Recent content by Trotter

Nothing like waking up to 58 Samsara notifications because a couple of teenagers decided to steal one of my technicians vehicles and go joyriding across Memphis. They started moving at 2:03am, picked up a friend, did donuts all over the place, and finally left the car behind a house around...

Gaming laptops tend to use the newest WiFi standards, as well as newer/better CPU's and RAM. So, basically, a NASCAR vs a family sedan.

It never fails. I spring the extra for 2nd day delivery and bad weather screws me over. What was supposed to be here today has been rescheduled for Monday. FFS

Glad you survived. Welcome back.

I'm a little behind. I ordered three sets of Thermaltake SWAFAN EX 12 ARGB fans (3/set). I plan on using them to push/pull on my AiO rad, as well as top exhaust. I also ordered a Cooler Master V3 vertical graphics card bracket. My GPU is currently vertical (I/O is at the top of the case), but...

Then the oil radiator heaters would be perfect for you. My wife has done the same as you with a blanket, and I would often set my dinner plate on top of one to help keep it warm.

These plug in, but they are lower powered. You can put your hand on them and not get burned, but they do a good job heating a room.

+1. We have central heat/air now, but our old house did not. We used oil-filled radiant heaters for the whole house. They may take a bit to warm a room because of no blower, but they are safe and didn't cost us a fortune in electricity.

61F and rain ATM.

Great to see you around, dude.

It was originally tech-forums.net. Once it was bought by Andy, it and computerforums.org were eventually merged and made into techist.com.

You know, if we had as many posts as there were spammers caught by the filters, this place would hopping 24/7.

I always start fresh, as far as software in concerned. I will transfer over my storage drives but anything else is installed from scratch.

Very merry Christmas wishes to all. We had a house full today, both of our own family as well as a family from church. Everyone had a good time except for the pupdog, as we had to lock her in the office while we were eating (she has no understanding of personal space when it comes to food). She...

Power off the computer. Disconnect the power cable. Press and hold the power button the computer for a few seconds to discharge the capacitors. Open up the computer and remove the coin battery from the motherboard for a couple of minutes. This will clear the BIOS settings and set them back to...