Wednesday Sep 15, 2004

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Well, after a dramatic exploding capacitor incident, synapse's computer, Slug is booting again, with a new PSU and mobo. And would you believe the cheapest PSU I could find has two big fans with blue LEDs on them? Eh. So now Slug looks like a tricked-out gamer's rig. Synapse is so 1337. lol omg bbq. ooo aaa
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synapse:
miao!! our little guy! miao!!
menotyou:
Slug is a fantastic name for a computer.

Wish I had thought of it first. *shakes fist*

I hear Ghost in the Shell 2 may be in the works this weekend.

Let me know if anything goes down.

Monday Sep 13, 2004

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Yeah, okay, so I need to update my journal more frequently. What can I say? I'm no synapse. But I have balls, which I use for awesome.

So I'm pretty angry about Slug. That's synapse's computer, which usually hums along happily atop my own machine, named Feynman. Today Slug got a sweet new video card, an Nvidia GeForce FX5950, which apparently made a...
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batman:
That sucks, but at least it sounds like that video card got delivered. Without knowing anything about her computer, I'd say don't put a new mb in there until you get a new psu. I've seen several motherboards blow capacitors because of a failing/bad/overworked psu, and I bet that new card guzzles power like an SUV.

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Spec's downtown is having a cheese festival this Thurs. - Sat. If you and synapse want to come with Warren and myself just call or IM me. Look for the flyer with this week's Kroger/HEB ads.

[Edited on Sep 14, 2004 3:45PM]
sigmatic:
Hey, good call Batman. I got a new mobo today and the old PSU won't even spin up the fans. I had a PSU go once before and it did the same thing; the mobo "power ok" LED goes on but nothing else.

Good thing microcenter is having a sale -- 400W for $20.