Well a few days ago (infact I think it was only two days ago, but feels like it was months ago!) I came home to find my PC was dead.
Recalling previously I thought the PSU had died and that I'd brought a new one, only to notice a small burn on the graphics card I quickly got to work digging though my various computer parts (I can count 5 computers in my small office)
I found my spare PSU - Oh, but its only a 350w and the one that blew was 450w! That can't be good, but it was running the PC before.... so I connected it just to the motherboard to confirm the system would boot - It powered on, and I was able to ssh into the system - success!.
So I chucked the old PSU, and started pondering where to find a spare newer PSU. I grabbed a old computer I had just to find it only has a motherboard and psu at all (helpful!).
I then remembered I had my dads old PC which I had built for him, and my brother had given me back after buying him a brand new system (which happens to be the most powerful rig I know of). I quickly grabbed the PSU out of this (while giggling at the fact the HSF was held on by duct tape!) and tested it on my system:
Finally booting with a powerful enough PSU that I can reconnect my HDDs ;)
While I was at it I decided to clean out everything I could get near in my system. Realising I had no alchol to clean with I went looking for the nail varnish remover. Failing to find this also I went for the next best thing - Brut Aftershave! I dismantled the Cooler Master fan (ewww):
While doing all this I realised I might as well clean up the other PC incase I needed it in an emergency... Opening it back up I made an amazing discovery.
It wasn't the Althon 2100+ I was expecting...... Its a AMD 64 X2!
It needs a good clean up, a new bracket on the motherboard (they managed to snap the clip off somehow) and a better HSF (its running on stock currently. But there is also a BFG 7000 series card in there too. So now I'm looking at a very nice system I can hopefully get up and running without too much trouble.
It'll be running linux, and will replace my main rig. Question is, can I run the GPU projects under linux on a 7000 series card?
Hopefully I'll find out soon once I've got the parts. On the way I have a new HSF
which I have to say, looks quite funky!. Hopefully it'll allow me to run boinc out full pelt, and without issue!
Insane ramblings and utterances of the milkme crowd.
Friday, July 23
Tuesday, July 20
Kinect Finally Priced - £155!
So Microsoft have announced an official RRP for Kinect - £155. However this comes with a copy of Kinect Adventures. No idea yet what that includes.
However it IS already showing on Amazon so you can take a look. And if thats not enough then you can look at getting another 360 too - a nice new one ;)
However it IS already showing on Amazon so you can take a look. And if thats not enough then you can look at getting another 360 too - a nice new one ;)
Monday, July 19
periodic table of controllers V.2.5 UPDATED
This is awesome. My new wallpaper for the week/month/whenever I find something else I like ;)
Saturday, July 3
Tim s 360 Office View
My new office :)
Friday, July 2
The Buddha really dances
My brother was/is known as the Buddha as many aeons ago we shaved his head and he looked like a miniature sholin monk. I found this old video of him dancing and it made me grin, so I thought I'd share it with you ;)
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