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5 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

why have you not powered down and cleaned up your mess man?...

I have 

I did that yesterday. 

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138 is a good number.

 

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8 minutes ago, themctipers said:

I have 

I did that yesterday. 

Is it fine now? You're lucky your computer didn't flat out break...

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5 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Is it fine now? You're lucky your computer didn't flat out break...

It's fine now :) 

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Didn't think I would ever be posting in here but stranger things happen I guess. So I have started a new part time job dispatching business jets. I've done the work before and the man running things is very intelligent and I thought computer literate. Well on my first day he has me getting set all up on the spare potato of a comp I will be using. First he wants me to upgrade it to 8.1 from XP. Nope, CD drive is out and while checking it out I notice the PSU fan isn't turning and has a burned smell. So he has his it guy swap them out and try to upgrade the next day. Nope, this thing is too old to accept even 32 bit. Owner says ok I will buy parts this weekend for a new comp and bring them in Monday. I walk in yesterday to this spread, a Core i7 7700, ROG Maximus IX Formula Z270, and 32 gigs of dual channel DDR4 3200. For a freaking basic work computer! The whole kicker is the PSU only has a 4 pin CPU power plug and that board needs an 8! So i still haven't started working! 

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Desktop - CPU: R5-2600 MOBO: Asus B450 Micro Atx MEM: Team T-Force RGB Black 16gb GPU: MSI 970 CASE: Zalman Z9 Neo White PSU: Antec EA-750 Earthwatts

 

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7 minutes ago, lonestar31 said:

Didn't think I would ever be posting in here but stranger things happen I guess. So I have started a new part time job dispatching business jets. I've done the work before and the man running things is very intelligent and I thought computer literate. Well on my first day he has me getting set all up on the spare potato of a comp I will be using. First he wants me to upgrade it to 8.1 from XP. Nope, CD drive is out and while checking it out I notice the PSU fan isn't turning and has a burned smell. So he has his it guy swap them out and try to upgrade the next day. Nope, this thing is too old to accept even 32 bit. Owner says ok I will buy parts this weekend for a new comp and bring them in Monday. I walk in yesterday to this spread, a Core i7 7700, ROG Maximus IX Formality and 32 gigs of dual channel DDR4 3200. For a freaking basic work computer! The whole kicker is the PSU only has a 4 pin CPU power plug and that board needs an 8! So i still haven't started working! 

I think you can use 4 pin in half of the plug. That's what I have to do on my Core 2 Duo rig. 

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Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

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8 minutes ago, lonestar31 said:

Didn't think I would ever be posting in here but stranger things happen I guess. So I have started a new part time job dispatching business jets. I've done the work before and the man running things is very intelligent and I thought computer literate. Well on my first day he has me getting set all up on the spare potato of a comp I will be using. First he wants me to upgrade it to 8.1 from XP. Nope, CD drive is out and while checking it out I notice the PSU fan isn't turning and has a burned smell. So he has his it guy swap them out and try to upgrade the next day. Nope, this thing is too old to accept even 32 bit. Owner says ok I will buy parts this weekend for a new comp and bring them in Monday. I walk in yesterday to this spread, a Core i7 7700, ROG Maximus IX Formality and 32 gigs of dual channel DDR4 3200. For a freaking basic work computer! The whole kicker is the PSU only has a 4 pin CPU power plug and that board needs an 8! So i still haven't started working! 

Also, you should seriously take that thing home. Like right now!

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Secondary System: York

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Older File Server: Yet to be named

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20 minutes ago, lonestar31 said:

4 pin CPU power plug and that board needs an 8! So i still haven't started working! 

13 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

I think you can use 4 pin in half of the plug. That's what I have to do on my Core 2 Duo rig. 

exactly , but if don't know what china cracker power supply you have installed in that so id not recommend doing so

 

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19 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

exactly , but if don't know what china cracker power supply you have installed in that so id not recommend doing so

 

Oh it's never recommended, just an option to get up and running. 

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Older File Server: Yet to be named

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2 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Oh it's never recommended, just an option to get up and running. 

well I ran a server w/ an adapter for a while like that , I just don't recommend that for a Z170 + 77k + 32gb DDR4 workstation :P 

 

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2 hours ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Also, you should seriously take that thing home. Like right now!

Do you know how BADLY I want to do that? I will try to get some pictures today if he brings it in. Wait till you see the case it is in, you will cringe if not outright hurl.

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8 hours ago, lonestar31 said:

Do you know how BADLY I want to do that? I will try to get some pictures today if he brings it in. Wait till you see the case it is in, you will cringe if not outright hurl.

Here are the pictures I promised, view at your own risk. 

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5 minutes ago, lonestar31 said:

Here are the pictures I promised, view at your own risk. 

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honestly? i dig the case , put some RGB in the white plastic part (defused leds so its not just spots) and watch it glow like its 1999 pc modding scene all over again 

 

(if not sell me the case) 

 

(also that psu and stock cooler , BOY) 

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My dad is on Virgin Media (ISP) and it said to ring the company when an error came up. He the proceeded to go the their respective website (www.virginmedia.com) on his phone and then put it up to his ear. The look on his face as he got more and more confused as to why no one was answering and why it wasn't ringing. I then later told him he was ringing the virgin media website. He still then didn't understand so i ended up calling then and sorting it out.

 

TL:DR My dad tried to ring a website (I think they would of wrote PEBKAC on or files or something after this!)

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16 hours ago, lonestar31 said:

Here are the pictures I promised, view at your own risk. 

That looks like an old imac transformed into a tower case. At least you have a built-in speaker :) 

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42 minutes ago, Pesukarhu said:

That looks like an old imac transformed into a tower case. At least you have a built-in speaker :) 

Looks more like a PowerMac G3 Blue and White color to me. 

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Older File Server: Yet to be named

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I had recently watched the Apple presentation about the iShitPhone7, saying that it has the antenna bands better hidden than ever. My mom had gotten the iShitPhone7

in Rose Gold (Salmon) and I remarked "They didn't hide the antenna bands very well." My mom gave a look of confusion and asked where the antenna bands were.

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2 minutes ago, Tornado_Fyre said:

I had recently watched the Apple presentation about the iShitPhone7, saying that it has the antenna bands better hidden than ever. My mom had gotten the iShitPhone7

in Rose Gold (Salmon) and I remarked "They didn't hide the antenna bands very well." My mom gave a look of confusion and asked where the antenna bands were.

Some people. 

 

 

My school's principal has a 7+ in pink .. :( 

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138 is a good number.

 

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4 minutes ago, themctipers said:

Some people. 

 

 

My school's principal has a 7+ in pink .. :( 

My principal still has a 4. 

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Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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20 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

My principal still has a 4. 

 i still have a 4.

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Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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7 minutes ago, themctipers said:

 i still have a 4.

how do you even survive? my 4S is un usable now. i got a One Plus 2 but they recently fucked the OS up really hard on that too -_-

 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

how do you even survive? my 4S is un usable now. i got a One Plus 2 but they recently fucked the OS up really hard on that too -_-

 

have as in own one, not use it :)

apple really tries to kill their last generation of devices on every ios update..

always jailbreak :)

i remember jailbreaking my 4 and making it be smooth again just by disabling the app name text (try it)

im on a 6s+ now, soon ill update to 10.2 since i have shsh2 :P 

(im on 9.3.3 now)

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Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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12 minutes ago, themctipers said:

 i still have a 4.

I have a 3GS, a 4 and a 6. 

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Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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15 minutes ago, themctipers said:

 i still have a 4.

I have a 3GS with a broken lock button, so I wasn't able to jailbreak it and I'm currently using 5S.

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4 hours ago, Jamiec1130 said:

I have a 3GS, a 4 and a 6. 

 

3 hours ago, matrix07012 said:

I have a 3GS with a broken lock button, so I wasn't able to jailbreak it and I'm currently using 5S.

3G, 4, 5 (I got this after 2016), 6s+

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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