yea wel I just welled at sam and let him deal with the blade. I got better things to do.

In the mean time, anyone heard from Scraps?

Actually, I Ran a sawmill until '07 and they don't hit ém they cut, weld and grind ém these days. straightening a fold only weakens the metal.

but I digress.

My comment is not there in an...

thats true but if it is turning itself off before it overheats it may not be damaged.

if you know how, go into your BIOS and it might tell you how hot your CPU is: it shouldn't be higher than 45 d celcius (90F I think But Dont Quote Me)

BIOS is the panel you access when your PC...

sweet. play later. bed now. 3am here. config tomorrow for 7 machines in 2 networks over 600m WLAN, incl imac (=pain)

where is that utility? will it be on the machine? or download?

The Mobo, not the card. I won't be using it again I don't think. scared me good that one did.

ok+RND


its had a chance to cool off. working again.

i am REAL unhappy guys.

actually i am kinda glad.

i had not heard of this happening before - Ihave seen agp gfx cards, and modems do it, but USB?

Guess what?

happeneddd to me today.

i am almost speechless. that is funny. LOL man.


if you use a big enough hammer, you will quickly come to the realiseation that the new one is better than the old one anyway. this realisation...

I guess you had to be there.

to clarify::

"What noise does a bee make when it is flying backwards?"

"It Goes "ZZUB ZZUB""


electricity makes the same sound. don't make me explain it any further or you will just kill...

Bee Flying backwards. (ZZUB ZZUB)::ooh: icon_idea:

that's cool. i did put the RISKY warning up first.. have you ever tried plugging a USB in in the dark? the amount of arcing you can get is kinda scary. and it explains how it will fry something so...

risky option: up to you:

take the heatsinc off the cpu, turn pc on for 5 seconds, (no more or fry cpu) and if cpu hot then ok if cold then probably fries with your motherboard, but still don't...

AHH- Before you do that, it could be an overhaeting CPU. Is the fan going hard? could be trying to cool CPU down. CPU not cooling because the CPU grease is dries out and heatsinc not working. open...