Just placed an order on Newegg to step up to a quad-core processor and four gigs of RAM. Here is the complete parts list:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz OEM
OCZ Platinum 4 GIGs (2 x 2) DDR2 1066 RAM
ZeroTherm Zen FZ120 120mm CPU Heatsink
BIOSTAR TForce TP45HP P45 Motherboard
Overclocks to come. I am stoked!
Did you know that there are not one, but TWO spacecrafts that are nearly outside of our solar system? Am I the only one that thinks that’s fucking crazy? Two thousand years ago we were making stone castles… now we have small boxes that are about to go whizzing into open space to whatever their fate may be.
It’s amazing the things that we have done in terms of space travel. Not only do we have countless satellites orbiting our planet which we rely on daily, but we sent men and probes to the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, and beyond. Currently, Voyager 1 is not only the furthest man-made object from the Sun, it is the furthest natural-made object not including comets that are on long paths.
Announced today in Paris at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, Diablo 3 will become a reality. The Escapist has a quick write up, but where you really want to be (if you have flash capabilities) is at the Diablo 3 site, complete with gameplay trailer and cinematics.
Things I’m hoping for:
So my horn switch went bad on my 01 Sportster 1200 and I couldn’t find any info about this at all on Google so I figured I’d post a quick guide for shits and giggles.
Short answer: Yes, you have to cut and solder the new one in.
Long answer: I used a multimeter to determine that there was in fact no voltage being sent to the horn. After checking a wiring diagram and the fuses, I determined that there was voltage going to the switch (the power to the left turn signal switch is the same power as the horn). To get to the switch you just unscrew the two torx screws holding the two halves of the clam shell for the horn and high-beam assembly together. Then one more screw to separate the switches from one of the covers. I stripped a little bit of the two wires going to the horn switch and bridged them and sure enough, the horn worked. You have to replace the high-beam switch as well. Just cut and solder the new one on. The shrink wrap they give you seems awfully big so I used my own that was about two sizes smaller. I didn’t cut any of the wire off the new switch so it was pretty tight getting it back together.
Three screws, 5 solder joints and $45 later and I have a working horn again. Of course you still have to be over 2,000rpm to get the proper tone, but my father’s 05 does the same thing and it’s nearly brand new so I’m assuming that is normal…