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Captain Crunchie, Retired
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In a Hovel
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Popped out today & spent £50 ... ouch!! my pocket hurts.
 What I got ... New case ... old one was a bit dead & fallin to pieces New 200gig HD ... I actually put that in the Old Girl & used the 120 in BSA Win XP Home ... yep, another copy. Four case fans ... now the Old Girl is a little cooler too.  I'll be glad when XP SP3 is out, it don't 'arf take some time to install all them bloody updates. ... and there's some pics for you TC.
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Crunchie Cat
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: South Wales
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Thank you!
that was kind Mucks ... better than etchings any day  Looks like you had a busy afternoon, but must be very satisfying. They are looking good - but I agree about the up-dates, they're painful, took me ages after installing XP-Pro a couple of months back Your "flock" of PCs look very smart.Do you actually run them side by side, as they are in the pic? 
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Captain Crunchie, Retired
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In a Hovel
Posts: 19,979
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Yep, they are all runners as you see 'em ...
I do need another KVM switch though (Keyboard Video Mouse switch) as the one on the far left is headless (Fred) ... it only has power & an Ethernet connection, so it is on & working but I have no visual or control ... yet. I'll let you know in the morning how well I slept, 'cos there is now 5 more fans running than there was yesterday.  BSA is for sale ... 
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Crunchie Cat
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: South Wales
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I find this room strangely quiet whenever I close-down - and they also take the chill of the air very pleasantly
I was afraid to stand our's side-by side in case they warmed each other up... a bit of paranoia after the overheating problem probably... Looks like a very nice purchase for some lucky soul 
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Acruncher
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: A cabin in the woods by a river
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Quote:
  AoutoPatcher is the way to go for updating a new install
"There's a saying in Estonia that in order to see new things, you have to follow common paths - paths you know." Games people play, you take it or you leave it Things that they say, honor brite If I promise you the moon and the stars, would you believe it Games people play in the middle of the night ~Alan Parsons Project, Games People Play |
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Captain Crunchie, Retired
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In a Hovel
Posts: 19,979
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You want a breakdown ... £2 each for the new case fans ... expensive buggers, inthey. £1 for a new IDE cable, just because I was there in the shop, what the heck £10 for XP Home ... don't ask, I wont tell no lies (PM me if you want to know) £20 for the new 200gig HD £10 for the new Cooler Master case, includes one of them 120mm exhaust fans, but no PSU. Quote:
http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=auto...num=4&ct=title http://www.autopatcher.com/ Such is the power of .................... Flickr Every day I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive. |
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Crunchie Cat
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: South Wales
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It has just occured to me... yes I know, my thought processors need a bit of de-fragging
.... but I have to ask otherwise I'm risking the bsod in my brain. Regarding "Headless Fred" (love that name, by the way) do you mean that it's crunching? And if so, how do you get it to do that if there is no visual or control yet please?.................. I'm suspecting this is a daft question and that you mean it is running, but not doing anything in particular. Sorry Mucks, I really should get out more - or maybe just haven't had enough coffee today
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Captain Crunchie, Retired
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In a Hovel
Posts: 19,979
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No, it's not a daft question ...
You just go against all we teach you and ... pull all the cables out while the PC is on.  That is, run as normal, insure all is running, then pull the mouse, keyboard & video out of the back. Sad innit, I have no spare kit ... Disclaimer: I do not recommend anybody does this with there own PC
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Crunchie Cat
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: South Wales
Posts: 7,127
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Well it makes sense now
believe it or not, I really didn't think of that ... I sometimes go down the more convoluted routes and completely miss the obvious  Thank you for curing this cat's curiosity Mucks
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