PC Tech Talk

[StarsMine]

You know your doing science when you only can do 1% an hour on that thing with every thread maxed.

[-=NYS=- C.O.]

You know your doing science when you only can do 1% an hour on that thing with every thread maxed.

I know. Isn't it wonderful ?

[StarsMine]

As if two 560's and 3 460's are confusing enough, at least those things had the same core for their product

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2011/6/6/nvidia-prepares-third-geforce-gtx-560-for-back-2-school-surprised.aspx

Should be called the 565, its just a striped down 580. Like how the 465 is a striped down 480

[BladeTwinSwords]

Intel P67
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz
8GB (4x2GB) RAM
2TB SATA-III 7200RPM HDD
Blu-Ray Player
Radeon HD 6850
Comes with Gaming Mouse and Keyboard
Includes Windows 7 Ultimate and Microsoft Professional

I paid about $1100 total.

[StarsMine]

Decent price, though with those specs it looks like something other then gaming was your main priority, what are you planing on doing with it?

[BladeTwinSwords]

Decent price, though with those specs it looks like something other then gaming was your main priority, what are you planing on doing with it?

Mostly for video editing. I didn't want a gaming pc as much as a workhorse.

[BladeTwinSwords]

I know maymay will kill me for double posting but I ended up getting a better deal for the same rig. I also got a 19" monitor as well as a free copy of Shogun 2. No you can't have it, I already handed it to Steamer.

All this extra plus the previous stats for $900.

Too bad I have absolutely no wireless on it so I am going to have to steal the router from my apartment. :smirk:

[StarsMine]

Just go through you wall outlet :D, That or a 100ft Ethernet, or a 25 dollar card to put inside it.

[brentidge]

new amd apu whats your thoughts? and how long do i have to wait for the bulldozer

[StarsMine]

The APU is great, It has more GPU power then a console and a CPU about equivilent to a Athlon II x4. It runs on the fm1 socket though

Bulldozer should be out late augest early september, will be on the am3+ boards, however am3+ has no future. The successor to Bulldozer will be on the Fmx socket, same with the APUs.

[wheeler9691]

Friend won 3 grand at a casino and built a new rig so he sold me his old one for 650. Then I upgraded mobo, ram, and cpu for around $450. I'm pleased for now xD. Next purchase is more than likely gonna be sli 600 series when it comes out. Gotta save up coinage lol

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1100T Processor @ 3.3GHz
GPU: Sparkle Nvidia GeForce GTX470
Mobo: AsRock 890GX Pro3
Memory: GSkill DDR3 8GB
Power Supply: 750W Corsair
HDD: 2 x 320GB (I don't need a terabyte I don't watch anime xD)
1 Sata DVD Drive

Accessories
Mouse: Razer Death Adder
Mouse Pad: Rocketfish Aluminum Speed/Control Pad
Headset: Turtle Beach Earforce X11
Keyboard: Generic Logitech
Monitor: LG Flatron L1751S
Case: Thermaltake Element T

[itsme]

Friend won 3 grand at a casino and built a new rig so he sold me his old one for 650. Then I upgraded mobo, ram, and cpu for around $450.

What was the time frame between buying it and upgrading the mobo, ram, & CPU? if you did it right away you bought a case, video card, & HDs for $650? lol

[wheeler9691]

I got it August 2010 just upgraded ram, mobo, and cpu like 3 weeks ago. Everything else is the same. Not sure how long he had everthing in it before that though.

[mag36]

So im looking into building a HTPC under 500 well cheeper the better.... LETS here some suggestions.

Requirements :
Blueray/DVD burner
Wifi

(not Required)
But would be nice nice
Remote capability
HD TV tuner

kinda liking this case, but havent looked around to much
Antec Black Aluminum / Steel Fusion Remote Black Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129054)

[StarsMine]

LLano is here to save the day for your HTPC need :D


... that was overly easy. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.721385 XD

Looking for a cheaper build now

[StarsMine]

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6730/htpc.png

PAXMEM8 5 bucks off - ram
EMCKBGK32 10 bucks off - HDD
and the mobo comes with an IR reader and remote :D

AND free shipping to for US Mofo :D

[StarsMine]

Just bought myself a new desktop. Unfortunatly since I could not find a Bit fenix shinbi anywhere (well I did but it was over retail AND 20 bucks shipping) I ended up with a CM scout. Really really wanted a White shinobi case :(

Anyways The rig has two purpuses, gaming and folding, I was originally planing on getting bulldozers, but since that got pushed to q4, I went with an i7 2600k being cooled by a Noctua d14. I Also managed to get a hands on a antec HCG 650w PSU, absolutely amazing ripple suppression on that thing so here comes the high OC :). 8 gigs of 1600 mhz ram at 1.5v. Got a nice HP 1920x1200 monitor, 24 inch. I will be using the GTX 460 768 from my previus rig untill Kepler comes out q1 and use my EVGA bucks on that. Win 7 pro so I can finnaly play my 16bit based windows games via XP virtualization. and a 1tb Spinpoint f3

[acolyte_to_jippity]

hey, the CM storm scout kicks ass! i'm using that for the rig i'm building

love the handles too, since i'll be using it at lans

[mag36]

make sure you post pics when you have it all set up exactly like you want it

[StarsMine]

Got the CPU to 4.7ghz :D 1.380v though :/
Ill post pictures when I can connect to this damn site w/o a proxy. Even though zero white listed me (it worked for a while) I still cant connect

[ZERO]

Once again to confirm is it that you see nothing when you try to view the site? Also it only occurs on this site and not zmtop50.com or anywhere else?

[StarsMine]

I can get to ZMtop50 w/o a proxy, I have also tried getting to Ibis on multiple computers... well 2, the laptop, and the desktop I just build, both are wireless right now, If I ask to get my desktop wired, I will also ask about why I am unable to connect to ibis gaming.

[ZERO]

What is the ip you are using again and what address are you entering have you tried viewing just the sourcebans page or any of the stats sites can you see the motd in the servers?

[Steamer]

DNS issues?

Could it be Cloudflare's optimization proxies, maybe a direct alternative just in case would help some users out.

Edit: I just saw that zmtop50 uses Cloudflare... Could it be that they are using a direct exchange?

Just tossing out some guess's.

[ZERO]

The most likely thing is that a .htaccess file somewhere is blocking him. He is white listed on cloudflare and on the servers firewall...

[StarsMine]

Something got it working on my desktop

[acolyte_to_jippity]

http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?nm_mc=EMC-SD092011&cm_mmc=EMC-SD092011-_-SD092811-_-item-_-singleitem

s (http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?nm_mc=EMC-SD092011&cm_mmc=EMC-SD092011-_-SD092811-_-item-_-singleitem)hell shocker deal, starting 10 PDT, for 35$

[Steamer]

Bulldozer = FAIL!

Well, unless you want to make a machine for the sole purpose of video encoding / transcoding.

[Don Hamis]

In 2000, he did early pioneering work with Manuel Blum on CAPTCHAs, computer-generated tests that humans are routinely able to pass but that computers have not yet mastered. These devices are used by web sites to prevent automated programs, or bots, from perpetrating large-scale abuse, such as automatically registering for large numbers of accounts or purchasing huge number of tickets for resale by scalpers. CAPTCHAs brought von Ahn his first widespread fame among the general public due to its coverage in The New York Times, USA Today, Discovery Channel, NOVA scienceNOW, and other mainstream outlets.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Bulldozer = FAIL!

Well, unless you want to make a machine for the sole purpose of video encoding / transcoding.

what?

it was GSkill Ripjaws...a pack of 2 4GB sticks.

[StarsMine]

what?

it was GSkill Ripjaws...a pack of 2 4GB sticks.
What? We be talking about how fail bulldozer is. And yes steamer, yes it is.

[Steamer]

Sad...

I was looking for more competition, so Intel can push out another toy. This is BS!

[Belphegor]

yeah bulldozer is fail. i read a few article with it being stacked against Intel's gen2 chips and there was a 2.2mHz difference between the chips. I mean if you're gonna make an 8 core processor at the very least have it breach 4gHz and not just 3.6 or 3.8 which is what my i5 is pulling.

[StarsMine]

yeah bulldozer is fail. i read a few article with it being stacked against Intel's gen2 chips and there was a 2.2mHz difference between the chips. I mean if you're gonna make an 8 core processor at the very least have it breach 4gHz and not just 3.6 or 3.8 which is what my i5 is pulling.
Thats not the problem with it. Also the higher the core count the harder it is to get higher frequancy.
Lets say there is a 25% chance a core can hit 5ghz, multiply that by 4 and that how it likely it will be for a 4 core chip to get 5ghz stable
Its why the freq record they broke only had 1 modual (2 cores) active, and how the previus record was held by a celeron chip.

Also speed is a moot point. a P4 can hit 5 ghz but its IPC is so damn low, it did not matter. And thats the problem with bulldozer, its IPC is less then a deneb.

[Belphegor]

yeah that sucks. just wait for whatever Intel comes out with, they got some new chip structures that they're messing around with that increase speed a shitload. but all that is still in the experimental phase.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

So i just recently installed a new 750w PSU, a 990xa-UD3 AM3+ MoBo, and a 6850 Raedon GPU. When ever i play heavy 3D games like skyrim, i get horizontal lines that move up and down my screen periodically and then after about 5 min my screen turns either gray with horizontal lines going threw it, black with what looks like a 1900x100 resolution horizontal line at the top of my screen, and lastly and most oddly, a bunch of horizantal lines that distort visibility while at the same time the left half of my screen inverts with the right half of the screen....

what could the possible problems be and here is what iv tried. I re-installed all my video drivers, im about to go into bios and tweak with my ram settings, i reseated all my ram, and i tried setting my settings down to low in skyrim.

this problem does not occur in counterstrike at all unless i have pandora running in the steam window and when it happens after then.. its just a comp freeze resulting in a restart.

[CrazyHorse]

Any time a game is not working graphically like that, or it is running really slowly even on lowest gfx settings, it can usually be fixed by simply lowering your resolution. Also make sure the resolution matches your monitor, like don't use a widescreen setting for the game on a normal monitor. Make sure your windows resolution is set to the optimal setting for your monitor, then make sure your game matches it or set it lower.

[StarsMine]

update the bios on your board? Get rid of any OC you have done. :/ you just have an odd mess on your hands
Prime95 see if anything is unstable. I dont know if thats your issue though

Crazy horse, I dont think scaling is the issue here

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

update the bios on your board? Get rid of any OC you have done. :/ you just have an odd mess on your hands
Prime95 see if anything is unstable. I dont know if thats your issue though

Crazy horse, I dont think scaling is the issue here

There isnt a bios update, the bios for my MoBo is beta 990xa-UD3 Rev 1.1. I did just go into my bios though and found that my ram was auto over clocked to 2.2k ..my ram is old and cant handle more then 1.8 so i changed that and my MoBo also auto clocked it to a 11 11 11 28 time scheme. So i fixed that. I didnt crash the rest of this morning but i still got this screen that i can Alt-F4 out of to fix, which i guess is better then a black screen that involves restarts.

when i get home from work im going to try re fitting the GPU, its pretty heavy it may be lose. Then ill re install windows (somthing i havnt done in the last 8 months.)


4489

[acolyte_to_jippity]

There isnt a bios update, the bios for my MoBo is beta 990xa-UD3 Rev 1.1. I did just go into my bios though and found that my ram was auto over clocked to 2.2k ..my ram is old and cant handle more then 1.8 so i changed that and my MoBo also auto clocked it to a 11 11 11 28 time scheme. So i fixed that. I didnt crash the rest of this morning but i still got this screen that i can Alt-F4 out of to fix, which i guess is better then a black screen that involves restarts.

when i get home from work im going to try re fitting the GPU, its pretty heavy it may be lose. Then ill re install windows (somthing i havnt done in the last 8 months.)


4489

skyrim?

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

skyrim?yes, skyrim. Stars I'm running that test now. Should test tell I get home so about 10 hours. Is that enough time?

[acolyte_to_jippity]

yes, skyrim. Stars I'm running that test now. Should test tell I get home so about 10 hours. Is that enough time?

no, your mobo set your memory timing to skyrim.

it's odd, i have the same gpu, absolutely no problems.

reinstall gfx drivers?

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

Gfx? Like that ati catalyst driver? It could just be fualty.... Shit happens.. I have new ram coming Tmrw. Crosair vengance 8gb 2x4 11 11 11 28 2166

[Steamer]

Ewww artifacts... Return the damn video card....

Sometimes shit happens, and ya just get a bad card that somehow passed testing(Well they don't do long burn in tests.).

Honestly... ATI's are the only cards I have ever had to RMA, must just be coincidence. Wonder if they have less rigorous stress testing rules the Nvidia sets.

[StarsMine]

If it remained stable then its not the CPU or Ram.
If its a new GPU, try RMAing it.

Steamer, the problem with thinking like that is our pool of personal reliability knowledge is small.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

If it remained stable then its not the CPU or Ram.
If its a new GPU, try RMAing it.

Steamer, the problem with thinking like that is our pool of personal reliability knowledge is small..
I'll post results when I get home for I'm sure ill have no idea what I'm looking at. I want to order a new card before rmaing so I'm not without my comp in between. Anything better then 6850 that is compatible with AMD

[acolyte_to_jippity]

.
I'll post results when I get home for I'm sure ill have no idea what I'm looking at. I want to order a new card before rmaing so I'm not without my comp in between. Anything better then 6850 that is compatible with AMD

6850 is a damn good card. i put one in my machine, and it's working fine!

contact amd. see if they know about this, and if there are any fixes

[StarsMine]

Compatable with AMD...
Wait did you just buy an AMD gpu because you thought nivida is not compatible? :banghead:
There are plenty of cards better then a 6870. You have 6950s, 6970s, 570s, 580s and quite a few others

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

i havnt tried skyrim yet but i just installed my new ram, here is what happened... my boot up was about 1 min faster.. like after loging into windows. No lag on processes starting up at all!

[StarsMine]

What a whole lot of fucking shit. http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Not-Competing-With-Intel-Anymore-Goes-Mobile-237103.shtml
Yea lets hand over intel a nice massive x86 monopoly. Fucking fuckers.

[BladeTwinSwords]

What a whole lot of fucking shit. http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Not-Competing-With-Intel-Anymore-Goes-Mobile-237103.shtml
Yea lets hand over intel a nice massive x86 monopoly. Fucking fuckers.

That's going to piss off quite a few people.

On a side note. I bought myself a nice LG 24" LCD Monitor on Cyber Monday for $100 :icon_mrgreen:

[acolyte_to_jippity]

That's going to piss off quite a few people.

On a side note. I bought myself a nice LG 24" LCD Monitor on Cyber Monday for $100 :icon_mrgreen:

it pisses me off! i just built an AMD computer, remember?

fuck

[StarsMine]

why exactly are you pissed off if you just built a rig? not like you can upgrade an AMD rig right now anyways, AM3+ was DOA, only thing for it is bulldozer. Piledriver and trinity are for FM2 socket.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

why exactly are you pissed off if you just built a rig? not like you can upgrade an AMD rig right now anyways, AM3+ was DOA, only thing for it is bulldozer. Piledriver and trinity are for FM2 socket.

i like amd's products. and, i never even considered intel when i was planning my build. i just don't work with intel's products.

[Steamer]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/science/smaller-magnetic-materials-push-boundaries-of-nanotechnology.html

Awesome!

[mag36]

i thought this was interresting

Google Fined $660,000 For Making Google Maps Free (http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Maps-France-VZ-Navigator-Anti-Competitive,news-14072.html)

[KɅΞW]

I'm in need of a new graphic card and I got about $200 budget.

Currently using
Graphic card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102768) Radeon HD 4870 x2
Mother Board (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358) Gigabyte LGA 775
CPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036) Intel Core 2 Duo 3.16GHz
RAMs (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289) OCZ 2GB x4(8BG total) DDR2 1066

[StarsMine]

560 ti would be your best bet. Would not be an amazing upgrade from what you have though. could look at the 78xx when they come out or the GTX 660

[acolyte_to_jippity]

i'm quite the fan of my HIS 6850. you can probably get something better for 200 now, though.

[KɅΞW]

Just talked to the people at 3dguru and they suggest that my CPU needs to be upgrade from dual core to quad core. Thanks for the input though.

[StarsMine]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120.html
Not untill games start using more cores.
Games prefer more powerfull cores over multiple cores.
Your CPU would be right on par with a pentium g630, so You should be fine with your current one for gaming untill at least haswell.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/55?vs=406
a quad wont give you that much of a boost in gaming, the IPC and clock of the new chips will. Just overclock what you have.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/55?vs=288

GPU like a 6850 might be a better investment, but two 4850s is still a massive force to be reckoned with. What resolution are you playing at?

[ZERO]

Correct, you may lose performance in some games if you get too small a quad core. However the new sandy bridge is much faster even if you got a dule. However you will need to replace your motherboard for any upgrade that is worth it cpu wise.

[mag36]

Just talked to the people at 3dguru and they suggest that my CPU needs to be upgrade from dual core to quad core. Thanks for the input though.

Totally agree with zero and starmine. Your not going to get much of a boost for gaming by switching just a cpu. Toms hardware post articles every month on whats the best bang for your buck, and the tend to be pretty accurate with all the test they done http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-4.html

I myself have two Amd 4850s with a i7 920 processor and still serving me well. Best spent of 200 would be to buy a GPU or save up and go with a 1155 socket motherboard and get an i5 processor. The 775 motherboard is whats really limiting you

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

A fan quit on me, im having CPU heat problems. What is the best cooling route to take that won't cost an arm and leg.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

A fan quit on me, im having CPU heat problems. What is the best cooling route to take that won't cost an arm and leg.

buy a new fan?

[Sin]

A fan quit on me, im having CPU heat problems. What is the best cooling route to take that won't cost an arm and leg.

Frozen peas.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

The over heating of my CPU was a problem even before the fan quit. I'm looking for an efficient way to keep my CPU and other parts cool. As the CPU fan I currently have is a pos

[StarsMine]

buy an after market cooler o.O

Best value one is the cooler master hyper 212+ (succeeded by the evo)
Best Air cooler for whatever price, something like a noctua d-14 or a Prolimatech venom... What was it called?

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

buy an after market cooler o.O

Best value one is the cooler master hyper 212+ (succeeded by the evo)
Best Air cooler for whatever price, something like a noctua d-14 or a Prolimatech venom... What was it called? are these fairly light? My current one is heavy as balls and sags, you can physically see it damaging the CPU socket.

[StarsMine]

you will be hard pressed to break a mobo from the weight of a cooler.

[Jackie Marlow]

I have a late 2010 i5 with 4gb and a 4890. The only game I play is CSS and soon CS:GO. should I upgrade the memory and gpu? I think I'm ok with the i5 for at least another year.

[StarsMine]

If you keep running out of ram, yes, if not... Well you can since ram is so dirt cheap now.
GPU, honestly that is one of the most powerful dx10 gpus out, if you want dx11, you can upgrade, if not I would wait for the rest of the line up of kepler and southern islands to come out and then ask again.
But if all you play is css, that game should not stress any of it and it only runs in dx9c

[Jackie Marlow]

If you keep running out of ram, yes, if not... Well you can since ram is so dirt cheap now.
GPU, honestly that is one of the most powerful dx10 gpus out, if you want dx11, you can upgrade, if not I would wait for the rest of the line up of kepler and southern islands to come out and then ask again.
But if all you play is css, that game should not stress any of it and it only runs in dx9c
Thanks. For CSS I'm maxed out and usually at about 300fps. Some maps it dips to 150 at times with a lot of action, but I'm not complaining. More concerned with getting graphics maxed out for GO when it comes out. Sounds like I can just wait for GO and react accordingly.

[Rosie]

So I need some help. While I was at drill this weekend I guess mypay PC just quit. Mypay wife said them fan made a wierd noise and just quit. When I attempt to power it on, it just cycles on then off. When it comes on the second time it just powers on and the fans stay on. I get no visual signal, nor does my mouse get power.

My pc is a Dell optiplex 755.I am running XP with more than max RAM. I have a GE Force 8600 GTS vid card but other thanks that it is stock. I was going to start by replacing the power supply, but if anyone has a clue what happened it would be great.

Tried to attach pics from my phone. Do not know if it worked.Also if you notice the cooling fins are chopped off to make room for the vid card. I forgot about doing that. It's been running that way for a couple of years.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

looks like a case of accidental death from autoerotic asphyxiation.

[mag36]

some cases its a just a power supply gave out with lack of air flow and over heats in seconds or amps dropped to low to power motherboard. or motherboard is toast hard to say. best thing to do is check you voltatges on powersupply. If that seems good then it has be motherboard. or if board lights up could be Graphics card bad an just shows a black screen. possiblily look at board with popped are resistors.


either way unless its the powersupply you probably better off buy a new computer. Or build your own like a real gamer

[Rosie]

I'm about 90% sure that it is the video card. I had a custom case for awhile, but the small case was easier to restrict access to my 3 year old. I think I have another 8600 somewhere. Either way I'll be without game access for awhile.

[mag36]

So I have 2 ATI 4850 graphics cards and thinking about upgrading with about budget of $250(been considering a 7850) even though my motherboard is only PCI Express 2.0.
Anyone have some suggestions on a graphics card for 250 price point and/or less. Should i wait till the next series of Nvidia and AMD cards


I tend to buy one card then SLI or Crossfire a few months down the road.

specs of pc are i7 920 and a Msi x58 motherboard that supports SLI and crossfire

[Dead]

So I have 2 ATI 4850 graphics cards and thinking about upgrading with about budget of $250(been considering a 7850) even though my motherboard is only PCI Express 2.0.
Anyone have some suggestions on a graphics card for 250 price point and/or less. Should i wait till the next series of Nvidia and AMD cards


I tend to buy one card then SLI or Crossfire a few months down the road.

specs of pc are i7 920 and a Msi x58 motherboard that supports SLI and crossfire

At that price range you only got the 7850 and the nvidia 560ti. The 7850 is faster and sucks less power, so I would go for it. But nvidia has not come out with any budget card this generation... yet. So maybe wait for the "660" to come out and see if prices for other cards come down after that.

[ZERO]

I would wait for the low cost Nvidia cards they will have a crazy amount of power for the money :wtg:

[Carmichal]

Okay so I have an unusual question. My crack head uncle is broke again so he is coming to live with my dad. He has stolen things in the past, and I would like to use an old web cam to set up a surveillance that saves things in an remote, off my computer location, and be able to access them remotely. (Just in case he steals my pc.)

I have racked my brain on this, can't find anything.

It has to be free.

[T3h tyrant]

Im getting a Geforce GTX 580 3gb video card for $220, which is regularly $630. I think that's pretty dirt cheap if you ask me lol

[ZERO]

The 600 series is so much better everything pre 600 series regardless of power is basiclaly worthless. The 600 series is more like 700 or 800 series as far as actual power is consurened vs what you normally get from going form one gen to the next.

[toma]

Okay so I have an unusual question. My crack head uncle is broke again so he is coming to live with my dad. He has stolen things in the past, and I would like to use an old web cam to set up a surveillance that saves things in an remote, off my computer location, and be able to access them remotely. (Just in case he steals my pc.)

I have racked my brain on this, can't find anything.

It has to be free.

only thing i can think of that is close to free is(if you already have some webspace), using a free video capture software to save directly to your PC, then run a script to record at 1 min intervals(or however long, most security recordings are defaulted to 1 min) then upload those videos via script to the webspace, using Task Scheduler inside control panel > Admin tools

[StarsMine]

I gave up trying to think of something free.
You need some piece of hardware. I can think of many different ways to do it, none free.

[toma]

just thought of something else you could do.

create 2 skype accounts, initiate video conference from another machine and use http://www.evaer.com/ to record video chat (or another software)

this is assuming you have 2 machines accessible, one being offsite and secure/trusted

[StarsMine]

And screen capture for hours on end? D:

[toma]

it'll get the job done for freeish

[StarsMine]

660 Ti is out :D
Do want, and 660ti, 670, 680s, 690s all come with a free copy of boderlands 2, fuck yea.
I have 150 EVGA bucks, Im hoping to get myself the evga 660 ti ftw edition. I am wondering if its a good Idea to use my 460 768MB as a physX card....

[Steamer]

I am wondering if its a good Idea to use my 460 768MB as a physX card....

oO, overkill.

[StarsMine]

actually no, what has been happening more often then not is with a high end card, using a low end GPU for physX actually bottlenecks the more powerful card.
A 580 can do graphics and phsyx faster then a 540 can do the physX.

I Would like to keep the 460 inside the computer for folding anyways. If I get the 660 ti, I should start testing it out, see how much of a frame boost I can get.

[Wolfenstinger]

So, I've been playing on a labtop for the past few months now and it just decided to start acting up approx 4 days ago. Basically - i've been getting a whole 5 seconds of lag in CSS for no reason with a ping of like 8 for example. I don't know the cause exactly, but I've already done the following:

-Checked my connections (it's a labtop, i know >.>)
-Checked other users in house (not the problem, seeing how i'd experience this when nobody used the other computers nor were there torrents being DLd)
-Restarted my Labtop (multiple times)
-Shut it down completely, wait a couple minutes, then turn it back on (pretty much same as restarting but meh)
-Ran CC Cleaner multiple times
-Done a virus scan (nothing)
-Did a disk defrag

Specs to the labtop are on here : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o03_s00_i00

Guess my question is - any solutions to this or suggestions? Yes, I know we are a gaming community but at the same time, I know there's better Computer Wizs out there than myself.

[>>>Shots<<<]

@Wolfenstinger
Your laptop specs are some of the worst for fps games with decent graphics. When in the server press `or~ key and type cl_showfps 1 and check top right corner for your fps. Anything below 60 fps would make your game choppy and laggy. My only suggestion would be ctrl+alt+delete, start task manager, processes and sort them by cpu, close any applicable processes using alot of cpu.

[Jackie Marlow]

My 4890 is about to eat shit. I cleaned and reinstalled the drivers twice, downgraded the drivers, basically wasted hours of my life but it still throws out artifacts and blue screens daily. Getting more and more frequent. Soooo, back to Nvidia for me.

GeForce GTX 660TI (MSI OC edition)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

[brett friggin favre]

been having an issue with my new laptop, it doesn't like to sleep. it'll sleep for 2 seconds, then wake up. every time. one common culprit is the network adapter but that's been ruled out, as has the mouse, keyboard, etc. i have no idea what it could be. also, the only way to make it actually shut down is to hold down the power button til it does so. the regular shutdown just makes it restart. no idea what's going on, any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Carmichal]

been having an issue with my new laptop, it doesn't like to sleep. it'll sleep for 2 seconds, then wake up. every time. one common culprit is the network adapter but that's been ruled out, as has the mouse, keyboard, etc. i have no idea what it could be. also, the only way to make it actually shut down is to hold down the power button til it does so. the regular shutdown just makes it restart. no idea what's going on, any suggestions would be appreciated.

hold it at gun point.

[brett friggin favre]

fixed, some kind of toshiba registration pinger service was causing it.

[ZERO]

was about to say you should disable wake on lan encase some service is trying to access network resources when you want to sleep.

[CYBER]

Having a PC issue is really an important and exchanging of thread comment is such a big help. We all know that PC and any other gadget is the main technology used by everyone and it should we need to have knowledge in this.
what the FUCK does that even mean???

God i hope u're just a bot and not born that way.

[brett friggin favre]

what the FUCK does that even mean???

God i hope u're just a bot and not born that way.

bot..

[Dj panda]

Well since Blackmails dog Broke one of the ears of my good headset, i need a new one. Been looking at some for around the same price. Heres what i got so far
http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666438605#specifications Looks to be most comfy
http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666308094#specifications Best sound output, can get for 76$ insted of the 120$ tag on sony.
Taking suggestions too :o

[acolyte_to_jippity]

i'm considering buying

http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Blaster-Tactic-Gaming-Headset/dp/B0041OQKIC/ref=sr_1_38?ie=UTF8

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826158082&nm_mc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r-_-Headsets+and+Accessories-_-Creative+Labs-_-26158082

[Dj panda]

what im buying is for pure sound,and music, i dont want the mic attachment. Also just saying from past history, square gaming headsets are uncomfortable as fuck, and they dont work well because your ear isnt square, its oval. also i found a hilarous pair of headphones http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR-XB700-Extra-Bass-Headphones/dp/B001RB24SW The shier size of the ear makes it look funny, but at a staples near me they had one of these, and holy shit is it comfortable, too bad the sound is crappy for the price

[B1ackOut]

i'm considering buying

http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Blaster-Tactic-Gaming-Headset/dp/B0041OQKIC/ref=sr_1_38?ie=UTF8

I was literally just about to post a complaint about those exact headphones and to see if it had happened to anyone else and if they had been able to fix it.

Today I put the headset on my desk to go let the dog out. When I come back the left ear does not work, and the cord could be pushed into the earphone. I haven't opened it up to fix the wire as i am looking for the receipt, but as I said, has this happened to anyone else who has owned these headphones?

And btw aco, besides that they are great headphones.

Edit: Also aco I had the fatal1y headphones before, they are also very good, you will be pleased with either choice.

[ZERO]

This site has got the frequency charts so you can see what your actually buying:
http://www.headphones.com/

When buying headphones first read:
http://www.head-fi.org/f/4/headphones-full-size

[acolyte_to_jippity]

I was literally just about to post a complaint about those exact headphones and to see if it had happened to anyone else and if they had been able to fix it.

Today I put the headset on my desk to go let the dog out. When I come back the left ear does not work, and the cord could be pushed into the earphone. I haven't opened it up to fix the wire as i am looking for the receipt, but as I said, has this happened to anyone else who has owned these headphones?

And btw aco, besides that they are great headphones.

Edit: Also aco I had the fatal1y headphones before, they are also very good, you will be pleased with either choice.

i was honestly hoping for some decently affordable with a braided cord. I would prefer that for the better durability...however i can't seem to find any of sufficient quality.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

actually blackout, i'm looking for something that I can wear around and use as regular headphones, as well as a headset for gaming. that's why i kinda like the removeable mic. how did the soundblaster's do for music and movies and shit?

[ZERO]

Just get a desktop mic. They work the best and cost basically nothing. I have used the same one for decades without issues. This should work fine: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836131024

---------- Post added at 01:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:43 PM ----------

Look here is a recent thread about gaming headphones right here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/635466/gaming-headphone-search

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Just get a desktop mic. They work the best and cost basically nothing. I have used the same one for decades without issues. This should work fine: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836131024

---------- Post added at 01:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:43 PM ----------

Look here is a recent thread about gaming headphones right here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/635466/gaming-headphone-search

I will take that into consideration. in the even i go for the seperate mic/headphones option, what would you recommend as far as headphones, keeping budgetary concerns in mind (I do not want to spend more than the siberia neckbands)

[ZERO]

Ah here I found an ultimate guilde which has ones for every price range: http://www.head-fi.org/t/534479/mad-lust-envys-headphone-gaming-guide-updated-10-30-12-dt990-listings-merged-and-updated

[Steamer]

Nice find Zero. I'm using a cheap ass Plantronics 355 set. For 25$ I could never find a better "all around" device, less I get some lucky ass sale.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

@zero

i've changed my considerings. i'm now looking at:

http://www.amazon.com/Superlux-HD668B-Dynamic-Semi-Open-Headphones/dp/B003JOETX8

OR

http://www.amazon.com/Superlux-681-Dynamic-Semi-Open-Headphones/dp/B002GHIPYI/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top


they're headphones only, but seem to be very good.

'ill be picking up either a clip-on mic, or the antlion modmic due to a sudden gift-card i found. opinions? they weren't on that list you posted earlier, but they seem to be pretty good.

[ZERO]

Everyone looking <$75 seems to love them: http://www.head-fi.org/t/559856/superlux-hd681

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Everyone looking <$75 seems to love them: http://www.head-fi.org/t/559856/superlux-hd681

sweet! 30$ means i can afford a modmic easily. :ordered:!

[ZERO]

sweet! 30$ means i can afford a modmic easily. :ordered:!

Let us know how they sound once you get them. :wtg:

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Let us know how they sound once you get them. :wtg:

this close to christmas, i decided to wait. But they sure seem to be good quality.

http://www.vanillatf2.org/2012/01/antlion-audio-modmic-review-and-giveaway/

that review has a comparison between it and one of the more popular clip-on mics.

[StarsMine]

Ima stick with my blue snoball mic, though it is not the easiest thing to carry back and forth from DC to SD constantly.

[Carmichal]

For the last day or so when I play CS my frame rate decided to get all fucked up, and go bananas. I turned all the graphic settings down, but to no avail. Help would be much appreciated.

[XX0wnsXY]

For the last day or so when I play CS my frame rate decided to get all fucked up, and go bananas. I turned all the graphic settings down, but to no avail. Help would be much appreciated.

Are you running a custom config? Might try one for fps

[mrhappypenguin]

Apologizing for wall of text,

Last month I won a bid on a Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 motherboard for $79. It took 2 weeks to ship but no problem. When I opened the box I noticed the latch on the CPU socket was open but didn't think much of it. I took the board out of the box and looked over it and eveything looked great. I decided to move the box out of the way and this piece of metal falls out. I pick it up and it read "Phenom II" :eek:. Some of the pins were bent so I spent a few hours slowly straitening all the pins. Once they were strait I stuck it onto the board, mounted the heatsink and installed it in my tower. Pushed the power button and it posted. Windows boots up and I open up CPUz to verify what CPU it is and it reads "AMD Phenom II x6 1090T." My jaw dropped.

The ebay listing said that the motherboard was pulled from a working system and had a generic picture of the motherboard. I'm guessing the seller just pulled the heat sink off and sold it as is.

I think this was a lucky CPU. I overclocked it day one and got it up to 4.3GHz stable. I set it to 4.2GHz for daily use because I didn't like having the extra voltage and heat at 4.3. The CPU-NB (memory controller built into the CPU) is at 3.4GHz. I can't get that higher then 3.5Ghz, my motherboard just won't post above that, no matter what voltages/fsb/multiplier I use. I would mess with it some more but I don't want to kill it.

FYI I'm only running 4 out of the 6 cores to keep temps down. Full load temp at max is 48C. I'm using a Coolermaster hyper 212+ with a 120mm x 38mm 3000rpm fan, although I have it on auto and it rarely reaches 2000rpm. It does make some noise but my headphones block most of it.

[Bane of Soldiers]

So, I've been having some trouble with my laptop as of recently... Suddenly, starting up and logging in became really laggy and windows explorer would just stop responding whenever I wanted to do something besides open a picture or Firefox. I would be able to use Firefox for about a minute before it stopped responding for two minutes because Flash Player kept crashing. And once windows explorer stopped responding, it wouldn't come back... well, I got impatient after waiting five to eight minutes so I force shut down around then or earlier. When it stopped responding, if I try to click once or hover over the taskbar, the mouse pointer wouldn't respond either. Windows Task Manager and CTRL + ALT + DEL wouldn't work either.


I turned up with nothing when I ran two full scans using Malware Bytes and nothing from System Restore, as expected. Someone suggested to me to use CCleaner and Auslogics Disk Defrag. Things improved after cleaning the registry and windows log, defragging, and optimizing, but Windows Explorer still crashes more often than I would like. I can now open media files and programs, although I did crash when I tried pressing play on a paused WMP video. Downloads in the MBs upset my computer, and it is still slightly more laggy than before. I've had some registry difficulties when logging into STEAM, and my computer does not take well to my attempts to download games. Often very laggy when I try to open my Libraries, Downloads, or Documents folders; although win explorer crashed on folders that had less to load anyway.



The same person also suggested updating my drivers, but I have not done so yet. Computers are not my thing... can anyone point out the possible source of this mess and provide solutions (in layman's terms, step by step) so that I can go back to using my laptop normally? Have no idea where the install disk or whatever is; returning to factory settings was last on my list anyway :headache:

[Arkaine]

So, I've been having some trouble with my laptop as of recently... Suddenly, starting up and logging in became really laggy and windows explorer would just stop responding whenever I wanted to do something besides open a picture or Firefox. I would be able to use Firefox for about a minute before it stopped responding for two minutes because Flash Player kept crashing. And once windows explorer stopped responding, it wouldn't come back... well, I got impatient after waiting five to eight minutes so I force shut down around then or earlier. When it stopped responding, if I try to click once or hover over the taskbar, the mouse pointer wouldn't respond either. Windows Task Manager and CTRL + ALT + DEL wouldn't work either.


I turned up with nothing when I ran two full scans using Malware Bytes and nothing from System Restore, as expected. Someone suggested to me to use CCleaner and Auslogics Disk Defrag. Things improved after cleaning the registry and windows log, defragging, and optimizing, but Windows Explorer still crashes more often than I would like. I can now open media files and programs, although I did crash when I tried pressing play on a paused WMP video. Downloads in the MBs upset my computer, and it is still slightly more laggy than before. I've had some registry difficulties when logging into STEAM, and my computer does not take well to my attempts to download games. Often very laggy when I try to open my Libraries, Downloads, or Documents folders; although win explorer crashed on folders that had less to load anyway.



The same person also suggested updating my drivers, but I have not done so yet. Computers are not my thing... can anyone point out the possible source of this mess and provide solutions (in layman's terms, step by step) so that I can go back to using my laptop normally? Have no idea where the install disk or whatever is; returning to factory settings was last on my list anyway :headache:

You sure your hard disk isn't failing? Usually OEM computers will have a diagnostic tool that you can run at boot (typically F9, F10, or F12): HP Diagnostics (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00386164&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en), Dell Diagnostics (http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?&docid=DSN_300428&isLegacy=true). If not, you can try this application.
http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm

[Bane of Soldiers]

You sure your hard disk isn't failing? Usually OEM computers will have a diagnostic tool that you can run at boot (typically F9, F10, or F12): HP Diagnostics (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00386164&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en), Dell Diagnostics (http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?&docid=DSN_300428&isLegacy=true). If not, you can try this application.
http://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm

I already got through it (I think?), but thanks for the advice anyway! :) Things started running smoothly after I disabled every non-Microsoft service and startup items. Now I have to narrow them to the problematic item. Here's to hoping that there aren't any complications :icon_mrgreen:

[|2esolution]

Here's a couple pics of the gaming pc I recently "assembled"

OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-180G 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

AMD A10-5800K Trinity 3.8GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 7660D AD580KWOHJBOX

ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

APEVIA X-TELSTAR-BL Blue/ Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer CaseNo Power Supply

BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85W FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

ICY DOCK MB990SP-B Dual Bay 2.5" to 3.5" SATA/IDE SSD & Hard Drive Bracket / Adapter

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model 996997

1 x XFX Double D FX-785A-CDFC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready

1 x Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified

23" widescreen Hp LED monitor

7051705270537054

I plan on changing the cpu fan as the Zalman I got did not fit this processor and was my fault although its not needed this thing runs cool now but in the future when the games are more intense i may overclock

I also plan on adding an Apevia power supply just for looks because it is a clear and multi color led power supply

[jwtemp]

That's a really cool case but a little showy for my tastes. Also why is every PC power supply/case light friggin' night club, house music, rave blue? LOL Seems like every PSU I've had suffers this fate.

I do like the 'RPM' gauges on the front though, definitely a nice touch. Where on the mobo do those plug in? My biggest complaint about your build is you went with an AMD processor over an Intel. :( Intel is big time crushing everything AMD puts up in terms of price-to-performance, not to mention that AMD doesn't really have anything on its roster that competes with Intel's upper echelon of chips at all really.

I recently built a monster myself during the Black Friday deals last year. I got an incredible price on a cutting edge machine and like to remind myself of it whenever possible. Here are my specs, but I just have a basic Rosewill Challenger case, nothing fancy:


ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5Ghz
RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply, New Version with ...
Intel 330 Series Maple Crest SSDSC2CT180A3K5 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EZRX 1.50 TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
EVGA GTX 670 FTW Edition
27" LG 1080p widescreen monitor


The GTX 670 is the pride and joy of this box. It runs every single PC game out on the market right now silky smooth, 1920x1080 with everything cranked to max. I positively love it.

When I first got the machine, I attempted to go with Windows 8. Installed the OS, updated my drivers, downloaded my first game (CS:GO actually), went to fire it up, the install process completed annnnnnnnnd... crash to desktop. Alright, maybe something went wrong. Reboot (eight second reboot time on the SSD, SO SEXY) and try again. Crash to desktop. WTF.

Troubleshoot an hour and a half. Fuck this. Loaded Windows 7. :wtg:

[|2esolution]

7055Thanks for the compliments. I went with AMD over Intel because the floating point on AMD processors is better for gaming than Intel. Also cost wise and speed wise you tend to get just a hint more for the money in AMD and last but not least I have ALWAYS used AMD and NEVER had an issue. The case is flashy to match my personality. Looks like you have a really nice computer as well if you only had a flashy case lol! Also if you were having problems running Windows 8 on your machine the very first place I would look is video memory compatibility and your stick memory compatibility. Are you over clocked because you have the option to run your memory overclocked to be compatible with your mb as I do run mine Oc'd. I run windows 8 with no issue but built my pc around win 8 "Which I hated at first". The gauges on the front of the case are activity and temperature gauges they are great and very accurate. They plug in the mb in the front and have leads that go to the vid card and processor.

[What]

So my laptop will still have the speakers playing after I plug in headphones or external speakers. All drivers are up to date, and the issue seems to have appeared suddenly. If I stop my headphones from going all the way in then the speakers turn off and the headphones work alone, rather than in tandem with the computers speakers. Any suggestions?

[ZERO]

They should still show up as seporate devices in windoes so just mute your laptop speakers.

[What]

They should still show up as seporate devices in windoes so just mute your laptop speakers.

Even when my headphones aren't plugged in, headphones show up under my sound settings. When I do plug them in, muting the speakers disables all sound, not just the computer's speakers.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

can someone help me find a new swiftech H220.... its sold out everywhere!

[StarsMine]

can someone help me find a new swiftech H220.... its sold out everywhere!
No
http://www.swiftech.com/pr-7-19-13-h220-removedfromus.aspx
Your going to have to import an export to get one, all because asetek does not like competition here... We finally have a new AOI on the market an not one made by asetek and they force it out.

[maynard]

bought a 39 inch 1080p TV for a new PC monitor. doesn't have VGA, just HDMI ports. hooked the TV up 2 my PC and it wont give me a signal....

plugged a tablet into the hdmi and boom, tablet showed up on the TV.... but can't get my PC 2 for the life of me.

updated vid drivers on my PC, hasn't helped.

[jwtemp]

Hmmmmm... that's peculiar. I've got my PC running on my 60" LCD TV and it worked like a charm.

Can you give me the model number of your TV and the make and model of your video card on your PC?

[Carmichal]

bought a 39 inch 1080p TV for a new PC monitor. doesn't have VGA, just HDMI ports. hooked the TV up 2 my PC and it wont give me a signal....

plugged a tablet into the hdmi and boom, tablet showed up on the TV.... but can't get my PC 2 for the life of me.

updated vid drivers on my PC, hasn't helped.

I had the same problem with mine just try different HDMI cables. Mine was super picky like that. It didn't like the dynex or rocket fish one, but worked with the o brand name one that came with the playstation. Go figure.

[ZERO]

You do realize that a TV monitor is dramatically slower than an actual monitor right?

Try to lower the refresh rate and see if that does the trick. Also try to start off at a lower resolution. Do you get anything when your booting the pc?

Lastly you should try to use a DVI to HDMI adapter and hook it up that way and it might work instantly, I have had that problem in the past.

[Steamer]

Don't forget to check your printer cables.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

i had this issue with my new tv as well. Im not sure what type of tv you have but if it is possible change the refresh rate on your tv to 60mhz, 99% of graphics cards dont even use the 120 anyways. Also, set your resolution lower. Your computer may be trying to force to the TVS resolution. Set a default resolution on your computer.

if all else fails.. are you under the correct HDMI input?

you can do a quick test as well, power down your pc plug in the hdmi then turn your pc on. Best case is that your screen is black but glowing and the input boxes or "not connected" boxes disappear.

[Steamer]

1440x900 is the base resolution. That would be 720P. Any HD display should support it. As mikey said, start at 60 hertz, scale up from there. Scale with the graphics card. After, set up secondary display with horner values. Base these settings from the PC first. Sometimes it takes some tinkering, other times it's PNP.

[ZERO]

No there is an aspect ratio difference between monitors and TVs. A tv should not be told to display 1440x900.

Resolutions for TV is 1280x720 and 1920x1080.

---------- Post added at 12:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 AM ----------

Also most tvs have overscan so you may need to build a custom resolution in order not to have stuff get cut off or set your tv zoom mode out a bit.

[Steamer]

Ahh that's right. 16x9 16x10.

[maynard]

I get no image whatsoever just says "no signal"

Nothing is ever simple for the maynard...

[Carmichal]

I get no image whatsoever just says "no signal"

Nothing is ever simple for the maynard...


srsly dude just try different HDMI cables I had THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM!

[Steamer]

Did you check the printer cable though? Really though, you should get some type of signal at some point. Like Carm said, use a different cable.

[Carmichal]

Did you check the printer cable though? Really though, you should get some type of signal at some point. Like Carm said, use a different cable.

I'm so srs...

[maynard]

for serious reals?:smirk:

I wana buy one of these and see what happens.... sweet cord 2 have.

7854


will try and round up some new HDMI cord in the meantime and see if that works... hopefully that's all it is, thx.

[Carmichal]

Mother of god. I swear on my cats it worked for me.

[maynard]

Hmmmm... ok:wtg:

will try tomorrow. was your hdmi cord fucked though? or was it only fucked when using that TV?

[Carmichal]

Hmmmm... ok:wtg:

will try tomorrow. was your hdmi cord fucked though? or was it only fucked when using that TV?

only with that TV computer combo. worked fine with my laptop. I remember we pretty much have the same exact shit goin on and the same tv too lol.

[maynard]

only with that TV computer combo. worked fine with my laptop. I remember we pretty much have the same exact shit goin on and the same tv too lol.

good 2 know. and ya, we do have basically the same setup.... hopefully the same issue also.

[CYBER]

lost the "internet speed thread"...
this one will do:

http://i.imgur.com/aKIgGu6.jpg

Finally upgraded from my 2mb/s average mexico internet!

[ZERO]

The adapter you want is not a cable but an actual adapter just like the DVI to VGA there is a DVI to HDMI so that you just have that adapter and can use any HDMI cable which is useful for travel if needed.

[Steamer]

What Zero said. Cyber, welcome to the internetz.

[maynard]

Noted

[brett friggin favre]

holy shit they upgraded since i last checked.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2983545708.png (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2983545708)

this is 2 am on a saturday so i have alllll the university's bandwidth to myself but HOLY FUCKING BALLSACK.


http://i53.tinypic.com/2rnhbtf.gif

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

lost the "internet speed thread"...
this one will do:

http://i.imgur.com/aKIgGu6.jpg

Finally upgraded from my 2mb/s average mexico internet!

only $39.99/mo

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2983547326.png (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2983547326)

this next one is from my home in MN to london, UK

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2983551842.png (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2983551842)

[What]

http://www.ibisgaming.com/forums/showthread.php/464-When-did-my-internet-get-this-fast?highlight=internet+speed

Thats the first speed thread, and you can compare what you have now to then

[Carmichal]

holy shit they upgraded since i last checked.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2983545708.png (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2983545708)

this is 2 am on a saturday so i have alllll the university's bandwidth to myself but HOLY FUCKING BALLSACK.


http://i53.tinypic.com/2rnhbtf.gif

make room in there for me
im moving in

[What]

make room in there for me
im moving in

He's got to put a ring on it first.

[What]

The mousepad that came with my dell is cracking and dissolving, any recommendations? I've tried some other ones before and they're just too damn slidy

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

The mousepad that came with my dell is cracking and dissolving, any recommendations? I've tried some other ones before and they're just too damn slidy

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UEZ36W/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

this is the one i use. steel series is an exceptional company.

What material is your desk surface?

[Steamer]

That's a great mouse pad. I also recommend you look at Razers pads. Big apartment of mats. The Destructo2 is awesome with my G9. No slip on desk, nice slide on pad coupled with its Teflon feet. Best combo I've found. Been looking at some carbon fiber Teflon ones.

[Carmichal]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UEZ36W/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

this is the one i use. steel series is an exceptional company.

What material is your desk surface?

I use the same one ^^ awesome stuff

[brett friggin favre]

gave carm the qck, i actually prefer a free one from newegg and a cheapo school one from the bookstore to it. they're slicker and i like that.

[maynard]

am I the only person who doesn't use a mouse pad?

[XX0wnsXY]

am I the only person who doesn't use a mouse pad?

nope...i use my desk surface. i cant stand large mousepads, but dont like being restriced by the smaller ones.

[maynard]

nope...i use my desk surface. i cant stand large mousepads, but dont like being restriced by the smaller ones.

Atta girl! and yea, I agree... fuck being restricted.

[brett friggin favre]

well i anchor my wrist, so i don't feel restricted. and i don't use my desk because it wears down mouse feet faster.

[What]

What material is your desk surface?

Particle board with a faux wood laminate.

[Steamer]

I use a pad. Use to use a price of printer paper, but they wear easy. Gloss particle board (most glossy surfaces) is to refractive and creates inconsistences in the laser (if you have a true laser mouse) reading. You can try this yourself with a straight line with pencil in paint with and without a pad. "Dark" laser tech helps drastically to work with any type of surface, even glass, but is still minimally inconsistent.

[What]

It messes up the laser, without a pad my cursor will fly across the screen with barley any movement.

[Steamer]

My G9 Teflon feet have seen roughly 40% use on a gloss particle board surface l since 09, not even half worn or even many scratches. What mouse do you use Brett?

And to What, mine doesn't jump across the screen on gloss, but it will make some jagged movement. The only true downside imo with a true laser mouse. Precision with a pad and low DPI can go pixel for pixel though. No optical is getting close.

[brett friggin favre]

switch between a corsair m65 and mionix naos 3200. i believe you, but some hard surfaces are gonna be more abrasive than others, and if they're not abrasive they're slicker than i like, and because i anchor my wrist it's nice to have that padding.

[Nemesis]

switch between a corsair m65 and mionix naos 3200. i believe you, but some hard surfaces are gonna be more abrasive than others, and if they're not abrasive they're slicker than i like, and because i anchor my wrist it's nice to have that padding.

Those are nice, how heavy are they? I prefer mice with as much weight to them as possible.

[brett friggin favre]

Those are nice, how heavy are they? I prefer mice with as much weight to them as possible.

naos is pretty light, and the 3200 doesn't have adjustable weights. the m65 on the other hand is pretty heavy, has 3 optional weights which are screwed into the bottom of the mouse. my preference is actually no weight and no screws for minimal weight, but with the weights in it's fairly hefty.

[Nemesis]

naos is pretty light, and the 3200 doesn't have adjustable weights. the m65 on the other hand is pretty heavy, has 3 optional weights which are screwed into the bottom of the mouse. my preference is actually no weight and no screws for minimal weight, but with the weights in it's fairly hefty.

Well then the m65 looks like it's the way to go, thanks man.

[Steamer]

My mouse has loadable weights. I prefer none as well.

[brett friggin favre]

Well then the m65 looks like it's the way to go, thanks man.

they're very different in terms of shape though, keep that in mind. the naos 5000 has adjustable weights i believe, and that shape is perfect for a palm grip. the m65 is for more of a claw/fingertip grip.

[Locust]

Hey guys. So my parents had been complaining about their laptop running slowly as of late and have asked me to try and fix whatever issues it has and I seem to have run into something that I'm not really sure how to fix.

When it's connected to the internet and only when it is in the process manager a number of dllhost.exe processes appear (somewhere around 10 of them). Each of the progressively uses more and more RAM until all of the RAM is pretty much being used. I've run Malware Bytes and MSE on the laptop and they both found files that are malicious and with those programs i deleted all the files that they found and the problem is still persisting.

At this point I'm a bit stuck. I have a couple more things to try out later tonight but I wanted to see if I could get another opinion on it.

[maynard]

Just backup and reformat ....

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

Hey guys. So my parents had been complaining about their laptop running slowly as of late and have asked me to try and fix whatever issues it has and I seem to have run into something that I'm not really sure how to fix.

When it's connected to the internet and only when it is in the process manager a number of dllhost.exe processes appear (somewhere around 10 of them). Each of the progressively uses more and more RAM until all of the RAM is pretty much being used. I've run Malware Bytes and MSE on the laptop and they both found files that are malicious and with those programs i deleted all the files that they found and the problem is still persisting.

At this point I'm a bit stuck. I have a couple more things to try out later tonight but I wanted to see if I could get another opinion on it.

Check the installed programs for anything strange. Also is start menu search msconfig and make sure no malicious program is booting when the comp turns on. If there is, change it and reboot. then delete the files again. Without more info, its tough to provide any advice.

here is some more info

The COM+ hosting process controls processes in Internet Information Services (IIS) and is used by many programs. For example, it loads the .NET runtime. There can be multiple instances of the DLLhost.exe process running.
Note: The dllhost.exe file is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32. In other cases, dllhost.exe is a virus, spyware, trojan or worm!
Virus with same file name: Worm/Nachi.A.1 - antivir.de

In other words, that process should exisit but it could be controlled by worms viruses ect. check your browser plugins, if you dont recall installing anything thenget rid of that crap!

[Rosie]

Anyone ever have a headset go Code 43? My PC just stopped recognizing my headset, mid game.

[Superman]

Anyone ever have a headset go Code 43? My PC just stopped recognizing my headset, mid game.

I have. it is usually a faulty USB connector. I had to have mine replaced. Logitech?