The Official Cooling Thread!

Actually I just got a crap load of viruses on my PC because I was trying to watch Cricket online. I don't really believe in try to recover your PC after viruses, I just do a fresh install.

 

abuzar1,

That's what I always to do! I also wipe the drive with Killdisk II first Three freekin times! LOL!! I asked him the other day how come I haven't had a virus in 3 years and you had 3 in 2 months. and he tells me the AV I put on the machine sucks! Funny, I used it for years and have a current license and never had any difficulties with viruses. I'm not renewing it again after March because Kaspersky is better and much more invisible! I can tell you what it is though! Friggin LimeWire! Downloading Porn! LimeWire is the Virus capital of the Internet! I make part of my living because idiot people go there to download a song and wind up with a 115kb file when all the others are like 4,000kb. I love it when they say "but it was smaller and I didn't want to wait" or "It's the only place that I could find it"! Bless the dumb-a$$es for they keep me in Uncle Sam's green stamps! ROFLMAO!!

Best Regards,
Russ :<}

 

What ever helps you make that money. It's like the motto on my profile.

"Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity"

 

LOL!...what a funny moto...but i think thats kinda true...opportunity is very important...

if you guys have $1000 what computer component would you guys buy?

 

GTR35,

Actually I would build exactly what I have now and have two of them! LOL!! I've been at this a lot of years and there's no single component worth that kind of money unless you have a specific need for something special! Even high quality 24" led displays can be had for a lot less money!

Best Regards,
theone :<)

 

since you guys have a good computer...but i dont...*tears*...*sniff*...too bad...i'll probably buy a whole new computer...well $1000 in SA would only buy me a mobo, cpu and ram...just for $1000...

 

GTR35,

Cheer up! 2 years ago all I had was a crappy P4 Prescot, 3.0GHz, 800 fsb, 512 MB of ram on an Asus P4P800 SE MB in a cheap case. I sold it and made a little bit of money and moved on a D-940 Dual Core. 3.40GHz. 800 fsb, 1 GB of ram in a cheap case. That went into a Cooler master case like I have now. Put it back in the cheap case and sold it for a profit! Built the E4300. Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, 2 GB Corsair XMS in the Cooler Master case. Changed CPU to an E6750 only to discover that the CPU wasn't supported by the MB fully! Got an exchange from GigaByte for a GA-P35-DS3R Rev. 1.0 and exchanged it for the present Rev. 2.0 MB when I had a slight problem with it. I also build inexpensive computers for office applications, that run at stock speeds! E4300 with 2x512 Ram and on-board graphics, 80 GB IDE drive, DVD burner, 500 watt PS, Inexpensive but solid Gigabyte MB, all in a case like mine for under $600 with Keyboard and optical Mouse. I don't sell monitors as the shipping kills me. They can get one from BestBuy or Frys cheaper than I can get them on line! That money helps too! In two years I've gone from a clunker to a fast C2D and haven't had to break the bank to do it! Just takes a little work and patience!

I have fun doing it and have built about 47 this past year. I don't make a lot of money doing it but I sell enough and make $100 or so building each one.

Best Regards,
theone

 

I use an X1900XT with a Thermalright HR-03 cooler. As for the cable ties, lol it gets the job done! I agree the clip system is a bit naff, but they're easier to use if the cooler is installed outside the case. Unfortunately, sometimes that's not an option, including my case.
My PC specs can be found in my earliest blog post.

Lol @ the viruses. I turned up to a LAN party last week without AVG control center running by default. An instant message popped up from a friend I hadn't spoken to in ages that read "www.free-offers-for-you.com" - no actual text. I ignored it, assuming he had malware. Moments later, the Sasser worm appeared on my PC! I had a fun time getting rid of that.

As for Limewire, that sentence makes me cringe. I can't believe people still fall for the 131KB file so often, it's really not hard. Fool me once, shame on Limewire, fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three or more times, I'm a complete dumbass.

Granted, your PC selling business is no millionaire-maker, but I wouldn't argue with a few thousand dollars a year!

 

lol...unless you know someone thats willing to supply you components for free...you'll get more then few thousand dollars...

 

GTR35,

the one big plus is that my suppliers do take good care of me! I'm sure they liked how much $$$ I spent with them this past year! LOL!!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year


"Rockin Around the Christmas Tree",
theone

 

hehe, I dl off limewire quite regularly and never get any viruses, trojans, worms, etc. the anti-virus software I use is made by computer associates and is free with my AT&T DSL service.

 

Mort81,

CA E-Trust is very good! I used it for three years before I tried Kaspersky! My license is good until March but I've been using Kaspersky since about last April or so! The biggest difference is that I no longer need any Spyware or add-ware protection as Kaspersky does a better job than any of those programs. CA E-Trust was very good at AV though! Never got any viruses at all! Except when I ignored their advice! LOL!! Stupid is as Stupid does! LOL!!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year


Wishing You and Yours a Happy Holiday Season,
Russ

 

Been there, been there many times. However, like Mort I have never been exposed to a virus off Limewire because I know not to download the stupid obviously wrong files.

 

what idiot downloads a 144kb music file, thats about 3-4 mins long?
honestly. some people are just plain STUPID

 

REAM,

God Bless the Idiots as they keep me gainfully employed fixing their virus Infected PCs and Laptops! LOL!!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year


theone

 

well I just got a bug of some sort this weekend dl'ing and installing some windows updates (of all things). now everytime I boot up I get an error message with the ATI logo saying CLI Application has encountered a problem and needs to close. I know it has to do with either my ATI GPU driver or .NET Framework 2.0. I've reinstalled the driver to no avail and when I try to remove, repair, or reinstall .NET 2.0 I get this error



hell if I know. I even tried to remove .NET 2.0 in safe mode. same result. may be time to reformat ugh.

 

Mort81,
Do you have "File Unlocker"? If you want to try it PM me and I'll send it to you. You might have it though as I got it from DVDH!

You might try another download of Net Framework 2.0 and try to re-install it over itself. I had a problem with mine and that's what I wound up doing!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year


theone :<)

 

What is Net Framework 2.0, what does it do?

 

Heh, I have .NET issues too. If I try and install soundforge it tells me it requires .NET service pack 1 and takes me to the download page. If I download the exact file and install it and run the installer again, the process repeats itself! I even installed the latest .NET, still to no avail.

 

sammorris,

Cheer up, it took about a dozen times in an automatic update to get it right. Everytime I shut down or re-booted the computer, it kept telling me I had an Automatic update. Everytime I let it do it's thing, it would tell me it was completed (no mandatory re-boot), which would last until the next shutdown or re-boot. It was the same thing over and over again. it finally installed and hasn't popped up since!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year


Theone :>(