The 6GC Nerds Thread, For anyone that considers themselves a 'nerd' Options

[rentaspace]

Soooo, I am not sure if we have one here or not, I did a search and nothing came up, so I decided to make this thread....
Not sure how well it will go, but I thought maybe we can get everyone that considers themselves a 'nerd' to post why they believe that? Maybe some How-to's and such
There should be no bias here, you may post anything from you love playing Saxophone, Love technology to model building.
I will start, basically I am a Tech-Nerd, I love technology... I work in an Online PC store, I build and test computers whenever I can... I also love Aviation and aircraft, I have a model plane collection of around 120+ models, I also have model cars and yeah

So here we go, the first How-To video, How to install an SSD into a PS3:
Anyway, lately I have been
My PS3 Story:
Well, over the past three days my PS3 has been unusable.
I will begin my story, with the sudden and dramatic speed decrease in my Playstaion. Basically, to load the console, took ten minutes for the XMB to show on screen, and then it would take a minute or more for EVERY movement.
Then, GTAV wouldn't load, took ten minutes to get the starting siren sequence, and rockstar logo and then it went into an infinite 'Loading Story Mode'. All the while the HDD LED was 100% on.
And finally, the PSN would no longer connect, it connected to Internet fine but PSN failed. I jumped onto PlayStation Aus and sure enough a new update was available which fixed "stability issues" so downloaded that instantly....
My troubles really began now, the download got to 99% then took 40minutes to complete the last 1%. Then installation got to 99% before the console crashed and shut off... Upon restarting, the infinite 99% brick started.... (You CANNOT access the safe mode)
Fixed the issue with a workaround of installing my GFs spare laptop HDD and then swapping it out for the original HDD...
To my surprise, the PS3 was still as slow as ever and GTAV still didn't load.... So, I booted into safe mode and did all the non-destructive restores I could... All to no avail.
I decided to backup my and my GFs saves onto a spare External HDD I had. After waiting 5 hours for it to copy 6 measly GB, I formatted the HDD and started again.... Tried to load the backup and it took 40minutes per 1%.... I was sick of its s**t and pulled the plug.
Then it hit me, I had a spare 120GB SSD laying around upstairs so here is a quick guide to installing and configuring an SSD in your PS3:

BEFORE YOU START THIS:
If you have CRITICAL save games, then backup your HDD save files by going to the "Backup Utility" in the XMB menu. You will have to use a PC to format an external/portable HDD with the FAT32 Filesystem, the PS3 ONLY reads the FAT32 system. NOT NTFS.

First Off, What will you will need?:
- Your PS3 Console, mine is a 320GB 'Slim'


- A USB stick configured with the latest PS3 firmware.
If you do not know how to do this, it is very simple, on windows, go to the Australian PS website, and download the latest firmware to the desktop.
Plug in your USB, and make a new folder called "PS3" then create a folder called "UPDATE"
These folders MUST be in upper case.
Then copy the downloaded .pup into the UPDATE folder.
Your USB is now ready.


- The Solid State Drive (Mine is a 120GB Samsung 840)
You do NOT need a state-of-the-art SSD, the PS3 doesn't have Sata3 speeds and also has no TRIM function, so even a 2 year old SSD would be fine


- You will also need a small screwdriver set, I used a Clock/Jewelers Set. You literally only need 1 screwdriver...

Now we get to business.
Step 1: Flip the PS3 console over and remove the plastic covering the first screw:


Slide the Plastic front panel down the PS3 to reveal the HDD cage:


Now, remove the HDD cage by unscrewing the four screws and then install it on the SSD in the correct way:

Step 1 complete....



Step 2: Configuring the new SSD:
Plug your pre-configured USB stick into the PS3 and make sure your controller is connected via a cable.


Turn the PS3 on, and be greeted by this ominous message:

Press the start and select button simultaneously.

The USB will be checked and you will be greeted with another ominous message;

Press and Hold the START and SELECT button for at least 5 seconds.


The SSD will be formatted, a hell of a lot quicker than the old HDD:



Then after the console restarts, the new Firmware will be installed, This took me ages as my USB is USB1.0 standard []


Your PS3 is now SSD powered

If you are like me and like the best and fastest in everything, then this is a great update...
My PS3 is now going great, the console loads to the XMB menu in 5 seconds, The XMB menu loads everything instantly, moves with 0 lag, Loads GTAV from disk insert to playing in 2 minutes and now no longer has to buffer and render the games while you are driving/flying around the city fast.


So, there is the first "nerd" how-to What have you guys got to share and broaden everyone knowledge

[rentaspace]

Been a while, but I am currently restoring the case of an Original Xbox. Going for a different colour scheme though. Hopefully turns out nice!

[Bitter]

Cool!

I nabbed an i5-750 with and EVGA FTW 200 motherboard for $144 shipped that comes in tomorrow, I think I'll end up liquid cooling it and clocking the crap out of it. I miss liquid cooling.

[rentaspace]

Cool!

I nabbed an i5-750 with and EVGA FTW 200 motherboard for $144 shipped that comes in tomorrow, I think I'll end up liquid cooling it and clocking the crap out of it. I miss liquid cooling.

Thats pretty good!


I managed to pickup an I7 3770 with an Intel mobo for $110.
The mobo had a questionable pin so I sold it for $20 untested and bought a $50 mobo.


Total cost $130 and I already had RAM, SSD, HDD, PSU and case laying around. I sold it to my gf for $400. I could of sold it for double that to a stranger but she needed a PC and wanted to buy it haha.

[PegGTS]

Cool!

I nabbed an i5-750 with and EVGA FTW 200 motherboard for $144 shipped that comes in tomorrow, I think I'll end up liquid cooling it and clocking the crap out of it. I miss liquid cooling.

I love my i5-750, I have it overclocked to 4 GHz

[CelicaDICE]

Greetings, everyone. The names DICE, my Celica has been with me and the family for nearly six years now and over the years, it has evolved. But I'll make a thread explaining the rest of the story of my car in the near future. Anyway, now that that's out of the way. I see some of you fellas like electronics. Well, luckily for you guys, I'm a big video game enthusiast, I collect and play games most of the time whenever I am not driving my Celica. Today, I've been playing my FAT Playstation with a custom disc spindle that I gave it just a week ago. It has better quality compared to the original one as those are easy to crack over time.

[rentaspace]

Greetings, everyone. The names DICE, my Celica has been with me and the family for nearly six years now and over the years, it has evolved. But I'll make a thread explaining the rest of the story of my car in the near future. Anyway, now that that's out of the way. I see some of you fellas like electronics. Well, luckily for you guys, I'm a big video game enthusiast, I collect and play games most of the time whenever I am not driving my Celica. Today, I've been playing my FAT Playstation with a custom disc spindle that I gave it just a week ago. It has better quality compared to the original one as those are easy to crack over time.

I have a custom fat PS2, has a HDD and games installed on it. (Yes I have the oober rare network adapter). I also have a Slim PS1, Slim PS3, N64, NES, 3DSXL Custom Carbon Wrapped, A Custom Painted (Work in progress) Original Xbox, Xbox 360E and XBONE. lol

[Bitter]

Cool!

I nabbed an i5-750 with and EVGA FTW 200 motherboard for $144 shipped that comes in tomorrow, I think I'll end up liquid cooling it and clocking the crap out of it. I miss liquid cooling.

I love my i5-750, I have it overclocked to 4 GHz

Long long story short, I never got it but I got a refund.

[CelicaDICE]

Greetings, everyone. The names DICE, my Celica has been with me and the family for nearly six years now and over the years, it has evolved. But I'll make a thread explaining the rest of the story of my car in the near future. Anyway, now that that's out of the way. I see some of you fellas like electronics. Well, luckily for you guys, I'm a big video game enthusiast, I collect and play games most of the time whenever I am not driving my Celica. Today, I've been playing my FAT Playstation with a custom disc spindle that I gave it just a week ago. It has better quality compared to the original one as those are easy to crack over time.

I have a custom fat PS2, has a HDD and games installed on it. (Yes I have the oober rare network adapter). I also have a Slim PS1, Slim PS3, N64, NES, 3DSXL Custom Carbon Wrapped, A Custom Painted (Work in progress) Original Xbox, Xbox 360E and XBONE. lol

Sweet! Hope the custom paint comes out well on your Original Xbox. I have a White PS4, SEGA Genesis MK I, Two PS2 Slims(one NTSC and one PAL), an NES 101 or Top Loader as some like to call it, the Original FAT Playstation, SNES, SEGA Dreamcast, Jungle Green N64(in progress of restoring the top shell), Wii U(going to sell it real soon), a PS3 Slim, and the Virtual Boy CIB.

Sorry about the links, Im still figuring out how to post pics here without the links showing up. I'll just leave them so you guys can see my collection.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9lf2hdd83ot7cio/P...6%20PM.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/5lx1vhsv8qsfrbd/P...1%20PM.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k50qthetkqcpdzd/P...8%2055%20PM.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0z4ge50hrcogvo/P...1%20PM.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0yi2g6rsnbos1ne/P...4%20PM.jpg?dl=0

[Bitter]

Current project, figure out why these XM-L2 LED's seem so under driven and see if I can crank them up a little bit. It's probably because they're under driven, I'd like to see 1500 Lumen out of the light instead of the 800-1000 it feels like it has now.

[PegGTS]

Anybody else into speedcubing / rubik's cubes in general lol? I just picked up a V-Cube 3 the other day and so far I'm liking it.

[Box]

I have a Rubik's cube, made of mundane plastic and stickers though.

[PegGTS]

I'm slowly collecting more and more lol...

[Box]

2x2 cube?

[PegGTS]

Yup, it's not as easy as you might think

[Box]

Statistically it must be easier.

[VavAlephVav]

I've spent some time learning how to set up a PS2 emulator on my desktop. As long as you've got a decent video card you can crank up the settings and run games in real time and graphics that are good enough to run games like Gran Turismo. (which is all i really want to play)

The one I'm running is called PCSX2, it's just a small program that's easy to find. Then you need to acquire a BIOS file by searching forums and webpages until someone will nonchalantly point you toward one. It is also even easier to find a copy of the game disk, Gran Turismo 4 in my case, and then find a copy of somebodys save data. I found a save for Gran Turismo that has all of the licenses and a Trillion Credits. (not exaggerating)

This way I can just buy whatever I want and go play the game for a little while and not have to sacrifice every hour of the next several months to build up the game.
It all took me about a half a day or so of searching internet forum posts to figure out the whole thing.
Then you get an Xbox controller with the USB adapter and it will just plug-n-play for Windows then you're rolling.

Check out all the cool Cars I has

Of Course I have a GT4












How about a RWD 7th gen with 590hp?





2nd Gen MR2




Audi TT




and a Bad Ass Lotus

[Bitter]

2ZZ-GE Elise has no torque listed, I'm dieing over here!

[rentaspace]

Speaking of emulators, I have set a Raspberry Pi 2 Up with RetroPi to emulate some NES, N64 and older DOS games.
This will eventually be connected to the HDMI port on my headunit and I'll try get a USB NES controller to work with it so I have retro Gaming in my dash

[PegGTS]

Just finished custom painting one of my N64 controllers, it's Lexus Molten Pearl. Pretty pumped with how it came out, the pictures don't do it justice.

[Box]

I'm not usually big on the the red, yellow, and orange colour spectrum but I like that. I feel like playing Pokemon Snap or Stadium now for some reason.