Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread II
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The power in my area has been flickering a lot this winter, so I'm going to be buying an uninterruptible power supply - mainly to protect the desktop, although ideally, I would like to be able to plug my desktop, A/V receiver, and 46" LCD screen into it. I really only need this to protect against momentary outages and flickering, I don't need it to be able to last 5+ minutes or anything like that. How powerful a UPS will I require?
Synobun
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Fans disabled in the BIOS, bad wiring, some of the fans are broken... Assortment of reasons, really. Have you tried running an app that specifically tests the fans?
SpeedFan
There are probably better applications out there but that's what a quick Google found me and I can't really recall the programs I used in the past.
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My guess is some of the fans are set to only kick in when certain temperatures are reached. This is usually altered via the BIOS.
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Thanks, but that only showed me which fans were running and what speed. It has controls to turn up the speed of certain fans but that didn't do anything.
I thought this too, but they've never come on AFAIK. Could be wrong though. I also can't imagine that the computer never hits a threshold temp given how crowded the case is, how hard I use it and how gunked up everything was with tar until recently. Then again, the case is basically open to the air on 4 sides, so maybe that is enough?
What are optimal temperatures for my CPU and GPU's to be at?
Mr.WorldWide
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From what I have read operating temps will vary, I ensure mine are kept under 60 centigrade though.
Zack
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You can install it from a USB drive.
Speaking of LAN, is there any way to use a cd drive over a network? I would like to use it to install the few games I have that still use cd's.
Mr.WorldWide
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Windows doesn't want you using an optical drive over a network as a local drive.
That said, have a look. http://www.paragon-software.com/business/net-burner/download.html
That said, have a look. http://www.paragon-software.com/business/net-burner/download.html
Using an optical drive over a network is trivial, just right-click the drive on the host computer, and share as you would any other folder.
You only need special software for burning over LAN... and really, you're better off using RDP or a USB burner at that point.
You only need special software for burning over LAN... and really, you're better off using RDP or a USB burner at that point.
aimeeandbeatles
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Yes this is right. I've done it before. I had an old disc that rattled too loudly in the drive in my machine (too fast, really) and wouldn't install properly in my computer so I 'borrowed' my mother's CD drive for it.
Actually, if it's not DRM protected, it may be easier to make an ISO image (ImgBurn can do that) and send the image through a LAN connection and use something like Virtual CloneDrive on the local computer. But if it's DRM protected it won't work and circumventing it is against the law so I do not recommend that.
NedimNapoleon
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How does one make his own font?
aimeeandbeatles
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With a font editor. I think last time I looked there was a free one online.
Mr.WorldWide
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True, but I'd like to point out the advantages to my approach.
1. It's FREE, you don't need to run out and buy another piece of hardware(external USB drive). $30+ saved
2. You cannot play videos over a lan simply by sharing the drive folder, it generates a copy protection error or just refuses altogether.
3. Several DRM protected games will not install from a shared folder either (though this is getting less common as more games are distributed digitally and don't rely solely on disk based DRM).
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