For those who don't know the story, I bought this motherboard from NewEgg as an open box item and when I finally got around to setting it up I found that the ethernet port didn't work. It was too late to return it to NE for exchange so I returned it to Gigabyte under warranty. I got the board back today and it seems that Gigabyte could find nothing wrong with the board and just returned it as it is.
The reason that Gigabyte could find nothing wrong with the board is b/c you can plug it into an ethernet cable and network preferences says it is working and you even get an IP address back from the DHCP server. Only problem is when you try to connect to a website, it won't connect and eventually will time out with a server not found error.
In any case, I have purchased this board http://bit.ly/iECIQE from NE in hopes I can finally get my mini ITX system up and running. I have also listed the GA-H55N-USB3 on the HQ-A B-S-T board in case any of you budding electronic techs out there would like to have a go at it.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Stranger things have happened.
Could it be? Is it possible? Will it actually happen? Of course I'm talking about the possibility of a weekend without rain, which (according to the current predictions), looks to be happening this coming weekend. Well, if that's the case, have I got plans!Through an email last week, I was informed that the exhaust system I ordered for my Buick will be shipped on Monday (yesterday), which should put it here easily before the weekend as it only has to travel from one state over. I halfway expected to see it on the porch when I got home this evening, but it was not there. Surely no later than Thursday I would guess.
In addition, the license plate for my car arrived in the mail yesterday, so it is totally possible to see me tooling around town in the ol' Buick by next week! I have no plans for any extended trips soon, but it would be cool just to drive it around town a bit. Who knows?
Friday, May 6, 2011
Will be down for awhile
In a very short time I will be dismantling my current desk/computer setup to make room for my new monitors. So this short post will just be to remind everyone if you can't get me via email/twitter/facebook, etc. that this is the reason why.
Hopefully when I return, my new setup will be complete, with all 6 monitors functioning and a new, more ergonomic positioning of my desk and surrounding equipment. This is mostly due to me being lazy and not wanting to get up to walk across my room to use another workstation.
Okay, not totally for that reason, but it certainly won't hurt anything...
Hopefully when I return, my new setup will be complete, with all 6 monitors functioning and a new, more ergonomic positioning of my desk and surrounding equipment. This is mostly due to me being lazy and not wanting to get up to walk across my room to use another workstation.
Okay, not totally for that reason, but it certainly won't hurt anything...
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Another mowing season starts
Well, this was the first Saturday we've had for quite a spell with no rain, it was beautiful outside today! So, being a person who just loves to cut grass, yeah right, I sat about getting the Cub Cadet started so I could tame the jungle.
Hooked up the battery charger last night for a couple of hours and then again this morning while mom and I ran some errands in Madison. After lunch I went out to check and the battery was fully charged. Hit the key and pulled the choke full on. After a few cranks, the ol' girl started spitting and sputtering before finally smoothing out a bit.
It was not running smooth enough to allow for engaging the blades so I decided some fresh gas might be just what the doctor ordered. Went down to the local Shell station and put about $10.00 worth of premium in the can.
It only took about 1/4 of the can to fill it up, so a little fresh gas was better than none. Fired it back up and moved it out to the sidewalk to see how the tires held up over the winter months. Only one on the front was low, so I used my little 12 volt compressor and filled it up to about 25 lbs.
By this time the mower was running pretty good so I decided it was time for the ultimate test. Set the throttle to max and pulled the blade engage lever. After an initial belt squeal, the blades started rotating and it was time to mow!
Unfortunately, about 10 feet into mowing the mower started to spit and sputter again and it was then I realized I had forgotten to push the choke completely in. Once I did that it ran smoothly and off we went, like a herd of turtles in a hail storm!
I sat the blades fairly high for the first mowing as the grass was pretty tall and still somewhat damp from all of the rain we have had here, but overall it worked out pretty well. The grass is once again mostly the same height and the mower seem to cruise right through with no major problems.
It's always amazing to me the things I find in my yard when I cut the grass for the first time each year. This year's list is no exception as I found what can only be described as a curtain rod, a broken purple plastic mixing bowl, a plastic playground style ball, still inflated, numerous plastic soda bottles and cups, and a half full bottle of lite beer. I can only assume this is what comes from living across from a church.
This list doesn't include the many large and small branches and such which have fallen from the higher than usual winds we have had this spring, as well as the items I left in the yard from working on the Buick last year. But I managed to complete my task with no damage to the mower deck, which is always a good thing.
I bought oil and a filter to change the oil, but when I checked the level the oil didn't look that bad so I figured one more mow on the old oil couldn't hurt. I will change it before mowing again however. This is the 4th or 5th year on the original battery, so I figure that will surely have to be replaced before the next season.
All in all I was happy with the first mow, but I'm sure I will be tired of mowing by the end of the season as I usually am...
Hooked up the battery charger last night for a couple of hours and then again this morning while mom and I ran some errands in Madison. After lunch I went out to check and the battery was fully charged. Hit the key and pulled the choke full on. After a few cranks, the ol' girl started spitting and sputtering before finally smoothing out a bit.
It was not running smooth enough to allow for engaging the blades so I decided some fresh gas might be just what the doctor ordered. Went down to the local Shell station and put about $10.00 worth of premium in the can.
It only took about 1/4 of the can to fill it up, so a little fresh gas was better than none. Fired it back up and moved it out to the sidewalk to see how the tires held up over the winter months. Only one on the front was low, so I used my little 12 volt compressor and filled it up to about 25 lbs.
By this time the mower was running pretty good so I decided it was time for the ultimate test. Set the throttle to max and pulled the blade engage lever. After an initial belt squeal, the blades started rotating and it was time to mow!
Unfortunately, about 10 feet into mowing the mower started to spit and sputter again and it was then I realized I had forgotten to push the choke completely in. Once I did that it ran smoothly and off we went, like a herd of turtles in a hail storm!
I sat the blades fairly high for the first mowing as the grass was pretty tall and still somewhat damp from all of the rain we have had here, but overall it worked out pretty well. The grass is once again mostly the same height and the mower seem to cruise right through with no major problems.
It's always amazing to me the things I find in my yard when I cut the grass for the first time each year. This year's list is no exception as I found what can only be described as a curtain rod, a broken purple plastic mixing bowl, a plastic playground style ball, still inflated, numerous plastic soda bottles and cups, and a half full bottle of lite beer. I can only assume this is what comes from living across from a church.
This list doesn't include the many large and small branches and such which have fallen from the higher than usual winds we have had this spring, as well as the items I left in the yard from working on the Buick last year. But I managed to complete my task with no damage to the mower deck, which is always a good thing.
I bought oil and a filter to change the oil, but when I checked the level the oil didn't look that bad so I figured one more mow on the old oil couldn't hurt. I will change it before mowing again however. This is the 4th or 5th year on the original battery, so I figure that will surely have to be replaced before the next season.
All in all I was happy with the first mow, but I'm sure I will be tired of mowing by the end of the season as I usually am...
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Is it ever gonna end?
Of course I'm speaking of the rain, seems we've had more than our fair share during the month of April. Plus the period of most rainfall has happened during the weekends, which makes the warmer temps seemingly go to waste as you can't get out to do anything!
Just looking at the 7 day forecast, it seems next weekend is predicted to be dry, but of course that has happened before, only to change later on in the week. Sometimes I think they are lucky to know what it's gonna do a few hours from now, much less a week away.
I had to laugh at what my doctor said during my visit with him on Friday, but he told me that whatever I was doing diet-wise, to keep it up as my vital stats just couldn't be better. If he only knew. I told my mother this and she had a good laugh over it.
At least he did take my concerns about my knee seriously this time and I have an order to get an X-ray at the hospital sometime in the near future. I told him I would be retiring in the next 2.5 years and wanted to get something done while I know I still have insurance. Don't know what the future will bring.
Well, I thought maybe the rain was over, but I just heard more rumblings of thunder, so perhaps I was wrong. Oh well, Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, but I did that yesterday, so no telling what I will get into today!
Just looking at the 7 day forecast, it seems next weekend is predicted to be dry, but of course that has happened before, only to change later on in the week. Sometimes I think they are lucky to know what it's gonna do a few hours from now, much less a week away.
I had to laugh at what my doctor said during my visit with him on Friday, but he told me that whatever I was doing diet-wise, to keep it up as my vital stats just couldn't be better. If he only knew. I told my mother this and she had a good laugh over it.
At least he did take my concerns about my knee seriously this time and I have an order to get an X-ray at the hospital sometime in the near future. I told him I would be retiring in the next 2.5 years and wanted to get something done while I know I still have insurance. Don't know what the future will bring.
Well, I thought maybe the rain was over, but I just heard more rumblings of thunder, so perhaps I was wrong. Oh well, Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, but I did that yesterday, so no telling what I will get into today!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Another one bites the dust
Here it is Sunday already and I really haven't done anything this weekend. I have to get out of this ritual and start doing something on the weekends. I sit around and stare at this screen, just waiting for something exciting to happen, and it never does.
Of course the rain Saturday put a damper on going outside, at least while it was raining, but I have a bunch of inside projects I need to do but haven't done yet. If someone finds a cure for laziness, please send it my way!
Of course the rain Saturday put a damper on going outside, at least while it was raining, but I have a bunch of inside projects I need to do but haven't done yet. If someone finds a cure for laziness, please send it my way!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Gee, it's been awhile!
Too much has been going on lately with the HQ-A contest and just things I've had to deal with at work and life in general. I've been working on a Hackintosh system to sell for anyone who wants one, but can't build it themselves, for whatever the reason. If this is successful, I may do another one, but if not I will load Ubuntu on it and probably sell it on Ebay just to recoup my costs. Here is a video of the system in action in case anyone is interested:
http://bit.ly/hlNO3P
The ProjSys2 contest has come and gone, the winner was an HQ-A member in New Jersey. The system has been shipped and he has received it. I hope he enjoys using it as much as I did building it. Here is the video of the drawing:
http://bit.ly/hlg6LA
While trying to be good and keep my speed down, I managed to catch the attention of a female KY state trooper the other day coming home from work. I was passing a semi and got up to 72 MPH while doing it. She just happened to be coming the other way. Normally when passing on this stretch of road I would have been doing 80-85 MPH, but as I said, I was trying to be good. Guess I'll find out how much my attempt at goodness will cost when I pay the ticket.
I know it made me sick, I've been off work since. No, it wasn't that, but I believe I caught a bug which has been going around. Some sore of stomach virus, not much is staying down, but hopefully today I will be able to keep what I eat for a longer period of time. It's no fun being sick, but I try to make the best of it by sitting in front of the keyboard in between trips to the bathroom.
We got a brief snow shower yesterday. It actually got colder during the day, down to about 30 or so, before it finally went back up around 41. It is still March, so I suppose that is not out of the ordinary, but this winter seems like it will never end, even though we have had a day or two in the 70's already. I'm ready for spring and summer to get here, I hate cold weather.
I've always heard when you start talking about the weather you've run out of things to talk about, so I guess that is enough for now. Hope to make another post sooner rather than later next time.
http://bit.ly/hlNO3P
The ProjSys2 contest has come and gone, the winner was an HQ-A member in New Jersey. The system has been shipped and he has received it. I hope he enjoys using it as much as I did building it. Here is the video of the drawing:
http://bit.ly/hlg6LA
While trying to be good and keep my speed down, I managed to catch the attention of a female KY state trooper the other day coming home from work. I was passing a semi and got up to 72 MPH while doing it. She just happened to be coming the other way. Normally when passing on this stretch of road I would have been doing 80-85 MPH, but as I said, I was trying to be good. Guess I'll find out how much my attempt at goodness will cost when I pay the ticket.
I know it made me sick, I've been off work since. No, it wasn't that, but I believe I caught a bug which has been going around. Some sore of stomach virus, not much is staying down, but hopefully today I will be able to keep what I eat for a longer period of time. It's no fun being sick, but I try to make the best of it by sitting in front of the keyboard in between trips to the bathroom.
Attended the swap meet last Saturday in Louisville. Talk about a lot of people and stuff! I'm not sure how many buildings this thing took up, but I thought we would never stop walking! I'm not as young as I used to be, that is for sure. But it was fun to see all of the old cars, parts, etc. Hope to go to another one in May which is held in Springfield, OH. Jim said that one is better because there are places to rest there. This one would have been much better if there was just a place to stop and rest a bit along the way.
We got a brief snow shower yesterday. It actually got colder during the day, down to about 30 or so, before it finally went back up around 41. It is still March, so I suppose that is not out of the ordinary, but this winter seems like it will never end, even though we have had a day or two in the 70's already. I'm ready for spring and summer to get here, I hate cold weather.
I've always heard when you start talking about the weather you've run out of things to talk about, so I guess that is enough for now. Hope to make another post sooner rather than later next time.
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