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Update: - Removed CPU cooler from CPU, heat sink compound looked healthy and still pliable. Wiped it all off anyway, cleaned with rubbing alcohol, added new heat sink compound, reassembled. No effective change in temps or behaviors - still spontaneously powered off anywhere between ~5 - 10 minutes. - Don't have a spare video card to run instead of onboard graphics. - Found a "bare bones" version (motherboard/case/power supply) of same PC on Ebay for $50 , bought it. It arrived yesterday. Swapped CPU, Cooler, RAM and HDD into the bare bones system. Reset CMOS and powered on. Other than alerting to a change in installed memory there were no issues, booted right up into Windows 10. Been running the Heavyload test for 21 hours now, no hiccups that I can see. Will keep running it for 2 more days. Max CPU temp so far is 147 deg F.

What's a bigger piece?

For how long do you want orange skies? Are you going to be tired of shooting in an hour or less, or are you supporting an outing of multiple shooters for 4 hours?

This is good for several reasons: - I hope you guys are happy and stable, however...if the relationship has problems in the future, you do not have to worry about retrieving one or more of your firearms from her property if you have to suddenly leave. - Another FID holder means possibly another friend, voter and maybe advocate for the RKBA struggle in NJ.

Interesting that a retired Canadian gov't employee could find his way to actually recommend an offensive weapon. I guess nothing came up in his googling for "Coyote Spray".

The senate is done with legislative action for 2017, correct? Do we have any indication that this will be taken up in 2018, or is it just going to be ignored?

Remember when .22LR was scarce? Those days are OVER! However, your ability to have it delivered through the mail to a NJ address may go away next year... Federal .22LR $15.99 per 325, free shipping, no limit: http://www.cabelas.com/product/Federal-LR-Value-Pack/1281984.uts Code "2017FREE" gets you free shipping with a $99 minimum order Code "17CLUB1226" gets you a 10% discount + free shipping on $49 minimum order, but you must use a Cabela's card to pay

I have a Pi 3 that I play around with, but I'm skeptical that it's up to recording 6 1080p cameras, doing all the motion/event analysis, and re-broadcasting the simultaneous feeds to other devices.

Yeah, that’s where I ended up too. I believe this model was manufactured in 2014, so you have to go to the second section for pre-2015, where 4 beeps/flashes has a different meaning.

Will try new thermal paste as soon as time allows. May I ask where you were able to find info that 4 beeps/flashes = heat issue for HP’s?

CPU never went above 145 deg F during 5 hour 100% CPU utilization test. I am very skeptical it is overheating.

Spontaneously powered off again at about 5 hours into the test. Restarted everything, and then it did it again about 5 minutes into the next test. Going to try a replacement motherboard now.

Update: Reading elsewhere about some things to try, I removed and re-seated the RAM, then started it back up and ran Heavyload again. Heavyload has now been running for over 2 hours, still running ok. This is the first time it's run for more than 10 minutes. Going to keep it running for a couple of days to see if it powers off again. Got my infrared thermometer out of the garage - it's showing the CPU cooler heat pipes at 104 deg F, motherboard near the CPU socket is 110, Software monitor is showing CPU at 140. Don't think overheating is/was the issue. These HP Elitedesk 800's were introduced ~2014 - it should be clear of the "capacitor plague window". However I did check all the visible "round" caps, all look sealed/flat on the ends. CPU fan is spinning, and generally the interior of the case is pristine, no dust/lint buildup I can see anywhere. Windows event viewer has a bunch of critical events about recognizing that it rebooted after failing to shutdown, but there is nothing I can find where it logs anything before the "abnormal" shutdown.

Bought a used HP Elitedesk 800 G1 SFF (basically a small form factor corporate desktop) over the summer with the intent of using it as the DVR for a set of IP cams. It's got an i5-5490 3.3GHz CPU, 4 GB RAM and an Intel HD Graphics 4600 display adapter. I powered it on initially when examining it, had no issues that I could tell, powered on fine, no BIOS errors, booted to Win 7 desktop. It sat in the box for several months while I prepared to move. After moving, I unpacked it, took the original HDD out, put a 4TB HDD in and installed Windows 10 and Blue Iris camera manager software on it. No issues with the OS/software install. Set it up with one camera and left it on overnight. Came back the next morning to find it powered down and with the power switch LED flashing a sequence of 4 flashes. There was still some system power as the power LED was flashing, the ethernet port light was on and the keyboard num, caps and scroll lock lights were all on. Wouldn't power on again until I unplugged the power cord from the back of the power supply and plugged it back in again. After doing that, it booted back up without issue, other than recognizing it had not been shutdown correctly previously Did some googling, found a page that suggested that sequence indicated a power supply problem. Bought a replacement power supply, hooked it up and left the PC running overnight again. Next morning, same thing, powered off, 4 flashes. I installed the test software HeavyLoad which supposedly maxes out the CPU and GPU to stress the system. Running a HeavyLoad test will crash the system in anywhere between 2 and 10 minutes - the display goes blank, it sounds like the CPU fan briefly goes to max RPM, and the power LED flashes 4 times (along with 4 corresponding beeps that repeat just twice). There are no error messages or blue screen, it's just suddenly lights out. The CPU cooler is barely warm to the touch at this point, so I don't think it's an overheating issue. What else should I be looking at? I can pick up a replacement motherboard for around $35 - that will be my next step in the absence of anything else to try.

Bring your Texas catheter - between the movies and about 45 minutes of commercials and trailers I think I was in the seat for 4 hours. The fact that the kids stayed attentive for that long is some indication that the movie was decent. Wasn't my favorite - CGI and space battles were awesome, but the story/plot didn't impress. I especially get annoyed at major characters just dropped into the story with zero introduction (don't want to spoil anything, so I'll stop there).

Interesting end-run tactic I’ve heard discussed for the SALT deduction elimination - States and municipalities could solicit “voluntary donations” from taxpayers. State/Municipality could then reduce tax liability by the amount of the “donation”.

There we go, precedent for no charges for carrying/possession of a taser, just assault which could have also been charged for using fists or just pushing. Thanks for sharing Zeke.

Can't stop picking at it, can you? BTW, his name is Nick PURPURA, not Peruta.

Capt14K, I've been somewhat skeptical of SAPPA's action and legal writings since I first became aware of them, but I do believe their goal is to help the RKBA cause in NJ, so I don't go out of my way to disparage their efforts. That bulletin board you linked above seems to be very anti-Trump/anti-RKBA in general, so I'm not surprised that they're taking any and every opportunity to take shots at the SAPPA action. Maybe Purpura is a crackpot, maybe he isn't, but since his efforts seem to be aimed at increasing gun rights in NJ, perhaps you could stop trying to diminish him.

The constructive approach - ask them if you can have a segment of time during their next event to discuss instances where legal firearm owners successfully prevented violence from occurring, or reduced its severity; have a discussion about why those events are under-represented in the media; and review firearm safety guidelines and safe firearms storage options (no sales tax on safes in NJ).

I was.

Ordered from them in past years with no issue, but haven’t ordered recently. Dispute the payment with PayPal, then I’ll bet that you suddenly hear from O.P.

Interesting analysis on chances for Senate passage: http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2017/12/reciprocity-passed-house-but-will-it.html

Ok, all good. (That said, way back when I got my first glock pistol, I took the slide (*only*) to the Bullet Hole to have them install night sights on it. They insisted on logging the slide into their bound book. I questioned that, since it wasn't a firearm, but they were not tolerating any discussion on the matter.)

Yeah, I think you're missing the question bhunted. Let me try this again - hypothetical: I have a glock 19. It has a serialized frame, slide and barrel. I remove the slide from the frame, and the barrel from the slide. I leave the frame and barrel at home. I take the (serialized) slide with me in my pocket to drop off at a shop to get engraved and picked up several days later. Are you saying that even though the slide is not a firearm (it's just a part), because it's serialized the shop has to have an FFL in order for me to leave it there to be worked on? If so, I find that hard to believe.