Yeah they weren't syncing or backing up.

ಠ_ಠ

Anyone ever replace a fan on a T43 Thinkpad? Got the dreaded "fan error" message and it won't boot. Also, any recommendations on where to buy one, what to expect to pay, etc? The swap looks easy enough for me to pull off if I can't get it to my friend quick enough.

/if I do it sober.
//lol
///thanks

Most of the necessary stuff is already in Android
Have you rooted it?
Because there's stuff like Advanced Task Manager, AdFree, Titanium Backup, and Root Explorer that all require root.

RealCalc is an improvement over the Android calculator. I use Dolphin Mini as a browser, but on a full-sized device, the regular Dolphin would be the better choice. Has tabbed and gesture browsing.

Terminal Emulator for access to the linux command line. Remote RDP Lite for remote desktop.

Galactic Core live wallpaper as it's just cool lookin'

Ed Becker: Anyone ever replace a fan on a T43 Thinkpad? Got the dreaded "fan error" message and it won't boot. Also, any recommendations on where to buy one, what to expect to pay, etc? The swap looks easy enough for me to pull off if I can't get it to my friend quick enough.

/if I do it sober.
//lol
///thanks

My only advice for working on a laptop is be very, very careful not to strip the screws. That's really easy to do and it leads to tears and pain.

Wow, been ages since I last had a chance to hang out here. Happy new year all!

Hey geekers. Does anyone see any issues with this build? Like compatibility issues?

1 - Thermaltake V3 Black Edition VL80001W2Z Black
1 - Thermaltake TR2 W0379RU 500W ATX 12V v2.2 Power Supply
1 - Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
1 - ASUS P8Z68-V LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
1 - Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1 - Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
1 - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
2 - ASUS ENGT430 DC SL/DI/1GD3 GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
1 -Thermaltake CL-P0497 92mm Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler for Intel 95W Series
1 - COOLER MASTER R4-S2S-124K-GP 120mm Case Fan 4 in 1 pack
1 - SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA
1 - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit

Hey all (hi, vegasj!)

I got a new TV with wifi (yaaay). But I'm having trouble connecting. I see the SSID, and when trying to connect it correctly identifies the security I'm using. But it times out and says can't connect. The mfr says the TV has 802.11n, but I think my router's 802.11b/g. Are 802.11n devices supposed to be backwards compatible (routers are, but ...)? And if I was in the wrong frequency band wouldn't I just not see the SSID and security from the TV?
I've also made sure that the TV's wireless MAC is on my allowed list, etc. Anyway, happy new year. Thanks for any clues!

Never mind. I turned the TV off and turned it back on again and it hooked up to the wireless just fine without being asked. Sheesh.

jaja, hey Zorgy,... reboot. It is always... reboot.

vegasj: Hey geekers. Does anyone see any issues with this build? Like compatibility issues?

1 - Thermaltake V3 Black Edition VL80001W2Z Black
1 - Thermaltake TR2 W0379RU 500W ATX 12V v2.2 Power Supply
1 - Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
1 - ASUS P8Z68-V LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
1 - Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1 - Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
1 - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
2 - ASUS ENGT430 DC SL/DI/1GD3 GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
1 -Thermaltake CL-P0497 92mm Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler for Intel 95W Series
1 - COOLER MASTER R4-S2S-124K-GP 120mm Case Fan 4 in 1 pack
1 - SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA
1 - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit

Getting an i7-2600, or an i7-2600k? The "k" version is overclockable, if that matters to you. Also, the GT 430 is a very weak video card. If you have no gaming needs, I wouldn't even bother with a video card, instead use the processor's integrated graphics. Looks like that motherboard has the requisite video outputs.

FuturePastNow:

Getting an i7-2600, or an i7-2600k? The "k" version is overclockable, if that matters to you. Also, the GT 430 is a very weak video card. If you have no gaming needs, I wouldn't even bother with a video card, instead use the processor's integrated graphics. Looks like that motherboard has the requisite video outputs.

naw, no overclocking. These would be work machines again. mild graphics needed, mostly processor & memory required. I actually need to dump the SSD too, found out our software constantly writes and rewrites from the server to the local stations... and they might last 2 months if that's the case.

vegasj: FuturePastNow:

Getting an i7-2600, or an i7-2600k? The "k" version is overclockable, if that matters to you. Also, the GT 430 is a very weak video card. If you have no gaming needs, I wouldn't even bother with a video card, instead use the processor's integrated graphics. Looks like that motherboard has the requisite video outputs.

naw, no overclocking. These would be work machines again. mild graphics needed, mostly processor & memory required. I actually need to dump the SSD too, found out our software constantly writes and rewrites from the server to the local stations... and they might last 2 months if that's the case.

OK. I still think you should skip the weak graphics card and just use the integrated graphics (unless you need 23.976 FPS movie playback, which Intel's driver won't do and is the only real advantage a GT430 would have). Or go big and get a real graphics card, but I doubt that would be justified by the machines' usage. And if you do go with the integrated graphics, there's another reason to consider the 2600k over the 2600 non-k: it has the HD3000 graphics instead of HD2000.

The Voice of Doom: TehNacho
80 Celsius is HOT. Mine runs at about 32 and I remember that that used to be hot before dual cores.

Depends on the processor.
My old AMDs (K6II-450, 1.2 GHz Thundebird and maybe also the Athlon3200+) were always in the sixties, IIRC.

I run a 1Ghz thunderbird for my fileserver and it's usually around there....those procs were the hot. if you didn't seat those heatsinks just right you just fried a $250 processor. those were the days. :)

I like to live in the past.

FuturePastNow: OK. I still think you should skip the weak graphics card and just use the integrated graphics (unless you need 23.976 FPS movie playback, which Intel's driver won't do and is the only real advantage a GT430 would have). Or go big and get a real graphics card, but I doubt that would be justified by the machines' usage. And if you do go with the integrated graphics, there's another reason to consider the 2600k over the 2600 non-k: it has the HD3000 graphics instead of HD2000.

our designers run dual HDMI 27" monitors... need to run 2 video cards.

Which leads me to my next question...

when a mother board has PCI Express 2.0 x16 2 or 3 slots they say "support x16; x16/x16; x16/x8/x8 configurations"

can two 2.0 x16 video cards be ran in the 2 PCIe slots ok?

thanks Mike, I found out 4 screens are HDMI or DVI or VGA... the other 2 are DVI or VGA only. Not sure if they run them more than 1920x1080. maybe 1920x1200

Might go with the Asus Sabertooth X56 MB which should run x16/x16 & 2 GeForce GT 430

I've found out running 1 video card for 2 monitors makes troubleshooting graphic issues harder. Running 2 cards, 1 per screen, would be easier to narrow down monitor problems or card problems.

plus, this way should give the possibility of added a 3rd and/or 4th screen down the road.

vegasj: Which leads me to my next question...

when a mother board has PCI Express 2.0 x16 2 or 3 slots they say "support x16; x16/x16; x16/x8/x8 configurations"

can two 2.0 x16 video cards be ran in the 2 PCIe slots ok?

Yes. When a board has three graphics slots with an x16/x8/x8 lane configuration, it's telling you that the third slot will, when a card is inserted into it, steal half the bandwidth of the second slot. That won't make any difference for a graphics card, though.

I really need help. Google has failed me. I think I accidentally fwd'd part of a text to someone on my iPhone 4s. Anyone know how I found out what I sent and to who?

nope.

So I have a quick question for the geeks who are obviously much more knowledgeable than I am, since they're dickin around with hardware an shiat.

I've got a Dell Inspiron 15 with Vista - yes, I know, stock as hell, long story - and although I've had flawless performance the two and a half years I've owned it, it's been acting funny lately. Mostly when I'm online and I'm browsing, I'll get (NOT RESPONDING) all of a sudden, and then nothing works, no CTRL+ALT+DEL, no Task Manager, nothing. I have to hard power cycle, reboot, it runs chkdsk, everything is copacetic, and I go on as usual...until it happens again, 5 minutes or 5 hours down the line.

I run MSE, Avira, and Malwarebytes. Not one has turned up a single issue. Yes, they're all updated.

I use CCleaner to uninstall shiat I'm not using, and clear my startup list. Everything is updated to within an inch of it's life.

So I bought a WD My Passport 500GB drive, the better to clean my lappie with. I installed the software and ran a backup, thinking that if I used it as a separate storage device and cleared as much as I could from the laptop, things might run a bit smoother. However, I'm not really happy with not being able to browse the files on the WD. I'd rather be able to access and use it just like a flash drive. Is wiping the external drive and using it like a huge memory card a possibility?

Is it just me or is Fark being a little slow/laggy as of late?

Anyone here know how to unzip a LHA file?

I have the LHA.EXE and the file.
and the old program.
I know it's "LHA(space)[command]FILENAME.EXTENTION(space)/c
where the "/C" is a overwrite older files parameter, and the command I think is X.
But I fogrget, as it has been years.

Wait, never mind,
I went with my memory and the X extracted, and the /C worked fine.
But thanks for looking if you did.

wow, that is some old data.

RedHoodie: So I have a quick question for the geeks who are obviously much more knowledgeable than I am, since they're dickin around with hardware an shiat.

I've got a Dell Inspiron 15 with Vista - yes, I know, stock as hell, long story - and although I've had flawless performance the two and a half years I've owned it, it's been acting funny lately. Mostly when I'm online and I'm browsing, I'll get (NOT RESPONDING) all of a sudden, and then nothing works, no CTRL+ALT+DEL, no Task Manager, nothing. I have to hard power cycle, reboot, it runs chkdsk, everything is copacetic, and I go on as usual...until it happens again, 5 minutes or 5 hours down the line.

I run MSE, Avira, and Malwarebytes. Not one has turned up a single issue. Yes, they're all updated.

I use CCleaner to uninstall shiat I'm not using, and clear my startup list. Everything is updated to within an inch of it's life.

So I bought a WD My Passport 500GB drive, the better to clean my lappie with. I installed the software and ran a backup, thinking that if I used it as a separate storage device and cleared as much as I could from the laptop, things might run a bit smoother. However, I'm not really happy with not being able to browse the files on the WD. I'd rather be able to access and use it just like a flash drive. Is wiping the external drive and using it like a huge memory card a possibility?

What you probably ought to do is back up all of your data to the external and reinstall Windows. Vista has a built-in backup service that works fine, so you'd just have to "find" a Vista disc. Or, if the laptop still has the factory reinstall partition on the drive, you can use that, then import all of the data you backed up.

If reinstalling Windows doesn't fix the slowdowns, then you're seeing the symptom of a hardware problem.

Fan sized. Video card go so hot, plastic fan mounts melted. Gravity stretched fan away from heatsink.
ATI driver kept shutting down PC to save video card. Plastic solidified.

Seized**

Knock knock.

So, does anyone actually like using Windows 8, or is every post in support of it a paid shill or Microsoftie's alt?