I put this in GenMay first and someone suggested I put it here also.
In Preperation for Sundays solar eclipse I have made a DIY solar filter for my DSLR and though I would share.
CAUTION If your going to take pictures of the sun with a DIY solar filter I highly recommend NOT looking...
-$70 off on Nikon D5100 w/ 18-55mm VR lense
-$120 off on Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Lens
-$170 off when bundled
+ free 8GB memory card and camera bag
origional price = $1589.93
total after rebates= $1189.90
savings= $400.03
I built my computer 6 months ago and overclocked it right away and I've never had a single problem with instability till 2 nights ago when I got an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSoD while playing Borderlands. I thought it was a fluke but I got the same BSoD again while playing the game so I started...
To start off I would just like to say that Belkin makes crap products.
That being said my router has been having what I think is an over heating issue almost from the beginning where when you have a lot of wireless traffic the wireless signal will suddenly die and requires a 5 minuet power...
So I was working in my computer shop today when the owner asks me to look up a warranty on a video card that came in and has bad artifacts. he hands me an EVGA 7900GT, a few years ago I had a card just like it and it brought back some good memories of my friends pondering why anyone would ever...
I just put this system together earlier this week and I'm using a Cogage true spirit cooler with the pushpins, I didn't notice any problem when I installed it but now I can see the board being bent by the cooler. How much can the board be bent before it causes problems.
I'll try to take some...
Just finished putting together my new i7 rig
i7 920 D0
corsair xms3 1600 6GB kit
EVGA x58 sli motherboard
Cogage true spirit cpu cooler
on the tube IC diamond says it contains 92% micronized industrial diamonds which comes in at around 4-5 times the thermal conductivity of silver depending on...
I got to build a computer in one today and it was the worst case I've ever had the misfortune of running across. I admit that the materials it is made out of are for the most part top notch, I like the thick aluminum but that is about the end of it. Everything seemed to be held together with...
I had a guy come into my computer shop today. I helped him build a computer around a year ago so he could start playing WoW with some friends. Sense then he has dropped out of community college, gained a ton of weight, and generally doesn't care about much other than playing WoW, he was...
Out of curiosity I was using GPU-Z to see how much clock speed was cut when going between high power mode and low power mode on my laptop when I noticed that sensors tab in GPU-Z was reporting that my ATI mobility HD 3650 is only running at half speed.
I tried running games to see if it...
I'm long overdue for an upgrade so I'm putting old faithful on the auction block
Asus A8N-SLI deluxe
AMD 64 X2 4200+ 2.2Ghz with Zalman 7700CU 120MM heatsink, will OC to 2.75
2 GB DDR 400 RAM Corsair XMS, OCs to 480
EVGA 7900GT OC, stock is 450/1320 OCs to 552/1600
250 GB SATA HD...
I just got a Sonic Impact Video 55, I figured I could use if to display system info while I'm playing games. It has a 7 inch 480x234 screen and a composite video in. I've hooked it up to my camera, and camcorder and they both show up fine on the screen but when I hook it up to my computer it...
I've been wanting to do this mod for a while now and I finally have enough extra $ that I won't feel to guilty.
So this is the Photo shop image of what I want the case to end up looking like. There isn't really to much actual modding other than painting the case but I might do a turbine at a...
So basically I work at a small computer shop and a guy had us remove the watercooling system from his alienware computer because the pump broke and he didn't want to deal with it anymore. The shop has no use for it so they let me keep it.
My camera is down but this is a picture of the same...
This is my first mod Its been done for a while but I just found this forum so I figured I might as well post it. also when I did this mod I had no $ so i had to work with things I had around the house.
Front of my case and the backing of an old laptop screen.
All I had to cut this...