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lube up motion and imperfectly aligned heat sink? 121,710 Views / 96 Replies  
[QUOTE=Simon]I think we agree. I'm not trying to suggest they're right. Actually, if they really apply as much paste as on that pic I know they're wrong. I'm merely pointing out that there might be...
Posted by thejam, on May 23, 2006 at 08:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I feel your pain. At least you'll get it on... 767 Views / 1 Replies  
I feel your pain. At least you'll get it on Monday, which is bloody quick. And the Quad is the crowning achievement of an almost bygone era.
Posted by thejam, on Feb 25, 2006 at 05:13 AM, in Mac Desktops
glycol? 2,774 Views / 25 Replies  
I think the repair guy said it wasn't water, but perhaps glycol, but I can't say because I never saw any fluid.
Posted by thejam, on Feb 22, 2006 at 12:46 PM, in Mac Desktops
G5 wins on denormalized numbers 2,361 Views / 33 Replies  
For those doing and iterative numerical computations, where the differences between successive solutions to an equation become smaller, denormalized numbers---those closer to floating point zero than...
Posted by thejam, on Feb 21, 2006 at 06:20 PM, in Mac Desktops
Excellent description of the issue! 2,389 Views / 43 Replies  
Excellent description of the issue!
Posted by thejam, on Feb 14, 2006 at 06:12 PM, in Mac Desktops
I second this: a 2.3 would be a much fairer... 2,774 Views / 25 Replies  
I second this: a 2.3 would be a much fairer replacement.
Posted by thejam, on Feb 14, 2006 at 02:20 PM, in Mac Desktops
Actually I never saw the leak myself. In fact,... 2,774 Views / 25 Replies  
Actually I never saw the leak myself. In fact, the only "symptom" I saw was that I couldn't power on the machine, not get any response from it whatsoever (e.g., power supply or ethernet LED). The...
Posted by thejam, on Feb 14, 2006 at 02:18 PM, in Mac Desktops
Benchmarking using optimized code isn't... 2,389 Views / 43 Replies  
Benchmarking using optimized code isn't representative of many programs; only a relative minority of software is optimized since it's so much manual work. If the OP actually cares about seti/boinc,...
Posted by thejam, on Feb 14, 2006 at 02:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
Why not? At least for the stream sub-benchmarks,... 2,389 Views / 43 Replies  
Why not? At least for the stream sub-benchmarks, I think the Xbench code is just an adaptation of David McCalpin's stream suite: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/
From what I can tell, stream is...
Posted by thejam, on Feb 14, 2006 at 09:42 AM, in Mac Desktops
Yes, since even rare is worse than "never". Why... 2,389 Views / 43 Replies  
Yes, since even rare is worse than "never". Why take chances, unless you're sure you've got the extra warrantee? Basically, I regret getting water-cooling.



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Posted by thejam, on Feb 13, 2006 at 10:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
I have the dual 2.5ghz water-cooled, and if I did... 2,389 Views / 43 Replies  
I have the dual 2.5ghz water-cooled, and if I did it again I'd avoid the water-cooled since mine leaked. Also, I'd go for the 2.3ghz since it takes error-correcting memory, so you can guarantee rock...
Posted by thejam, on Feb 13, 2006 at 05:19 PM, in Mac Desktops
Well, to reassure those who may think these... 2,774 Views / 25 Replies  
Well, to reassure those who may think these water-cooled G5's are flakey, apparently this had never happened at the Apple repair shop that I lugged the G5 to. In fact, all the repair guys gathered...
Posted by thejam, on Feb 13, 2006 at 05:06 PM, in Mac Desktops
That's pretty reassuring. I wonder how many... 2,774 Views / 25 Replies  
That's pretty reassuring. I wonder how many other companies are so sympathetic.
Posted by thejam, on Feb 13, 2006 at 02:43 PM, in Mac Desktops
My water-cooled G5 leaked badly! 2,774 Views / 25 Replies  
I know we'd all been warned that it's crazy to have water cooling in a production system, but I bought one anyway. Well, I got burned: my Power Mac G5 dual 2.5GHz (not dual core) died from a leak in...
Posted by thejam, on Feb 13, 2006 at 02:28 PM, in Mac Desktops
 
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