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Post by Bob on Aug 4, 2015 11:38:07 GMT
Not the best of news Bob, fingers crossed for an easy fix fault when you get it cracked open. Not until next week at the earliest, but even if I opened it up - I'd be lost
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Post by Bob on Aug 4, 2015 9:05:07 GMT
Just received mine, couple of minor niggles to start with: 1st - bit of sticky protective plastic with blue pull tab on the screen cover - when I pulled it the screen cover came away as well - pushed it back in and seems okay 2nd - no instructions - 5 clicks on/off, Fire & Up switches between Volts & Watts, Fire & Down allows you to set the Temp, Up & Down locks the mod
Not sure TP works properly - I tried a Subtank Mini with Ni-200 OCC coil which is on my VS DNA40 @ 420°F - on the Penny I had to ramp it up to 500°F to even get it to vape, and the TP was cutting in.
Apart from that it is very small, about the same size as an 18650 dual battery box, and not bad for a normal 35w mod - but doubt it will get used with Nickel builds. I haven't opened it up as none of the allen keys I have to hand fit, and my others are packed away at the moment until after all my windows get replaced on Thursday.
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Post by Bob on Aug 3, 2015 17:40:18 GMT
Unless you have an SSD which should not be defragged Nope old school drives here, after the defrag though i did have that problem robby experienced with the start menu and search bar not working at all when i booted up again. Restarted it again and it's working fine now. There does appear to be a few start up quirks around, mate on another forum, was logging in - failed, tried again, and it let him in, next start up - no problem. I don't want it yet on my desktop, but have loaded it on to the laptop, which i hardly use these days, just so I can have a play with it.
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Post by Bob on Aug 3, 2015 15:17:20 GMT
Installed on mine not sure if i'll keep it though, i notice my boot time has tripled and there's like a 3 second lag when i click the start menu button before the menu actually comes up. Everything else seems fairly smooth so far. Defrag the drive, mine was 27% fragmented after the install Unless you have an SSD which should not be defragged
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Post by Bob on Aug 1, 2015 14:31:40 GMT
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Post by Bob on Aug 1, 2015 10:56:00 GMT
Any more news on this Chrissie as it is still an ongoing problem for me at least - just tried looking on the proboards support forum but as I am not registered on there the captcha wouldn't let me do a search
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Post by Bob on Aug 1, 2015 10:45:06 GMT
Hiya Bob I seem to have been "late to the party" You enjoying your tips still? Got six in use at the moment on different atties
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Post by Bob on Aug 1, 2015 0:25:12 GMT
i will just load it on a 2nd drive and boot it use it if dont like it wont use it ,i love Win 7 *shopping* Ya can't at least not straight away, the only way to accomplish that is to let the computer upgrade, make a DVD/USB copy of the OS installation files using the Media Creation Tool, then revert back to Win 7 (once it has authenticated the Win 10 installation). That way you can then use the DVD/USB to install a fresh copy on the 2nd drive. Another site says that if you download Belarc Advisor, you can find the Win 10 key, but not sure if that will work. As for the FREE bit - 1st you have to upgrade your machine by 28/07/2016, and get it authenticated, once that is done, then the copy is yours for: 1: As long as it is supported if it is a legally purchased copy of Win 10 2: As long as it is supported if your Win 7, 8.1 was a legally purchased copy 3: As long as the machine works as it does now, without major changes to hardware if your Win 7, 8.1 is an OEM copy, M$ may re-authorise it if you can prove that the major change was down to a major failure of said hardware - but don't hold your breath.
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Post by Bob on Jul 31, 2015 23:54:46 GMT
It's easy when your all so terribly friendly and kind! Making something special on the Lathe tonight Hello John, wondered when you would make an appearance on here
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Post by Bob on Jul 31, 2015 19:07:01 GMT
I got some of the 26 AWG, but not had a chance to play with it yet BobI changed the picture because the first one was a bit blurry
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Post by Bob on Jul 31, 2015 19:00:35 GMT
VapingBad bought some 24g & 26g annealed Ti wire from SV, just did a coil 4 wraps 24g in one of my Zeniths came out at 0.146ohms on the Yihi, after watching vids set the temp to 300°F but have had to up it back up to 400°F to get a decent warmth out of the vape, it doesn't look too good as the wire is quite stiff:
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Post by Bob on Jul 30, 2015 19:39:19 GMT
Downloading the Windows 10 update, be back later,.............................. hopefully Doubt you'll be back much before midnight then as for the non-shipping, might be an idea to have a word with Doris
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Post by Bob on Jul 29, 2015 11:48:41 GMT
It's not just the Subtanks, it's all Temp Protected coils whether pre built or re built, especially with clear juices, darker juices will still gunk up the coils and therefore not last as long, but I find with the clearer juices the Ni-200 wire lasts a lot longer than a Kanthal build, probably because the juices are getting heated more on non-TP mods. Just my thoughts on this.
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Post by Bob on Jul 27, 2015 12:28:55 GMT
VapingBad Doesn't really seem to be a lot of info about at the moment John, so I think I will hold fire - I was actually thinking on the safety aspect of using it, watched a vid earlier of someone using it, but he wouldn't commit to whether it was safe or not, just that he preferred it to Ni-200 and appears you use less coils to get same resistance, and have to reduce the temp by about 100°F I got a sample about 10 months ago from VapeMeshCo, but it was a ridiculous size that was no good for vaping and from what I have read since a grade that is not the best for vaping, v dark grey. But as StealthVape bought 30 km of the stuff a while age and refused to sell it, but have now found a grade they are happy to sell I would give that a go, but one member here told me the tried it and didn't see the benefit. Which leads me to think it probably has most to offer for those wanting big coils. have a look on StealthVapes site news/blog sections there was some info there. Okay, will have a look see, might get a small reel to try.
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