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HEY KID I'M A COMPUTER

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    literally just linked it a page back :P

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    well now I can't unsee it

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    Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    ninite is the most amazing website you'll never remember to use after a fresh install

    Yesss

    I actually remembered the existence of ninite after my last windows install and it is so so incredible.

    Also fixing this fan turned into taking the whole computer apart because dang it is like this thing hasn't been dusted out in ever. So now I am reassembling the whole thing.

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    L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Tam wrote: »
    L|ama wrote: »
    im at that stage where my pc barely runs new games I hate it (witcher 2 with everything on lowest settings is real chuggy, to the point where I can't do the arm wrestling minigames)

    L|ama get down from the ivory tower and go get a shitty job to make money and get a new computer

    fuck that ill just steal parts from the computer labs

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    Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    haha

    i'm really bad about dusting my computer

    and the way that I always end up cleaning it is really backwards and a bad idea all around

    fucking compressed air is so damn expensive though and never does a complete job before you run out

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    MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Koshian wrote: »
    batman gotta lose "the weight"

    but did he take a load off anny???

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    Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    My new machine has screens on all the intake fans and it is so much cleaner oh my god

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    i'm not crazy about star wars, but man
    look at this bad boy

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    pretty clever of them, making only one in six the superior version

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    undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    never let a friend convince you to water cool your computer

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    never let a friend convince you to water cool your computer

    You didn't just dump a bucket of water on your computer, did you?

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    undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    no

    but its dumb

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    pretty clever of them, making only one in six the superior version

    yeah, if i got the "updated" 5 out of 6 version, i would just be angry

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    Tommy2HandsTommy2Hands what is this where am i Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    hey rolo swordfights took a break from posting but I am his stand in for the night how can I help you

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I am thinking about getting a neato. Which is much like a roomba but more intelligent.

    This way I can be a star wars nerd and refer to my cleaning droid.

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    SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    To verify, in order to use more than 4 GB of RAM in Photoshop and elsewhere, I need to have a 64-bit system and OS, right?

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    L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    its actually 4.29gb (2^32) but yeah

    and it's also shared between normal RAM and video card, so the total of those can't exceed that and I think 32bit windows normally limits it to just 2gb of normal RAM to be safe, but there might be some workaround

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    L|ama wrote: »
    its actually 4.29gb (2^32) but yeah

    and it's also shared between normal RAM and video card, so the total of those can't exceed that and I think 32bit windows normally limits it to just 2gb of normal RAM to be safe, but there might be some workaround

    nope, exactly 4096 mb, dude. You forgot the 1 kbyte = 1024 byte thingq

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    BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    help computer


    stop all the downloadin

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    Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    haha

    i'm really bad about dusting my computer

    and the way that I always end up cleaning it is really backwards and a bad idea all around

    fucking compressed air is so damn expensive though and never does a complete job before you run out


    This is why I'm happy my dad has like six air compressors.

    It is the best thing.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    historic reasons I think

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    Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Koshian wrote: »
    can somebody explain to me why so many countries use different electricity standards and if there's any functional difference between all of them

    I just assume higher voltage is better because we have like 220 here in the EU. Don't even ask me about the cycle rate thing, that's just confusing.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    transmission is more efficient at higher voltages, but you need bigger transformators to downscale it again
    basically, europe has power like this and the us has power like that

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    L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    higher voltage gives more efficient transmission (need less current to get the same power) but are less safe (can arc over bigger gaps)
    L|ama wrote: »
    its actually 4.29gb (2^32) but yeah

    and it's also shared between normal RAM and video card, so the total of those can't exceed that and I think 32bit windows normally limits it to just 2gb of normal RAM to be safe, but there might be some workaround

    nope, exactly 4096 mb, dude. You forgot the 1 kbyte = 1024 byte thingq

    true

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    So it seems there may have been two separate issues with my computer. I have switched back to using onboard video, and the random lockups seem to have stopped, but there are certain actions that still always cause a lockup, such as opening UDK and closing Portal 2.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    did you clean all the drivers and try new ones?

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Yup.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    did you take the card out and blow on it

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Oh for the days when that would fix everything.

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Welp, just had a random crash while doing not much at all.

    What is wrong with my computer? :(

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Could a Windows reinstall fix this or is it most likely a hardware issue?

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hard to say, fucked up drivers can cause a load of shitty problems, so you can try
    You'd have to make sure you don't use those drivers again though
    what graphics driver are you using?

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    UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Could a Windows reinstall fix this or is it most likely a hardware issue?

    did you get a "Windows has recovered from a serious error" message when you booted back up? If so, if you click on the "show what this report contains" or whatever links within the report to microsoft window, it should point to crash logs (.dmp files). I usually use the windows debugging tools, but this seems well recommended and looks to be easier to use.

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hard to say, fucked up drivers can cause a load of shitty problems, so you can try
    You'd have to make sure you don't use those drivers again though
    what graphics driver are you using?

    I am using the latest Intel HD (i5) drivers, but I was getting similar crashes with a whole bunch of different nVidia drivers, so I took the card out and am trying onboard graphics. I don't think that is the issue.

    Not getting that serious error message, but I will try that program. Cheers.

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    UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    in case debug logging isn't turned on:
    Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
    Double-click System.
    Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
    In the Write debugging information list, click Small memory dump (64k).

    To change the folder location for the small memory dump files, type a new path in the Dump File box (or in the Small dump directory box, depending on your version of Windows).

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Ok that's done, but it doesn't seem to be logging the crashes.

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    MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Google+ is the most appealing dystopian hellscape I've seen.

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    YOU FAT NASTY TRASH

    I just disabled my network card on a whim, and the two things that always made the computer crash (opening UDK and closing Portal 2) worked fine.

    This is good news because that is probably the cheapest thing in the computer to replace.

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Ok so who knows a brand of wireless network card that is not a worthless piece of shit?

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    MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Find cards on Amazon with 50+ reviews and check the 1, 2, and 3-star reviews. Ratings of 1-3 usually mention the flaws and workarounds, or problems in the case of other things (like books).

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