Tech: Open thread

2010-05-16 10:41:53

#2951

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6410|Winland

No one wants a shot at getting some Karma? Only a select few have gotten Karma by me the last year or so, you know. It's an honour.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2010-05-16 10:44:36

#2952

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6710

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Only a select few have gotten Karma by me the last year or so, you know. It's an honour.

that's apparent - your like a Scot with money with your karma. oh look, your last karma came from a Scot . . .

2010-05-16 10:58:44

#2953

dill13: Member; +67|6407

Freezer7Pro wrote:
No one wants a shot at getting some Karma? Only a select few have gotten Karma by me the last year or so, you know. It's an honour.

Ok I could care less about the karma but you reseated the middle circuit board and replaced the big white capacitor along with cleaning up some wiring. If theirs anything else I missed sorry but thats just the obvious stuff.

2010-05-16 11:00:29

#2954

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6410|Winland

dill13 wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
No one wants a shot at getting some Karma? Only a select few have gotten Karma by me the last year or so, you know. It's an honour.
Ok I could care less about the karma but you reseated the middle circuit board and replaced the big white capacitor along with cleaning up some wiring. If theirs anything else I missed sorry but thats just the obvious stuff.

Those are pretty much the 'non-fixing' changes I made. But you still missed the thing that resurrected the beast. You are on the right track, though.

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2010-05-16 11:01:31)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2010-05-16 11:17:06

#2955

FloppY_: +1,010|6499|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Freezer7Pro wrote:
dill13 wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
No one wants a shot at getting some Karma? Only a select few have gotten Karma by me the last year or so, you know. It's an honour.
Ok I could care less about the karma but you reseated the middle circuit board and replaced the big white capacitor along with cleaning up some wiring. If theirs anything else I missed sorry but thats just the obvious stuff.
Those are pretty much the 'non-fixing' changes I made. But you still missed the thing that resurrected the beast. You are on the right track, though.

How the fuck did he tell?????

Last edited by FloppY_ (2010-05-16 11:19:25)

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2010-05-16 12:10:50

#2956

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6174|Places 'n such

I know these stop codes mean something, cant seem to find what this one is:

stop 0X84000000

any clues?
Its Vista, 32 ultimate, laptop.

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-05-18 06:59:12

#2957

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6952|Toronto | Canada

Kinda cool FF addon I just found and like quite a bit

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5890/

(Doesnt work with some FF versions, need to allow unverified addons, this one works for me http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_treestyle … n#download)

It changes your tabs to a Tree Style tab bar on the side, I find it really convenient since it keeps all the tabs I have from one site together.

2010-05-18 11:17:28

#2958

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6862

Fuuuuuck! Windows did some update today, and suddenly seems to have realised that it's not genuine, 7 months after installing it. Anyone know if there's a fix once MS have figure out your OS is bogus?

2010-05-18 11:20:36

#2959

mikkel: Member; +383|6814

ghettoperson wrote:
Fuuuuuck! Windows did some update today, and suddenly seems to have realised that it's not genuine, 7 months after installing it. Anyone know if there's a fix once MS have figure out your OS is bogus?

http://emea.microsoftstore.com/UK/en-GB … /Windows-7

2010-05-18 11:24:28

#2960

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6862

Yeah fuck that. I'll probably just reinstall it and then not let it install the update that broke it. Or go Linux.

2010-05-18 11:25:33

#2961

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6525

Will it allow you to activate it? Or is it just bitching that it's a non-genuine version?

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2010-05-18 11:27:12

#2962

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6862

Yeah tried to re-activate it and it just keeps going on about being non-genuine. In a way I'm actually quite impressed with Microsoft that they've actually managed to fix these loopholes. On the other hand, it's quite inconvenient.

2010-05-18 11:30:50

#2963

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6525

If you choose to activate via telephone, it'll give you a big long code that you have to enter. If that doesn't work, it'll forward you to an actual person (likely in India). Tell them you're trying to re-install your operating system and the key didn't work. Tell them you've only installed the OS on one PC and they should give you the activation code. It may be a long and painful process but you'll have a fully activated Win7 that you can update. If the rep refuses, call again and hope you get a different one

Edit: Tell them you're a student, it might help your credibility

Last edited by ebug9 (2010-05-18 11:32:19)

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2010-05-18 11:31:01

#2964

FloppY_: +1,010|6499|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

ghettoperson wrote:
Yeah tried to re-activate it and it just keeps going on about being non-genuine. In a way I'm actually quite impressed with Microsoft that they've actually managed to fix these loopholes. On the other hand, it's quite inconvenient.

It's not like an OEM version is expensive... and it's not like you are paying for Vista

EDIT: But easy for me to say when I'm using academic alliance freebees :p

Last edited by FloppY_ (2010-05-18 11:31:26)

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2010-05-19 01:57:37

#2965

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6862

Apparently I'm not allowed to mention certain websites. In that case, if anyone is interested it's perfectly simple to fix.

2010-05-19 06:21:37

#2966

Stubbee: Religions Hate Facts, Questions and Doubts; +223|6956|Reality

ghettoperson wrote:
Apparently I'm not allowed to mention certain websites. In that case, if anyone is interested it's perfectly simple to fix.

what did you expect? a pat on the back?
advocating software piracy and software piracy sites!
indeed asking for help in the act of piracy, real smooth.

you gonna ask for help moving the body next?

The US economy is a giant Ponzi scheme. And 'to big to fail' is code speak for 'niahnahniahniahnah 99 percenters'

2010-05-19 09:45:34

#2967

FloppY_: +1,010|6499|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Stubbee wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
Apparently I'm not allowed to mention certain websites. In that case, if anyone is interested it's perfectly simple to fix.
what did you expect? a pat on the back?
advocating software piracy and software piracy sites!
indeed asking for help in the act of piracy, real smooth.

you gonna ask for help moving the body next?

I just don't think he realises that if BF2s.com became known as a "warez" site, Jeff could get sued for hosting copyright violating material...

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-05-19 09:45:36

#2968

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6910

Built my friend a computer. He got the Asus Rampage III Extreme motherboard. Overclocked his i7 920 to 4.0 ghz at 1.25 volts. That mobo is so nice and awesome and easy.

2010-05-19 10:43:40

#2969

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6873|The darkside of Denver

Computer_Guy wrote:
Built my friend a computer. He got the Asus Rampage III Extreme motherboard. Overclocked his i7 920 to 4.0 ghz at 1.25 volts. That mobo is so nice and awesome and easy.

Yea, I built as system for a guy with that board. Its fucking super sweet.

2010-05-19 13:07:28

#2970

FloppY_: +1,010|6499|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

SonderKommando wrote:
Computer_Guy wrote:
Built my friend a computer. He got the Asus Rampage III Extreme motherboard. Overclocked his i7 920 to 4.0 ghz at 1.25 volts. That mobo is so nice and awesome and easy.
Yea, I built as system for a guy with that board. Its fucking super sweet.

2770 DKK for a motherboard? nothx

Rampage II GENE is enough for me

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2010-05-19 14:10:48

#2971

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6862

Stubbee wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
Apparently I'm not allowed to mention certain websites. In that case, if anyone is interested it's perfectly simple to fix.
what did you expect? a pat on the back?
advocating software piracy and software piracy sites!
indeed asking for help in the act of piracy, real smooth.

you gonna ask for help moving the body next?

Oh get the fuck over yourself. It wasn't a link or anything like that it was just a mention of their site and the fact that they were helpful.

2010-05-20 08:31:19

#2972

TravisC555: Member; +118|6432|Cox Convention Center, OK

Nevermind, simple as a few clicks

Last edited by TravisC555 (2010-05-20 08:35:19)

2010-05-21 13:59:09

#2973

-Sh1fty-: plundering yee booty; +510|5687|Ventura, California

My Father needs a new computer, and I want to give him mine. He says he doesn't want to lose his work. He's got four years worth of work on it.

Basically, I told him I can put his HDD in the new computer so he can keep his information but have a new PC plus my 2 HDDs which are 750GB. Is that ok? I just plug his old HDD in the PC, and get it as the first boot device in the BIOS. He'd keep all his information? Then if he wants to transfer it to a backup HDD, I can just select the files and CTRL-C + CTRL-V into the other HDDs?

I don't really have any doubts but he was very insistent that if I screwed up he was totally fucked.

And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.

2010-05-21 14:00:11

#2974

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6001|Catherine Black

Yes, yes, yes.

2010-05-21 14:03:39

#2975

-Sh1fty-: plundering yee booty; +510|5687|Ventura, California

Thanks

Here's another thing. I've been working as a computer technician for a while now for friends. Only problem is now I've fell upon an old laptop, about 7cm thick xD It's an old toshiba, and she wants me to format it. It has Windows 98, so she wants me to format and then install XP. It's got 40mb of RAM

I really don't know what I can do. So I'm trying to format this thing, it's not reading the Vista disk (which I want to just use the first part to format then quit the installation). It's not detecting the Vista disk. So I'm going to try a Windows XP disk from a friend.

I went into the MS-DOS and tried FORMAT C: and it formatted 100% then recuperated the shit I formatted

I don't know what to do, I'm assuming the XP disk formatting will work right?

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