Recent content by standin wave

When I have read the jokz since I last contributed, I'll post some stuff I've been sent recently - I don't want folks to think I write my own material :)

I 've gone and bought a pair of matched Xeons and Asus PCH-DL and AKASA AK680CU fans. Sadly none of those have any of those clips that fasten the Xeon heatsinks to the plastic surrounding the processors. Hence £500 of scrap sitting around - anyone got a clue where I can get them from as the...

Just put system together. On the ABIT ic7 MAX3, when the case power is pressed the diodes D1 and D2 go red & yellow (near SATA conns). btw fans are so quiet i thought they were OFF :o AX800XT fan spins and blue LEDS glow, mobo CPU and n'bridge fans spin and that OTES tube glows green got one IDE...

Just connected up my Audigy 2 and Logitech Z680s - it has been almost a religious experience - they are fan-dabba-dozy as The Crankies would say. Can't wait to 'Let em rip' tomorrow! :D sw

I though I'd make some room for my new Z680s by putting my main PC under the desk. I videoed (saddo) the wiring between the PC, cable modem, router and messed about with wiring for hours only to find that the Linksys router seems to not allow Internet access now - I have to RJ45 from Cable modem...

I reckoned I should start a new thread as I'm gonna try the rig on air first, before I 'plumb' in the prommie and w/c system. I spent 45 minutes telling blueyonder that my pwp was goosed, but they have sorted it now, so here goes ... sw

Daz, Even if you exclude their staff, you aint the top anymore? Wots going on, m8 sw

Arriving tomorrow. :D :D :D Supplier has had 40 land and I am 21 in queue. Will post when it turns up - I can start build now. Never known anything take so long - best part of 5 months sw

Sometime this century I am hoping to get an Ati X800XTPE graphics card; if they just dont appear it will be a 6800 Ultra - prob an ASUS, I like their style. I am gonna overclock it and use pelt cooling and a water system. Question is what would you recommend for the GPU block? I already have a...

So far I have thought of a name! It is suitable cos it has been a huge drain on my wallet and almost from the outset there have been holes in the set up - missing Mach II GT, missing graphics card, missing monitor. If I had given it a 'Start Date', I would have missed that ;) Its gonna be phase...

A taxi passenger tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him something. The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the footpath, and stopped centimetres from a shop window. For a second everything went quiet in the taxi, then the driver said "Look mate, don't...

System #3 has new mobo Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe and SATA drive. Just a quick query - I only had 90 minutes sleep, so I can't think straight - can this mobo operate with just ONE SATA drive and no IDE, cos the BIOS cant find it and Win XP cant either?? sw

Hi guys(& Phils missus!) - very unproductive weekend! System 3 (XP2500+ etc) system kept rebooting itself every couple of minutes. Did complete reformat HDD, reinstall Win XP Pro and still useless. Any ideas? sw

Alaska Department of Fish and Game advice to hikers, hunters, and fishermen to take extra precautions and keep alert of bears while in the field: We advise that outdoorsmen wear little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. We also advise outdoorsmen to...

link is http://www.eliteb*****ds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5193&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 I reckon the anglo saxon language police would erase this anyway, so I did it for them. anyway, Dull in PRC reckons a softmod on one (Sapphire?) got the 16 pipelines- as I have neither atm, I can't...