At 10/18/09 12:08 AM, Charak wrote: I have 2 choices, either Fender FM212 DSP (not Fender FM212r), OR, A Line 6 Spider 3 150

Please tell me which one i should get, and state why

I just got a Line 6 Spider 4 30W this week; it sounds great especially for metal.

At 10/13/09 07:01 PM, Malachy wrote: I'm cool with soldering (I assembled electronics this summer), but where would I go about figuring out the power rating/part number of the piece? Will I need to tear the part out of the computer to do so?

it should say in your computers manual or on the power brick.

im going to be a police officer, i've got a real baton, cuffs and fake metal badge.

there movie props

At 10/9/09 10:23 PM, Malachy wrote: It is having trouble charging. It's not the battery or the adapter, it is the connection within the computer (I guess the female end of the adapter, where you plug it into the computer) it has been losing connectivity progressively over the last few months, to the point where I need to hold the laptop up on my lap at an angle, to mash the adapter harder into it, and spin it around a bit to get it to stay just right to keep it connected to the power source.

it is common to replace the DC plug on the laptop, with soldering.
personally i don't do it myself, i think you get the replacement part from another electronic with the same power rating or from radio shack.

i simple solution is to use a external battery charger.

cyberbullying is a bunch of BS, don't people know of trolls, hate mail (spam), and lying.

whatever happen to the delete message button

At 9/26/09 11:31 PM, FaceNine wrote: During a drug raid on a convicted drug dealers home, some of the investigators dropped what they were doing and decided instead to play the Nintendo Wii that was inside the drug dealers home.

that costed the tax payers so much money

At 9/15/09 03:20 PM, EggSaladSandwich wrote: I have an HP pavillion desktop PC, The fan that goes into my power supply isn't spinning.
1.) Is it supposed to spin at all times?

the fan of a power supply does spin all the time.

2.) Is it a horrible thing if it isn't spinning?

no, most low wattage power supplies don't have a fan.

3.) Is there any trouble shooting for trying to quick fix it?

replace it, don't fix it

4.) How hard is it to replace?

i don't recommend you tiring to open your power supply on the count that you can kill yourself. replacing the hole power supply is easy and would most likely be better than the one that came with the computer.

At 9/13/09 05:42 AM, JonnyTheWinnar wrote: I've tried every single one, but they always lead back to the same screen. Any help?

your operating system (OS) maybe corrupted,
to fix a corrupted OS you need to reformat and reinstall your OS.
be sure to backup your data before doing so.

bring your computer to a qualified computer technician to test your computers hardware and to verify if it is corrupted or just a virus. if it is corrupted, the technician will backup all your data. restore/reinstall your OS and place your data back were it was. the data backup my include application data and user sets so after you reinstall your applications you wont notice a change from before. virus scans of your data is normally included.

At 9/9/09 07:00 PM, SCTE3 wrote: extremely loud and painful sine sound when comp starts up

i can only think of two things right off the top of my head for loud sounds.

1. the hard drive is scratching the heads on the plate.
2. motherboard beep codes (not that loud)

At 9/8/09 01:20 AM, RageVI wrote: Sure, no prob.

good work, im impressed

*The quad core Xeon they're talking about is actually the server variant of the Core i7 940, which supports dual

yes, error correcting memory plus multi cpu routing does slow down maximum potential.
I believe the mac pros both have the same motherboard so you can upgrade to dual cpus later.
The motherboard has 4 PCI-E X16 2.0 slots
4 Firewire 800 ports
6 SATA2 Hard drive ports (not including Super Drives)
8 FB ECC RAM slots on a daughter board
32 GB RAM MAX
dual Gigabit Ethernet

Costs are high simply because this is a Xeon workstation not intended for consumers.
a comparable motherboard would cost about $500-900 CAD.
Another reason for it's high price is that apple's upgrades are in fact very high, you would save alot by buying your upgrades from newegg.

2.66gHz Intel Core i7 920* $279.99
2x NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 896mb $378.98 (Not including $40 rebate)
640gb hard drive (7200rpm like the mac) $69.99
12gb (2 3x2gb kits) 1600MHz DDR3 $239.98
Upper-end X58 chipset motherboard $219.99 (Not including $15 rebate)
22x CD/DVD burner $30.99
750W corsair power supply $119.99 (Not including $10 rebate)

(Items below are subject to personal preference. Cost estimates are generous)

Decent CPU cooler: $50
Keyboard and mouse: $50
Decent case/fans: $100
Windows: $200 (As a CS student at my university, this was actually free)**
Shipping: $50

You really can't compare this to the mac since this is like comparing apples to oranges no pun intended.

your CPU is in fact faster
The graphic are better, i dont think apple has SLI, but apple does have openCL
mac's also use WD hard drives at a ripoff price.
chosen slower memory, and 1600MHz is a overclock speed
chosen motherboad hardly comparable to the mac pro

The mac pro is really for people doing video editing, 3D rendering and etc, most serious 3D animators will tell you to get a Xeon, although the i7 is faster it will slow down after 10hours on extreme load where the Xeon will not. plus the dual xeon will have a bigger benefit with apple's new grand central in snow leopard.

Really the difference in technology and who these computers target market is for is what justifies the costs.

At 9/7/09 11:55 PM, RageVI wrote: The machine I built for $1800 would cost over $3400 if I built a similar Mac Pro on Apple.com ... except the Mac Pro would have a slower processor, less memory, slower memory, less storage capacity, much worse video cards, and a slower optical drive that only reads CDs and DVDs

thats interesting do you mined posting the full specs of this computer you make claims to.

anyways here are some computers in Canada that compare to the MacPro Click here

At 9/7/09 08:31 PM, CryogenChaos wrote: The thing I dislike about Macs is...well, what you buy is what you get. I like to occasionally mess with shit in my CPU, improving the overall performance with a new video card or adding more memory or something. It gives me a sense of knowledge, that I know how my computer is working and that I know what to do if it fucks up.

you actually can upgrade your cpu, hard drive and ram yourself without voiding your warranty.
for laptops, imacs and mac minis. The mac pro is almost fully upgradable the same as a desktop.

Macs? DAMN SOMETHING IN MY COMPUTER EXPLODED GUESS I'LL HAVE TO CALL TECH SUPPORT.

isn't that the same for all brand name computers like Dell, Compaq and etc.

At 9/7/09 05:21 PM, Snake-Arsenic wrote: I think the time when Mac OS was better than Windows in certain design and audio/video related aspects has passed, at least since XP came out.

mac still wins with audio thanks to core audio, i can't manage multiple audio devices as one large device with windows. mac just has so much more control for recording.

It's entirely personal choice now but there's no doubt you get more for your money with a custom PC than a packaged Apple computer.

your paying for it's compact design and superior screens, firewire 800, wifi n, bluetooth,
built-in mic, webcam and speakers.
and the macs use less power than the average PC.

At 9/7/09 03:27 AM, SmoG878 wrote: ok, just to be clear, whats an imps again? image-per-second? I can't think of anything.

Imps : impressions
the amount of times an ad was displayed or viewed.

So theoretically, you could spend all day clicking your own adds and gaining about 5c per click?

In theory yes, but it's not that simple.
NG will freeze your revenue sharing if they catch you cheating.
you cannot click your own ads while logged in, and i think ip addresses are logged.

the ads are performance based, so you'll only earn money on flashs/ads that have at-least 1000imps and 1 click before you see any earnings.

example:
if you have 3 flashes
1 has 1000imps this year but no clicks = $0.00 earnings
2 has 50imps this month and one click = $0.05 earnings
3 has 600 imps and no clicks = $0.00 earnings
you total earnings is $0.05

it's all but performance. more imps but no clicks can mean zero earnings, but more clicks plus low imps can mean higher earnings.

this is all just an example real earnings will vary.

the one on your left. no not that left your other left.
thats right. I think you're on a good path now.

At 9/3/09 12:34 AM, Goldfire64 wrote: so I got to college a week ago and i notice one thing. There are attractive girls with huge boobs everywhere! I can't leave my room for fear of being attacked by chest pillows. What do i do Newgrounds?

you lucky bastard

*cry*

At 9/2/09 11:36 PM, SuperMikeK wrote: I'm thinking of switching to Linux. And I was wondering if there was a version that let me use my .exes effectively without the use of emulation software?

reactOS is a linux that runs windows programs, you can call it a windows xp clone.

for every other version of linux you have to download wine or crossover, this are not emulators, they add native windows components to linux.

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At 9/3/09 12:01 AM, Drildo wrote: Ok, my current computer is running XP and I wanted to try Linux Mint 7 (or 6) but I don't want to have to uninstall Windows.

if you just want to try Linux you can download the Live Cd.
This has no installer and can run from the CD, and if want to install it there's a option to use a virtual disk so you don't have to make a partition.

At 9/2/09 08:52 PM, 7IsUnlucky wrote: Of course it shows the message still; and I can't swap any cards because the only other computers I have are laptops, with the exception of one that has a really old and slow PCI bus. I can't put a different card in because it has to be half height, and even if it didn't the newest other one I have is a Diamond card made in '98

Interesting you have a low profile computer.

if you connect the cable to each adapter and the message doesn't goes away it means that video card is broken.

the only way to test this is by a swap test.

but take your computer to a qualified computer technician to check your power supply and motherboard as well just in case. The technician will also do temperature and air flow tests for you to read in documentation.

At 9/2/09 05:39 PM, 7IsUnlucky wrote: I know what a BIOS is, and there's no signal at all from the DVI/HDMI or VGA

when the computer is off,
connect the monitors cable to the video adapter,
Does the monitor no signal message disappears?
what about when the computer is on?

try changing cables or monitors,
try a swap test (remove/switch with another computer or card)

At 9/2/09 05:23 PM, 7IsUnlucky wrote: I use a Sony Bravia as my monitor
And I didn't change anything around, BOTH my video cards just like stopped working

when you power on your computer
can you see a power light on the front of the computers case?
can you see a black screen with white text?
can you see a logo screen (windows or other)?
when you power on the computer, press the Del key, do you see a Dos like program called BIOS?

remove your virus scanner
remove your malware scanner
remove start up programs

upgrade your hard drive from 5400RPM to 7200RPM
upgrade your RAM

what does John and Kate have to do with the Duggers?

when you mean display do you mean the tv or the monitor?

check your cables
check the input select on the tv or monitor

your not suppose to leave your laundry unattended

yea i listen to Billy Joel,
he did Ode To A Superhero right?

Sling us a web, you're the Spider-Man
Sling us a web tonight
'Cause we all sure could use us a hero now

At 8/30/09 11:39 PM, Agent7X wrote: Yea, as an IT guy I have seen way too many hps fail.

I haven't seen temperature fully break a laptop screen yet personally, but i've seen many Acers plastics crack because of it.

I'm a IT guy as well in the Great white north of Canada, and i can say we strongly advise people about any temperature details. I've seen lots of people break things before they even opened the box, because of freezing.

At 8/31/09 01:17 AM, AvaIanche wrote: Compaq back in the day, owned. Now, they just got chinsy.

HP owns Compaq, they made Compaq there cheap computer line.

who's Billy JoeL ?
and yes i listen to The Beetles