Adamwest

@Adamwest (8)

United States • Age 47

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Computer Horror Stories

Adamwest @Adamwest (8) • United States 27 Jun 07

Have you ever had a computer horror story? A few days ago I turned on my computer to see an error message: disk boot failure. Spent hours trying to fix it and it fixed itself... weird. What kind of problems have you had and how...

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Should a computer be left on?

meme0907 @meme0907 (3481) • United States 25 Jun 07

Do you think it's best to leave your computer on or turn it off every night? I used to turn mine off each night but then someone made the analogy of a car saying it was not good to turn it off & on like a car restarting it would...

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Adamwest I heard once from an old school tech-geek that if you turn off and on a computer that the silicone (or metal) will recrystallize after heating up and cooling down. Did you ever pop open your computer and feel the heatsink? it gets pretty hot (sometimes even up...

27 Jun 07

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Have you ever built your own computer?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 26 Jun 07

Have you built your own computer? How easy did you find this to do? What sort of computer did you build, for example on with Windows XP or Linux? What sort of things do you do on it most? I am thinking of getting a computer...

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Adamwest If you are looking to buy parts for a computer look no further than newegg.com Thats where I buy all of my computer parts from. They have the best prices and newest stuff. I have built computers before and it's worth it if you want a gaming rig. But what...

27 Jun 07

Have you ever built your own computer?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 26 Jun 07

Have you built your own computer? How easy did you find this to do? What sort of computer did you build, for example on with Windows XP or Linux? What sort of things do you do on it most? I am thinking of getting a computer...

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Adamwest Actually, linux is better than windows at these basic things. It's just when things get more complicated then windows is easier to use. With ubuntu I didn't even have to install a single driver or program and all the features described came out of the...

27 Jun 07

How many guitars do you have?

recycledgoth @recycledgoth (9894) 20 Feb 07

Ok, it sounds a daft question but my partner currently owns 14 guitars. We have a*guitar mountain* and, together with amps, speakers, rack systems, etc., the back bedroom has gone from being a guest room to a music room. He has...

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Adamwest Guitars are like chips... can't have just one. Or two.

26 Jun 07

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Do you name your guitars?

yuanchang @yuanchang (474) • Philippines 18 Jun 07

I am curious if any guitar virtuoso here names their guitars. I haven't named my guitar though but it will be interesting to know your guitar's/s' name.

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Adamwest I named my orange bass dreamsicle. It goes perfect for the type of music I like to listen to (everything). I think it's good to name guitars, it gives them a sort of... uniqueness.

26 Jun 07

Can some of u help ???

sreekumarn86 @sreekumarn86 (777) • India 25 Jun 07

my computer had linux installed.but after i reinstalled windows, now it boots only in windows.what do i do now to get bac de linux??

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Adamwest Windows prefers not to see Linux partitions so if you go into my computer you probably will not see your Linux partition. What distro are you using and what boot loader are you using. I suggest Ubuntu for newbies and the grub boot loader.

26 Jun 07

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