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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2010-2011)

« on: August 14, 2010, 11:35:21 AM »

Don't make me respam my utter hatred for Favre. Seriously, he needs to go away... soon.

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 21 - playoffs?!

« on: August 05, 2010, 09:10:04 PM »

It's amazing that a little more than 5 million will do to get Brett Favre out of retirement...

Oh wait... 

Brett... just

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General Discussion / Re: PSU Xploded!

« on: August 05, 2010, 02:17:12 AM »

All the optional things you want are out of your price range. srsly.

Well, I managed to find what I was looking for.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016 - probably buying this one... it'll be cheaper from where I'm buying it (it's $5 less than Newegg), 80 Plus, Modular - OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371033 - Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D - 80 Plus Bronze
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151075 - SeaSonic SS-350ES Bronze 350W - 80 Plus Bronze
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151077 - SeaSonic SS-350ET Bronze 350W - 80 Plus Bronze

Also, a Pentium 2 will not need 400 watts. trust me on this. I could build a high end system on 400 watts.

I'm well aware of this, but this is going into a different system temporarily if and when shit happens.
There's a P4 system I do have that has is kinda wonky, so what I'm buying for is for that, and then use that older PSU on the P2 system.

Here's a good PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681737103

Newegg says the link doesn't work...

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General Discussion / PSU Xploded!

« on: August 04, 2010, 12:14:45 AM »

I was trying to put in a different CD/DVD drive into a working comp.. and when I plugged it with a different power connection after switching out the drives... it exploded.

The system is nothing worth speaking about (it's a P2), but I was wondering what could be had for around $50 and cover 300-400 Watts of power with one of the 80 Plus certified stuff... and it has to be a reasonable brand name I guess.

This PSU will be used for an alternative backup if one of the main comps have their PSU explode...

Optional: More power and/or detachability/modular and/or something better than plan old 80 Plus...

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 21 - playoffs?!

« on: August 03, 2010, 03:20:12 PM »

FUCK YOU BRETT FAVRE!!!
He will be a Viking again, but he needs to have the decency to...

SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!11!!!!

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General Discussion / Re: MLB Season (2010)

« on: August 03, 2010, 03:17:17 PM »

There's something to be said of the lack of leadership for the Cubs. Part of it has to do with the front office, but if you hadn't pay any attention to '04 for the Red Sox, there's no help for you... unless you're the '05 Chi Sox.

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General Discussion / Re: RIP July 2010, may you never return

« on: August 03, 2010, 03:15:24 PM »

I don't care for Trillian. I use Pidgin.

I'm a cheap ass gamer, so when Blizzard comes out with a SC2 Battle Chest @ $40, I'll care then.

Seriously... don't bother with the good stuff that early, unless you like giving charity to Blizzard.

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Game Modification Station / Re: New FF4 Hack Announcement

« on: July 19, 2010, 07:10:35 PM »

Bleh, I guess noone cares 

Anyways, I'm writing a quick todo list for myself when I get a chance to work on the stuff:

Update EvilMask battle code for renewed hatred of the monster.
Make TrapDoor's non-death a motivation to visit optional dungeons.
King+Queen Eblan will heal+hit in the same turn.
Change one of the reaction bits so that the use of the Steal command will invoke retribution.
Rubicant will expose more than just Fire...

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Gaming Discussion / Re: FF7 PC mod - has anyone seen this?

« on: July 11, 2010, 02:43:19 PM »

I always feel bad for Leno's tin cans and a string...

Hopefully better opportunities go your way...

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General Discussion / Re: Upgrade time

« on: July 01, 2010, 02:53:46 PM »

What sound card is this anyways? Hopefully it's not a Creative one...

the PCI card is a Crystal CS4281, Crystal being a Cirrus Logic product.  the onboard sound is Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio.  what's wrong with Creative, and what brand(s) do you recommend?

EDIT: ok, Crystal is the chipset, but the actual card is a Pine PT-2620-4.

Well, if you like the bloated software, then go ahead. I've lost respect for Creative's subpar products anyways... the cheap stuff is definitely not good.

I would personally recommend the ASUS Xonar DX though...

i tried Lenophis' suggestion, and it's not acting any different.  still, it was helpful because when i had the card out, i saw what look like burn marks around Capacitor 81.    that's probably the victim.  it's a little thing, and surface mounted (no soldering on back of board), so i lack the equipment and skills to replace it.

maybe if i get really bored and inspired one day, i'll attempt doing so.

in the meanwhile, i'll use the onboard audio, and never plug this monitor's audio cable into anything again. 

It's dead Jim! I doubt it's the monitor... some things are meant to die if it's crappy hardware (or bad luck)...

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General Discussion / Re: Upgrade time

« on: June 27, 2010, 06:58:22 PM »

so i started using that LCD monitor with the built-in speakers, and both picture and sound were working nicely.  but i noticed that if i had the monitor go into low-power mode with Windows power management or in response to the computer hibernating or suspending (but not physically turning off the monitor), there'd be a noticable hiss coming from the monitor's speakers.  i was gonna disable the low-power mode and tell family members to always turn off the thing, but i didn't do so soon enough. :'(  now today, the volume is greatly reduced, after somebody was away from the computer for a few hours.  i figured it was the speakers worn down by the extended hissing, but if i plug headphones into the same soundcard, i get the same diminished volume.

this suggests that the sound card itself got ruined..  but is such a thing even possible?  O_o  i would've thought the link between computer and speakers was more unidirectional.  the monitor speakers screwing the soundcard seems like the proverbial tail wagging the dog.  does anybody more familiar with computers and electronics know if this is a possible explanation?

also, is there some other volume control under Windows XP that i'm missing?  it'd be nice if there was a software cause for this.

thanks, and apologies again for the thread hijack.

It sounds like there is a sound card issue. Noise in the line tends to be related, so you probably should try to reseat the card and see if that helps.

should i disable the PCI card's driver before rebooting, or is there any merit to having the driver fail to find the card (e.g., would it force it to load some default values)?

You should be fine. Sometimes it is better to uninstall and then reinstall the drivers.

What sound card is this anyways? Hopefully it's not a Creative one...

That shouldn't matter, since the driver should unload itself when the card isn't present. With Windows, you never know though. This is up to you.

There shouldn't be any issues (it's kinda like having USB devices), but registry entries tend to linger if you're not using it ever more.

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General Discussion / Re: Gamefaqs + eternal stupidity

« on: June 27, 2010, 06:54:26 PM »

Well, I've found the Hawk Eye become more consistency awesome than the Tempest, at the time of relevant usage.

Besides, stealing the Genji Glove so that Locke can use it at will is all the more awesome.

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General Discussion / Re: MLB Season (2010)

« on: June 06, 2010, 10:27:05 AM »

Anyone that has a clue knows it was a perfect game. It's OK that the ump fessed up. However, Selig has no balls, especially when he hasn't even touched on instant replay changes because of that game. Freaking lame. At least the guy got a car out of it! 

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General Discussion / Re: Lord Stanley's Cup

« on: June 06, 2010, 10:25:51 AM »

The NHL always drops the ball on this.

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Final Fantasy IV Research & Development / Re: Invincibility

« on: May 25, 2010, 09:04:10 PM »

I don't think there's much to add to it.

There's a pair of monster spells that enables and disables it (Mist Dragon uses them) and a few just use the disabling spell (Golbez underground version and Zeromus).

Monsters can initially have magic invincibility if you set them to have 255 magic defense. You can obviously use the set magic defense command to make it happen.

Monsters cannot be initially set to be physically invincible. You have to use the set defense command. A workaround to physical invincibility is to give initial EvilMask agility (or maybe even 255 agility?) and then set the defense from the battle script and set the agility back to where you want it to be for that monster.

The battle script idea is not usually a good workaround, since it may be difficult to reuse. It may be an idea to use-reuse boss battle scripts with this in mind though.