of when I ran into Linus and gang at PAX Prime 2013. He's just as awesome in person!
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    Count me in! Love the phone because Sony included Qi charging (in a flip cover case) not some proprietary BS 'sony only mode' Love dat' dbrand because it's the best part of the LTT intro video! -Frollard
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    Favourite video Linus Favourite video Jay Why? Because they are giving stuff away.
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    I love my gopro...but its been absolutely done to death. The only useful review is 3BE versus 'not3BE' for low light performance. The rest is gravy.
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    Subtle clue, there is a sink in that 'wall'
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    So...I picked up a pile of stock 7970's for cheap for mining last year...I had access to free electricity so up until 'it became hot out' it made sense. I was running them on the cheapest motherboard/cpu combos I could find. Now that it's no longer feasable (temperature) and wise (no profitability) it came time to either sell the cards (not worth much any more) or do something stupid with them...They had already well-over-paid for the entire systems so I figured "why not make a spare gaming rig that I don't need?" So I'm building a 2x7970, 'whatever cheap motherboard and processor' --going to be replaced asap when next gen architectures come out... (specs when I boot the machine and find out what I bought), overkill watercooled machine. Cooling: swiftech h220 + 2 ekwb fc7970 csq + ek 420 thick triple 140 rad. Case: NZXT Switch 810 on 'clearance' because the 820 is coming out --has room at the top for the triple 140 rad and room in the attic for the 3 fans. Front vertical-mounted 2x120 h220 acting as a reservoir. Coolant: distilled water, waiting for anti-corrosion juice. Tempted to use car-radiator fluid rather than waiting for mail order stuff. Silver kill bullet plug Tubing: primochill 3/8 id 1/2 od...nightmare long excess to plan for 2nd card install (when the right csq bridge arrives or I get a 2-slot spacing motherboard). Ready for some carnal sins? Pump is above the high point of the reservoir (going to be fixed with a 5 1/4 bay reservoir) but the h220 rad should trap most air. I bled the hell out of the system. Picture descriptions: 1. 2. Waterblock install, sexy. x2 3. Motherboard is dwarfed by the full tower case... 4. Getting some tube length/part orientation right 5. Filling the loop and bleeding air. Surprisingly tricky without a proper reservoir. 6. Fully installed in the case, burn-in leak test before I power up. Tubing is ridiculously extra long. Fixed soon Edit: Just did a first test - system runs kombustor and prime95 (3 of 4 cores), 99%gpu at 40C after tweaking the fans to quiet. If they are 100% fans it is 32C at load! I'm in love with water!
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    What I find funny is I use a projector. It can have a 24" screen up to a 250" screen by adjusting throw distance and focus...am I just grouped under the 'movie screen' price? I won't admit to pirating anything, but this is the shit that makes people say 'fuckit...I'm gonna torrent it". If they put up HD content with no drm at reasonable price I am willing to bet a LOT of pirates would change their ways. Look at humblebundle.
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