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by Astral Fridge Magnet
Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:52 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Weird PC Problem- I Don't Know What The Heck Is Happening!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2540

Any chance your motherboard battery might have gone dead and put you in a situation where you are getting boot-default settings? New batteries aren't too difficult to find if that's the case. Eureka !!!! That was exactly the problem. Out of frustration I took my PC to a computer repair shop and the...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:31 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Weird PC Problem- I Don't Know What The Heck Is Happening!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2540

Any chance your motherboard battery might have gone dead and put you in a situation where you are getting boot-default settings? New batteries aren't too difficult to find if that's the case. I don't know, but I doubt it. If I was getting boot default settings I would presume that the changes I mad...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:27 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Weird PC Problem- I Don't Know What The Heck Is Happening!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2540

Thanks Neutron for your help. Unfortunately, your suggestion hasn't worked. Any other ideas?
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:24 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Weird PC Problem- I Don't Know What The Heck Is Happening!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2540

well I dont know about that program "paragon" maybe it screwed up your master boot record. you do not ever need to completely "wipe" a hard drive unless you have state secrets on there., just formatting it is fine, or even delete and then recreate the partition with fdisk. if yo...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:02 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Weird PC Problem- I Don't Know What The Heck Is Happening!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2540

Neutron wrote:does the c drive show up correctly in the BIOS?
Yes it does show up in the BIOS (thanks for the quick response by the way).
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:45 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Weird PC Problem- I Don't Know What The Heck Is Happening!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2540

Weird PC Problem- I Don't Know What The Heck Is Happening!!!

Hello, I don't quite know how to begin explaining this. I have an ASUS P800 Deluxe motherboard and 3 Pulsar cards installed ( two 6 DSPs and one 4 DSP), two hard drives, Matrox graphic card and 3.01 GHz. About once a year I do a wipe of my hard drives ( to get rid of all the crud like demos and thin...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:36 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What Is The Point Of DXi SynthsOver VST?
Replies: 5
Views: 996

What Is The Point Of DXi SynthsOver VST?

Hello,

Maybe a stupid question, but one I don't know the answer to.

Is there any point in installing a DXi version of a synth when installing the VST?

If so, what would be the point? I am often given a choice and am never sure what to do.

Thanks
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:48 am
Forum: Music
Topic: My latest album is online...
Replies: 5
Views: 1555

As much as I would like to hear it, I haven't been able to. It keeps buffering and for a long time and still no music. I have a fast connection, so I know the speed of my PC is not the problem.
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:30 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Weird DVD Drive Problem. Please Help.
Replies: 4
Views: 1248

it's probably dead. the DVD laser and the CD laser are seperate. one can die and the other can work still. Thanks for your response Garyb. I tried different media thinking that may be it , also disabling the writer in Device Manager and allowing Windows to detect it automatically. In Device Manager...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:35 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Weird DVD Drive Problem. Please Help.
Replies: 4
Views: 1248

Weird DVD Drive Problem. Please Help.

Hello, Could anyone out there shed some light on a weird problem? For some unknown reason, what used to be my DVD writer is now a CD writer! It won't write DVDs even though it used to. It will only write CDS now. I have made a few changes, such as changing my hard drive as it was fucked, and changin...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:29 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: I Am So Disappointed.
Replies: 10
Views: 1638

I don't know how posting 3 times happened, but I have now deleted two of the posts.
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:36 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: I Am So Disappointed.
Replies: 10
Views: 1638

I Am So Disappointed.

Hello, I feel the need to share my total disapointment with you in the hope that someone out there can say something that will make me feel better and help me move on. Yesterday I was at my local music shop and bought an AXON AX 50 happy that it finally arrived after a long wait. However, just befor...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:25 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Another Computer Problem. This Time RAM.
Replies: 6
Views: 1770

not half speed, but not as efficient as pairs. since you have done it this way, fine. does it work well?(i bet it's fine) next time you can go the route of pairs. It works, but I don't notice any real improvement in CPU. However, I went to my local computer shop and asked the their opinion. The sal...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:27 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Another Computer Problem. This Time RAM.
Replies: 6
Views: 1770

I was told this on another forum:

you may be operating at 1/2 speed on the memory bus - because you don't have it installed in pairs!


True or false?

My manual says that the configuration I have it in is permissable.
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:25 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Another Computer Problem. This Time RAM.
Replies: 6
Views: 1770

Another Computer Problem. This Time RAM.

I recently replaced my hard drive and thought while I'm at it get another 1 GB of RAM. However When I previously had 512 MB, it now reads 256MB, when I should have about 1500MB. Any possible explanations? As far as I know I have the right type of RAM. But I am going by faith in the salesman who sold...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:08 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Hard Drive Question and Partitioning.
Replies: 9
Views: 1688

I don't understand the triple post. Sorry.

My original HD was 80 GB, but the acronis image is only about 4 GB in sze.
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:24 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Hard Drive Question and Partitioning.
Replies: 9
Views: 1688

Thanks for the reply Stardust. A few more questions though: 1) Is it best to partition the drive into 3? So Operating System. Programs and Data? 2) If so, what sizes would you suggest? I have just bought a new 400GB drive. 3) As far as installing programs go, do you let them install in their default...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:24 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Hard Drive Question and Partitioning.
Replies: 9
Views: 1688

Thanks for the reply Stardust. A few more questions though: 1) Is it best to partition the drive into 3? So Operating System. Programs and Data? 2) If so, what sizes would you suggest? I have just bought a new 400GB drive. 3) As far as installing programs go, do you let them install in their default...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:23 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Hard Drive Question and Partitioning.
Replies: 9
Views: 1688

Thanks for the reply Stardust. A few more questions though: 1) Is it best to partition the drive into 3? So Operating System. Programs and Data? 2) If so, what sizes would you suggest? I have just bought a new 400GB drive. 3) As far as installing programs go, do you let them install in their default...
by Astral Fridge Magnet
Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:15 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Hard Drive Question and Partitioning.
Replies: 2
Views: 1118

Hard Drive Question and Partitioning.

Hello, I have been experiencing bootup problems. For example, I would boot up the PC and it just keeps rebooting. Yesterday it kept doing it for an hour and a half. When it finally kicked into gear, I did a CHKDSK via RUN and it discovered bad sectors. 1) Does that mean my HD is screwed? 2) I will b...