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glynf · 19-07-2012 10:34PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

its oldish LG w2243s. its 1080p, but has only VGA. i always used it as a secondary monitor, so it never bothered me.
now looks like it will bite me in the arse.

ShadowHearth, it will still work fine in 2D mode, you only need three digi for 3D surround.

Give a look here:

You can go;

680 DVI output ===DVI cable =============> U2312
680 DVI output ===DVI cable =============> U2312
680 DVI output ===Displayport to VGA adapter==>LG w2243

Bear in mind you might get screen tearing, at least I did with a 6970 running eyefinity with one DVI and two VGA monitors due to mixing digital and analogue.

I used one of these adapters, welcome to try it if you want as its collecting dust these days.

Monotype · 19-07-2012 11:05PM

PseudoFamous wrote: »

Lads. Harddrives. I need them. I only have 350GB left. I also have about the same to be downloaded from steam.

Where the hell do I get decent size drives on the cheap now?

I got a good price for a 2TB drive on scan recently in their today only deals. It was a 2TB green WD drive and about €10 cheaper than anywhere else that I could find them. However, with postage you'd need to be buying other stuff from them.
Otherwise, if it's just a single drive or you can't wait for a deal to show up, you'd be better off looking at the free delivery websites - dabs, amazon.co.uk, komplett.ie

Keep in mind that Samsung/Seagate warranties are just for a single year.

ED E · 19-07-2012 11:35PM

Any way to tell the exact drive in an external without popping the case?

PseudoFamous · 19-07-2012 11:39PM

ED E wrote: »

Any way to tell the exact drive in an external without popping the case?

Googling the name of the drive and "disassembly" or "teardown" and you should find out.

If it's a WD Elements 1TB, you should get a caviar green

Serephucus · 19-07-2012 11:39PM

Look for a review. Might have been popped open. It's also sometimes listed on the manufacturer's site via model number or something similar.

Skylinehead · 19-07-2012 11:56PM

Debating whether to crack open my 1TB elements and internalise it (it is a word? Thanks Chrome

) - increased speeds and a spare power plug are good, but lack of mobility for the laptop is pretty bad, and I tend to plug it and the laptop into the TV for watching.

challengemaster · 20-07-2012 12:13AM

Skylinehead wrote: »

Debating whether to crack open my 1TB elements and internalise it (it is a word? Thanks Chrome )

Verb 1. internalise - incorporate within oneself;

Sounds painful... :pac:

ED E · 20-07-2012 01:55AM

Skylinehead wrote: »

Debating whether to crack open my 1TB elements and internalise it (it is a word? Thanks Chrome ) - increased speeds and a spare power plug are good, but lack of mobility for the laptop is pretty bad, and I tend to plug it and the laptop into the TV for watching.

Thats what I wanna do. I can bench the drive in the caddy, but I cant know if the results are being throttled by the USB or just by the drive itself :S

ShadowHearth · 20-07-2012 06:27AM

glynf wrote: »

ShadowHearth, it will still work fine in 2D mode, you only need three digi for 3D surround.

Give a look here:

You can go;

680 DVI output ===DVI cable =============> U2312
680 DVI output ===DVI cable =============> U2312
680 DVI output ===Displayport to VGA adapter==>LG w2243

Bear in mind you might get screen tearing, at least I did with a 6970 running eyefinity with one DVI and two VGA monitors due to mixing digital and analogue.

I used one of these adapters, welcome to try it if you want as its collecting dust these days.

On that site it says it has to be 3 digital connections. If I use adapter from display port to VGA it will still stay analog and not digital?

glynf · 20-07-2012 10:24AM

Its still a digital output from the card as far as the 680 drivers/card are concerned it is outputting 3 digital, its converted to VGA externally.

ShadowHearth · 20-07-2012 12:19PM

glynf wrote: »

Its still a digital output from the card as far as the 680 drivers/card are concerned it is outputting 3 digital, its converted to VGA externally.

That's actually might make sence... I wonder of anyone got away like that do far. Quite dodgy to spend 30eu on active VGA adapter if it won't work in the end

Other route would be to get 2 cheap 23" monitors for the sides with sci connections, I will need to look in to the whole thing more when I will come back home.

Cheers for help m8!

Brian · 20-07-2012 12:25PM

Just bought a mic preamp for my Superlux HMD660 headset, but it didn't come with a PSU. Where can I get a 9V, >1.3 A PSU for cheap?

glynf · 20-07-2012 12:49PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

glynf wrote: »

Its still a digital output from the card as far as the 680 drivers/card are concerned it is outputting 3 digital, its converted to VGA externally.

That's actually might make sence... I wonder of anyone got away like that do far. Quite dodgy to spend 30eu on active VGA adapter if it won't work in the end

Other route would be to get 2 cheap 23" monitors for the sides with sci connections, I will need to look in to the whole thing more when I will come back home.

Cheers for help m8!

Zero grief chief. Spend sfa on an adapter-sure I have a full size diisplay port to VGA converter as above lying about, you!re welcome to try that-fairly sure it will work.

glynf · 20-07-2012 12:53PM

Brian wrote: »

Just bought a mic preamp for my Superlux HMD660 headset, but it didn't come with a PSU. Where can I get a 9V, >1.3 A PSU for cheap?

Radionics would have something I'm sure-not sure about the cheap but though.

Link:

http://radionics.rs-online.com/mobile/c/?searchTerm=9v+dc+psu&x=18&y=10&method=searchProducts

ShadowHearth · 20-07-2012 01:01PM

glynf wrote: »

Zero grief chief. Spend sfa on an adapter-sure I have a full size diisplay port to VGA converter as above lying about, you!re welcome to try that-fairly sure it will work.

Active one? Fancy selling it m8? If I can get one atleast small bit cheaper it would be a great start for me!

Like I said. It's now between getting one more 2312hm and use old monitor or getting 2xcheap monitors for sides.

Procrastastudy · 20-07-2012 01:05PM

Theoretically all DP to VGA adapters have to be active - that said I couldn't get my set-up running with the apple one.

Serephucus · 20-07-2012 02:06PM

Heeello!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NM81822_ag&feature=g-all-u

ShadowHearth · 20-07-2012 02:40PM

OMFG scan.co.uk has the most stupiest log in system in the world!

Procrastastudy · 20-07-2012 02:42PM

Wait til you buy something and have to remove the dumb arse insurance.

ShadowHearth · 20-07-2012 02:54PM

GCDLawstudent wrote: »

Wait til you buy something and have to remove the dumb arse insurance.

i bought my full system there and then bought gtx 680. i really loved their service and delivery times etc. thought now i could not log in at all.
it cant find my account... go to " forgot password" section and they ask your name and surname then postcode... I DONT HAVE POST CODE!!! it forces you to enter it ffs.
now i made a brand new account on same email... :rolleyes: fecking great system

ShadowHearth · 20-07-2012 03:09PM

feck anyway. any ideas on decent budget 23inch monitors? i want to see how much lowest i could get those and will it be even worth it.

2x2312hm 370eu
adapter 30eu

so 400eu. how much lower could i get that?

glynf · 20-07-2012 04:36PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Active one? Fancy selling it m8? If I can get one atleast small bit cheaper it would be a great start for me!

Like I said. It's now between getting one more 2312hm and use old monitor or getting 2xcheap monitors for sides.

PM me your address I'll stick it in the post and see how you get on with it. No panic about money-not using it, so you can have it for 15 if it works for you and that's ok? this is the exact one-and its active.

Edit:

Lads, scan is a disaster to order online-any account i have ever set up works once for some reason, and their postcode section won't work with a town or city name here, has to be a UK postcode format..

I found if you ring em, they will do the transaction over the phone instead. (0044 871 472 4747)

Headshot · 20-07-2012 05:14PM

Its fair irritating that I cant do **** all with my games on steam and origin account

and Battlefield 3 on origin

Id love just to sell that lot since I just dont play much these days and nothing out there or in the near future interests me but I cant because of their stupid rules

FlyingIrishMan · 20-07-2012 07:13PM

Headshot wrote: »

Its fair irritating that I cant do **** all with my games on steam and origin account

and Battlefield 3 on origin

Id love just to sell that lot since I just dont play much these days and nothing out there or in the near future interests me but I cant because of their stupid rules

Did a law not pass a few weeks ago allowing people to re-sell their digital purchases? Or you could just sell you're account with all the games on it.

Procrastastudy · 20-07-2012 07:16PM

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Did a law not pass a few weeks ago allowing people to re-sell their digital purchases? Or you could just sell you're account with all the games on it.

Oooh details please!

PC Games have always had as part of their license agreement that they can;t be resold. That would have to be subordinate to statute but I'd like to give what ever it is a read please.

Headshot · 20-07-2012 07:35PM

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Did a law not pass a few weeks ago allowing people to re-sell their digital purchases? Or you could just sell you're account with all the games on it.

Yes but it will be awhile until that's introduced afaik and probably the game companies will find away around it :rolleyes:

Procrastastudy · 20-07-2012 07:38PM

That'd be a bill then - any idea of the name of it?

RUCKING FETARD · 20-07-2012 07:44PM

GCDLawstudent wrote: »

That'd be a bill then - any idea of the name of it?

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/3/3134867/eu-court-of-justice-used-software-download-ruling

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/03/crikey-eu-rules-you-can-resell-downloaded-games/

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/07/03/eu_court_secondhand_licence_ruling/

Procrastastudy · 20-07-2012 07:51PM

Ah an EU Directive we should see that in law here in about 10 - 15 years.

ZeroThreat · 20-07-2012 09:27PM

Well I managed to get into BIOS on new PC with the aid of old ps2 keyboard, it still doesn't recognise the usb keyboard when in bios, even when I went back in after I installed windows 7.

Worse still, windows isn't recognising my password either (and it was only a 5 letter word).
I logged in about 4 times using it, but doesn't seem to accept it as correct pw now. Any ideas what's wrong?

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