Grand Am Off Topic Thread

[Vipey1337]

Sooo the PCM and rear strut bar when it comes back in stock will prolly be the last things I do to my car for a while. Why? I'm pretty sure I'll get a new one (keep the GA but also get a new one to work on, and use the GA to drive as a grocery getter and such... albeit a loud, mean sounding one hehehe). If the GA kicks the bucket I'll get a used GTP, if not then I'll keep it and get like a WRX.

Soooo since I'll have a lot of leftover money, here's what I'm buying (my ex gf is buying my old computer parts, so these will be my new parts hehehe):

Adapters:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16812105409
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16812887002

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813188019

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819115003

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820231065

Gfx Card (aka boat):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130082

CPU cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835702002

Yes I'm going to go poor, but I'm getting like $375 out of my old stuff so that works

[xeroinfinity]

Well thankx for the storm warning anyway lol

Thats a nice MB, I dont like the PCI express realy.
My kids have an Nvidia PCI epress and its slowwww!

My Pc(not my laptop) has 4x-8x agp, with my radion 9800 AIW it flys~!
Though ,I did have trouble with the ATI fan dying and I had to send it to NY a few weeks ago.
They are sending me a NEW agp card.
It was supposed to be delivered yesterday through DHL shipping...... its late

I DO NOT EVER RECOMMEND DHL SHIPPING !

[grfnkl]

Jeez what was with the tornados.... you guys had some threats, and we had a few out this way too. I know one in NY and one in Connecticut. Thankfully all teh storms bypassed where I live and work in NJ and we got nada. Hey vipey with that extra cash you have you can send me some new computer parts as well. My laptop decided to have a stroke and now it doesn't want to wake up. damn XP programming issues... and i don't have any recovery CD's to get it going again... this is what i get for a free laptop i guess... i've sunk in $500.00 to get this thing going for it to die 3 times already.... Never again!

[Vipey1337]

building computers is teh way to go

I think my PCM is STILL processing too, and I ordered it on Monday...

[Gir-_-]

Originally Posted by Vipey1337

building computers is teh way to go

I think my PCM is STILL processing too, and I ordered it on Monday...

they gotta program ur vin and info

Originally Posted by grfnkl

...My laptop decided to have a stroke and now it doesn't want to wake up. damn XP programming issues... and i don't have any recovery CD's to get it going again... this is what i get for a free laptop i guess... i've sunk in $500.00 to get this thing going for it to die 3 times already.... Never again!

XP with all the updates runs pretty smooth actually from what it use to be, ur laptop could just be a POS I'm repairing one right now (girlfriend's) so far I've formatted the drive 3 times now trying to get it to load right (the OS, NT now... 98SE wasnt gonna cut it)... there is damage to the harddisk, not to bad tho... like 2-3MB is damaged out of a 10gig drive, not to worried for now. I updated her BIOS as well grabbed all the drivers and updates from manufac. Gateway =p oh fun... so once I get this thing running ill be putting it all on... just gotta find video drivers, dont even know what card is built into this thing... I think ATi b/c they had ATi 98 drivers .. but not 98SE drivers (go fig lol) and no NT vid drivers Grrrrr ... in all due time, ill have this thing running smooth, defragged, protected and cool temp'd

btw XI, pci-e ftw =) it's all on the comp's setup, it ALL has to be good parts from what I've found with pci-e in order to have it running amazing. I'm still usin AGP tho... xfx geforce 6800 xt overclocked .. MY games... are smooooooth like silk

my cpu sucks tho, already outdated in just a matter of 3years pfft.. ram sucks too and the MB sucks... All slow, but still holdin up to w/e I throw at it lol, I defrag prob every week... lots of DVD moving

[Vipey1337]

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

they gotta program ur vin and info



XP with all the updates runs pretty smooth actually from what it use to be, ur laptop could just be a POS I'm repairing one right now (girlfriend's) so far I've formatted the drive 3 times now trying to get it to load right (the OS, NT now... 98SE wasnt gonna cut it)... there is damage to the harddisk, not to bad tho... like 2-3MB is damaged out of a 10gig drive, not to worried for now. I updated her BIOS as well grabbed all the drivers and updates from manufac. Gateway =p oh fun... so once I get this thing running ill be putting it all on... just gotta find video drivers, dont even know what card is built into this thing... I think ATi b/c they had ATi 98 drivers .. but not 98SE drivers (go fig lol) and no NT vid drivers Grrrrr ... in all due time, ill have this thing running smooth, defragged, protected and cool temp'd

btw XI, pci-e ftw =) it's all on the comp's setup, it ALL has to be good parts from what I've found with pci-e in order to have it running amazing. I'm still usin AGP tho... xfx geforce 6800 xt overclocked .. MY games... are smooooooth like silk

my cpu sucks tho, already outdated in just a matter of 3years pfft.. ram sucks too and the MB sucks... All slow, but still holdin up to w/e I throw at it lol, I defrag prob every week... lots of DVD moving

I had an eVGA 6800GT last year, overclocked it too high and it burned up when I was playing Battlefield 2, so I sent it in and got a new one... but not before i built myself a new computer with a Radeon X1800XT and PCI-E and a dual core processor This was about this time last year that I did that. Now I'm getting a new one already because my ex gf wanted a computer, and I have a lot of money to spare, and I can sell her my old stuff for a good price because it doesn't suck. So I get a new computer, with absolute ass-kicking parts, for like $600 after she gives me money for my old parts. Life roooccckkkksss once I get it I will SLI someday too methinks

[xeroinfinity]

Yeah I didnt see any tornadoes
But my little weather station thing outside said that the wind was gusting up to 67mph !

I guess we had a bunch of trees down in the woods around our house. Its been a long time since I have seen a tornadoe, and I hope it's still longer before I do

PS: overclocking video cards requires lots and lots of kooling !!

[Gir-_-]

ill be 20, coming next tues on the 24th

maybe my bday present will be my car working lol

[grfnkl]

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

ill be 20, coming next tues on the 24th

maybe my bday present will be my car working lol

That's not a bad idea!!! I'll be 26 next sunday on the 29th.... Hell maybe i should ask my parents to pay for my brakes... Hmmm....

[xeroinfinity]

Well happy early birthday guys!

Yeah I've been hella busy with work and this whole 4H thing
Just taken a break between shows. My youngest daughter showed a sheep, her first year so she only got 4th place. Second in best of show class.
Here in 2 hrs I've got the boys showing thier beef cows(blk angus) should make some good money this year at the sale after the shows

Lamas !
Everyone wants a lama ....


..... I smell pooo .....

[Vipey1337]

XI are you on a farm? It wouldn't surprise me since you live in a pretty small town... and in Indiana no less

[xeroinfinity]

Originally Posted by Vipey1337

XI are you on a farm? It wouldn't surprise me since you live in a pretty small town... and in Indiana no less

Not realy
Does this look like a farmhouse .. ?




Though I do raise beef for cheap meat which stemed from doing 4H, I wouldnt say I'm a farmer.
Its been an excellent way to turn around some fast cash(and free meat).
About $1500-2000 for each, I have 5 for sale at thursdays auction.
I only have about $200 invested into each one, just feed/time, because they were born and bred here.
I'll post some picks of them and a calf that was just born a week ago.

Lastnight, I thought we were showing at 7pm, but it was 7 am.... today
Last night was swine they stink !
So we will be showin our beef in an hour or so......
Sure be glad when this week's over

[Gir-_-]

props on XI's house.. damn lol

I bet thats a B!t(H to mow lol.. all day, riding along w/ a beer possibly lol

I think I could fit prob 5-7 spaces of my house in ur front yard lol

[Vipey1337]

wow dude that's a really nice house and a LOT of property... richling

Sell the beef and buy a supercharger and make the Mello Yello even more asskicking!!!!

BTW I was spraying carpenter ants with WD-40 at the bottom of my stairs during lunch break when the UPS truck pulled up... I opened the door when he was about two steps away from it and scared the sh*t out of him and was like yeah I was expecting this Then I got my PCM!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now I need to install it today... but I wont have time to get crank positioning done for a few days. Is that alright (aka will my car not explode?)

It's gonna be a nice week Xero, jet stream is extremely far north and bringing air from Canada... cool and DRY!!! Perfect for installing a PCM

Next time I'm in Rensselaer (I was on Sunday kinda), I'll make sure to egg your house j/k!!! I can't throw that far lol

[grfnkl]

Jeez that's a lot of land you got there XI. I think my entire house and yard could fit just on the driveway!!! If you don't mind me asking how much land are you on?!?! that looks like several acres!!