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Better buy some earplugs as well - those are loud! I've been waiting for 3rd party coolers to arrive before replacing my 7970. Asus apparently has one coming out soon.

The C2750 is a BGA processor, so it comes soldered to the motherboard.

Finally remembered where I read the airship story: Bloomberg article Didn't remember it quite right though...

Helium is harder to contain than hydrogen, as the H2 molecule diameter is larger than the He1 molecule. IIRC the Russians are building heavy lift lighter-than-air craft to transport heavy equipment to remote northern/Siberian outposts for oil/mineral extraction, so there might be suitable...

IIRC, Conroe 775 CPU clocks are tied to FSB.

Indeed! :b-day: Forum front page announces B-Days for those who provided a date.

E8400 uses a 1333 MHz FSB. Looks like that board's chipset only supports up to 1066 FSB speeds. So E8400 probably won't work in that board, and even if it does, it will lose 30% of performance.

Marketwatch press release

Old habits die hard...I still use Crucial memory for systems I don't want to worry about. FYI, Crucial says that board can use 8GB DIMMs if you need more memory headroom.

Manual (pdf version, at least) lists it as "Earphone-Out"

Headphone jack?

ArsTechnica had some time with one and was not impressed.

I hope Lunar meant biopsy...

Amazon has XFX 5450 for $20 after MIR; Newegg is about $2 less also after MIR.

TechArp has a nice list also. Link to AMD/ATI listing (nVidia and others available too)

Wikipedia says that A x B x C is the standard way of describing tees

AFAICT, you want Elkhart 32824. Elkhart apparently lists their tees as A x B x C, where C is the middle part diameter, so 1 x 1 x 3/4 has the 3/4" perpendicular to the 1" . Of course, I might be wrong and then you are out $5 :)

(Too late for edit) Here's the equivalent UCLA announcement.

No, the prize went to the theorists (Higgs and Englert); Purdue is making a mountain out of a molehill.

I think you mean this 2730.

Maybe? The install video clip on the linked website shows handlebars that have a smaller diameter away from the clamp area, so you might not need to re-tape those type.

Clocker, before you buy one, make sure that motherboard can support 125W processors (6 core 125W, IIRC 4 core 95W) .

The surviving part of Nokia retains all patents under the current deal. ArsTechnica article

On a lark I bought a Lenovo ideatab Lynx for $350 from Amazon. So far it seems to be fine; more responsive than I expected. Display is nice (IPS) and it plays 720p MKV files via MPC-HC just fine. Win8 isn't as annoying on touch-screen as on a standard ATX desktop, but they really should have...

Ophcrack worked for me just fine (5 minutes to recover PW) about two years ago on Server 2003. Current version says it supports Vista, so it will probably work on 2008R2.

Any options for purchasing in Russia before she leaves? If not, there are some short-term medical insurance plans that are not horrendously expensive but IIRC you cannot have any (or very minor) pre-existing conditions. Also might need to consult with an insurance broker, as all of the online...

Hmm. Seems like favicon.ico got replaced.

Troubleshooting guide is here: http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/systems/support/system_x_pdf/00d9271.pdf Manual is here: http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/systems/support/system_x_pdf/00d3225.pdf

From the troubleshooting guide: 1. Make sure that:v No error LEDs are lit on the operator information panel. v Memory mirroring does not account for the discrepancy. v The memory modules are seated correctly. v You have installed the correct type of memory (see “Installing a...

I'll be dammed. Bad CPU. First time in 15 years. Swapped 2500k out for another 2500k and it is like there never was a problem. Let's see how Intel handles warranty issues.

Tried with new PSU and a 3rd PCI-E video card (nVidia this time, AMD previously) - same machine check exception. Previously booted (or at least I thought it did) a Ubuntu 10.4 CD. Now with Mint (latest) it stops with kernel panic (flashing CAPS and SCROLL lock lights on keyboard) about 12...

Verified SMART off; no joy. Eh, enough for tonight. Tomorrow I'll start swapping parts and then do a post-mortem.

IIRC (but I'll double check) SMART was disabled when CMOS cleared/defaults loaded.

Yup. Cleared CMOS via jumper and then loaded defaults.

Boot from optical media fails with same error at same point (right after green progress bar) as boot from HDD. Also optical drive appears good (other computers boot all the way to setup screen from same media).

Sorry, really not using integrated, just headless (no other graphic board installed).

Well, the 3 most probable suspects at this point are PSU, CPU, MB. PSU is the oldest component (Antec NeoHE 500), so if one of the secondary caps went, it might have trouble outputting enough 12V. CPU/MB is i5-2500 on Gigabyte P67X-UD3-B3 (so revised version of P67) with all solid capacitors -...

AFAICT, I'm basically hosed (i.e. try different CPU, then buy new MB if known good CPU doesn't work) Windows Server 2008R2 won't boot beyond screen that says select recovery or normal boot. All add-in hardware removed, all integrated devices disabled, only boot drive attached. Won't boot from...

Actually, I was thinking the other way around; Hikaru Sulu could have Korean ancestry but adopted Japanese name and culture.

Post WW2: "Many Zainichi Koreans chose to retain their Japanese names, either to avoid discrimination, or later, to meet the requirements for naturalization as Japanese citizens."

True Spirit 140 might fit the new case; it is 170mm tall, and the Arc Midi R2 says it will take a 180mm cooler. I agree that it is a better cooler than the Evo and if the price delta isn't too bad I'd go with it or the True Spirit 120.

Does that case have front USB3 ports? If not, I would find another one... As for HSF, the informal consensus (that is, what I've picked up from browsing the web) is that the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo is the value leader @$30ish. The one I have on my i7-3820 (130WTDP) works well. I think it...

Only thing I'd add would be an aftermarket CPU HSF. The Haswell boxed ones are stunningly awful; thermal throttling at stock voltages and clocks.

BBC Horizon: Cats with GPS and collar-cams The 1 hour show is worth watching, if you are curious as to what housecats actually do when they go outside.

Cool! You are gonna be somebody's hero-for-the-day!

Dave, do you have a native IDE (Intel or AMD circa 2004ish [note that Marvell controllers on motherboards sometimes function as IDE->USB converters]) controller to play with? Some IDE-USB converters just don't play nice with some HDD. I gather the drive was working until the ill-fated cable...

From the article above

Expanding a bit on Merc's comment: The desktop-oriented SKUs get a minor boost, while the embedded/mobile get huge boost. The top-end mobiles get (essentially) 128MB L4 cache, which can help with both video and CPU performance. Oh, the top-end mobile has a projected cost of $650+ (so we won't be...

AFAIK, generally no. If you haven't played it at all, they might; if you have used it even for a second they won't (barring extraordinary circumstances).