installed an optibay, now my CPU hits 185F +

if i watch a video, the cpu temp goes through the roof now

i think i might ditch the optibay, i hardly use the extra hard drive anyways

anyone else have any issues like this?

i noticed that my fan is sitting at 1998rpm nearly all the time

after i reboot, it will be at about 3000rpm

i reset the pram and smu

this doesn’t seem right to me.

the fan eventually spins up when it hits nearly 200F. maybe i’m paranoid, but is that normal operation?

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Mac won’t boot

Specs:2010 Mac mini, 8gb, 2.4ghz, 320gb hd. 10.6.7

Computer started acting funny by not opening up any programs, so I restarted it and now it won’t boot. It gets through the gray screen and then the screen goes blue, switches to just my desktop wallpaper for a second and then goes back blue and the spinning wheel comes on for a second and continues this loop.
Won’t boot into safe mode, it accepts the password and then goes to the desktop for a second and then back to the login screen
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old charger will not charge

i have an old charger from my white macbook that i had been using as a backup for my macbook pro

it worked fine for the past year. however i recently noticed on 2 occasions that when i picked up my macbook while it was charging, the whole thing shut off immediately

now the light won’t come back on, on the charger. according the the apple site, i may be eligible for a replacement, even out of warranty. i have applecare on my macbook pro too

anyone successful with getting a charger replaced? its a T shaped magsafe connector. id love to have the L shaped newer style

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MDI parent and child forms in Visual C#

Hi guys, I’m having trouble with mdi parent and child forms for windows form applications. I understand that by going to properties>IsMdiContainer>True, it makes the form the Mdi parent. If i wanted to create another form as a Mdi Child, how would I go about doing that? Because what im trying to do is merge both of their menu strip titles into one single combined drop down menu item, so that the menu commands from the Mdi parent and child forms are combined.

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Printing something on paper in precisely the same spot consistently

How can I do this? My laser printer is usually off by several mm such that it is noticable (so maybe more than a few mm).

I need to print in the exact same spot consistently, but trying to lock in the paper in the feeding tray doesn’t seem to work. I can also try and feed the paper manually, but I assume that will be even worse.

Is there a laser printer out there that will ensure consistent printing location over several documents?

It’s more a matter of the feed mechanism than the printing mechanism. How old is the printer? I’ve had no trouble printing in the same position consistently with inkjets made in the past 10 years.

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User Controls in Visual C#

Hi guys, Im trying to create user control for Visual C#. This is what I’ve accomplished already:
1. I created a windows form control library.
2. I created a combobox that displays the 12 months of the year (january,Feb,etc.) when it drops down.

What im trying to do is, I want this control to have string field monthName and a corresponding read-only property MonthName that returns the selected "month name" from the combobox. I also want to write an event handler for the combobox that updates the value of month name field whenever a new "month name" is selected from the combobox list. I’ve tried just about everything. How do i go about doing all this?

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Sync iPod Nano with Amazon Cloud MP3?

Is there anyway to sync my iPod Nano to the web-based Amazon Cloud MP3 Player?

No
There is a way but that’s all.

nope…
not unless you can run safari on there

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Evolution mail client for Windows?

I read recently that Evolution is pretty much the only FOSS mail client that can talk directly to Microsoft Exchange without hoping the server provides IMAP support, and a little digging revealed a company that has ported Evolution to Windows.

I throw this to the meat grinder that is OT, to see what comes of it. Thoughts?

Just out of curiosity…
why are you still using POP3?

(I know I am gonna get hammered for asking)

I’m not using POP3. Exchange uses a proprietary protocol, and you have to manually enable IMAP support on the Exchange server if you want to use (most) other email clients. Supposedly, Evolution can talk to Exchange without requiring IMAP support.

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How’d I do

Ascendant Audio Arsenal 12"
Old Profile California D 500rms@2ohms (Old amp I bought for my first system and is still kicking, no need to buy new)

Alpine CDA 117
PPI PC3.65C 6.5/2/tweeter 3 way components (3 ohm )
Sundown SAX-125.2

Generic Wire Kit

going into a Jeep Wrangler so it’s mainly for function and fitting in the factory places

Nice little system. Too bad it’s in a wrangler. Dont worry about the 3ohm, that’s nominal. Real impedance looks like this:
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Boot Camp **CREW** running Windows 7…I got issues son!

Okay so I can’t figure out why the fuck I have no sound. It doesn’t show that the drivers are missing it just doesn’t show the sound card. Anybody else have this issue? I’m running bootcamp on a macbook pro incase you were wondering.

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