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Geek Culture / This ever happen to you?

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Undercover Steve
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 04:17
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Today I went and got out a 2001 pc, with a crappy old nvidia 3d card (4200), and I had a *slightly* better one (4200 ti with agp x8), and I didnt notice any boost (yah sad, but I was looking for one), and then I tried to load a wip threads game, and then it wouldnt load. Fin, maybe the specific cards issue? I changed to the old one, same issue (9.0c installed), and then I checked bios... since 2001 integrated gfx was on... Anyone else have this happen to them?

I have been re assigned. New name, new mission. Star Fleet - 5%
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Phaelax
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 08:04
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NOOB!!!!


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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 10:09 Edited at: 8th Feb 2006 10:15
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Err, even the first time I built a computer I realised that I had to turn the integrated graphics off, and audio if you get a sound card. Anyway, most motherboards have to be told to use the AGP port as default as well.

Today my computer wouldn't turn on at all. No power. I flicked a switch last night on the back of my power supply to see what it did, my computer was off at the time. It changed my power supply from 230 to 115. I immediately switched it back again, and went to bed. When my computer wouldn't turn on this morning I was Cr*pping myself. Luckily the switch had just blown the fuse in my plug.

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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 11:38
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Pincho - you lucky git! Do americans us AC too? is it simply lower voltage AC?

The most dump thing I have done is switched the PSU off while moving the computer, plugged it all back in and hit the powerbutton and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't turn on. Felt dumb as hell when I realised what I'd forgotten!

The other one was forgetting to plug in my cordless mouse recharger and thinking for 3 days that my mouse was broken. I was ready to go to PC World (I was away from home...) to get a new one when someone said "are you sure its plugged in?". I immediately responded "Dont be stupid, of course its plugged in! I'm not an idiot!" but a quick glance at the 4 way power splitter only showed a monitor and computer plugged in with a logitech plug sitting on the floor next to it. I felt like I could cry!!


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Phaelax
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 12:40 Edited at: 8th Feb 2006 12:42
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Us americans all use 115 voltage, except on refridgerators and dryers which use a 240 with a big arse socket.


Quote: " cordless mouse "


Quote: ""are you sure its plugged in?"."


anyone else as confused as I am right now? I have a cordless mouse and it doesn't need plugged in. BlueTooth rocks!


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SirFire
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 13:30
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@Phaelax:
You probably have to replace your batteries every once in a while. His has a recharger, that's why it has a plug. Well, he probably has a USB cable to plug in as well. That's ironic in itself, by using a wireless mouse, has has increased the number of wires.

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Van B
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 13:37
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I wish my mouse was rechargable, I got a M$ infra-red and cordless one and I really think M$ has a secret deal with Duracell!.

I can't help thinking that traditional mice with balls and wires weren't that bad and we have just the same gripes with these new-fangled gadgets. Like when you knock the receiver bit off your desk or the way my mouse sits flickering and wasting it's batteries - even if my PC is off.


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Mnemonix
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Posted: 9th Feb 2006 10:13
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I have a Genius netscroller that comes with a battery charger built into the reciever hub, and 2 sets of rechargable batteries. IM NEVER WITHOUT POWER!

WE SHALL BECOME ALL POWERFUL! CRUSH THE LESSER RACES! CONQUER THE GALAXY! UNIMAGINABLE POWER! UNLIMITED RICE PUDDING ! ! ! ETC. ! ! ! ETC.! ! !
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Milkman
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Posted: 10th Feb 2006 04:24
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I'll never give up my corded laser mouse
NEVER!

formerly xMik
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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 10th Feb 2006 09:15
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Ball mice were better for games like Unreal Tournament. My infa red mouse will suddenly make you look up in the air, and spin around like a tornado.

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JoelJ
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Posted: 10th Feb 2006 18:51
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once upon a time, Joel decided to get a new case, he put the old guts in the new case, "yay" he tought, as his case was teh l33t. he turned on the computer, the bios REFUSED to detect his Hard drives... "oh cra...p" he thought to himself, after hours and hours of messing with the bios, he finally decided to grab his hard ware saavy neighbor, see if he knew what was wrong. He opened the case, and pluged the psu into the drive...

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re faze
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Posted: 10th Feb 2006 20:17
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once i added a pci card, and did not shove it in fully, so the pc would detect it but not be able to use it, and i thought it was working so i disabled my onboard gfx and boom! black screen. it was terrible, i had to call up my friend and do like 100 keypresses to get it back.
and later i figured out that the card was not fully plugged and i felt like such a noob

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