Same old same old

wolfeking said:
!@#$ it! okay, the D630 installed ubuntu 10.04.3 just fine. Connected to the internet. Ran 1 core at 800 MHz just fine. Left it sitting on the ubuntu desktop for about 30 minutes and it completely crashed the video. Ill try it again and get a pic this time.

From the feel of it, the GPU is probably hitting north of 100*. Might have to go in and manually edit the vBIOS to get it permanently down to 250 or so to cool off.
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Definitely sounds like some sort of heat-related issue. A picture of what happens would be good.
 
Or I guess it could just be bad driver support for Ubuntu? That would seem odd though as I doubt the drivers would just randomly crash if the machine was sitting there doing nothing at all. Was the same sort of thing happening in Windows a lot too?
 
windows was BSODing. Had it reading as a video card issue, but again there was corrupted files in windows. Not really sure.

It was not a driver, as I had yet to install nvidia drivers on it.
 
okay, my camera does not have the ability to catch detail fine enough to show much, but here is a pic. Looks solid blue, but those are black and blue squigally lines.

GEDC0662.jpg
 
I can just about make them out. It's probably an overheating issue, or the graphics chip itself is dying, but more likely overheating I'd say - especially if you suspect the heatsink is damaged.
 
I have gave up on thee D630. Running it with seriously cold air blowing right on it from the AC does not help, and currently it starts with the video crashed like shown earlier. Rekon the video is failed. but oh well. More to put into the desktop now.

So plan is to take what I can with my current system, then put it all in a better case and be done. Just buy a new lappy to replace the D630 later. A thinkpad or E series, maybe a precision 15". Not really sure that is for later.

So currently looking as far as computer parts as going with:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352017
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100008

and probably
http://www.amazon.com/CB-24P-Single...d=1342246665&sr=8-1&keywords=24+pin+extension
http://www.amazon.com/CB-8P-8-Pin-M...d=1342246665&sr=8-3&keywords=24+pin+extension
http://www.amazon.com/CB-6V-6-Pin-E...d=1342246665&sr=8-9&keywords=24+pin+extension
http://www.amazon.com/CB-8V-45-Indi...d=1342246768&sr=8-11&keywords=8+pin+extension

seeing as my cables are barely long enough for my current case and the ones I am looking at are a lot bigger.


Anything you would change or add or just not get or the like?
 
All looks like good stuff Wolfe. That's a good choice of case, I'm looking at possibly getting the smaller version of that case for myself or an NZXT Phantom (but I know you don't like the Phantom all that much). Good choice of board too.

Cable extensions look all right. They're sleeved, they'll look fine.

It's all good if you ask me.
 
I think it should work pretty good, but just hoping at this point.

Still looking at cases though. Not sure on the one I posted.
 
Its big, and may not be the most structurally stable thing out there.

The main thing is that you can never be sure till you test it yourself. When I first built a while ago, i went with teh HAF 912 based on reviews and recommendations on here. And that was a mistake. Its a horrid case with a bad feature set for its price. I don't want to end up doing that again.
 
You can always get the Define R3 which is the smaller version of that case if you think the XL is too large. I've been hearing good things about the Phantom which is why I'm considering one. I've also heard that sometimes those Fractal Design cases can be a bit weak too. Choosing a case is so hard it seems.

Have you looked into Lian-Li's offerings? I know Voyagerfan has one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112239&Tpk=pc-k62 and he says that's a good case. Apparently Lian-Li make some quite high quality cases.
 
No offense to Li Lan, but it seems to be a lot of price for few features.

I don't mind a big case. I want a big case. But what I was saying is that it may not be really strong. Which should not be an issue, but I look at it from a engineers view point. So, yea.

Found some others too, but they may not be strong either.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345004
looks okay, but not the best.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146094
Really nice case and I like gunmetal. Not sure if its a painted look, or actual gunmetal. Either way, looks cool.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146089
Black version. Says it is steel and plastic, but that means little without real numbers to go with it.

i like the review they did, and it is pretty heavy, so means it should be fairly strong.
 
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