Any PC Gamers Around?

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I think my longest gaming session ever was about 12 hours in college at the weekly LAN party/game night in the PC lab. Started at ~7pm Friday then until the cafeteria opened at ~7am. I can't remember if we went back to the lab after that... Only did that once though lol.

Be like me.
Get bored. Learn how to set a Flight Plan and Auto Pilot in a 747.
Fly at night from HNL (Honolulu) to DTW (Detroit).

Also when ot comes to the Button batteries. You'll be happy when you do need em.
Hopefully that never happens.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

I had to drive 35klm's into the big city to get a CR2032 only to find out that they come in a six pack. This last one had been going for six years so who knows if I'll ever need another. Good thing they were only 10 bucks.

They're used by the twin's key fob... Had to replace mine earlier this summer. So maybe you'll be glad to have some stashed.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by cjd

They're used by the twin's key fob... Had to replace mine earlier this summer. So maybe you'll be glad to have some stashed.

Mine doesn't use a CR 2032.

[x808drifter]

Over Lake Michigan RN. Daylight is nice vs the night I took off in. Clouds though. 8(
Eventful things so far. Tailed/intercepted by an F18 out of Honolulu.
Almost killed over Chicago by a UPS flight.
And crashed on landing. XD

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Man, I haven't had a battery go out in probably 20 years. I'm not sure I would have even thought of it. Well, I probably would have when I got the date/time prompt.

This is the part that gets me, nothing I read about the CPU Fan error mentioned to check the CMOS battery. Not the motherboard manual, not the ASUS web-site or any of the on-line FAQ's/forums, nada, zip, zero, zilch! It was the date/time not keeping that clued me in.

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I have a computer that had been turned off for 4 years that I recently turned back on to use in the arcade build I talked about above. It started right up, no battery issues.

I still have all my old computers going back to my very first one, a 1st gen 386. (May even have the wife's 1st 286...) With my luck they will all have different batteries and some are likely not made anymore.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

It was the date/time not keeping that clued me in.

Shows how far back I go with this. The original IBM PC didn't have a battery, you had to type in the date/time each time you started it up. It was a big deal when a company created a card with a battery that automatically set the time/date when you started it up.

I still have all my old computers going back to my very first one, a 1st gen 386. (May even have the wife's 1st 286...) With my luck they will all have different batteries and some are likely not made anymore.

I wish I did. My very first personally owned PC was a PC Limited (M. Dell's original company) 80286 PC. Most of my computers after that though were a string of computers I built using donor parts from the previous one. I used the power supply, case and some of the memory out of the PC Limited one when I built my next computer.

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

This is the part that gets me, nothing I read about the CPU Fan error mentioned to check the CMOS battery. Not the motherboard manual, not the ASUS web-site or any of the on-line FAQ's/forums, nada, zip, zero, zilch! It was the date/time not keeping that clued me in.



I still have all my old computers going back to my very first one, a 1st gen 386. (May even have the wife's 1st 286...) With my luck they will all have different batteries and some are likely not made anymore.

Yeah, I have never seen a COMS failing/failure cause the CPU/PSU fans not to work. Don't even think those are even connected.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Mine doesn't use a CR 2032.

Hmm, I thought my 14 did but don't have that to check. 17 does. But maybe it's just the push start models?

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by cjd

Hmm, I thought my 14 did but don't have that to check. 17 does. But maybe it's just the push start models?

Probably different for push to start fobs. My Buick has a start button and uses a 2032, but I think my FRS key uses a cr16xx. Push start fobs need more capacity to do their thing I would think.

[MyHybridBurnsGasAndTires]

Originally Posted by Spuds

By coincidence I just ordered some CR2032s to replace my Buick FOB battery from Amazon on Monday lol.

fyi its highly advisable to buy button/coin batteries from places other than amazon. i've been burned several times by counterfeit or expired batteries with fake expiration dates on them. often these things would only last a month and need replacement instead of years.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by MyHybridBurnsGasAndTires

fyi its highly advisable to buy button/coin batteries from places other than amazon. i've been burned several times by counterfeit or expired batteries with fake expiration dates on them. often these things would only last a month and need replacement instead of years.

I haven't had any problems like that yet soooo

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by cjd

Hmm, I thought my 14 did but don't have that to check. 17 does. But maybe it's just the push start models?

it's a 1632.

[Captain Snooze]

According to Gamer's Nexus the Intel Core i9-13900K pulls 300W under full load.

And the thermal throttling is incredible.
Check out 19:47 in the video.

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

According to Gamer's Nexus the Intel Core i9-13900K pulls 300W under full load.

And the thermal throttling is incredible.
Check out 19:47 in the video.

It's ok. I have the Sun for power!
(no idea how solar works joke)