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    Has anyone here tried to trickle charge a car battery off of the 12 volt rail of an old PSU?

    Serious question? Stupid question? Rigging up a molex -> alligator clip cable is easy enough, as is shorting the appropriate leads on the mobo connector to turn the PSU on. What am I not accounting for, aside from the elements?
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    White Supremacist and Antifa activists collide in front of California state house

    And violence ensues, predictably. https://twitter.com/ABC10Frances ^ On-the-ground footage. Ace fucking reporting here from Frances Wang, IMO. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-neo-nazi-stabbed-20160626-snap-htmlstory.html What saddens me, is that both of these groups of people want...
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    So, Where to shop for WC parts these days?

    I'm having a semi-serious dilemma here. I used to shop the crap out of Sidewinder, but it doesn't look like they're what they used to be. No updates to their Facebook page in over a year, unanswered complaints, spotty inventory... Petra's used to be good, their URL redirects to Sidewinder...
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    New revision 285s

    The boards, they are a-changin'... Well, provided eVGA doesn't mind me swapping out their stock goop for a blob of Ceramique, I've got a 285 on the way in place of my 260 c216. For about $80 shipped (not bad). The replacement will be this. All I know about these new 285s is that they...
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    So, just what good is AHCI?

    TBH, I thought my system performance was worse when I did my last install of Vista with this mode enabled in BIOS. I don't run RAID, and I don't have any e-SATA devices, but hey, things can change. First difference I noticed was a loss of desktop snappiness, esp. in Explorer. In AHCI mode...
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    Is it new PSU time?

    EG651P-VE EPS12V 550W PSU. 36A single rail. It's still holding up, but I get the feeling I'm reaching its comfortable limits: Q6600 @ 3.2 on 1.325v 4*2 GB @ DDR855 1.8v ASUS P5Q Pro SB X-Fi GTX 260 c216 65nm @ 729/1458/1242 stock volts 3 SATA HDDs 2 IDE Opticals Laing D5 pump @ 50%...
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    YAQ6600T

    Learning as I go... the going has been pretty easy so far, which is good, but as they say, a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing :evil: I'd like to know if I'm completely off the mark, or pointed generally in the right direction. Equipment: ASUS P5Q Pro, latest BIOS (1603), Q6600 G0...
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    8800GTX caught in the middle of CPU upgrades

    Heh. When I got it, it was more than my Opteron 165 could feed. It still is. I've pulled the trigger on a Q6600, and it seems that my GTX may now not quite do it justice. I'm in no position to splurge on a 280, but a 260 for a little over 200 bucks is tempting. It seems to thwack an 8800...
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    Q6600 Cooling: Storm Rev 2 Vs. (old) Apogee

    Thinking about retiring the Opty 165 soon, so of course the loop needs to be torn down, new hoses cut, etc... I seem to remember when Quads first came out, the Apogee GT was outperforming the Storm by a bit due to the extra die size of the Quad vs. the jet impingement pattern of the Storm/larger...
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    Sacramento County, CA GOP advocates torture

    (unabashedly ripped from this morning's DKos News Roundup diary, and elsewhere) SacBee's screencap of the material in question Link to Story I know, I'm supposed to leave some personal editorial commentary, but what can I say? If that ain't enough, how about a fake Anthrax scare at...
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    X3: Terran Conflict goes Gold, official release Oct. 3

    Woohoo, time to kiss your life away (on something else!). Egosoft News Release No info yet on pricing via Steam, or hardcopy release in the US. Looks like you can buy it direct from Ego, but the price through them isn't pretty (40 Euros, or 55 bucks @ current exchange). Just in time for...
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    Diablo II Ladder Reset coming: June 17

    For those of you still interested in this oldie but goodie... Battle.net Personally I dunno if I have it in me to get involved with the game again - it gets to be a treadmill sooner and sooner each time... maybe... it can be fun while the realm economy is still up in the air.
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    ABC News: Obama overtakes Superdelegate Lead

    Story Huh. All things considered, it's interesting to see ABC come out with this headline. DemConWatch still has HRC with a lead of 7.5, but this has more or less been going in only one direction since the beginning of campaigning in earnest. I think this is over by 5/20, whether...
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    NAFTA-Gate Festers On

    Globe and Mail Article (Bolding is mine) Olbermann covered this on his show last night - T00bage :Q :confused: Well, if this is true, then the Clinton campaign just got hoisted upon its own petard, and the Senator from the Great State of New York gets to spend the rest of the...
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    What will make a system "hiccup" like this?

    This problem relates to my legacy box. It's got an ASUS CUBX, PIII CuMine 700, 512MB (4*128MB) PC100, GF4 Ti4600, SB Live! Value, Linksys LNE100TX NIC, 13 GB WD HDD, an ISA SB16, plain old IBM PS2 104 key and a Logitech LX3 optical hooked up via PS2. It is *not* currently overclocked. I...
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    Setbacks for SED

    Reuters link Bummer for those who were eagerly awating :(
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    Stuck Pixel "Fix"

    I'm talking about the "trick" where you take a dull pencil, etc. wrapped in some moist cloth and rub the stuck pixel. I don't believe everything I read on the intarweb, so if anyone can comment on this, that would be great. If it DOES work, what kind of force should be used? About as much as...
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    20WMGX2 and 4:3 scaling

    I'm almost sold on this baby, the only caveat I had about it was that it's been said that it doesn't do 4:3 scaling very well. OTOH, I had read some reports of people getting the scaling to work by twiddling a few settings. So here I sit in front of one (and hot damn, it IS a nice panel) but...
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    LED Noobie needs a little help

    Got my Rheobus from Jab today. I think it's a great piece of hardware for 9 bucks. Simple, but gives nice, smooth fan control, and doesn't feel at all flimsy once it's in. Got my rad fans, NF4 fan and a little something I rigged up for my PWMIC attached to it (might post more on that later)...
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    P160 Watercooling Project! *UPDATED* 19 Mar 06

    It's done! After a week of delay waiting for Swiftech to get me the right backplate for my GPU block, it's all together, tested and running. Parts used in the project: Swiftech Apogee CPU block Swiftech MCW60 GPU block + copper BGA ramsinks Swiftech MCR220 dual 120mm radiator Swiftech...
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    DIP Switches on the X1900?

    Can't seem to find much discussion on them. You can see them in the picture here, they're just to the right of the square portion of the retention bracket. Kinda brownish-looking with 2 little white blots. Those are the switches. The whole thing has a little piece of protective film over it...
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    CA Special Election Results

    CA Sec. of State Election Results page The first 3 were "yes" in the initial returns but have been hemorraging as more votes come in. Could still go either way on the first 3 since only 36.9% of precincts are in, but it looks like the rest are down for the count so far. I don't live in CA...
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    New official DFI NF4 BIOS - Version 615

    Linky to BIOS page Official description: 1. Support Dual-Core Athlon64 CPUs. 2. Fix certain PS2 mouse detection failure. It has the DRAM +.03V and DRAM response time options of the 510 betas. From what I've gathered over at DFI-Street it appears to be based on the same RAM table as...
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    Antec P160 - $79.99 after rebates @ CompUSA

    It's $129.99 up front ($149.99 - instant $20) with a $50 Mfr. MIR. Damn good deal IMO on a nice case if you want to wait around for the $50 back. These are $120 + shipping @ Newegg.
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    Venice OCing thread!

    Please continue to use this thread to discuss and troubleshoot your Venice OCs if you wish to do so. Here's the final results of some Venice 3500+ OCs attempted by members here: CBBLE 0512DPAW - 2596 MHz on 1.43V, Owner: Jeff7181, Aircooled CBBLE 0512DPAW - 2560 MHz on 1.57V, Owner: Painman...
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    PSA: ATi Silencer 5 + X850XT + DFI Ultra-D = Problem

    Have a look at a pic of the Ati Silencer 5. See the little plastic nubs for the screws around the fan housing? The bottom one smacks into the HSF for the NF4 chip on the DFI Ultra-D. You can put the vid card + Silencer into the other full length PCI-E slot, but if you have a medium to large card...
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    Hardware back from the grave!

    This is just damn strange. Almost 2 years ago now, in about April of 2003, I had my VisionTek GF4 Ti4600 card out of the system in order to clean the dust out of its HSF. When I put it back in, all it would do is display a solid baby blue screen. I tried a bunch of stuff, cleaned the edge...
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    Zalmanizing the K8N Neo4 Platinum NB

    A lot of Neo4 users have been asking if the Zalman NB32J and 47J coolers wil fit on this board given the incredibly tight clearance around the chipset and PCI-E X16 slot area. Well, it'll depend on the dimensions of your video card's cooler, but most users should be able to get one on there. I...
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    Week 49 3000+ semi-final results

    Just closed Prime95... got the chip to crunch small FFT for its requisite 24 hours (23 hours 22 minutes anyway) without a hiccup. At first this chip looked like a good candidate for 2.7, well, it isn't... still runs better than my original 3200+ anyway. So here's where it passed its Prime...
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    PC Speaker/buzzer header voltage

    I want to pick up a piezo buzzer to use as a case speaker... anyone know what voltage it ought to be rated at? Thanks!
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    Antec P160 question

    How wide are those recessed ovals in the side panel? Anyone know offhand, or willing to take a moment to slap a ruler up to the panel to take a measurement? Also, how is the included fan? Antec rates it at 27 dBA, I'd like some real world opinions though. Thanks!
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    GOP backs away from Miller?s blast

    MSNBC and NBC News Updated: 11:11 p.m. ET Sept. 2, 2004 Linkage Sorry 'Pugs, no returns, no exchanges, All Sales Final.
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    A little bit of food for thought

    All this was inspired by the principle - which is quite true in itself - that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and...
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    Bush Comments on Kerry's Tax Cut Rollbacks

    (Hat-tip to Kos) Link Good goin' George. Middle America is gonna love that! I hope it's on video tape somewhere.
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    Unmasking of Qaeda Mole a U.S. Security Blunder-Experts

    Link D'oh. :confused:
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    Postmortem: New A64 setup

    Welp, this is what my sister went ahead and ordered from Newegg for her new machine, based more or less on my recommendations. I would have done things slightly differently for myself, but this is what she got: A64 3000+ CPU Retail ABIT KV8 Mobo 2x 512 MB Corsair Value Select PC3200 2.5 CL...
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    The War We're Losing

    http://www.theamericancause.org/patwarwerelosing.htm
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    And now for some lighter (heavier?) fare

    No further commentary :confused: :D
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    Voting for Kerry this Nov.? Still not sure?

    Linkage :confused: :D