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wmljohn

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #90 on: August 22, 2013, 01:33:44 pm »
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Can't group together in free, just help each other

didn't know that...

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Now since you are back I might have to get back....

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #91 on: August 22, 2013, 01:34:15 pm »
I made a monk panda

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #92 on: August 22, 2013, 01:34:50 pm »
When is Ditka coming back?

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« Reply #93 on: August 22, 2013, 04:11:47 pm »
Yea, we gotta get together and do the Headless Horseman at Halloween, lol. IF it's still there, that is. I forgot there's a new Monk character. So far in the free deal I've done a hunter and a rogue. Going to have to try a monk....and a mage and a shaman and.....

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« Reply #94 on: August 22, 2013, 05:46:10 pm »
My computer has a major overheating problem and after buying many different components to try and get it to stop I have decided to buy a new one but won't have the cash available until sometime in October.

Going to get me a new Alienware which will set me back about 2 grand. 

I am not sure I want to play WoW again but if I do it won't be until then.  To many games that are just as good have no monthly fee now.

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #95 on: August 23, 2013, 01:19:43 pm »
Pekin - Mine was acting up and rebooting and not booting up and doing the BSOD.

I opened her up removed the video card and got a big ass can of air and cleaned that **** all out.  Then all the dust in the case and power supply.  Fukcing dust everywere from being under the desk all those years.  It has worked like new since then.

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #96 on: August 23, 2013, 01:20:12 pm »
And there is nothing as good as WOW that I have found.   :-[

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #97 on: August 23, 2013, 03:12:23 pm »
EQ is pretty decent, but yea not as good. Was considering trying Guild Wars 2. In fact, right now, they've got a trial deal going till the 25th I believe. Free to download and try.
As far as the cleaning deal, I have to clean mine at least once every 6 months to keep it cool and working good. The fans get all gunked up and air circulation drops. Suckers are dust magnets!

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« Reply #98 on: August 23, 2013, 05:58:25 pm »
Trust me I have cleaned it very, very well many, many times.  I have an AMD chip and they run hot.  I think the mother board has become heat sensitive.  I thought about replacing it as well but really how much money do you sink into an old computer before you just replace it.


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« Reply #99 on: August 26, 2013, 05:41:40 pm »
Played a little bit of guild wars 2 and EQ 2 lately. I think EQ 2 is probably the best out there right now. Seems they really dumbed down Wow. EQ 2 is virtually the same as it used to be- fun and challenging. I died quite a few times playing that, only a couple times on GW 2 and not at all on Wow. EQ you gotta be on your toes. I upped for a month on Wow but I may be sticking with EQ 2!

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #100 on: August 30, 2013, 02:10:52 pm »
Pekin, maybe your fan isn't working or isn't working well.
open the cover and put one of those big oscillating fans there so you can play your game!

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #101 on: August 30, 2013, 04:17:35 pm »
Definitely airflow issues there. And probably dust jammed in the cooling fins or the contact with the cooling fins and cpu opened up. A more powerful fan would probably do the trick, yea....

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« Reply #102 on: August 30, 2013, 05:55:35 pm »
Nope.  I have taken everything apart and cleaned it each time I replace something.  I have replaced the fan and heat sink with a copper one supposd to be the bomb.  I have replaced the cpu, graphics card and power source.  I have cleaned off the old then re-applyed the thermal paste using the good stuff on the cpu several times. 

AMD's run really hot and I think the mother board has become susceptible to heat.  I  also always have regular fan sitting in front of the computer blowing the heat away.

I can play web browser games all day long, even 5 at once and no problems.

I can play Diablo 3 or Civ 5 for  10 to 20 minutes then the computer just goes black.

Bill and Sporty this is the same computer I played WoW with you guys with and it used to over heat and shut down.  I fixed it by cleaning it and keeping an exterior fan on it.  It would still over het but only once in a great while.

One day it was finally done after it blacked out.  I replaced the CPU and it worked again but still over heats and even more often then it did before.     

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #103 on: August 30, 2013, 11:05:30 pm »
Yea time for that upgrade.....

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Re: Video Gaming
« Reply #104 on: September 18, 2013, 03:31:22 pm »
Been playing alot of WoW lately with the kids. They love it. Brings back alot of memories the various places I go. Rolled a hordie as well as a couple Alliance toons. Never got deep into the Horde realm. They've got some kind of 'Raid of Ogrimmar' going on now. That whole area is FULL of L90 elite and above NPC's. Not sure what they expect a raid to do that has fifteen 90elites on em plus a boss. Crazy!