 Hardware/ Software/ Technical Questions Thread, All you ever wanted to know about your PC! |
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 Jan 23 2009, 21:46
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 Hipster addonmaker  Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 2,090 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Kingdom of the Netherlands Member No.: 10  |
QUOTE(pMASTER @ Jan 23 2009, 20:51)  The Gigabyte startup manager didn't always let me choose how to boot, sometimes it did boot by its own and obviously crashed as there was no Windows installed. My flawless XP Prof did freeze sometimes (when the preinstallation process reached the point where it loads kernelbugger.dll), sometimes it didn't even start, in one occasion it claimed a file to be broken ("Error code 7"), then it went for a blue screen: Page Fault In Nonpage Area, some .sys-data had been corrupted. I then tried a XP Home that is flawless just alike and similiar things occured. Once I was finally able to end the preinstallation process with that XP version and it froze again with a black screen. Then I switched the BIOS boot preference order to the DVD drives and it finished preinstallation successfully again, only to come up with another bluescreen stating there wouldn't be enough HDD space left. Sounds like your mainboard is faulty, as all those components are connected to the mainboard, and all those software errors also point to bad functioning of the mainboard. -------------------- Creator of dodgy ArmA:CWA addons.   |
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Jan 24 2009, 01:48
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 Gentleman Usher of the Coffee Stain  Group: Site Team Posts: 677 Joined: 5-November 06 From: C18.3#C77.2#G63.1 Member No.: 19 |
 Oh dear...I've bought three mainboards within the last twelve months. This is ridiculous!
-------------------- Google Google and Google will google Google!    R.I.P. Jacky *1996-†2014 |
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Jan 25 2009, 01:29
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Gentleman Usher of the Coffee Stain Group: Site Team Posts: 677 Joined: 5-November 06 From: C18.3#C77.2#G63.1 Member No.: 19 |
Ok problem solved
 To read through the user's manual would have been quite helpful, you know. My mainboard does support one or two 2GB devices or one, two or for 1GB devices but not three of the latter. -------------------- Google Google and Google will google Google! R.I.P. Jacky *1996-†2014 |
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Mar 1 2009, 21:54
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 The Il2 Fan Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 7-November 06 From: England Member No.: 25 |
Ok, it seems microphones have completely stopped working on my computer. I recently bought a new one under the impression it my old one was broken, but cannot for the life of me get it to work in any kind of way. I have tested it on a different comupter and it works perfectly. I have checked all the obvious things, its not muted or anything like that, any ideas of what i might have done to cause this?
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Mar 1 2009, 22:28
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Hipster addonmaker Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 2,090 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Kingdom of the Netherlands Member No.: 10 |
QUOTE(BigglesTrevor @ Mar 1 2009, 21:54) Ok, it seems microphones have completely stopped working on my computer. I recently bought a new one under the impression it my old one was broken, but cannot for the life of me get it to work in any kind of way. I have tested it on a different comupter and it works perfectly. I have checked all the obvious things, its not muted or anything like that, any ideas of what i might have done to cause this? Have you tried reinstalling your soundcard drivers? Could you please list "all the obvious things" that you've checked? -------------------- Creator of dodgy ArmA:CWA addons. |
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Mar 2 2009, 11:55
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The Il2 Fan Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 7-November 06 From: England Member No.: 25 |
QUOTE(JdB @ Mar 1 2009, 21:28) Have you tried reinstalling your soundcard drivers? Could you please list "all the obvious things" that you've checked? ok, i had tried reinstalling the drivers but gave it another go this morning, to no avail. The simple thing i have tried are going through the volume controls and making sure the mic is not muted, its defanitly turned on and plugged in and the mic definatly is in working order. I have done a little browsing on the web, and it would appear that this is a problem related to my Asus motherboard. There is a apparent fix which involves removing all the drivers and re-installing an older set. Giving this a go now. Maybe its just time i purchased a seperate sound card. This post has been edited by BigglesTrevor: Mar 2 2009, 11:56 -------------------- |
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Apr 14 2009, 14:22
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 head in the stars Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Bittany Member No.: 32 |
hi,
my screen is down  (brightness = 0, and the brightness window from the screen control panel stays always visible) someone would know a good one for = or - 150 euros? i found a LG and a ASUS, but my knowledge about this kind of product is equal to 0 
--------------------  Un ali mat zo mat bepred Ha pa ve digant ur sot e ve (Good advice is always good, even though it comes from an idiot). |
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Apr 14 2009, 14:49
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Hipster addonmaker Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 2,090 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Kingdom of the Netherlands Member No.: 10 |
QUOTE(d@nte @ Apr 14 2009, 15:22) hi, my screen is down (brightness = 0, and the brightness window from the screen control panel stays always visible) someone would know a good one for = or - 150 euros? i found a LG and a ASUS, but my knowledge about this kind of product is equal to 0 Would be interesting if you mentioned specifics about those that you found. With an approximate maximum of 150 euros, you are mostly limited to 19" screens. -------------------- Creator of dodgy ArmA:CWA addons. |
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Apr 14 2009, 16:06
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head in the stars Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Bittany Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE(I44_John @ Apr 14 2009, 15:49) Would be interesting if you mentioned specifics about those that you found. With an approximate maximum of 150 euros, you are mostly limited to 19" screens. yes, sorry  i want a 19", i don't need a big screen, and my money is limited for this kind of buy (computer is not my priority )screens found: - ASUS VK193D : 19" wide, 5 ms, vga - LG W1934S-BN : 19" wide, 5 ms, vga, 
This post has been edited by d@nte: Apr 14 2009, 16:16 -------------------- Un ali mat zo mat bepred Ha pa ve digant ur sot e ve (Good advice is always good, even though it comes from an idiot). |
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Apr 14 2009, 16:18
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 ArmA.info Sarcasm Society's Gentleman Usher of the Banstick Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 1,781 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Old-Europe Member No.: 11 |
Fujitsu-Siemens SCALEOVIEW L19W-10 <-- I'm using this one without any problems.
However I tried to find an english/french data sheet of it and stumbled upon this very cheap monitor. http://www.numerama.com/comparer-les-prix/...sus-VW195S.html Under 100€. Very cheap
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Apr 14 2009, 16:39
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head in the stars Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Bittany Member No.: 32 |
thx, yes, it matches my needs. i'm going to compare this one with the others.
-------------------- Un ali mat zo mat bepred Ha pa ve digant ur sot e ve (Good advice is always good, even though it comes from an idiot). |
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May 3 2009, 18:44
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Gentleman Usher of the Coffee Stain Group: Site Team Posts: 677 Joined: 5-November 06 From: C18.3#C77.2#G63.1 Member No.: 19 |
I need to get rid of my old printer (Epson Photo Stylus R300) because it is a unreliable piece of fucking junk. Can someone recommend me a printer which is cheap, realiable and easy to maintain (and not made by Epson)?
-------------------- Google Google and Google will google Google! R.I.P. Jacky *1996-†2014 |
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Jun 5 2009, 23:38
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head in the stars Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Bittany Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE hi, i'm going to modify my current pc with a new CPU. what other components should i change? motherboard, ram? pc knowledge = 0 What CPU would be nice for Arma2 at an average price ? my cg card will be an ati hd 4850. I asked this question at the BIS forums (Ch 123 gave me some ideas) but advices also from you guys would be great.  my current pc: - amd athlon 64 - 1gb ram - a crappy ati: 1500 -------------------- Un ali mat zo mat bepred Ha pa ve digant ur sot e ve (Good advice is always good, even though it comes from an idiot). |
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Jun 24 2009, 00:23
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Gentleman Usher of the Coffee Stain Group: Site Team Posts: 677 Joined: 5-November 06 From: C18.3#C77.2#G63.1 Member No.: 19 |
Windows XP can access 4 GByte of RAM at most, whilst a part of it is reserved for internal memory usage of other devices such as the video card. We know this. Upon the advice of a buddy I added the physical address extension to my b*o*o*t.ini (I added the stars because otherwise this nice board comes up with the old lovely "Method Not Implemented POST to /index.php not supported." error message
 ) and the Bios and tools like RAM Tester tell me that they address up to 3582 MB of RAM now. Even Windows - which found only 3.00 GB when I build the RAMs in for the first time in January - says it finds 3.5 GB now. Am I being lied to? QUOTE(d@nte @ Jun 6 2009, 00:38) hi, You better change everything of it. You'd need a new motherboard anyway. i'm going to modify my current pc with a new CPU. what other components should i change? motherboard, ram? pc knowledge = 0 What CPU would be nice for Arma2 at an average price ? my cg card will be an ati hd 4850. I asked this question at the BIS forums (Ch 123 gave me some ideas) but advices also from you guys would be great. my current pc: - amd athlon 64 - 1gb ram - a crappy ati: 1500 -------------------- Google Google and Google will google Google! R.I.P. Jacky *1996-†2014 |
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Jun 24 2009, 16:59
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head in the stars Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Bittany Member No.: 32 |
yep, thx, i did my shopping
- new cpu, new motherboard, new DDR, new CG card, new PSU and new screen
-------------------- Un ali mat zo mat bepred Ha pa ve digant ur sot e ve (Good advice is always good, even though it comes from an idiot). |
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Jun 29 2009, 00:12
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 Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.  Group: Moderators Posts: 2,037 Joined: 13-November 06 From: Wales Member No.: 155 |
Thinking of upgrading my graphics card... currently have Geforce 8600GT... looking at 8800GT... this seem like a good idea? According to this thing on their site it'll double my PC's "3DMark" score... which seems a bit strange, because it's only got 200 more GTs!
Would I be better off getting a 9800GT? That has over a 1000 more GTs? (KGT?) But the specs look the same. What are GTs a measurement of!? Graphicalness? As you've probably guessed by now, I don't "get" this whole graphics card naming convention... if someone would care to explain?  Processor: AMD 64 X2 duel core 6000+ 3.01GiHz RAM: 4GiB -------------------- The Rules - Nothing too complicated, follow these and we'll have no problems.
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Jun 30 2009, 11:15
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The Il2 Fan Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 7-November 06 From: England Member No.: 25 |
QUOTE(D@V£ @ Jun 29 2009, 00:12) Thinking of upgrading my graphics card... currently have Geforce 8600GT... looking at 8800GT... this seem like a good idea? According to this thing on their site it'll double my PC's "3DMark" score... which seems a bit strange, because it's only got 200 more GTs! Would I be better off getting a 9800GT? That has over a 1000 more GTs? (KGT?) But the specs look the same. What are GTs a measurement of!? Graphicalness? As you've probably guessed by now, I don't "get" this whole graphics card naming convention... if someone would care to explain? Processor: AMD 64 X2 duel core 6000+ 3.01GiHz RAM: 4GiB I got a GTS250, pretty happy with it. Wasnt particularly expencive either, £160 or somthing around there. Graphics cards confuse the hell out of me though, they release to many to fast for me to keep up. This post has been edited by BigglesTrevor: Jun 30 2009, 11:17 -------------------- |
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Jun 30 2009, 11:45
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Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines. Group: Moderators Posts: 2,037 Joined: 13-November 06 From: Wales Member No.: 155 |
Thanks. Looking into it now.
-------------------- The Rules - Nothing too complicated, follow these and we'll have no problems.
Moderation Feedback Thread - Tell everyone how much you Site Issues Thread - Complain about site issues here. We might even fix them! Community Chatter Thread - Furthest Mud-sling gets a free subscription to "JdB Monthly". QUOTE(Major Mike Shearer) We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area. QUOTE(Brace Belden) A machine gun is like a woman, I don’t understand it, I’m afraid of it, and one day I’ll accidentally be killed by one. |
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Aug 14 2009, 16:03
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 ArmA.info Sarcasm Society's Mr. Argentina 2012 Group: Newshound Posts: 498 Joined: 20-October 07 From: Argentina Member No.: 1,502 |
Hey, anoyone know what the AUX means in the SpeedFan? I know, Auxiliary, but which component is that?
I have it allways hot, 50ºC or more. |
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Aug 14 2009, 18:49
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Hipster addonmaker Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 2,090 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Kingdom of the Netherlands Member No.: 10 |
GPU or PSU (Google the terms if you don't know them).
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