Sep 182010
 

Unnecessary fan noise from your 8800GT? Here’s a dull post, but one that might be useful to someone or other.

Quick summary: check the screws attaching the fan to the heatsink. They may be loose, or – as in my case – have fallen out altogether, causing the fan to vibrate and strike the shroud.

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Apr 282010
 

 The Election Song Contest  is hotting up, with loads of entries… some daft, some daft but good, and some just good. For some reason there are songs scattered randomly across a number of sites:

Election Song Contest on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=109709689064767
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109709689064767#!/pages/Election-Song-Contest/115684931792362

Election Song Contest on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/electionsongcontest

Election Song Contest blog:
http://electionsongcontest.wordpress.com/

Election Song Contest on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/theelectionsong

Election Song Contest on SoundCloud:
http://soundcloud.com/electionsongcontest

And there’s this, from me, which doesn’t seem to feature on much of the above:


Check out the links and songs… there’s an election night party planned where a winner will be chosen, apparently…

Apr 252010
 

Two takes, rare moment of pseudo political interest. For more info, see: