The Australian-specific problems and questions PC thread

**VDUB2C** · 03-04-2010 08:34 PM

Quote, originally posted by FL00DY »

Yianni, did you end up buying an SSD in honkers? I'm speccing a new system to build up after many years of laptops and have decided to go with an Intel X25-M 80GB SSD, bout $400. Anyone else bought one yet?

didn't get one in HK as the currency dropped by $1 when i was there - so am looking around now that it's back up.
Drives i'm considering: 120gb OCZ Vertex Turbo and 160GB Intel X25M Gen2
around the $400 - $500 price point for the OCZ and about $50 more for the Intel (on a good day, on a good ebay deal from the states

anyone have one of those US mail forwarding services i can borrow?

Modified by VDUB2C at 11:38 AM 3-5-2010

**VDUB2C** · 03-04-2010 08:40 PM

wonder if we can change the thread title to read OTPC for the PC thread and OTMAC for the mac thread - so it's easier to identify in the email subject...
jimako?

**mdt** · 03-04-2010 09:37 PM

Quote, originally posted by VDUB2C »

why start a new thread?
now i've gotta watch this one as well!

damn you Matt!

Hehe, you say that, but I can imagine the response I would have got for posting PC questions in the apple thread.

**VDUB2C** · 03-04-2010 11:43 PM

Quote, originally posted by mdt »

Hehe, you say that, but I can imagine the response I would have got for posting PC questions in the apple thread.

it's been done before
also the response would've been the same either way - Off topic, and vulgar

**AA003** · 03-05-2010 04:46 AM

Quote, originally posted by VDUB2C »

wonder if we can change the thread title to read OTPC for the PC thread and OTMAC for the mac thread - so it's easier to identify in the email subject...
jimako?

How about "Real Bloke's Computers" and "Ghey Fruity Dunger Computers"?

**VDUB2C** · 03-05-2010 04:54 AM

Wait... Which is which.

**AA003** · 03-05-2010 05:06 AM

Quote, originally posted by VDUB2C »

Wait... Which is which.

Windows - Real blokes chunder out of

Panther, Jaguar etc - Cats

**mdt** · 03-05-2010 10:38 PM

So, this new lap top of mine is terrific. Love it to bits. But for some reason, it tends to seize once every day or two... the clock stops, the key-pad stops and even <ctrl,alt,delete> won't work.

This is a real concern because I prepare my cross examination on my laptop in court. If it seizes half through a witness, I will be right royally fkd.

I've done a check and repair disk and defraged etc. Is there anything I can do to try to stop it from happening?

As a fall back, what is the process for tracking down the cause? Is it likely to throw an error before seizing?

If I can't fix it, I will need to take the computer back and return it. So, I want to try everything before I give up on it.

TIA.

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**WAY** · 03-05-2010 10:45 PM

I have issues with Window 7 shutting down my browser etc. Not quite as dramatic as yours, but annoying just the same.

**Saxton Hale** · 03-05-2010 11:17 PM

Quote, originally posted by mdt »

take the computer back and return it

i've had windows 7 running months at a time without a reboot, its not the OS.

**auR32** · 03-05-2010 11:27 PM

Quote, originally posted by mdt »

If I can't fix it, I will need to take the computer back and return it. So, I want to try everything before I give up on it.

Matt, this is a new laptop and your description sounds like a hardware fault. If it's not working 100% now, it never will. Take it back and get it swapped for new hardware. If the problem continues, get your money back and try another brand - I hear there are fruit brands available that are the biz.

Michael

**AA003** · 03-06-2010 04:19 AM

Quote, originally posted by auR32 »

I hear there are fruit brands available that are the biz.

Michael

**IML337** · 03-06-2010 04:22 AM

Quote, originally posted by Saxton Hale »

i've had windows 7 running months at a time without a reboot, its not the OS.

Same. In fact I haven't rebooted my PC since I installed windows 7 on it. No idea when that was either - a month or so ago?

Definitely sounds like a hardware issue. Take it back. Though it may be hard to convince them to do a swap out if you can't replicate the hanging issue

**mdt** · 03-06-2010 04:34 AM

Have to admit, Windows 7 is as good as Vista was bad.

**FL00DY** · 03-09-2010 03:48 AM

hhmmm give me one of these please, Asus EEEkeyboard.

http://www.veoh.com/browse/vid...TNrCK

It keeps getting delayed. Wireless HDMI, will come with 16GB or 32GB SSD, 1.6 Atom, 1gb DDR2. Not sure that the 1.6 will handle HD video over the WHDMI? If works well it would make an awesome HTPC.

**VDUB2C** · 03-09-2010 05:18 PM

i have the eeepc 1005pe - N450 atom 1.66 processor, 1 gb ram, blah blah...
long story short - fully buffered and loaded videos over youtube stutter...
avi's etc are ok, but that's at divx ****ty quality. definitely no where near HD quality, and they sometimes stutter.
i'm very doubtful this will work well.

**AA003** · 03-09-2010 06:53 PM

Quote, originally posted by VDUB2C »

i have the eeepc 1005pe - N450 atom 1.66 processor, 1 gb ram, blah blah...
long story short - fully buffered and loaded videos over youtube stutter...
avi's etc are ok, but that's at divx ****ty quality. definitely no where near HD quality, and they sometimes stutter.
i'm very doubtful this will work well.

But can it play Solitaire?

**VDUB2C** · 03-09-2010 09:05 PM

Quote, originally posted by AA003 »

But can it play Solitaire?

If he only thing you old cogers want it for is solitaire, then yes... yes it can play solitaire.

**AA003** · 03-10-2010 12:00 AM

I know all about computers from watching "The IT Crowd"

Go the luddites

Modified by AA003 at 8:02 AM 3-11-2010

**VDUB2C** · 03-10-2010 11:34 PM

soooooo....
my windows 7 is doing funny things...
namely the icons on the desktop are HUGE - and they don't have the icon names underneath.

anyone know how i can fix?

**IML337** · 03-11-2010 01:05 AM

turn it off at the wall

**VDUB2C** · 03-11-2010 01:08 AM

Quote, originally posted by IML337 »

turn it off at the wall

i reckon aye...
windows is probably just as good as nokia nowadays ... old hat.

**FL00DY** · 03-11-2010 07:43 AM

Just ordered all my new geek parts. Core i7, Asus P7P55D-E-PRO, 4GB memory, 80GB Intel X25-M SSD, Pioneer DVD burner & a Pioneer Blu-ray burner, Radeon HD5770 1GB GFX and Lian-li PC-7FN with 650W Corsair Micro. Will buy a second 24" once I decide on one.

I've purchased a Win7 Pro DVD. I've been trying to avoid 7 but it has TRIM support for SSD's so I have no choice.

**VDUB2C** · 03-11-2010 05:04 PM

nice specs dude!
also, you won't be disappointed with windows 7

**FL00DY** · 03-11-2010 06:55 PM

I was dual booting and used it a little, but kept reverting back to XP. With i7 and SSD I'm sure it will fly

**mdt** · 03-11-2010 07:40 PM

So a SSD will be faster, but will 80gb be big enough? Mike's porn collection is about 500gb.

**J-Tim** · 03-11-2010 07:43 PM

Quote, originally posted by mdt »

So a SSD will be faster, but will 80gb be big enough? Mike's porn collection is about 500gb.

Keep 80gb for most used pron and keep the rest on a separate hard drive.

**VDUB2C** · 03-11-2010 07:45 PM

the theory behind SSDs is you put your OS, and programs on the SSD and main used files - i.e. email etc if you wish.. then carry around a little USB powered HDD with 500gb or so on it

**Saxton Hale** · 03-11-2010 07:46 PM

The idea is you only put the OS and stuff you want to run faster ie appz and gamez on the SSD..

Bulk storage of stuff you arent actually working on/using but just viewing now and again like said pron can be stuck on another cheaper/standurt/larger hdd be it internal, external, on your home network, over the innertubes whatever.

**Saxton Hale** · 03-11-2010 07:48 PM

lol

**VDUB2C** · 03-11-2010 07:57 PM

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lol

fuggen geeks haaaard

**FL00DY** · 03-11-2010 11:01 PM

Quote, originally posted by Saxton Hale »

The idea is you only put the OS and stuff you want to run faster ie appz and gamez on the SSD..

Bulk storage of stuff you arent actually working on/using but just viewing now and again like said pron can be stuck on another cheaper/standurt/larger hdd be it internal, external, on your home network, over the innertubes whatever.

Quote, originally posted by VDUB2C »

the theory behind SSDs is you put your OS, and programs on the SSD and main used files - i.e. email etc if you wish.. then carry around a little USB powered HDD with 500gb or so on it

What these g33ks said

I have a 2TB NAS and a 1TB drive which I'll remove from it's USB case.

What I'm not sure on is running my Lightroom catalogue. If I run my catalogue from the SSD but the photos are on the slow HDD will it be all that quick? I thought bout keeping a few sets of photos on the SSD for editing and then move them to a catalogue on the HDD when I'm happy with them.

**[c e r e a l]** · 03-11-2010 11:06 PM

Doesn't the OS cache the files in memory while you're editing them?

**J-Tim** · 03-11-2010 11:09 PM

Quote, originally posted by [c e r e a l »

]Doesn't the OS cache the files in memory while you're editing them?

OS itself doesn't cache any files.

Lightroom however may cache last accessed pointers within the index file.

**FL00DY** · 03-11-2010 11:11 PM

Matt an SSD like this 80GB Intel will read about 150-170MB/s faster then a mechanical HDD. To give you an idea, Windows should load in about 10 seconds.

lol check this out, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBngouo08Qc

Super ghey marketing vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs

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