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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #1080 on: September 01, 2014, 03:55:44 am »
Quote from: Caz on August 29, 2014, 12:51:46 pm
Anyone know when DDR4 ram-using motherboards will appear?
Quote from: Karkov on August 29, 2014, 01:19:19 pm
Anywhere between 2-10 years.
Now: https://www.google.co.uk/#q=ddr4&tbm=shop&tbs=vw:l,cat:289

Quote from: Karkov on August 29, 2014, 01:19:19 pm
Depends on when we get a 128-bit OS and everything starts upgrading to match it.  So far there haven't been many pieces of software that even need that level of technology.*

*Technology meaning the 128-bit OS at this point.
There will likely never be a 128-bit* OS for home use. 64-bit is already such an insane space (it's not double the 32-bit limit of <4GB, it's squared). The most powerful supercomputer in the world has 1 PB of RAM (that's one million gigabytes), which only requires 50 bits to address. You would need a computer 16,000 times the size before the 64-bit limit became a problem!

*measuring by address space. If you want to measure register size instead, we're already past 128-bit: The most recent cpus have 256-bit vector registers (4x64 bit / 8x32 bit).

Quote from: Karkov on August 29, 2014, 01:19:19 pm
I think Clockwork Empires is the first thing to actually begin using more than one core on your CPU at once (though don't quote me on that.  I could just be thinking gaming technology)
The xbox 360 was a 3 core / 6 thread machine, so as a result pretty much every game that came out on it will use more than one core, even in the PC port. Unreal Engine 3 did, so pretty much every game made with that will use multiple cores. What games are struggling with is pushing past the "easy" method of putting each main game system onto a thread: Game logic, rendering, physics, audio, data streaming... That only takes you so far and scales really badly. Taking any one of those subsystems and making it multithreaded? That's hard.

Quote from: Karkov on August 29, 2014, 01:19:19 pm
and I still haven't heard of anything other than a Minecraft server using over 4 GBs of RAM.
The reason for that is that so many gamers still have 32-bit PCs. You wouldn't want to exclude a large chunk of your market, it might impact sales. That said, Minecraft itself needs 64-bit Java to run reliably on Far render distance, especially if you play with mods.

Quote from: Karkov on August 29, 2014, 01:19:19 pm
Also, from what I've seen, they're still coming out with faster versions of DDR3, so that'll probably delay the process as well.
They are all non-standard. The fastest official DDR3 specification is DDR3-2133. Anything higher is not guaranteed compatible.
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Quote from: Sphalerite on September 23, 2010, 08:56:03 pm
It's not an embark so much as seven dwarves having a simultaneous strange mood and going off to build an artifact fortress that menaces with spikes of awesome and hanging rings of death.

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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #1081 on: September 01, 2014, 07:18:52 am »
While refusing to charge, the battery of my computer continues to lose power.

EDIT: This problem diseappeared as mysteriously as it appeared after I made my hand wander anew below by computer - anew because, while, at Saturday, I serarched for the button to activate WiFi, I too wandered my hand below.
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Quote from: Fniff on February 17, 2014, 07:03:02 pm
"Just tell me about the bits with the forest-defending part, the sociopath part is pretty normal dwarf behavior."

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« Reply #1082 on: September 01, 2014, 10:06:14 am »
Some laptops have logic to save wear and tear on the battery by not charging it until it goes below X% discharged.  Otherwise apparently all the tiny discharge/recharge when you leave it plugged in for a long time wear the battery out quicker.  So possibly that's what's happening?
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« Reply #1083 on: September 01, 2014, 02:01:52 pm »
Quote from: gimlet on September 01, 2014, 10:06:14 am
Some laptops have logic to save wear and tear on the battery by not charging it until it goes below X% discharged.  Otherwise apparently all the tiny discharge/recharge when you leave it plugged in for a long time wear the battery out quicker.  So possibly that's what's happening?

My laptop normally charge even for 1% missing in power.

And this problem came back - maybe because my computer is very hot.
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Quote from: Fniff on February 17, 2014, 07:03:02 pm
"Just tell me about the bits with the forest-defending part, the sociopath part is pretty normal dwarf behavior."

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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #1084 on: September 02, 2014, 12:46:20 pm »
Windows Software Problem! Wheeeee!

Starting a few days ago, every time I start up my computer I get an error message saying Windows Desktop Gadgets has stopped working, followed by the error message  "The Instruction at 0xf3513edb refrenced memory at 0xffffffff. The memory could not be read."

I've tried Google, but nothing works. I actually do use the gadgets: the weather, currency converter, and CPU/RAM monitor. I know there are other programs that can do these things, but having them all in one place was very convenient. I don't understand what went wrong. I haven't really changed anything in the system. I've restarted many times, but nothing works. Even if I try to open the Desktop Gadgets window in the control panel, I get the error message displayed above.

Any ideas?
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #1085 on: September 02, 2014, 01:02:21 pm »
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #1086 on: September 02, 2014, 01:07:06 pm »
Quote from: MaximumZero on September 02, 2014, 01:02:21 pm
Have you tried increasing your virtual memory?
That's irrelevant. It's most likely just a bug in the gadgets. Possibly investigate if it's possible to reset them?
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Quote from: Count Dorku on November 25, 2009, 04:00:47 am
Dwarven blood types are not A, B, AB, O but Ale, Wine, Beer, Rum, Whisky and so forth.
Quote from: Sphalerite on September 23, 2010, 08:56:03 pm
It's not an embark so much as seven dwarves having a simultaneous strange mood and going off to build an artifact fortress that menaces with spikes of awesome and hanging rings of death.

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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #1087 on: September 02, 2014, 02:08:52 pm »
It doesn't seem to be. All the reports I've been able to find of other people having this problem get the same answer: "system restore." Nooooooope.

EDIT: Windows Movie Maker is now giving me a similar error when I try to open it. Normally I don't use it (I have Premiere CS5), but I was trying to convert something quickly that Premiere was having trouble opening, and it won't open. Ahhhh, Windows. Aren't you just delightful.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #1088 on: September 02, 2014, 08:39:38 pm »
Quote from: Sappho on September 02, 2014, 02:08:52 pm
It doesn't seem to be. All the reports I've been able to find of other people having this problem get the same answer: "system restore." Nooooooope.

EDIT: Windows Movie Maker is now giving me a similar error when I try to open it. Normally I don't use it (I have Premiere CS5), but I was trying to convert something quickly that Premiere was having trouble opening, and it won't open. Ahhhh, Windows. Aren't you just delightful.
Recommend System Restore as it sounds like a system DLL issue.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #1089 on: September 03, 2014, 03:49:37 am »
Quote from: Sappho on September 02, 2014, 02:08:52 pm
All the reports I've been able to find of other people having this problem get the same answer: "system restore." Nooooooope.

As an alternative to system restore, try this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
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Quote from: Count Dorku on November 25, 2009, 04:00:47 am
Dwarven blood types are not A, B, AB, O but Ale, Wine, Beer, Rum, Whisky and so forth.
Quote from: Sphalerite on September 23, 2010, 08:56:03 pm
It's not an embark so much as seven dwarves having a simultaneous strange mood and going off to build an artifact fortress that menaces with spikes of awesome and hanging rings of death.

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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #1090 on: September 03, 2014, 05:46:03 am »
Quote from: Thief^ on September 03, 2014, 03:49:37 am
Quote from: Sappho on September 02, 2014, 02:08:52 pm
All the reports I've been able to find of other people having this problem get the same answer: "system restore." Nooooooope.

As an alternative to system restore, try this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

Thanks for that. I'll have a look when I get home. I'm not going to do a system restore; I'd lose too much and can't be sure of getting everything properly backed up first. Considering I only need to last a few more months with this machine, it doesn't seem worth it.

EDIT: Well, I ran the scan and it didn't find any problems. I suppose I give up for now. I don't know what happened. I haven't done anything to the system...
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« Reply #1091 on: September 03, 2014, 11:04:14 am »
Hi, lately when I play games, and only when I play games I experience this:

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The screen freezes and I have to reset.
The first picture shows the screen moments after freezing.
The second picture shows how it looks like several seconds later.
Eventually the screen goes almost completely white.
The symptoms, especially the weird horizontal line, seem to be always the same.

I obviously couldn't make a screenshoot of a crashed computer screen so i drew it.
Does anyone recognize this problem?
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« Reply #1092 on: September 03, 2014, 11:14:24 am »
Quote from: ancistrus on September 03, 2014, 11:04:14 am
Hi, lately when I play games, and only when I play games I experience this:

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The screen freezes and I have to reset.
The first picture shows the screen moments after freezing.
The second picture shows how it looks like several seconds later.
Eventually the screen goes almost completely white.
The symptoms, especially the weird horizontal line, seem to be always the same.

I obviously couldn't make a screenshoot of a crashed computer screen so i drew it.
Does anyone recognize this problem?

Graphic card overheating, possibly? It also could be GPU driver's fault, if you changed them. We will need more info about PC - the specs (CPU, GPU, the other stuff) also which games and is it random or more likely after some time spent playing game?
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« Reply #1093 on: September 03, 2014, 11:47:03 am »
Quote from: aenri on September 03, 2014, 11:14:24 am

Graphic card overheating, possibly? It also could be GPU driver's fault, if you changed them. We will need more info about PC - the specs (CPU, GPU, the other stuff) also which games and is it random or more likely after some time spent playing game?

Afaik it is completely random.
The games that crashed my computer in this manner so far were half life 2, europa universalis 3, age of empires 2, baldurs gate.
DF never does it.

Sorry for being so extensive, but I am not sure what to look for.
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« Reply #1094 on: September 03, 2014, 11:57:32 am »
Quote from: ancistrus on September 03, 2014, 11:47:03 am
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Well, we could start with upgrading your graphic drivers - they are from 2007, which is... pretty old.
Here are the latest (2013) drivers for that HD2400 card. I have that page bookmarked, because my notebook has HD2600 which is also really old card :).


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