Zaraki_Kenpachi
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SundaySounds said:
Well, what error does it give you when it BSOD? Your post is too vague to be able to help in any way.
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Well, what error does it give you when it BSOD? Your post is too vague to be able to help in any way.
J Tourettes
Banned
Cheeto said:
Thanks. I know there's hardly any dust in it as we only had it opened recently. I don't think there's too much connected to the PCI bus either but I'll try and have a look tomorrow.
SundaySounds
Banned
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Not sure. I'll try to catch it next time.
EarsOfASnake
Member
Hawkian said:
Got rid of the overclock and it managed to surive 3 days running fine, no lock ups or anything. Just got a BOSD with the error:
STOP - 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0xbd1f6ffa, 0xb30338378, 0x00000000)
****nv4_disp.dll - Address BDf6ffa base at bd012000, datestamp 4ac001a1
Any ideas folks, think I have googled this before and come up with nothing.
The_Inquisitor
Member
MikeDub said:
Your GPU may be toast.
Anyone here familiar with Autodesk Maya?
I have this problem with my UI, the tool controls for Move/Rotate/Scale are far too extended for my liking:
Green circle shows where they are when I use Maya on my campus computers.
I have this problem with my UI, the tool controls for Move/Rotate/Scale are far too extended for my liking:
Green circle shows where they are when I use Maya on my campus computers.
I need help.
I started downloading a file and all the sudden my netbook goes haywire with popups, etc. I was able to start running Malwarebytes, but it's been scanning for 30 minutes and hasn't found anything. What other program should I run to get this crap off my netbook? Help!!
I started downloading a file and all the sudden my netbook goes haywire with popups, etc. I was able to start running Malwarebytes, but it's been scanning for 30 minutes and hasn't found anything. What other program should I run to get this crap off my netbook? Help!!
Going to build a new PC. Have a better budget this time.
CPU - i5 750 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172755
GPU - HD 5770 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189741
Case - P183 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161660
I am struggling to chose Motherboard and Memory though.
4 GB Memory, not fussed whether I get SLI or not.
If anyone could suggest any. I'd say roughly £200 - £250 left to spend.
Thanks!
CPU - i5 750 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172755
GPU - HD 5770 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189741
Case - P183 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161660
I am struggling to chose Motherboard and Memory though.
4 GB Memory, not fussed whether I get SLI or not.
If anyone could suggest any. I'd say roughly £200 - £250 left to spend.
Thanks!
Maklershed
Member
Has anyone heard of a problem like this: when I turn on my pc its fine for about 15 minutes and then either disconnects from the internet or freezes altogether and then I shutdown and restart and its fine. Any idea what could be going on here?
EarsOfASnake
Member
Halycon said:
Press the + and - keys to adjust the size.
@claviertekky Yup, that was the next step I took and everything has been A-OK, thanks!
ElectricThunder
Member
Help my fears GAF.
New PC, on it now. Had 2 BSOD's in relatively quick succession after some bouts of freezing while trying to get Firefox to play nice/in general likely with respect to Flash. (working fine now)
MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION (middle of a youtube video that finished later no prob) and what I think was REFERENCE_BY_POINTER (just on a forum getting logged back in everyplace)---last one vanished ultra fast into an auto-reboot.
Win 7 Pro 64. A friend was helping me get it all hopping earlier today but had to bounce after like an hour and it'll be about a week until he can hopefully hop by again for a much more indepth stint of tweaking and such.
New PC, on it now. Had 2 BSOD's in relatively quick succession after some bouts of freezing while trying to get Firefox to play nice/in general likely with respect to Flash. (working fine now)
MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION (middle of a youtube video that finished later no prob) and what I think was REFERENCE_BY_POINTER (just on a forum getting logged back in everyplace)---last one vanished ultra fast into an auto-reboot.
Win 7 Pro 64. A friend was helping me get it all hopping earlier today but had to bounce after like an hour and it'll be about a week until he can hopefully hop by again for a much more indepth stint of tweaking and such.
Boot it up in safe mode, once in safe mode "start -> run -> type msconfig". Then head over to the startup tab and "disable all" (you can enable them by repeating if you find this allows you to boot in normally). Restart into normal mode, if it works then you can selectively reenable startup items you know. If it doesn't, go back into safe mode and into msconfig. On the services tab, hit "hide all microsoft services" and then hit disable all. Restart and see, it should boot fine.olore said:
So I have an odd little problem, nothing big but slighty annoying. Ive noticed that my computer refuses to go into screensaver, it will simply just wait the allotted time and the monitor will go to standby. It will go to screensaver if I manually do it, but other than that nothing. This is Windows Vista btw.
Ive also noticed that my side bar gadgets randomly switch positions at times upon startup. Neither problem seems serious, but im assuming its a windows issue?
Ive also noticed that my side bar gadgets randomly switch positions at times upon startup. Neither problem seems serious, but im assuming its a windows issue?
Firstly, enter your bios setup when booting your PC (should be either delete or f1 while booting up). You need to look for an item that is "auto restart on system error", something similar to that. If you turn that off, then the PC will stay on the BSOD, allowing you to properly write down the messages.ElectricThunder said:
If your PC bios doesn't have this setting (i believe it is standard on most new PCs) then you need to follow this to disable it in windows - http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/automatic-restart-windows-7.htm
From the little in your post, it sounds like a video card driver issue. Try uninstalling your driver and redownloading the latest from the nvidia website.
ElectricThunder
Member
Puck said:
Man, I don't know what to think precisely at this point.
The second error was the one that decided to be nigh instantaneous, the prior one stayed on the screen until I hit the power button.
Each one has only happened a single time...hours ago now. But, I'm paranoid as some rough Googling on the first one seems to indicate there might be a hardware issue....but even in that case most seem to be older XP issues or at least a case of it happening again and again----usually in rapid succession.
I'm tempted to abandon ship back to my old/stable junker PC as I'm somewhat terrified of something going awry with this new one...but maybe I should just hold out and IF the error(s) happen again beat a steady retreat so as to not get hosed on it? This whole thing has cast a pretty dark shadow over my day as I kind need/want this PC working reliably ASAP'ish since there's some gaming beta work I have coming up any week now.
:whimper: ARRGH
Since I made that post, there's been no other errors or problems at all...but this is uncharted territory to me.
Edit: I'm on ATI actually, a 5770. Everything seemed to load fine at the time with it?...
I just got a brand new Acer Aspire laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium. It's been plugged in other than a couple times where I knocked the cord out of the computer (my biggest peeve so far, it's too easy to knock it out and the computer beeps at me everytime lol). The battery is listed at "97% (plugged in, not charging)." How do I get it to charge? Is there a threshold above which it won't charge the battery? This is my first Windows 7 machine after years with XP, and I'm still getting to know and getting used to the changes.
I've been running Windows 7 Beta (Build 7100) for a while now. I am having two main problems. The first is that I get this kaleidoscope effect on the desktop, in the transparent borders, in applications (like Braid which I got off Steam), and especially when taking printscreens. It is usually temporary, but still annoying. Any ideas? The computer itself is 6 years old and I am planning on building a new computer soon.
Here's a sample of what happens when I printscreen neogaf:
The second problem has been happening in firefox for a while. Basically, whenever I right-click "save as" it freezes, and also anytime I have to access Explorer through Firefox (say to upload pictures to a website) it freezes. It works in IE, but firefox always crashes. Updated to 3.6 and it still happens.
Here's a sample of what happens when I printscreen neogaf:
The second problem has been happening in firefox for a while. Basically, whenever I right-click "save as" it freezes, and also anytime I have to access Explorer through Firefox (say to upload pictures to a website) it freezes. It works in IE, but firefox always crashes. Updated to 3.6 and it still happens.
Easy_G said:I've been running Windows 7 Beta (Build 7100) for a while now. I am having two main problems. The first is that I get this kaleidoscope effect on the desktop, in the transparent borders, in applications (like Braid which I got off Steam), and especially when taking printscreens. It is usually temporary, but still annoying. Any ideas? The computer itself is 6 years old and I am planning on building a new computer soon.
Here's a sample of what happens when I printscreen neogaf:
The second problem has been happening in firefox for a while. Basically, whenever I right-click "save as" it freezes, and also anytime I have to access Explorer through Firefox (say to upload pictures to a website) it freezes. It works in IE, but firefox always crashes. Updated to 3.6 and it still happens.
Sounds like you've got a problem with your graphics hardware. Probably. If your computer is 6 years old, I'm guessing your graphics card is close to that age, too. Honestly, though, you probably need a new computer. How much RAM do you have? Processor speed? Type of video card? All of these are important.
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Okay. I need to reinstall Windows 7. Unfortunately for me, both my burned (legit) image and the actual, official, hologram-laden disc I received directly from Microsoft are unusable (the burned disc from scratching; the MS disc from who knows what- splotches and things all over). Now, I thought about trying to get a disc image from some internet buccaneers, but they only seem to like Windows 7 Ultimate, whereas I have Professional x64. I tried using a friend's Home Premium disc, only to find that unlike Vista, Win7 (as far as I can tell) doesn't have all versions on each disc, each one accessible by a corresponding product key. In other words, the Home Premium disc only works for Home Premium, and I can't install Professional x64 from there.
(Also, since this originally was a clean install and I now want to do an in-place upgrade so I can keep my settings, user data, etc, I found out that you can only do in-place upgrades on your same version of Windows- I can't use my friend's Home Premium disc, as it spits out an installation-ending error message telling me so.)
Thoughts?
EDIT: Got it. Turns out the DigitalRiver download links are still up. Operation Download-and-Burn is begun.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/...links-ultimate-professional-and-home-premium/
Tommie Hu$tle
Member
Ok Techsupport GAF here goes my question.
1. I'm using a free DNS service in order to test an openfire server. When a user plugs in the DNS server they get my router page. How do I direct users to the sparkweb page as the main page for the DNS.
2. My Openfire server is being hosted on a Virtual Machine.
Thanks for you help.
1. I'm using a free DNS service in order to test an openfire server. When a user plugs in the DNS server they get my router page. How do I direct users to the sparkweb page as the main page for the DNS.
2. My Openfire server is being hosted on a Virtual Machine.
Thanks for you help.
Devil Theory
Member
Can someone enlighten me to what the difference between a CAT 6 Ethernet cable and a "Patch" cable is? Someone told me to buy CAT 6 Ethernet cables, Belden ones. I found them online, but it's $18.00 for 7ft. Link
But then someone said something about a CAT 7 cable, being a Patch cable (which I heard is the same as a normal Ethernet cable?), which I found and looked at here; for cheaper ($13) Link
I need new cables for 360-PS3-Router-Modem; so what's all this about?
But then someone said something about a CAT 7 cable, being a Patch cable (which I heard is the same as a normal Ethernet cable?), which I found and looked at here; for cheaper ($13) Link
I need new cables for 360-PS3-Router-Modem; so what's all this about?
DonMigs85
Member
Try Recuva, but I don't think it'll work on the current boot volume if that's where the pics were saved.jhenedo said:DEAR tech GAF. I find computers very hard to work around. Recently, i deleted 100s of pictures that belonged to my bro. He still doesn't know.......yet.
IS there some way i can recover these files from my hard drive? PLEASE help
Kong Fisso
Banned
I hope you can help me with this nagging issue:
My mother has a laptop with vista. The problem is, that it doesn't autofind wireless networks. You have to click "find out why the computer can't connect" or something. Then it finds out, that wireless is disabled and you can press a button to enable it.
Why is this necessary? Can I set it to start the service automatically?
My mother has a laptop with vista. The problem is, that it doesn't autofind wireless networks. You have to click "find out why the computer can't connect" or something. Then it finds out, that wireless is disabled and you can press a button to enable it.
Why is this necessary? Can I set it to start the service automatically?
LCD monitor crapped out! I'm trying to figure out what the cause is and try to tackle repairing it myself.
Over the past 6 months or so my monitor would get lines through it and just start "acting up". Simply turning it off then back on almost always fixed the problem. But this time I turned it off and it won't turn back on.
The green power light flashes on and off constantly while a very faint light in the upper right of the monitor pulses/flashes every couple seconds.
Any idea what the problem is? I want to go to RadioShack, get the right supplies and try fixing it.
edit: it's an Acer if that matters at all.
Over the past 6 months or so my monitor would get lines through it and just start "acting up". Simply turning it off then back on almost always fixed the problem. But this time I turned it off and it won't turn back on.
The green power light flashes on and off constantly while a very faint light in the upper right of the monitor pulses/flashes every couple seconds.
Any idea what the problem is? I want to go to RadioShack, get the right supplies and try fixing it.
edit: it's an Acer if that matters at all.
So, I bought my new pc parts, but I don't have the slightest idea on how to assemble them. I have two options: be a man and learn how to or hire someone to do it for me. I'd rather try the pc-gamer way, which begs the question: does anyone have a tutorial (preferably a video one) for assembling the pc parts on a Asus P6T?
Specs:
Core i7 920
Asus P6T
6 GB DDR3
HD5870
OCZ 700W
WD 1TB
CM 690
Specs:
Core i7 920
Asus P6T
6 GB DDR3
HD5870
OCZ 700W
WD 1TB
CM 690
I tried this in a thread but to no avail.
I'm running Kubuntu on my laptop right now dual booted with Mint. I have a desktop that runs XP, another laptop running XP and one more with Vista. The desktop is the only wired one, all the laptops are connected wirelessly. Now to have them talk to each other I always seem to hit a dead end. I've used Google, Ubuntu Forums and Linux help forums but to no avail. A lot of them have different and most of the time contradicting instructions on what to do. I just want basic file sharing between all workstations and maybe some sort of authentication to read/write to each other's shares. I have a ton of things stored on my desktop that I would love to access from my laptop but I've ripped my hair out trying to figure it out and I've hit dead end after dead end. I just need a simple howto on what's needed.
I'm running Kubuntu on my laptop right now dual booted with Mint. I have a desktop that runs XP, another laptop running XP and one more with Vista. The desktop is the only wired one, all the laptops are connected wirelessly. Now to have them talk to each other I always seem to hit a dead end. I've used Google, Ubuntu Forums and Linux help forums but to no avail. A lot of them have different and most of the time contradicting instructions on what to do. I just want basic file sharing between all workstations and maybe some sort of authentication to read/write to each other's shares. I have a ton of things stored on my desktop that I would love to access from my laptop but I've ripped my hair out trying to figure it out and I've hit dead end after dead end. I just need a simple howto on what's needed.
SundaySounds
Banned
Not a big problem, just a weird little bug in my machine:
Every now and then, windows will make the noise it usually makes when it shuts down. And then sometimes windows will make other noises at random times, but the shutting down chime is really the only one that's worrisome. Running W7.
Every now and then, windows will make the noise it usually makes when it shuts down. And then sometimes windows will make other noises at random times, but the shutting down chime is really the only one that's worrisome. Running W7.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Yo tech support GAF. Friend got a virus and they can't even boot into safemode to clean the shit out.
Anyway antivirus programs that you can either burn to a cd or copy to a flash drive that can run before your system tries to boot from the HDD?
Anyway antivirus programs that you can either burn to a cd or copy to a flash drive that can run before your system tries to boot from the HDD?
I've got a netbook that came preinstalled with Windows 7. I was able to successfully install XP on a separate partition and XP ran fine for a couple days. Just as I was about to get 7 working again, I ran into an error message on startup saying "Error loading operating system." I attempted to reinstall XP over that same partition and now when it restarts during the install it just hangs with a blinking cursor at startup. Any tips? I can get into the BIOS, but that's about it.
http://master.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/?MojoRisin said:
Visualante
Member
Hello, my external HDD was kicked off a PC case because of a stupid wire layout.
It fires up and makes noise but is not picked up by Windows.
How can I test to see if this device is failed?
It fires up and makes noise but is not picked up by Windows.
How can I test to see if this device is failed?
SundaySounds
Banned
Post from the Steam thread:
Is anyone else's Steam program broken? It tried to update to the new client version, and in doing so it fucked itself sideways. I've tried everything. When I install Steam, (With a fresh .msi from the steam website) it will install fine. But when it tries to update itself, it gets to 27% and then crashes. I get this error: "Steam.exe (main exception): ERROR: deleted Steam.exe but the file is still there"
Apparently a lot of people are having this problem. HALP?
I've scoured the internet, and I've found about a million different way to fix it, and none of them have worked. I've uninstalled my AVG and turned off my firewall. I shut off just about everything else when trying to update it. nothing works.
tha fuck, steam.
Is anyone else's Steam program broken? It tried to update to the new client version, and in doing so it fucked itself sideways. I've tried everything. When I install Steam, (With a fresh .msi from the steam website) it will install fine. But when it tries to update itself, it gets to 27% and then crashes. I get this error: "Steam.exe (main exception): ERROR: deleted Steam.exe but the file is still there"
Apparently a lot of people are having this problem. HALP?
I've scoured the internet, and I've found about a million different way to fix it, and none of them have worked. I've uninstalled my AVG and turned off my firewall. I shut off just about everything else when trying to update it. nothing works.
tha fuck, steam.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Hey I'm running on safemode right now under Vista and I was wondering if it is possible to run the DVD drivers to watch a DVD?
Try the following (it may delete all your local cache from your steam games. back that up first if you want to or you just don't care any more and want it to work.)SundaySounds said:
Uninstall Steam through add/remove programs. Go to the folder (Program Files\Steam) and delete the entire folder. Yes, Steam included.
Try installing it again.
Rafa=FedKilla said:Hey I'm running on safemode right now under Vista and I was wondering if it is possible to run the DVD drivers to watch a DVD?
DVDs should work in safemode. You could try using VLC.
Why do you want to watch a DVD using no drivers? The video is not going to playback right. You' might even get a headache trying to watch it.
Visualante said:
Connect everything. Fire up the computer. Check your BIOS to see if it detected it.
Get a Windows 7 CD/DVD/USB drive.Easy_G said:
If you need to make a bootable disk via USB for Windows 7: http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool
Boot it and select repair my computer.
SundaySounds
Banned
Okay now, hold on. So after it tries to update and fails, steam.exe eventually deletes itself (it won't let you delete it manually) So then I renamed SteamTMP.exe to Steam.exe, and then the new Steam.exe gets to 27% and gives me the error: cannot open Steamnew.exe for writing (something like that, it closed itself)
Once again, AVG is uninstalled, and firewall is off.
Once again, AVG is uninstalled, and firewall is off.
SundaySounds
Banned
claviertekky said:
Nope. Same thing. Although, POI: When I uninstalled steam from the add/remove programs, it was fine, except all the .exe files that were in the folder were still there. I could not delete them. Then a minute or so later I checked back and they were gone. I have also been noticing that when I delete one of the .exe files in the folder it will go away, but if I leave the folder and come back it's right there again.
tha fuck.
Devil Theory said:
Standard UTP ethernet cable (cat5/5e/6) = patch cable. The term patch cable is typically used to describe the short (usually 1-3 ft) cables in a wiring closet which go from a patch panel to a network switch. Just don't purchase the cable if it's described as a cross-over cable (since you don't need that). It does matter as it has to do with the way the pairs are ordered.
Don't buy the cables from Fry's. Buy them from Monoprice. http://www.monoprice.com
http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=cat5e&x=0&y=0 $1.03 for a 7ft cat5e ethernet cable.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?spcDB=10232&spcWord=Cat+6+Network+Cables&keyword=cat6 $1.52 for a 7ft cat6 ethernet cable
Probably Vista not updating the folder at the right intervals when you're viewing. Just press F5 to see if a file you attempted to delete is gone.SundaySounds said:
Let me get back to you on that. Thinking what else you can do since I'll trust on what you told us before.
Have you tried running steam as an administrator? Right click steam -> Run as administrator.
SundaySounds
Banned
claviertekky said:
Yeah, and I've tried doing a lot of things while logged into the administrator account. my regular account has admin privileges, but one site suggested going through the actual admin account. Still no luck.
Running Windows 7 64bit, btw.
Anerythristic
Member
Oh my god I tangled with the Vista Antispyware 2010 trojan. It was dug in like a tick. My wife actually picked it up on an Olympics website. Is there anything that you guys suggest even after you have ran you malware scan?
Lionel Mandrake
Member
Didn't know this thread existed. Anyway, I posted this in the Chatroullete thread, this seems like a better place to ask.