Great post Loneranger,
Hmmm ... yeah, I MAY be a little OCD ... my wife will say so for sure!
I enjoy making everything work to its max and really enjoy the whole electronic / internet connection thing.
Careful planning and implementation truly makes a difference.
Ok, well back the the new computer, hmmm... loving it BUT there was a hiccup for me, first time in decades.
The new computer stopped working, used it a few hours and when I turned it on later that day, it kept hanging up after typing my password into the Windows start screen, Windows would start but then the screen would turn black.
Long story short, MANY attempts to get it going, wife came in the room, we packed it up in the box, brought it back to Best Buy and god bless Best Buy, they were still in stock and gave me a new one right there.
New one working perfect, no doubt in my mind the failure was a software glitch, not hardware, simply because each time I could log in but then screen went black.
I took the cover off and looked inside, without question most powerful computer I ever had, I never cared too much in the past but now with 100 mbps INTERNET I was running more and more stuff and noticing slight slow downs with the old one. I was also impressed with how neat the wiring was done. Did not expect that from HP. Im not loyal to any brand, give me best quality for price. HP I think pulled it off, time will tell.
Anyway, 3 cooling fans! Power supply, case and a huge one on the processor as well as a HUGE heat sink. Yes, I can tell I using a bit more power but thats ok. My old Lenovo A4 was the equal of a laptop in a desktop body.
Back to OCD .. I have mentioned these in the past.
Snap on Ferrite Filters, I have them on EVERY SINGLE electronic component in my home, I have bought dozens and dozens of different size ones from ebay, many shipped right from China others from CA.
Every network wire, cat cables, powerlines, even phone lines, TVs, Roku players, DVRS, Bluray players, power lines going into the computers! I have them on everything and anything, they are cheap, so why not? In fact, critical areas like routers, computers, etc I put two on!
Doesnt make sense not too, any decent TV data transfer cable, etc came from the factory with them, they do help with interference and Ihave curied an issue on our security system with them, that was when I was sold on them but then I realized they are everywhere even from TV makers, so you know its real...
Click here, this is what they look like, the round ones...
Hmmm ... yeah, I MAY be a little OCD ... my wife will say so for sure!
I enjoy making everything work to its max and really enjoy the whole electronic / internet connection thing.
Careful planning and implementation truly makes a difference.
Ok, well back the the new computer, hmmm... loving it BUT there was a hiccup for me, first time in decades.
The new computer stopped working, used it a few hours and when I turned it on later that day, it kept hanging up after typing my password into the Windows start screen, Windows would start but then the screen would turn black.
Long story short, MANY attempts to get it going, wife came in the room, we packed it up in the box, brought it back to Best Buy and god bless Best Buy, they were still in stock and gave me a new one right there.
New one working perfect, no doubt in my mind the failure was a software glitch, not hardware, simply because each time I could log in but then screen went black.
I took the cover off and looked inside, without question most powerful computer I ever had, I never cared too much in the past but now with 100 mbps INTERNET I was running more and more stuff and noticing slight slow downs with the old one. I was also impressed with how neat the wiring was done. Did not expect that from HP. Im not loyal to any brand, give me best quality for price. HP I think pulled it off, time will tell.
Anyway, 3 cooling fans! Power supply, case and a huge one on the processor as well as a HUGE heat sink. Yes, I can tell I using a bit more power but thats ok. My old Lenovo A4 was the equal of a laptop in a desktop body.
Back to OCD .. I have mentioned these in the past.
Snap on Ferrite Filters, I have them on EVERY SINGLE electronic component in my home, I have bought dozens and dozens of different size ones from ebay, many shipped right from China others from CA.
Every network wire, cat cables, powerlines, even phone lines, TVs, Roku players, DVRS, Bluray players, power lines going into the computers! I have them on everything and anything, they are cheap, so why not? In fact, critical areas like routers, computers, etc I put two on!
Doesnt make sense not too, any decent TV data transfer cable, etc came from the factory with them, they do help with interference and Ihave curied an issue on our security system with them, that was when I was sold on them but then I realized they are everywhere even from TV makers, so you know its real...
Click here, this is what they look like, the round ones...
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