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We shouldn't intervene... We need to save American lives so they can come home and die when and how the US government wants them to... Usually while on welfare.

Really, intervening is the only prudent choice, but not letting either side take power. Turn it into a US territory, and do what we want to with it.

So... They don't take the opportunity to work things out, (or protest instead of riot) but we do... (usually) How does that factor in to this?

If I got those laptops right, you can actually install a GPU after you buy them ? Is this true?

For most of the custom AVAdirect laptops, yes. Look for the Clevo ones that specify "MXM-III Discrete Graphics", all others don't have that option.

I dont know if I will upgrade (I would like to have 2 desktops for gaming and this laptop for media, but the current situation is not that way)

But if the lenovos are as good as I think, then I will definitely try to get my hands on one of those, otherwise the ASUS laptops with 2 fans (cant remember the names) cought my attention a long time ago.

The ASUS ones are great for cooling, but only have mediocre specs... A decent Clevo one has 2 fans, 2 heatsinks, (the ASUS has 1) and is a lot more customizable for only a little bit higher price. Lenovo has extremely easy maintenance access for an extremely low price comparatively.

If you're looking for a low budget system, I recommend Lenovo. If you're looking for a $1500+ desktop replacement, go for a Clevo.

Yeah, when you upgrade, I highly recommend Lenovo if you're not ordering custom from somewhere like AVAdirect. One back panel taken off, and you have access to everything with a Lenovo... (and Lenovo was the one that bought IBM's laptop division, so there's a lot of quality in them)

Just a side track from this, the USA isn't a democracy, it's a republic. The electoral college is the one that elects the president, and they don't give a shit what the people want. (Obama's second term proved that)

As for the opportunity to work things out, everyone has that, they just don't take the opportunity most of the time.

I can understand why riots would be in with the killing, but why protests? Protests are when people demonstrate their disagreement without violence...

Dell requires everything but the screen to be disassembled before the heatsink is accessible... Definitely look up a vid of someone doing it, or a walkthrough for your specific system if you don't have experience doing it yourself.

Hmm... The USA isn't in a civil war, and we've had a lot more reasons to start one than most other countries... How does that factor in?

Shouldn't be hard... Most laptops require you to take out the keyboard to get to the heatsink, just an FYI. (Lenovo laptops have a nice design that puts everything that can be altered right there when you take off on back panel, so they're a lot easier to maintain) What brand PC are you using? (Dell make it as hard as possible to get to the CPU/GPU/heatsink)

Network card, TV tuner card, extra USB and firewire ports, PCI-to-ISA slot converter...

And what is your basis for that? I'm interested in getting as much info as possible, and shooting down anything that is false. I like facts when possible, and showing everyone the truth.

Well, it's also debatable just how long we as a species have been around... Fossil records are inaccurate by however long you want to say we've tested for, (argue all you want, but when you have to tell the testing place what age you think it is before they will test it, something's up) and we don't have any records going back farther than previously mentioned.

As for extinction, I don't believe that we ever will truly be extinct as a species, but we may very well be forced to leave the planet at some point or die.

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There's a decent guide... Not the best, a lot of junk you don't need before 5:00, but otherwise decent. Skip to 10:00 for the application itself, (just put about 50% more compound than he does in the video since it isn't quite enough) or if you just want to skip the detailed cleaning instructions.

What is your basis for the assumption that it's temporary?

True, the killings are a problem, but not that out of line for that level of population density at that amount of population. (the yearly killing rates are lower than those of some "first-world" cities)

What a human is or more accurately what it is worth is a concept that has been subject to a lot of change in our hundreds of thousands of years of recorded history.

The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, with Sumerian Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC.

You should look up your "facts" before posting.

I'm sorry, but that is complete nonsense. 3/4?

You're proving that you aren't a tech professional... I am. (if you'd like, I can provides you my certification number for you to validate my credentials)

Even if it did burn, you would be able to smell that in seconds.

Couldn't with mine. Usually the thermal pads are not in an area that has extensive airflow, and normal computer part overheating/burning usually doesn't involve any odor or smoke when it's not caused by over-voltage. (unless you're getting really close and smelling for it)

Temperature variations like that are quite normal, if only because of the change in seasons. Even if you run it at 90c the onboard fan will die before the card ever will. These things are lot more robust than you think.

There are temperature ratings on chips for a reason... Past those temps you WILL destroy it with very light use. (fans don't die easily, they will outlast a system 99% of the time)

I'm not saying that a computer doesn't require regular cleaning and maintenance. I'm just saying that taking off the heat sink and squirting on some new thermal paste is a lot more hardcore than most people should even attempt to consider. You'll get perfectly normal lifetime usuage out of a PC if you just treat it normally.

He's talking about overclocking, he's not a complete amateur... Replacing a thermal pad with thermal grease is easy; a lot easier than most make it out to be. Try putting an amount of grease equivalent to a grain of rice, and let the heatsink spread it when you put it back on. Unless there is a gap between the heatsink and the chip, you shouldn't need more. If there is a gap, see if you can find some solid piece of copper, steel, or aluminum of the right thickness for a spacer, and put thermal grease on each side. If you can't find a spacer, just bridge the gap with thermal grease. (it's still better than the thermal pad if you get decent grease)

I highly recommend the Prolimatech brand of thermal greases. (they're inexpensive, and very effective)

Ideally you don't fix things until they break (as in, you start seeing glitches).

That is only if you're not planning on maintaining your system for a prolonged period, or if you take it to a shop to get all this done. (average users) If you plan on making your system last more than 2 years, (usually the time when you want to get an upgrade, and use the old system as a secondary or backup) then you'll fix things before they break so they don't break at all. (power users, gamers, people that don't like to spend hundreds to fix a problem that could have been prevented for $12)

Two days ago I was just minding my own business on the couch with the laptop on my lap. Suddenly I started smelling this faint shortcircuit smell. I seemed to be coming out of the heat exhaust. Looked inside, didn't see anything wrong with it. Then I notice the adaptor cable plug hanging out of the laptop a bit, so I pushed it back in. Big deal.

 

The next day I try to remove the cable, but it was stuck in the laptop! Never happened before. I gave it a good yank and it came loose. Get this: the entire tip of the plug had a large scorch mark on it. WTF!?

 

Since then I've been a bit on edge, hoping my laptop won't spontaneously combust while I'm working. >_>

Sounds like it welded itself... I've had that happen before, just a loose connection, no risk of fire if you make sure it's all the way in from now on.

If you're running the temp over 80c for more than a few minutes it will quite literally burn thermal pads. Just an FYI from someone that has experience with lots of them.

78c =/= 83c

5c difference is huge when you're talking about PC part temps. Above 76c on that particular chip will chop it's lifetime down by 3/4. (lifetime being from first start to when the chip permanently dies)

Read through this page then, and pay close attention to the "Iraq Body Count Project" section... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_conflict_in_Iraq_since_2003

Yeah, 83c for that card is way out of line... Resetting the OC would improve the performance in ME simply because it would run cooler.

I highly recommend just swapping out the thermal pads for thermal grease. (could drop it by as much as 10-15c depending on your processor)

Right... So, no before numbers? All you're showing is a steady decrease in body count since they started counting...

 

As long as it happens, it's a problem, and where the hell did you find a DECREASE in numbers?

Did you not even read the page you linked to?

Mass Effect doesn't like OC since it causes it to heat up a lot... As for temps, what card are you using? If it's an AMD then those temps are about 5c too high... If it's an Nvidia GT/GTX 7XX series, it shouldn't go above 70c when OCed... If it's an Nvidia GT/GTX 6XX series, then it shouldn't be running above 75c when OCed... If it's an Nvidia GT/GTX 5XX series, then it shouldn't go over 80c when OCed... If it's an Nvidia GT/GTX 4XX series, it's in the high-norms.

Easiest way to drop the temps a bit... Replace the stock thermal pads with thermal grease. (I recommend Prolimatech PK-1/PK-2/PK-3)

Newest laptop... http://valid.canardpc.com/2834982

A Lenovo G780, (17 inch screen at 1600x900 rez) after-market RAM is a low-voltage 1600MHz, and the HDD is the one from my previous laptop... (the HDD that came with the G780 works better in a Linux system, and the HDD from my Dell works better in Windows due to the random read/write speeds)

I miss those old systems sometimes... Back when it took intelligence just to turn the damn thing on and off without damaging data...

G-Skill may be the best, the worst or anywhere in between... It all depends on what type and speed of RAM your motherboard supports, and what your price range is for the upgrade.

Usually there are other brands of RAM that are slightly better, and slightly worse, all with slightly different prices, and some have a higher fail rate than others that look identical... No brand has identical fail rates across all their RAM.

Don't use Razer... It's cheap plastic crap from China with a 200% markup.

Creative has decent mid-grade hardware at a 150% markup, but crappy customer support.

SteelSeries is good mid-low grade hardware/support for a 100% markup.

I personally recommend Sennheiser products... Sennheiser headsets from Newegg