Why would you be against SOPA or ACTA? After all you love DMCA and often complain about other people uploading your precious bodily flui^^^ Videos. Just think how easy if would of been to remove all those "rogue unauthorized stealing from you" videos with ACTA in place.
@rasz DMCA already allows a significant amount of fraud in relation to copyright takedowns. SOPA and ACTA would allow fraudsters to kill entire websites.
Those ThinkCentres are workhorses. I bought quite a few from my state's surplus equipment sale for my work as the workstations there were quite outdated. Put a decent amount of RAM in them and they'll run Windows 7 pretty well. Cheers, mate!
I've always been partial to IBM machines, at least until they sold out to china (Lenovo). I still remember my first computer, a "double decker" IBM thinkpad..it was an X130 I think. That thing was tough.
BTX is awful. I moded a few to except video cards.
Sucks that RAM did not work. Probably a bad stick.
You should try and grab a larger ATX case and put the Pentium-D in there. And maybe mod the side with a fan. ID concentrate on the Pentium-D it a dual core and will perform better them the P4-HT. pop that 8600 GPU in there. along with what ever ram you get.
the 8600GT is a meh card in terms of performance, not to mention a dual slot heatsink is overkill for it. If you can find one cheap, a GT240 (GDDR5, NOT the ddr3 version) would wipe the floor vs the 8600. An 8600GT has 32 shader cores and is limited to DDR3, whereas the 240 has 96 shader cores and can use GDDR5, which is 2x as fast as DDR3, and on the 240, the difference between the two is very noticeable.
I usually just run my system without the cover if my video card wont fit. I dont give a sh*t about emi lol.....anyways it s been a loooong time since I ever had any sort of personal files on my hard drive, the only reason i'd ever backup is because I can't be bothered to reinastall all my Ubuntu software....
I like the design of BTX, actually. ATX is fundamentally flawed imho. I've been a user of Dell's BTX stuff, it works great!!! IBM/Lenovo is my personal favorite computer brand. they are really solid machines....
The gauges look smashing, and what you do with them is no ones buisiness.
The pc could be eather intolerant of mixed speed ram or just bloody picky on how its arranged, ive had trouble like that, the board says ibm so......... hmm.
Ahh glad my PC tinkering days are over (well apart from classic Amigas and SFF machines) and the games are on my favourite old systems, Sega Megadrive and GameCube!
i have a pen 4 2.60 GHz with hyper threading and 1.5 gig of ram i only had 512 ram fore a long time boy what a difference the extra gig made it works grate fore me all i do is youtube and play flash games don't have time fore wow or mine craft
Nice little IBM, most decent single-slot cards will fit, try something like a 7 or 8-series GeForce, as they DID make 8-series in a single-slot as well.. and a LOT of ATI's are done single-slot as well. Always good shit coming from your end mate. PM me if you want access to my minecraft server as well :D Oh, and clonezilla works WONDERS for cloning drives..
@Sansui350A like could i clone my 320 gb laptop drive to a new 500 gb drive plug it in and boot into windows? because in all my experience and all the facts i hear says there is no way to clone a drive and use it, or if you can its best to start new, but i dn't want to start new and have only 20gb of free space
BTX is component side up? Older machines used to be component side up, I've always argued that thermally it was better that way. Oh, and I couldn't help noticing that you had a dial-up modem installed :D
I've never liked graphics cards that take up two slots, if things are more energy efficient why do I need bigger a power supply and why does it produce more heat? Because what they say is garbage, that's why.
@HighTreason610 old ISA slots were the only ones I remember having component side up, dunno why I left that old 56k modem in there, guess it can come out when I do the ram upgrade.
@HighTreason610 BTX in a nutshell: hot things at the front (CPU, chipset), all air flows towards the back, everything gets cooled. BTX has a very linear airflow pattern and was designed in such a way to reduce temps throughout the system. However, this only really matters for hot hardware EG anything with a Netburst processor (pentium 4, pentium D) and any extreme edition as they ran hot as hell. Modern hardware runs much cooler, so BTX fell out of use.
@StaticNova even they don't always work. i had my memory over clocked from ddr 400 to ddr 480 for the past three years, my AMD Athalon 62 X2 would fly and the memory was much faster overclocked but recently i have been having issues and when i set back to factory clock speeds all was fine, so yeah not even mem tests work as it passed 6 times before i set it to default
Should give it a run in Memtest86+ with that stick of RAM in there.
Find out if it is the stick that is bust or if it is the slot on the board, or a config issue (That you cannot set differently on non custom built PCs, due to stripped BIOS.)
Yeah, BTX was supposed to replace ATX, but it never caught on and is now defunct as it was incompatible with RAM sockets on CPUs that had onboard memory controller (Slots have to be closer to the CPU) so you only find it on LGA 775 builds.
@CMDRSweeper I already destroyed the stick, but I will look for that app for testing bigger sticks.
took very little bending to pop all of the BGA chips off the ram stick, I'd bet one or more already had bad solder joints from being removed and installed a few times, not to mention heat
Let me know what you end up doing with the manifold & stuff, was considering getting one myself just for the same reason you did. Although I'm moving to Wodonga next week so I did a bit clearout of crap and probably won't have any phase change stuff left after that :P
I got Gateway It got Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0gz . i stuff a big Video card in mine it got 4SATA as well . but it got going motherboard . LGA775 Intel Pentium 4 Are good
I've never even heard of the BTX form factor in the past, I've naturally heard of ATX and SFF, I have an HP SFF PC that I don't use since I bought my iMac, but I've not heard of that particular form factor before.
@Aussie50 Your gonna yell at me but i have 6 of them here because i scrap old computers that dont work and keep the stuff that does work aka Cd roms burners pci cards and such
from what i remember with ram, they both had to be same in everything so yea, probably better off building a computer and get the parts from msy or another cheap computer store, just make sure you know what your getting :D
Why would you be against SOPA or ACTA? After all you love DMCA and often complain about other people uploading your precious bodily flui^^^ Videos. Just think how easy if would of been to remove all those "rogue unauthorized stealing from you" videos with ACTA in place.
/sarcasm
rasz 1 month ago
@rasz there is nothing wrong with wanting people to respect personal copyright, it has nothing to do with ACTA or SOPA.
but to be honest, I just like chopping peoples heads off for minor infringements :p
Aussie50 1 month ago
@rasz DMCA already allows a significant amount of fraud in relation to copyright takedowns. SOPA and ACTA would allow fraudsters to kill entire websites.
soundspark 3 weeks ago
Those ThinkCentres are workhorses. I bought quite a few from my state's surplus equipment sale for my work as the workstations there were quite outdated. Put a decent amount of RAM in them and they'll run Windows 7 pretty well. Cheers, mate!
kd5ydu 1 month ago
@kd5ydu yeh with good ram and a GFX card this think will be a absolute tank!
Aussie50 1 month ago
Ed have you ever done a video outlining the different types of refrigerant gas? Or would it make a boring video?
scottjacko87 1 month ago
@2:00 if the computer gives you more trouble just chuck a MOT inside and show it who's boss :P
daewooparts 1 month ago
Pop the sink off and grind enough material off of it so it will fit the board. POS BTX boards, I'm glad they died a swift death.
"It'll cost you an arm and a leg" More like your left nut and your firstborn for most shipments these days. The fuel surcharge is murder!
Nighthawke70 1 month ago
I have a dell xps 420 with a btx, dont like btx, cant get a new case :(
poo979 1 month ago
I've always been partial to IBM machines, at least until they sold out to china (Lenovo). I still remember my first computer, a "double decker" IBM thinkpad..it was an X130 I think. That thing was tough.
7ReyZor 1 month ago
Nice gauges! I love tinkering with AC and refrigeration systems too. Its neat to see what will make a coolant and what won't.
slamdvw 1 month ago
nice goodies :D
V8Jagnut 1 month ago
BTX is awful. I moded a few to except video cards.
Sucks that RAM did not work. Probably a bad stick.
You should try and grab a larger ATX case and put the Pentium-D in there. And maybe mod the side with a fan. ID concentrate on the Pentium-D it a dual core and will perform better them the P4-HT. pop that 8600 GPU in there. along with what ever ram you get.
BlueFoxTV 1 month ago
i have a compaq desktop, that has the motherboard setup about the same but its a micro atx flipped over
motorhead45102 1 month ago
the 8600GT is a meh card in terms of performance, not to mention a dual slot heatsink is overkill for it. If you can find one cheap, a GT240 (GDDR5, NOT the ddr3 version) would wipe the floor vs the 8600. An 8600GT has 32 shader cores and is limited to DDR3, whereas the 240 has 96 shader cores and can use GDDR5, which is 2x as fast as DDR3, and on the 240, the difference between the two is very noticeable.
speeddemon1092 1 month ago
@speeddemon1092 and i would like to add that the vast majority of GT 240s are single slot so they should fit with little trouble.
speeddemon1092 1 month ago
pentium d is a dual core but from what i've heard it's very innefficient
shinyfuzzy 1 month ago
YAY pentium 4's rock!
shinyfuzzy 1 month ago
@shinyfuzzy its my last one in service :(, I'll run it till it dies then replace it with a dual core
Aussie50 1 month ago
@Aussie50 how could it be the last? i find them all over. find more
lol
shinyfuzzy 1 month ago
I usually just run my system without the cover if my video card wont fit. I dont give a sh*t about emi lol.....anyways it s been a loooong time since I ever had any sort of personal files on my hard drive, the only reason i'd ever backup is because I can't be bothered to reinastall all my Ubuntu software....
EagleTeamExtreme 1 month ago
I like the design of BTX, actually. ATX is fundamentally flawed imho. I've been a user of Dell's BTX stuff, it works great!!! IBM/Lenovo is my personal favorite computer brand. they are really solid machines....
EagleTeamExtreme 1 month ago
SOPA isn't dead, they are repackaging it. So wear the t-shirts
Veikra 1 month ago
isn't using LPG in an automotive A/C illegal due to an explosion hazard if it leaks?
TKTmon 1 month ago
The gauges look smashing, and what you do with them is no ones buisiness.
The pc could be eather intolerant of mixed speed ram or just bloody picky on how its arranged, ive had trouble like that, the board says ibm so......... hmm.
zx8401ztv 1 month ago
Bad RAM? Where's the MOT?
jrmcferren 1 month ago
The soundblaster live i have had as well. Good card, nice noisefree sound. I also suggest memtest86+ for checking that ram.
MrDubje 1 month ago
Ahh glad my PC tinkering days are over (well apart from classic Amigas and SFF machines) and the games are on my favourite old systems, Sega Megadrive and GameCube!
tribalmasters 1 month ago
@bradshaw899 I work with computers all day, never killed ram via touching it.. :D
Sansui350A 1 month ago
What's you're Minecraft username?
Gdsamplify 1 month ago
i have a pen 4 2.60 GHz with hyper threading and 1.5 gig of ram i only had 512 ram fore a long time boy what a difference the extra gig made it works grate fore me all i do is youtube and play flash games don't have time fore wow or mine craft
MrCinimod93 1 month ago
@MrCinimod93 gfx card would make them work
shinyfuzzy 1 month ago
I have a friend bend the shit out of the bay to cram a dual-core graphics card that is huge, just to find out it didn't work.
achemachew 1 month ago
Hey Aussie - didn't know you play Minecraft. Whats your username? Check out my server coffeeserver.homeip.net if you'd like :D
B1r6m4n 1 month ago
Nice little IBM, most decent single-slot cards will fit, try something like a 7 or 8-series GeForce, as they DID make 8-series in a single-slot as well.. and a LOT of ATI's are done single-slot as well. Always good shit coming from your end mate. PM me if you want access to my minecraft server as well :D Oh, and clonezilla works WONDERS for cloning drives..
Sansui350A 1 month ago
@Sansui350A like could i clone my 320 gb laptop drive to a new 500 gb drive plug it in and boot into windows? because in all my experience and all the facts i hear says there is no way to clone a drive and use it, or if you can its best to start new, but i dn't want to start new and have only 20gb of free space
joeyf504327 1 month ago
@joeyf504327 Yup, follow CloneZilla's directions, and it will work. I've done it about plenty of times, with Linux and Windows machines.
Sansui350A 1 month ago
BTX is component side up? Older machines used to be component side up, I've always argued that thermally it was better that way. Oh, and I couldn't help noticing that you had a dial-up modem installed :D
I've never liked graphics cards that take up two slots, if things are more energy efficient why do I need bigger a power supply and why does it produce more heat? Because what they say is garbage, that's why.
HighTreason610 1 month ago
@HighTreason610 old ISA slots were the only ones I remember having component side up, dunno why I left that old 56k modem in there, guess it can come out when I do the ram upgrade.
Aussie50 1 month ago
@HighTreason610 BTX in a nutshell: hot things at the front (CPU, chipset), all air flows towards the back, everything gets cooled. BTX has a very linear airflow pattern and was designed in such a way to reduce temps throughout the system. However, this only really matters for hot hardware EG anything with a Netburst processor (pentium 4, pentium D) and any extreme edition as they ran hot as hell. Modern hardware runs much cooler, so BTX fell out of use.
speeddemon1092 1 month ago
Do a Ram test ..
StaticNova 1 month ago
@StaticNova even they don't always work. i had my memory over clocked from ddr 400 to ddr 480 for the past three years, my AMD Athalon 62 X2 would fly and the memory was much faster overclocked but recently i have been having issues and when i set back to factory clock speeds all was fine, so yeah not even mem tests work as it passed 6 times before i set it to default
joeyf504327 1 month ago
oh god you need to upgrade you aussie, even my quad core phentom 1 is freaking old as hell
30GB 1 month ago
Man fuck btx fuck btx hard.
domokid 1 month ago
Should give it a run in Memtest86+ with that stick of RAM in there.
Find out if it is the stick that is bust or if it is the slot on the board, or a config issue (That you cannot set differently on non custom built PCs, due to stripped BIOS.)
Yeah, BTX was supposed to replace ATX, but it never caught on and is now defunct as it was incompatible with RAM sockets on CPUs that had onboard memory controller (Slots have to be closer to the CPU) so you only find it on LGA 775 builds.
CMDRSweeper 1 month ago
@CMDRSweeper I already destroyed the stick, but I will look for that app for testing bigger sticks.
took very little bending to pop all of the BGA chips off the ram stick, I'd bet one or more already had bad solder joints from being removed and installed a few times, not to mention heat
Aussie50 1 month ago
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I've got a core 2 quad q9450 and gigabyte x38-ds4 just sitting here lol. But as you said the postage would probably take the piss.
FrontSideBus 1 month ago
I've got a core 2 quad q9450 and gigabyte x38-ds4 just sitting here lol. But as you said the postage would probably take the piss.
FrontSideBus 1 month ago
Before installing ram be sure to check the connecting tabs on the bottom. One broken tab will destroy the ram stick.
CMLovejoy 1 month ago
i'm sertefied and dont have gages :p lol :)
Zagroseckt 1 month ago
just cut a little strip of the heatsink on the GPU
Arnthorg 1 month ago
why not get you're certs and license for ac work:)
itscool1968 1 month ago
who gives a shit if you have ac gauges lol
jazzy4me4eva 1 month ago
that's just a stupid place to put a power connector.
scaleop4 1 month ago
@scaleop4 power and USB/LAN ports. its just not designed for double stack cards
Aussie50 1 month ago
Let me know what you end up doing with the manifold & stuff, was considering getting one myself just for the same reason you did. Although I'm moving to Wodonga next week so I did a bit clearout of crap and probably won't have any phase change stuff left after that :P
LPFthings 1 month ago
@LPFthings I'll set the gauges up and do a pressure/vac leak test on them first, make sure they are up to the task!
they have a 12 month warranty tho so it should be okay
Aussie50 1 month ago
Cool stuff, I like that SOPA Shirt!, apparently ACTA(Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) will be worse!!,
HDXFH 1 month ago
you should check out memtest86+, a bootable floppy/cd specifically designed to verify that ram sticks work 100%. and as always, use occams razor (:
knglaser 1 month ago
I got Gateway It got Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0gz . i stuff a big Video card in mine it got 4SATA as well . but it got going motherboard . LGA775 Intel Pentium 4 Are good
FrozenParanormalwolf 1 month ago
I've never even heard of the BTX form factor in the past, I've naturally heard of ATX and SFF, I have an HP SFF PC that I don't use since I bought my iMac, but I've not heard of that particular form factor before.
Lachlant1984 1 month ago
Those soundblaster live cards rock that all i use
polojize 1 month ago
@polojize yeh I bought one when they came out, paid $200 or so!, still have it today along with 2 others
Aussie50 1 month ago
@Aussie50 Your gonna yell at me but i have 6 of them here because i scrap old computers that dont work and keep the stuff that does work aka Cd roms burners pci cards and such
polojize 1 month ago
@polojize The Audigy/Audigy 2 series is by far way better value than the Live! cards.
emomotorgeek 1 month ago
Hey! Sound Blaster Live! Good card! I had one as well!
BarneySaysHi 1 month ago
from what i remember with ram, they both had to be same in everything so yea, probably better off building a computer and get the parts from msy or another cheap computer store, just make sure you know what your getting :D
xXvapourXx 1 month ago
good job on that video getting on there!
nikyjim 1 month ago