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[Briggsy16]

If I were to have just played for 3 hours straight I'd probably be 48th on points in EU2.

[timferius]

So, uhh, where IS everyone on the US servers? Hypothetically, since that seems to be how we're doing this.

[Sensei]

I'll just the drop the hypothetical; I made an NC character on US-WEST 2. However I haven't played at all so I'm totally open to changing. In fact, just the NC music that you hear when you select your NC character is enough to have me seriously considering other factions. So, I'm pretty much open to whatever.

[sluissa]

During some un-specified activity, my computer just shut down completely and wouldn't turn back on. Upon further inspection, it appears the power supply had broken off at least one and up to 3 fan blades at some point in the past. It appears as if one may have lodged itself, shutting off the power supply fan. This mixed with a serious build up of dust in all parts of the computer caused a probable overheat situation, shutting things down until the power supply cooled down. It's now running again, but the Power supply is currently minus a fan, I have it removed, sitting atop the case and with a room fan pointed at the grated bottom of it.*

Not sure if I should continue doing un-specified activities tonight until I get this rectified. Temp seems to be remaining okay, just going by feel of the case, but not sure how it'll hold up to high stress situations... yes, my computer is old.

*Kids, don't try this at home. Power supplies have high voltages inside them that might even be there after being unplugged. I'm a self-appointed expert.

[Aklyon]

Add more fans!

Also, you did blow out all that dust, yes? its a bit silly if you didn't.

[sluissa]

Yes I did. Mostly clean now, at least as best I could do with canned air and not taking the thing apart completely. The only fan I have that's the right size for the PSU is already installed in my case and after an hour of fiddling around with it I just didn't feel like yanking it out and clamping it on the outside of the power supply. Even after I did that it still wouldn't fit back into the case again, it'd still have to sit on top. Maybe tomorrow.

[warhammer651]

well, managed to plug into the university's wired connection, which can actually do shit and played for about half and hour or so. flew around a bit, got shot down twice.

[Shadowlord]

I would just replace the power supply, personally. I'm assuming it's not under warranty? They're not that expensive ( < $100). http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=32&name=Power-Supplies

I've got a Corsair TX750W in my computer, personally. It's great except that the cables aren't detachable from the power supply. That would make it even better. (It's super easy to unplug the old-style connectors which are used with PATA drives, some fans, etc, but the cables occupy a lot of space because there are a lot and they are long, which could be bad for your airflow and heat unless you have a really big case with a lot of fans and openings like I do)

[sluissa]

Money is a bit tight right now, even for a power supply replacement unless this one dies completely. I'd probably use the one I"ve got laying around, but it's only a 350 watt and this is a 500. Still, it'd probably get me back up and running, even if it wouldn't be at full power. I honestly probably just need a new computer, but that'll be something I'll have to spend a bit saving up for.

[Shadowlord]

350 sounds iffy to me if you have a decent GPU.

[Aklyon]

Point out what you have and at least one person here knows enough (or has enough bookmarks) to determine to usefulness or unusefulness of your 350 watt.

[sluissa]

Operating System
   MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
   Intel Core 2 Duo E6550  @ 2.33GHz   40 °C
   Conroe 65nm Technology
RAM
   4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 400MHz (5-5-5-18)
Motherboard
   MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7345 (CPU 1)
Graphics
   X193W @ 1440x900
   V173 @ 1280x1024
   ATI Radeon HD 5570
Hard Drives
   977GB Western Digital WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 ATA Device (Unknown)   40 °C
   313GB Western Digital WDC WD3200AAJS-00VWA0 ATA Device (Unknown)   40 °C
Optical Drives
Audio
   Realtek High Definition Audio

There you go, a speccy copy/paste. I also have an external USB dvd drive I hook up when needed.  I know I could look it up myself and I already know normal usage is about 50 watts and I've never seen it jump much over 100 just based on wall plug measurements. So 350 might be okay. Still if anyone is bored enough, have at it.

[Mistercheif]

Operating System
   MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
   Intel Core 2 Duo E6550  @ 2.33GHz   40 °C
   Conroe 65nm Technology
RAM
   4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 400MHz (5-5-5-18)
Motherboard
   MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7345 (CPU 1)
Graphics
   X193W @ 1440x900
   V173 @ 1280x1024
   ATI Radeon HD 5570
Hard Drives
   977GB Western Digital WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 ATA Device (Unknown)   40 °C
   313GB Western Digital WDC WD3200AAJS-00VWA0 ATA Device (Unknown)   40 °C
Optical Drives
Audio
   Realtek High Definition Audio

There you go, a speccy copy/paste. I also have an external USB dvd drive I hook up when needed.  I know I could look it up myself and I already know normal usage is about 50 watts and I've never seen it jump much over 100 just based on wall plug measurements. So 350 might be okay. Still if anyone is bored enough, have at it.

I'm not sure about the difference in power consumption between a Radeon 5570 and 6670, but my desktop at home is running a 6670, core 2 duo 2.2GHz, 2Gb RAM, and 2 hard drives in RAID 1 fine with a stock Dell 300W power supply.

[Shadowlord]

Perhaps someone should start a Bay12 thread on the beta forums where we can actually discuss stuff. I would nominate Girlinhat, but I have no idea if she is in the beta. :V

[Graven]

Oh wow I always knew my laptop was bad, but ... 3 fps in small encounters, everything low, render@50%. Welp, back to the first KotOR, I guess.

edit : It's got a Intel T4300@2,1 GHz; 3 GB ram and a Radeon HD4570, so anyone who lives in civilization and not the untouched virgin woods and fertile unexplored valleys of Bulgaria should be fine. Sadly, here, this thing costs 500 euro or 2 average monthly salaries.