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New computer turns on for one second then turns off?

Sounds like it's overheating. Make sure the HSF to your CPU is seated properly.
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- Post #3
- Jun 22, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Technical reason for a computer feeling slow?

SIMPLE, fragmentation. Depending on usage things just become fragmented. Your RAM is fragmented all the time. Your RAM could become so fragmented that it makes it use Virtual RAM to run the program, most likely a game, a graphics editor, or video editing. RAM gets reset when you reset your...
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- Post #14
- Jun 22, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Troble Sleeping

Decided to wait on that pregnancy test till this coming Friday, cause by then I know it'll have been too long. Well, the money thing is really because of our room mates, which in total owe us several thousand dollars. Because our lease is going to expire soon I wanted to wait and see what...
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- Post #8
- Apr 28, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Troble Sleeping

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- Post #4
- Apr 28, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Troble Sleeping

Well, I know this isn't a medical forum, but I'd like some input on my situation if you all could spare some. As of about a week ago I've had trouble falling asleep in the same bed as my girlfriend, but as soon as I move to another bed I just fall asleep nearly instantly. We kind of have an...
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- Thread
- Apr 28, 2007
- Replies: 11
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Top 10 Strangest Deaths

Is number 2 really a strange death. I don't think that a man and a chair vanishing after a giant explosion is really a mystery. It's not like we've seen the guy floating in outer space.
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- Post #7
- Apr 28, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Mythbusters to take on "the plane and the treadmill" conundrum?

That conundrum isn't even a conundrum. That's just idiocy at work. the lift comes from air, if no air is moving how can a plane lift off? It might work with propeller planes since the propellers move air under/around the wings to make the plane move forward, but in a jet airplane there is just...
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- Post #324
- Jan 17, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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IS this Video Card Better then mine?

Yea, the X800XL is much better than the 7600GS, but the 7600GT is better than the X800XL. If you can get a 7600GT for about the same price as the X800XL I'd get the 7600GT.
- Alexstarfire
- Post #5
- Jan 9, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Rate this $1500 Conroe build please...

Ok, how about we cut back on a $135 case which isn't going to really be any better than a $20 case. Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 - $190 eVGA NVIDIA nForce 680i - $249.99 2x1gig OCZ Platinum Revision 2 - $220 PNY GeForce 8800GTS - $337 Western Digital 320gig 16meg cache - $95 BenQ DW1650 - $24...
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- Post #11
- Jan 9, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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The Electric Speed Machine thread.

True, but think about it. Getting winds to 70MPH isn't THAT hard. I mean they have wind tunnels that go well beyond 100MPH. My point was that if you essentially had a closed tube, well only 1 open end and the other end has the fan, then it wouldn't require that much power. I mean the wind will...
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- Post #33
- Jan 1, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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The Electric Speed Machine thread.

Yea, but the only reason that wouldn't work it cause of the drag it would produce, lol. Uhh, I'm not sure about paint being used like a solar panel since, from what I understand, a solar panel is more than just a surface and has lots of components at work. I'm sure you could model solar...
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- Post #30
- Dec 28, 2006
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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The Electric Speed Machine thread.

But, that's really what I meant. People don't think about what it costs and takes to make an electric car, or to maintain an electric car. I'm just talking about what it looks like on paper. The numbers look great until you see what actually goes into making an electric car.
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- Post #26
- Dec 27, 2006
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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The Electric Speed Machine thread.

True, but for the time being solar panels are just a PR stunt. It looks good for the oil companies because it seems like they care about the environment. What you said is true, but that won't be for a long, long, long time.
- Alexstarfire
- Post #23
- Dec 26, 2006
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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The Electric Speed Machine thread.

I'm not sure if I could even start on how many holes are in these theories. The way you people talk about these electric cars would be like taking a HUGE step backwards. Driving anything that doesn't have the ability to go over 80MPH is just stupid. It's not so much that we need to drive that...
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- Post #21
- Dec 24, 2006
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Best Electric Heater?

Seems like my $13 heater is going to be just as good as a $30 heater then. I may go look at some metal models as I believe mine is ceramique, according to the box at least. It just doesn't feel like it's heating crap. My freaking apartment is like 50F, maybe 60F during the day. If I can't feel a...
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- Post #10
- Dec 10, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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