Tides of War

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Caramelized CPU. Isn't that a delicacy this year? lol

But seriously, the computer going like that is unnerving. I'm glad they hadn't left yet.

I would urge all home occupants, renters or owners, to spend $15 on a smoke alarm. Too many times I have had been arrived on site or delivered the bad news about a short circuit.

I actually installed a smoke alarm in the new gaming ....I mean "home office" this afternoon. Four more days till it arrives

Stuff like this worries me when I gotta go out and I have a torrent running.

I have a crappy PSU too.....looks like I'll be shutting down from now on unless they make a halon system for desktops.

Here in Australia I found a tip on saving on my power bill. Turn everything off that is on standby DVD's videos, TV's chargers,etc. etc, my power bill dropped $30 dollars in 3 months. Watch the meter dial on your power meter and you will see it slow down dramatically! Thought it was all crap till I tried and tested it. Everything was switched off on the appliance but not at the source of power the powerpoint.

If you have problems with your PC bios after doing this your computer probably needs a new internal battery (life 3 years average). The batteries on your UPS, (uninteruptable power supply,)if you use one, need replacing on average every 2-3 years. PSU's are responsible for many untraced faults in computer systems and many times I have replaced the battery and solved the problem!. It's so easy to do for everyone and for those who spend $80 for a techie, try this first, the battery only costs $3.00!. Feel free to email me if you don't know how to go about this or where to find it. Symptoms usually begin with beeping on boot up or blank screen on boot up. count the beeps long and short ones and and put pen to paper and record them.

that almost looks like my old CPU when my harddrive exploded

My harddrive once busted during that time that the planets were screwed up somehow. I lost a lot of data.

I'm just getting ready to reinstall (gold patch). So all I have to do is copy my name folder and such back in to the correct place in the game folder?

correct

I once had a cd burner that totally blew up when in use. I mean the largest piece of cd was about 1/4" and all kinds of stuff was hanging out of the unit. I could never understand what could have that much power in a cd player to totally destroy itself like that.

Should have gotten a picture as well. Was actually kinda funny.

Mitch