The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[Mirakledba]

Lutfij - !!!!

 

[RussK1]

MDBA - Corsair fans are like crickets!

That's funny. Because that's exactly what mine sound like when they ramp up. Pretty annoying...

You mean they make regular, abrasive squeaky noises? That's annoying; I'd be more likely to suspect that from Coolermaster, not Corsair.

He hit it on the head, they sound like crickets on a quiet night. Like when all the crickets are chirping...

 

[Mirakledba]

The people who take the stuff out of the container are here,, just waiting on the container on another truck. Next time u hear from me it will be with my other PC....or on this laptop to tell u i got it.

UPDATE: The truck with the container overheated so they cooled it down and it should be here in 45 minutes.....

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Tiny, turns out it will not be 300-400, my mom was talking about the transmission and air filter work or something else. I'm calling another reputable auto shop and the Honda Dealer to see their prices. Thing is, I looked up the belt and prices range from 50 to 250. I'm calling them tomorrow and comparing prices. Also, turns out the prices you said seem to be sounding like what my mom is talking about(50 USD is expensive for us, so yeah). Car has more than 140k miles and is a '07 3.2 TL. Not sure how the 3.2 changes EVERYTHING from a "standard" TL unless the 3.2 is standard. I just finished Econ and am memorizing Energy Policies, so I may sound confused.

EDIT: Why are the prices in such a wide range. This is madness.
EDIT 2:https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=2007+acura+tl+3.2+Belt&newwindow=1&tbm=shop
They are all different. I think everything needs to be replaced. Also, I'm contemplating modding the Navi disk if possible if I get this car. If not, meh.

Something related to a system, my phone. I don't like Tor on my phone anymore. I couldn't connect to the net for a few hours lol.

You looked up timing belts. If the timing belt needs to be done, it will be $500 for the labor alone. I thought you meant a secondary belt like the accessory belt. If it is the timing belt, DO NOT skip it. It is VERY important to replace, especially on the Honda J series V6 motors. If the belt were to break, or skip a few teeth it would completely ruin the engine and total the car.

Also, the dealer will be MORE expensive than anywhere else.

Also, the 3.2 is the only motor you can get in that car (non type-s).

No, this is the timing belt. The guy is telling us 440 for everything. He's a good guy and did the car work much cheaper than anybody else and has been reliable to us and others.

-Timing Belt
-Antifreeze
-waterpump
-tax
-labor
-440

Dealership quoted 1040. In two words, HELL NO. Other guy quoted 700.

The people who take the stuff out of the container are here,, just waiting on the container on another truck. Next time u hear from me it will be with my other PC....or on this laptop to tell u i got it.

UPDATE: The truck with the container overheated so they cooled it down and it should be here in 45 minutes.....

Ouch, at least you are getting it.

 

[tiny voices]

How many miles are on the car? Good that the water pump is being done at the same time.

I assume they dropped the transmission pan and cleaned the screen when they looked at the reverse issue? If so, that is good, but if not, I would get that done mileage depending. The Honda J series V6 motors have GLASS transmissions(automatic) up until 2010 and fail all the time.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

How many miles are on the car? Good that the water pump is being done at the same time.

Atleast 130k miles.
Dealership-1040
Reliable Mechanic-750
Our Guy-440

We are sticking with our guy.

Well, we bought our car second hand. Only one accident on us(not our fault) and was a minor one. No tranny failures and our dad had it serviced any time it needed service. I also assume that he dropped the transmission pan and cleaned the screen. All I know is that he worked on the transmission and air filters. Around 400-700 for that...

 

[tiny voices]

Air filter, not filters. There is only one and it takes less than a minute to change. You could do it yourself with no experience at all. Easiest part to replace. You do not even need tools. It is also only a $10 part. Hopefully you were not charged for that, but it doesn't look like it, so that's good.

At 130k you are pushing your luck on the stock timing belt and tensioner. The J series motors like to wear out tensioner bearings and slack the timing belt at 100k. Most people get theirs done at like 80-90k. Good thing you are doing it now.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Air filter, not filters. There is only one and it takes less than a minute to change. You could do it yourself with no experience at all. Easiest part to replace. You do not even need tools. It is also only a $10 part. Hopefully you were not charged for that, but it doesn't look like it, so that's good.

At 130k you are pushing your luck on the stock timing belt and tensioner. The J series motors like to wear out tensioner bearings and slack the timing belt at 100k. Most people get theirs done at like 80-90k. Good thing you are doing it now.

I really need to look at the receipt now... Don't ask me if the timing belt got changed before, I don't know. I doubt it. Repairs are made this friday when the parts arrive. Did I ever tell you about the story of our Escalade? I really need to. Soon as I finish making waffles and eating them.

 

[tiny voices]

It never was done before. The mechanic would have known if it was done earlier and told you it didn't need doing. It is easy to tell.

 

[patrick47018]

This is my speed on a good day at my dorms:

That's college T1 connections, I'm residential cheap $60 a month access. :lol:

Lexington KY, are you at UK by any chance? My dad is an alum.

Louisville, KY
Sullivan University

 

[Onus]

I checked last night and I was getting almost 60Mb/s down and perhaps 10Mb/s up.
I ordered a MagicJack; if it doesn't work, I can always call them within thirty days and tell them "Jack Off!" Otherwise I will switch our home number to it. Along with lowering (but not yet eliminating) our DSL internet, this will likely chop another $70-$80 off our monthly bills.

 

[patrick47018]

I checked last night and I was getting almost 60Mb/s down and perhaps 10Mb/s up.
I ordered a MagicJack; if it doesn't work, I can always call them within thirty days and tell them "Jack Off!" Otherwise I will switch our home number to it. Along with lowering (but not yet eliminating) our DSL internet, this will likely chop another $70-$80 off our monthly bills.

Onus "You all can Jack Off!"

MagicJack *Silence* "err.. Excuse me sir?"

 

[Lutfij]

An announcement;
Kevin from Caselabs is under our banner for an Ask Me Anything...so if you guys are interested please feel free to ask him anything on this thread;
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2457825/official-caselabs-representatives.html

or maybe just say hi and represent Tom's ?

 

[g-unit1111]

Louisville, KY
Sullivan University

Lexington must be the closest server then. I've been to Louisville a few times.

 

[patrick47018]

It's a nice city

 

[Mirakledba]

Got my PC, everything is in good condition as before, put the GPU in...now I gotta find a US cable in here that works.

 

[Mirakledba]

Got my PC, everything is in good condition as before, put the GPU in...now I gotta find a US cable in here that works.

EDIT- IT LIVES!

 

[Mirakledba]

Gotta update and all that and THEN i can make it look nice....

edit : Ok are all my updates in windows update it says 799 GB of updates, but for the graphics card and ram and all that do i have to go to the site or is it all covered through windows update?

 

[Onus]

Relief!

 

[Mirakledba]

Haha yeah, 50% Update so far. But do i hvae to download drivers separately ?

 

[Onus]

Yeah, I'd let all the Windows updates finish first, then update drivers one at a time, rebooting after each one.

 

[Mirakledba]

Im not good with finding drivers....so what are the things that need them? GPU yes, what about ram? And motherboard yes.

 

[Onus]

Unless something is broken or it fixes a known issue (that you are experiencing), I would skip updating motherboard / chipset drivers. Update your graphics card drivers. You may also wish to update sound drivers, but even that can be skipped unless you have good cause, like a fixed issue or new capabilities.

 

[stickg1]

AMD is pretty straight-forward, just go to AMD website and click drivers..
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download#

Motherboard drivers should be fine but they might have some updates that could help. I wouldn't worry too much about it.
http://www.msi.com/support/mb/Z87-GD65-GAMING.html#down-bios

 

[Mirakledba]

First message on my PC Using it now. Windows updates is installing. Thanks a lot stick! So RAM doesnt need updates right?...I forgot

and as for the mobo, only driver, not bios right?