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So I recently graduated from college, march 2009 and I was luckily able to find an engineering position But now, my loans are kicking in (have about 18K) and I am not sure if I should pay them off super fast (like <2 years and save a smaller amount money or pay lower payments...
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so the story begins like this. About 5 months ago, I woke up in the morning around 7 am from a knock on my door with a man telling me that someone just rear ended my car. I go outside and see a car crashed into my bumper and a man in there passed out at the wheel. I call the cops to come...
Hello, so I am currently working on this genetic algorithm and I first need to be able ot create a 2-d dimension that is specified by the user. So if user inputs 10, then a 10 by 10 matrix will be made. I also need to generate random numbers filling up the matrix. So far I have this:
Public...
Ok, well heres the symptoms of whats goin gon with me. The righ tside of my face feels kind of numb like I can't really move my right cheek up nor can I blink my right eye. This happened when I woke up yesterday morning. Today it feels about the same, didn't get worst or better. Can someone shed...
Hi, so I've been working on this program for awhile and finally hit a road block. So this program should beable to take input from the user (the user decides on how many digits there will be that will be random)then the program should generate the random numbers and print them. And lastly it...
First impressions was that this card is freaking huge. Makes my 7800 Gt look like a baby. So yea so I installed it and its up and running. I don't know what people are talking about saying this card runs extremely hot because I really dont think it does. It is actually alittle cooler than my...
So right now I have a highpoint Raid controller doing Raid 0 with 2 74 GB raptors. I'm wondering should I just switch it to onboard raid. Would I lose any performance? Do many people use Raid controllers these days? Also, if I do decide to switch to using onboard raid, will I lose any of my...
So I've been plague with this problem ever since I gotten the board. The problem is that sometimes when I shut down my computer and lets say I turn it on the next morning, it won't post. My motherboard POST mini screen thing tells me that its my memory thats causing the problem. I've already...
Hello, so I am helping my friend build a brand new computer from scratch. His budget is to spend $1200 dollars. He plans to mainly use the computer for office/school, watching dvds, playing some games (not hardcore ones). He also is not going to overclock at all and wants his computer to be...
This problem of me not being able to change the cpu fan speed happend couple weeks ago. I tried updating my bios and using the latest uguru but thats a no go. It was working before. The weird thing is that uGuru itself works as in overclocking in windows works but just not able to set the fan...
I was thinking about this today while I was at work. Do we actually utilize all this memory bandwidth that we get from our memory? Is DDR2 more then enough for gaming purposes and for future games that are coming out? Or is ddr2-1066 an overkill as well as DDR3? What do you guys think?
The...
So my cousin gave me ram sticks awhile ago, in total it is 2 GB of memory made up of 4 512 MB sticks. They have custom heat spreaderson them so I can't see the model number. I've used Sandra to try to figure out what ram I have and it says its Micron. Now the memory might be ECC and registered...
So the case I have is an Antec 900, I have two options to where I can put my hard drives. Either in the middle rack or the very bottom rack which is almost straight across from the PSU. I've been trying to think of which would give better airflow in the case. I'm thinking putting the hard drives...
Hello anandtech, well for this coming school year I need to be pretty good at the 3d drawing program SolidWorks. I've been looking for books that can teach me how to use this program. I've been doing research but there are so many different books, I am wondering what one is the best and isn't...
So I started Ocin my QX6850 running on air. I am trying to get 3.33 Ghz stable on it, I have the voltage in bios set at 1.41 (everything below that I've tried has failed ORTHOS). Now when I open up cpu-z it says my voltage is at like 1.216 now isn't that alittle too low? My guru program from...
I finally got the parts I wanted, I put it up together and it worked on first try! Here are the components:
CPU: QX6850
Mobo: Abit IP35 Pro
RAM: OCZ Platinum DDR2-8500
Hard drives: 2x Raptors and 1X 250 GB
CD ROM: Lite-On 20X DVD Drive
Sound: No sound card yet, just using onboard sound...
So as of now I have two motherboards in my house, the Abit IP35 and the Asus P5W. I have to choose one and the other has to go. I am not really sure which to go as I have heard great things about each. The down side about P5w is that its an older chipset where as IP35 is the newer one. Thats all...
Hi, I recently upgraded my computer which i was very excited about until i started receiving BSOD from the very beginning I started installing Windows Vista 64-bit. So here is my setup
CPU: qx6850 (not OC'd)
Motherboard: Asus p5w deluxe (latest bios, 2205 I think)
Memory: OCZ Platinum 2 gb...
Hi guys, I have a c2d and Im trying to install it on my Abit IP35 mobo. I see the arrow on the chip but I dont see any signs of how i orient the chip on the motherboard. Can someone please give me advice please?
So my cousin works at Intel and tests all the new chips that are about to come out. So I currently have a QX6850 in my house right now. The motherboard he gave me to come along with the chip is an ASUS Deluxe PB5/ Wifi. Before I knew this was going to be the board, I ordered an Abit IP35 (non...
So I'm looking at the Thermaltake TR2 500 W PSU for 50 dollars after rebate at Newegg. Well the system I have is:
AMD 3700 San Diego at 3700+ OC'd to 2.6 Ghz
1 GB (2 x512MB) of OCZ Gold Vx memory
8500 GT (decided to buy this because its so cheap)
A DVD rom drive
Hard Drive...
Hi all, Im in the market for ram and I decided to get 2 gigs of ram. I do plan to overclock my computer so here are the finalist for the ram.
Cosair XMS2 2GB Link
or
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB Link
They range around 80 dollars or so. Feel free to recommend another type. Thanks guys...
Hi all, so I finally decided to upgrade to a Core 2 Quad. I do plan to overclock and play games. So far I've narrowed my parts to the following components:
For motherboards, either the ABIT IP35 Pro or ASUS P5K Deluxe/Wifi-AP
Now for memory I am really confused whether what to get. Not...
So I just bought this router from Fry's for 50 dollars. I am wondering if this was a good buy for this price. I could have gotten a D link 624 router instead but decided to try something new. What do you guys think? Is the Linksys WRT54G a good gaming router, and reliable for a 2 story apartment?
I'm having big issues with getting this wireless card working. Its a dlink dwl-510 Rev A. There are no Vista drivers out for it. I've tried many other drivers but no luck. Anyone having this issue and figured a way to get around it? Thanks
I just installed vista 32 bit on my computer. I have a Dlink dwl-510. I have got this wireless card working before using some gigabyte drivers but when I try to use those exact ones again, it doesn't work. The default drivers that are downloaded from windows update installs the drivers but the...
Hello, so my question is that I have alot of data on my hard drive, no OS installed on it, but I want to install an OS on it. So if I extend the hard drive on the windows vista install screen, will that delete all the data that is already on it? And what exactly does extending do?Thanks
Hello, recently my motherboard died and I am trying to figure out what could have caused it that way it won't happen again. The motherboard I had is a DFI LanParty SLI, my brother thinks that it could be the power supply which is an enermax 565p. What do you guys think causes motherboards to...
So I been having problems with my computer lately. I first thought it was the processor, which is an amd 64 3000. So I bought a new processor (amd 3700), so I plug it all in and it still does not boot. I have a DFI Lanparty SLI, the diagnostic lights still show 4 red lights. Which means the CPU...
Hello all, so sad to say that my previous chip had just died, which was an amd 64 3000 venice. But I am now in a market for one and is not looking to speed too much on one. I really want an amd x2 3800 but I can't find one anywhere. So I am now looking at the amd 64 3700 san diago on new egg for...
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I am having problems with my computer not booting up now. So what happens is that I turn it on and the reset light just goes on for couple seconds but then turns off. I have a DFI NF4 SLI motherboard and the diagnostic lights are just left at 4. If anyone know what that means. I...
Hello, I am wondering how do I make it so when I uninstall lets say a video card driver that when i restart my computer that windows wont automatically reinstall the drivers again? Anyone know?
Ok guys, im excited about getting Vista the Business Edition for free! I hope all the drivers will be ready! Only thing I am worried about is my Dlink wireless card not working with Vista... Do you guys know the compatibility of drivers with Vista?
Hello, I am given a task which is my last one for the term to write a particular program. I am just looking for steps of how to approach it. So the details about this program is:
? make a myScanf() function that works likescanf("%d", &val) for positive integers.
? i.e. myScanf(int * p)...
This is my second time asking for help again and I don't really like to but sometimes I just get stuck. If you guys could give me advice that would be great. So the program criteria is:
Write a program that prints all the perfect #'s less than 10,000.
A perfect # is one where the sum of...
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