Fecking weather...

Jonkai · 19-Jun-2005, 20:40

Was just having a cracking game, thunder and lightning storm was in the background. All of a sudden it starts fork lightning... kapow! ya bastid! Electric went.

Re-strarted, started the net connection, kapow! BASTID!!!!

Feck me it keep knocking the electric out

Chef_uk · 19-Jun-2005, 20:44

:::Thunder/lightning watch:::

Where abouts are you in the UK on the N,E,S,W scale just so we all know when to take cover?

Wilco · 19-Jun-2005, 21:00

In Newcastle we've just been flohoded, and electrics out, got some pics if I can upload them somewhere.

The house wasn't really flooded (just the porch). Butthe road and drive and garden were totally submerged

, needed to open all the side gates and garage to allow the water to flow down into the garden (our house is right at the bottom of a road going up a hill).

Jonkai · 19-Jun-2005, 21:13

Driffield, East Yorkshire! Shite storm to be honest, got loads of pics though... especially one sof the missus shitting herself \o/

The Big Kahuna · 19-Jun-2005, 22:17

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Originally Posted by Sonic

especially one of the missus shitting herself \o/

People will pay good money for that sort of thing...

cLONe · 20-Jun-2005, 07:36

Same here i unpluged everything to do with the pc and home phone as my house got struck last year on the phone line and blew it to bits :/

Cunning Stunt · 20-Jun-2005, 07:55

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Originally Posted by Wilco

In Newcastle we've just been flohoded, and electrics out, got some pics if I can upload them somewhere.

WTF? i'm a 45min trainride south and it's been fine here, i feel jipped :<

Inertiaman · 20-Jun-2005, 08:04

Had no storms yet just couldn't keep the PC cool yesterday. Settled in for a fat evening of BF2 and the damn thing kept locking up. Had fans to max, cores down, plasma whatsits to "ah gwan" and still no joy. 45 mins of gaming tops before a 30 min shutoff.

The Big Kahuna · 20-Jun-2005, 08:55

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Originally Posted by Inertiaman

Had no storms yet just couldn't keep the PC cool yesterday. Settled in for a fat evening of BF2 and the damn thing kept locking up. Had fans to max, cores down, plasma whatsits to "ah gwan" and still no joy. 45 mins of gaming tops before a 30 min shutoff.

Sides off and desktop fan pointing in tbh m8. I have a selection of 12" Mainframe cooling fans that run at various voltages from 12v to 220v. Might cut a hole in the side of the case & mount one blowing out. The only problem with these fans is the likelyhood of them sucking all the components off the motherboard and shredding them as they exit the case (ask Eth, he has AS400s)

Inertiaman · 20-Jun-2005, 09:04

The case is superbly well ventilated. Doesn't help a damn when the air it's drawing is hot as hell to start with. Was 30deg ambient yesterday.

The Big Kahuna · 20-Jun-2005, 09:09

Water cooling then m8

Inertiaman · 20-Jun-2005, 09:24

Just such an ott solution. Need some sort of heatexchange at the front to condition the air.

EvilGrin · 20-Jun-2005, 09:25

OTT? Tell that to your car engine.

Inertiaman · 20-Jun-2005, 09:28

My car doesn't use water. Also my car doesn't sit in my lounge and require a total rebuild to use liquid cooling in the summer. Also it's core runs about 1000 degrees warmer than my PC. Also it's many thousands of times larger. Good analogy otherwise.

The Big Kahuna · 20-Jun-2005, 09:29

Quite often the problem lies with the hard drives being placed in adjoining drive bays. The amount of heat these things generate is amazing. You could try moving them apart if that's an option.

Harry Palmer · 20-Jun-2005, 09:34

Mine was fine with Zalman passive watercooling

Sysagent · 20-Jun-2005, 10:05

Aye the side of my case has been off for the past few days.

It looks like BF2 must be some real CPU intensive application...

Cunning Stunt · 20-Jun-2005, 10:07

my cpu reached 70 degrees yesterday playing bf2, mobo monitor kicked in and warned me

Sysagent · 20-Jun-2005, 10:14

70 is that all

I think hits mine 75 pretty often

golgo 13 · 20-Jun-2005, 10:14

My personal watercooling/fan failed me on the weekend and I could not stick being in my little computer room this weekend due to it being far to hot.

EvilGrin · 20-Jun-2005, 10:37

Mine stayed religiously at 35. Damn water cooling.

Linux desktop box got hot and bothered though. Its a dual cpu machine in a midi case and one of the processors has a crummy compaq passive heatsink. I just disabled the CPU and it was happy again.

The Big Kahuna · 20-Jun-2005, 10:47

My wireless network connection is suffering quite a bit due to the heat. Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless NICs don't liek it hot.

Ribby · 20-Jun-2005, 12:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonic

Driffield, East Yorkshire! Shite storm to be honest, got loads of pics though... especially one sof the missus shitting herself \o/

I live just down the road from Sonic and that was probably the most violent thunder storm I've ever witnessed. The thunder was that loud my windows vibrated!

Excellent fork lightning display though

Jim · 20-Jun-2005, 12:59

Well, myself and a few mates were having a BBQ later. Started the drinking at 2, and the guy with the food got here at 4... as soon as we lit the barbie, the heaven opened. So we moved the barbioe and food under the gazebo and carried on regardless, probably one of the funnest days ever. You just gotta love warm rain, like the type you get in Florida during the summer, feels absolutely awesome.

Worst... hangover... ever today though. Je non de plus travais ce jour. Bon. Jambon.

TheBuZZard · 20-Jun-2005, 13:00

Tu con.

spuff · 20-Jun-2005, 16:02

fek!! need more fans, bloody comp started giving heat temp warnings, bloody weather hit 33c in the shade here, rain???? wtf is rain? u wanna live doon sooth like.

Heartwork · 20-Jun-2005, 17:09

did someone say ham?

19-Jun-2005, 20:40	#1
Jonkai Random Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: East Yorkshire Tournaments Won: 7 Posts: 3,996	Fecking weather... Was just having a cracking game, thunder and lightning storm was in the background. All of a sudden it starts fork lightning... kapow! ya bastid! Electric went. Re-strarted, started the net connection, kapow! BASTID!!!! Feck me it keep knocking the electric out __________________ Photoblog

19-Jun-2005, 20:44	#2
Chef_uk posts for a living Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: U.K Posts: 4,200	:::Thunder/lightning watch::: Where abouts are you in the UK on the N,E,S,W scale just so we all know when to take cover? __________________ Clan [PTG]

19-Jun-2005, 21:13	#4
Jonkai Random Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: East Yorkshire Tournaments Won: 7 Posts: 3,996	Driffield, East Yorkshire! Shite storm to be honest, got loads of pics though... especially one sof the missus shitting herself \o/ __________________ Photoblog

20-Jun-2005, 09:25	#13
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20-Jun-2005, 09:34	#16
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19-Jun-2005, 21:00	#3
Wilco spam tbh Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 940	In Newcastle we've just been flohoded, and electrics out, got some pics if I can upload them somewhere. The house wasn't really flooded (just the porch). Butthe road and drive and garden were totally submerged , needed to open all the side gates and garage to allow the water to flow down into the garden (our house is right at the bottom of a road going up a hill).

20-Jun-2005, 07:36	#6
cLONe flame fodder Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 50	Same here i unpluged everything to do with the pc and home phone as my house got struck last year on the phone line and blew it to bits :/

20-Jun-2005, 08:04	#8
Inertiaman Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 26,284	Had no storms yet just couldn't keep the PC cool yesterday. Settled in for a fat evening of BF2 and the damn thing kept locking up. Had fans to max, cores down, plasma whatsits to "ah gwan" and still no joy. 45 mins of gaming tops before a 30 min shutoff.

20-Jun-2005, 09:04	#10
Inertiaman Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 26,284	The case is superbly well ventilated. Doesn't help a damn when the air it's drawing is hot as hell to start with. Was 30deg ambient yesterday.

20-Jun-2005, 09:09	#11
The Big Kahuna Fuck RAW Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 10,608	Water cooling then m8

20-Jun-2005, 09:24	#12
Inertiaman Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 26,284	Just such an ott solution. Need some sort of heatexchange at the front to condition the air.

20-Jun-2005, 09:28	#14
Inertiaman Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 26,284	My car doesn't use water. Also my car doesn't sit in my lounge and require a total rebuild to use liquid cooling in the summer. Also it's core runs about 1000 degrees warmer than my PC. Also it's many thousands of times larger. Good analogy otherwise.

20-Jun-2005, 09:29	#15
The Big Kahuna Fuck RAW Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 10,608	Quite often the problem lies with the hard drives being placed in adjoining drive bays. The amount of heat these things generate is amazing. You could try moving them apart if that's an option.

20-Jun-2005, 10:05	#17
Sysagent OCD... OCD... OCD... OCD Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Toposphere Posts: 6,702	Aye the side of my case has been off for the past few days. It looks like BF2 must be some real CPU intensive application... __________________ SysPix - A Photoblog

20-Jun-2005, 10:07	#18
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20-Jun-2005, 10:14	#19
Sysagent OCD... OCD... OCD... OCD Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Toposphere Posts: 6,702	70 is that all I think hits mine 75 pretty often __________________ SysPix - A Photoblog

20-Jun-2005, 10:14	#20
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20-Jun-2005, 10:37	#21
EvilGrin posts for a living Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lancs, UK. Posts: 4,399	Mine stayed religiously at 35. Damn water cooling. Linux desktop box got hot and bothered though. Its a dual cpu machine in a midi case and one of the processors has a crummy compaq passive heatsink. I just disabled the CPU and it was happy again. __________________ Edugeek - Techies in Education!

20-Jun-2005, 10:47	#22
The Big Kahuna Fuck RAW Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 10,608	My wireless network connection is suffering quite a bit due to the heat. Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless NICs don't liek it hot.

20-Jun-2005, 12:59	#24
Jim runs the company firewall Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 11,337	Well, myself and a few mates were having a BBQ later. Started the drinking at 2, and the guy with the food got here at 4... as soon as we lit the barbie, the heaven opened. So we moved the barbioe and food under the gazebo and carried on regardless, probably one of the funnest days ever. You just gotta love warm rain, like the type you get in Florida during the summer, feels absolutely awesome. Worst... hangover... ever today though. Je non de plus travais ce jour. Bon. Jambon. __________________ I voted "Permanent ban - 2008"

20-Jun-2005, 13:00	#25
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20-Jun-2005, 16:02	#26
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