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Post by meeee on Nov 16, 2012 22:52:49 GMT
And it's raspberry pi flavour!  Sure is, I didn't think it could get any better but the 512MB version has just been released, Time to upgrade me thinks.  here the CPU-Z reading from the PI  Nah not really its from a Dell R710 2 x Xeon processor server, if the PI had that sort of processing power for £25 it would fly off the shelves. |
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Post by meeee on Nov 16, 2012 22:43:23 GMT
The first solid storage hard drive I came across was over 12 years ago, where I used to work we had a 40MB one on sale or return, the cost at the time was £1000 booting windows took longer than a normal hard drive needless to say we returned it.
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Post by meeee on Nov 16, 2012 22:24:04 GMT
Hi I hunted high and low for a baccy flavoured juice but to be honest I don't think you will find one that is the same as a cig or rollie, EL TORO CIGARRILLOS NATURALES is quite nice and as close as I have found. See here www.houseofliquid.com/CIGARRILLOS-NATURALES-p/eltoro1.htm there are some other in the El Toro range which are also meant to be quite baccy like. Meeee |
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Post by meeee on Nov 14, 2012 14:20:56 GMT
Hi all As I've said previously - I started with Skycigs and moved to ego-t on the ecigwizard offer (am I boring you yet?). I'm not having much success getting more batteries having made a real noob mistake ordering them from a website which was just a UK portal for a seller registered in Greece. I've now ordered one from a reputable UK vendor but it hasn't arrived yet so I've still only got the one which came with the starter kit. So my question is this: am I safe to use the mains - usb adapter which came with the Skycig kit? The adapter plug's output is DC 5V/0.5A and the charger is DC 5V input. I'm presuming this means that they are compatible but with no backup I want to be absolutely sure. It'd be quite nice not to have to power up my PC every time I need to re-charge. I also use the usb adaptor that came with a skycig kit to charge various ther batteries such as my twist Meeee |
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Post by meeee on Nov 14, 2012 14:13:48 GMT
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Post by meeee on Nov 14, 2012 13:48:27 GMT
Hello & welcome Lorkalan
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Post by meeee on Nov 14, 2012 12:53:41 GMT
#1 reason is cheap psus are usually rated at a power they can't even sustain, lower temperature (good ones are rated at 50C, or in the case of the cheapest chinese psus - lack some safety approvals for a reason beyond that there are still some diifferences, but not necessarily worth the price for the improvement. Good PSUs rated for higher temperatures usually use longer lasting parts - the parts most likely to die are the capacitors and the fan. I would only use a PSU that has 105C rated capacitors, most the cheap ones use 80C ones that age faster Experience tells me otherwise, I have only ever bought the cheap higher wattage ones, and in 12 years, I've never had any problems. Maybe that's just a testament to the vendors listed above. I've had to replace a few for other people, in machines bought from large retailers (Time spring to mind, remember them  lol) but I could usually attribute that to increased heat around the PSU due to dust build up and lack of maintenance. I have also replaced several time and also Tiny PSU's over the years, the Tiny one's were always very low a spec running right at the edge of the reccomended operating parameters. |
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Post by meeee on Nov 14, 2012 0:02:47 GMT
here's mine 256MB ram shared with graphics GPU CPU: 700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core Graphics :Broadcom VideoCore IV Dell 19" Monitor Dell Keyboard Logitech Mouse Case: some sort of plastic box 8GB SD card  And it's raspberry pi flavour! Sure is, I didn't think it could get any better but the 512MB version has just been released, Time to upgrade me thinks. |
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Post by meeee on Nov 13, 2012 22:45:00 GMT
It's not even worth bothering these days unless your after a top dollar gaming machine .. I just recently bought my bare bones pc 3.5ghz cpu 8 gb ram and 500gig hd for £180 My building days are over at that price  I agree, not worth the hassle |
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Post by meeee on Nov 13, 2012 22:32:05 GMT
here's mine 256MB ram shared with graphics GPU CPU: 700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core Graphics :Broadcom VideoCore IV Dell 19" Monitor Dell Keyboard Logitech Mouse Case: some sort of plastic box 8GB SD card  |
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Post by meeee on Nov 13, 2012 21:04:55 GMT
I ordered some el toro from them last week arrived within 5 days
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Post by meeee on Nov 11, 2012 22:09:36 GMT
Just noticed its 2 months to the day since I switched from smoking to vaping. Can't say I have any more spare money though, to many things to buy. |
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Post by meeee on Nov 10, 2012 9:34:52 GMT
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Post by meeee on Nov 9, 2012 23:54:55 GMT
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Post by meeee on Nov 9, 2012 20:21:17 GMT
Try 45 x 60 mm to make a wick 45 mm tall..Roll the wick to roughly 2.5 mm diameter.. If you want to try a Blakey special, you'll need fingers of steel..  Cheers Macca |
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lol) but I could usually attribute that to increased heat around the PSU due to dust build up and lack of maintenance.
