EPTWould something like this work?
Thanks for your help by the way.
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Lagcraft
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Would something like this work? Thanks for your help by the way. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145531 Better. Bigger capacity, more cache, same price. | ||
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Lagcraft
United States146 Posts
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Medrea
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
C2D E6600 GT 520 2GB Ram Some motherboard (not sure which, school computer, sorry) 350W PSU (Again not sure, but I haven't had any issues with it in the month I've had the comp) Edit: or maybe the hard drive. But that seems unlikely, and its not where the sound is coming from. It lasts for ~30 seconds or so, sometimes more, sometimes less. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Lagcraft
United States146 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:38 Medrea wrote: Im guessing he already bought that prebuilt. He has a tiny resolution if I recall. 1024*768 if I am not mistaken. Might even still be a CRT monitor. Aye, but I have a friend who's giving me a better one, I forget the specs on it right now though. Mine isn't CRT though, it's a flatscreen, just kinda square. | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:39 Alryk wrote: Is there a reason my computer should rattle at boot? It sounds like a really annoying rattling sound and I'm not sure why. I've isolated it down to the CPU heatsink, the PSU, or the motherboard itself (I haven't touched any of these), or I suppose the fan on the case itself, but that seems unlikely. Does anything jump out at y'all? I suppose I could reseat the heatsink on the CPU cooler? Only thing I guess I could think of, but then again, its really just a shot in the dark. C2D E6600 GT 520 2GB Ram Some motherboard (not sure which, school computer, sorry) 350W PSU (Again not sure, but I haven't had any issues with it in the month I've had the comp) Edit: or maybe the hard drive. But that seems unlikely, and its not where the sound is coming from. It lasts for ~30 seconds or so, sometimes more, sometimes less. Hey look a GT520. I knew I should have added "school or library" to my previous list. FML. You pretty much didnt isolate it at all since thats almost all of the fans on the case >.> Rattling could be a loose wire getting batted around by a fan. When the fan speeds up it pushes the wire away. On April 04 2012 05:41 Lagcraft wrote: Aye, but I have a friend who's giving me a better one, I forget the specs on it right now though. Mine isn't CRT though, it's a flatscreen, just kinda square. I hope your stream makes you money because you are around $100 invested into it. 4:3 streams are pretty unpopular so I wish you luck. | ||
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:15 Medrea wrote: Not a fan of that prebuilt. Mystery parts scare me. Not just prebuilt. Prebuild and used. Considering he's planning on replacing the video card, and the thing still needs a hard drive, buying that was a dumb decision. Essentially he just spent $550 on a used CPU, mobo, RAM, and PSU. Given that it's prebuilt, the motherboard is likely a specially made deal; likely comparitively slow and probably doesn't have much in the way of expansion slots. PSU probably doesn't have any free connectors either. I'd also be concerned about the cooling on that thing if you put a high end card in it. Hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like the only fan is one 120mm in the back.... | ||
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:42 Medrea wrote: Hey look a GT520. I knew I should have added "school or library" to my previous list. FML. You pretty much didnt isolate it at all since thats almost all of the fans on the case >.> Rattling could be a loose wire getting batted around by a fan. When the fan speeds up it pushes the wire away. Oh yeah I know. Haha. sorry. I'm somewhat wary of messing with it too much since its not mine, and I technically only asked a teacher for permission (not sure if that's "high up" enough in the school's mind if I break it). I added in the GT 520  Edit: Anything particular you would recommend doing first? | ||
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Medrea
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On April 04 2012 05:44 Alryk wrote: Oh yeah I know. Haha. sorry. I'm somewhat wary of messing with it too much since its not mine, and I technically only asked a teacher for permission (not sure if that's "high up" enough in the school's mind if I break it). I added in the GT 520 Edit: Anything particular you would recommend doing first? Open it up, boot it up. Identify the precise location. Use the scientific method to solve the problem. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:44 Alryk wrote: Oh yeah I know. Haha. sorry. I'm somewhat wary of messing with it too much since its not mine, and I technically only asked a teacher for permission (not sure if that's "high up" enough in the school's mind if I break it). I added in the GT 520 Edit: Anything particular you would recommend doing first? See if anything is loose and/or poked halfway into a fan? | ||
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Alryk
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Medrea
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Caps are important here. Scientific Method is the ultimate creed in computer diagnosis and repair. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:49 Medrea wrote: And by that I mean Scientific Method. Caps are important here. Scientific Method is the ultimate creed in computer diagnosis and repair. Nah. Correct solution is to sacrifice a virgin goat with a toad tied around it's neck to a volcano under a full moon. That and communing with the spirits of the dead. Science is TOTALLY overrated. I want a degree in Computer Theology. But no, seriously, he's right. And even if something you're told to do doesn't work, it's not always because you were given bad advice, they could just be working their way through a process of elimination. Too many people expect some bizarre guaranteed fix to all PC problems. 99% of the time, it's a combination of a little bit of basic knowledge, prioritizing some guesswork, and finding tests to isolate the components behind those guesses until the issue is found. | ||
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Medrea
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I hope we never get to that point. Where technology is so advanced a minor bump in civilization causes knowledge to be lost forever. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:57 Medrea wrote: Computer Theology is straight out of Warhammer 40k with Tech Priests and all that business. I hope we never get to that point. Where technology is so advanced a minor bump in civilization causes knowledge to be lost forever. I don't think I trust the human race with most of that tech, either. Given that I don't trust most of the human race with anything more dangerous than masking tape. | ||
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:57 Medrea wrote: Computer Theology is straight out of Warhammer 40k with Tech Priests and all that business. I hope we never get to that point. Where technology is so advanced a minor bump in civilization causes knowledge to be lost forever. Sometimes when my PC doesn't work, I pray to the machine god and it is magically fixed. True story. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 04 2012 06:01 TheToast wrote: Sometimes when my PC doesn't work, I pray to the machine god and it is magically fixed. True story. I used to have one that threats worked on, after the fifth or sixth time I kicked it because the HDD and optical were both pieces of shit that only worked half the time. Granted, it stopped working completely a couple of months later (I blame the gremlins, obviously). At that point, I reminded it why it had always feared me by throwing it off a second floor balcony. Alcohol and PCs don't always mix. NOTE: Physical violence is BAD for PCs. I just didn't care at that point. Attempt this method at your own risk. | ||
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iKill[ShocK]
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