Becoming a nerd...

Post by **garyb** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:02 pm

skwawks-you did ask for a suggestion not a smart-ass answer....
here's a great case:
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=61088

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:33 pm

I don’t have 6 screens, but use a couple of mirrors to create the “Spirit Effect” and then I feel quite happy, the only problem is that they all report the same information…

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:16 am

Hmmm. I'm getting a bad reputation here. Does it help if I say I work from home, so work & play are all in front of these screens ?

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:35 am

Spirit wrote:
I popped the case and poked aorund a few days ago but it all looked too hard... Anyone done it ? How many hours work ? Any dangers ?

It's not too tricky. Make sure you're not carrying any static (e.g. touch a cold tap), then:

Remove PCI and AGP card(s)
Disconect power, IDE, Motherboard etc cables
Remove hard drives, floppy drive, CD/DVD drives

...you should be left with the Motherboard, memory and CPU at this point...

The motherboard is usually fixed to the case by some small screws. Undo these and carefully remove the Motherboard.

Then reverse the procedure:

Insert the motherboard and attach with the screws.

Insert and connect up the various drives.

Insert the PCI & AGP card(s)

Connect up the power and motherboard cables.

->Good to go!

Of course, all of the above can be achieved with a large enough hammer

Royston

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:58 am

I am well known for my black belt in electronics, too, Royston

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:25 am

- also, I am tryin' real hard to be nerdy, but my unbearable hipness is hindering my progress

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:54 am

Yeah, I'm just too damn

to be a geek...

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:48 am

Thanks Royston, that sounds pretty straightforward. (As these things usually do). I'll keep the hammer for Plan B.

skwawks · Post by **skwawks** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:30 am

@garyb
it's in my favourites as we speak .
I like smartarse...is there anything else other than smartarse worth knowing about

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now for the bucks and the feeling that I need anything more than the abundance that I've now got thanks to uncleE ,creamware and uad ...I'm so friggin stoked I cant believe it .all I've got to do is listen to more presets than you can poke a stick at and use some of 'em ,plus that24/98 or whatever looks quite serious too and then there's the modular and I'm just a bassplayer ....old as well...and trying to learn git. and drums at the same time (Stige ..you bitch:-) ) please gary ..be a smartarse ,you retro dog ....just give me the guts
Cheers
Paul

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:46 am

On 2005-07-06 03:25, wayne wrote:
- also, I am tryin' real hard to be nerdy, but my unbearable hipness is hindering my progress

On 2005-07-06 03:54, Counterparts wrote:

Yeah, I'm just too damn to be a geek...

will you guys cut the crap and stay on topic please?! you're spoiling my beautiful thread

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:14 am

One daw here, hosting most of the HD space, on WinXP. One laptop as fun tool w Demudi, from which I connect to a machine on the attick, which runs 24/7 and has a LAN card and a harddisk. The machine on the attick does most web stuff (irc mostly, but also local icecast). It is controlled remotely by ssh and/or freeNX. If I go out and plan to continue some work or just show off, I tell the router so I can take over from any machine that's online.

Legros, you can have yourself tested at http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php?im

Left behind 97%, only 3% was more nerd. eek.

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Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:19 am

no way man, i'm way too scared to get over there

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:30 am

You, scared!? :>

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:49 am

On 2005-07-06 07:14, at0m wrote:
http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php?im Left behind 97%, only 3% was more nerd. eek.

Rank: Supreme Nerd
6% scored higher (more nerdy), and
94% scored lower (less nerdy).

narly · Post by **narly** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:17 am

@hubird

I'm going to suggest that John Cooper add username spell-check to the forums for us dyslexics

next to nothing · Post by **next to nothing** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:43 am

replying here on my mobile phone sure makes me a nerd?

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:50 am

On 2005-07-06 07:14, at0m wrote:
One laptop as fun tool w Demudi,

were you able to wrap a vsti like say (eheh) reakror?

Post by **hubird** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:51 pm

80% scored higher, which I hoped for.
I told you, I'm the real nerd

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:53 pm

who's this guy hanging out in our nerd thread ?

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:44 pm

On 2005-07-06 02:16, Spirit wrote:
Hmmm. I'm getting a bad reputation here. Does it help if I say I work from home, so work & play are all in front of these screens ?

How do you play tennis with 6 screens?

Can you still see the ball...