Arkayn's life » Computers

No more lines

Arkayn — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:25:52 +0000

I now have the 22” Dell monitor hooked up to the iMac and don’t have to see those lovely colored lines while watching movies and TV shows.

I still want to upgrade to something newer eventually, but I do not have to be in that much of a hurry now..

Of course I still have to be able to see the iMac as that is where the DVD drive is.

Updates

Arkayn — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:21:53 +0000

I have purchased a new 23” monitor for the gamine machine and once an adaptor arrives I am going to try using the 22” on the iMac.

I purchased new pads for the swamp cooler and found out that they are pretty much worthless, they do not hold enough water to cool the air as it comes into the place.

I ended up putting my old pad back in as it still works just fine.

Saving for a new Mac

Arkayn — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:24:43 +0000

Looks like it is time to start saving for a new Mac, my iMac is having display problems and crashes randomly.

I am thinking that I can get a Mac Mini and a 20″ monitor and that should keep me running for a few years.

Cost will be about $820 or so.

New Quad running

Arkayn — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:25:57 +0000

Got the parts in, installed them in the case. Tried to install Ubuntu, but the ATI drivers for Linux justRead the Rest...

Parts have been ordered

Arkayn — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:22:36 +0000

Tomorrow I should have the new motherboard and processor and will be able to get the other computer back upRead the Rest...

The MSI Quad is dead

Arkayn — Sat, 01 May 2010 22:36:05 +0000

I think I have it tracked down to the motherboard as I could not even install Linux on it.

I took the Q8200 out and put it into my other machine so I still have a Quad core running,

I am looking at getting a AMD board and processor to put into that case so I can get it back running.

Bunch of little stuff

Arkayn — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:19:37 +0000

Still waiting on my refund, but it should be in Friday.

Had to replace the low beams on my car as one died in the last couple of days.

I thought I had fried the logic board on my 530S while trying to do a case transplant, but turns out it might have been a short to ground as it fired right up when I put it back into the original case. Now I have a case and a logic board to work with for something.

Looks like my hours should go back up a bit as we are losing one of our cooks here in a week.

Almost done with changeover

Arkayn — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:09:41 +0000

I have canceled DirecTV and tomorrow I will be stopping by Frontier with the modem and canceling them.

Also tomorrow I will be getting the PCI tuner card so I can get back to recording the shows that I want to watch when I want to watch them.

After that I plan on reorganizing the living room as I want a slightly different look in there.

Switching things up

Arkayn — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:08:36 +0000

And now I have plans to dump both Frontier Communications and DirecTV and go with my local Cable provider.

Frontier(Phone & Internet/3MB down):         $90.00/month
DirecTV(Basic TV and Starz):                 $73.00/month

Total                                       $163.00/month

Golden Valley Cable & Communications
Expanded Basic & 3MB down                   $100.00/month

I use a cell phone from Boost mobile and have no real need for a home phone.

Quad is back up and running

Arkayn — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:50:57 +0000

It was the PSU as a new one started the machine right up.