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- I’m still OK, just still going through things 04-15-2023
- Currently, I’m handling this, as he’s keeping his promise. But we’ll see. 04-13-2023
- Depression: Ahh shit, here we go again! / New CPU & RAM bought 04-12-2023
- Time for some non-tech news… 04-09-2023
- This card supports Raytracing.. but only for Vulkan-built games / Issues with video watching in VRChat / Bad side about updating BIOS 04-08-2023
- The problems post-case swap just don’t stop 04-05-2023
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First case of “this worked fine before in XP” issues
Angry got me to reinstall Half-Life 1 on my new OS, to play some Sven Co-op. I knew how old Half-Life was and questioned angry if Valve made it 64-bit compatible. It’s not really compatible but 7 has a compatibility … Continue reading
Facepunch honors 05/07ers with gold / Lock up coming back from grave?
First and foremost, I wanna get to something very serious, IMO anyway. I fear my lock up issue may be coming back from the grave. Or maybe I’m just jumping to conclusions. .. Probably that. Since I got a new … Continue reading
Gmod, and why I don’t have a desire to play it anymore
I had thoughts of not making this entry since it was just going to be another, depressing blog entry. Or how to write it all down. But I finally decided to say it. My lock up is not fixed. Only … Continue reading
Two weeks since the fix of my lock up
It’s been two weeks from this day when I got a new motherboard and video card in a final, desperate attempt to fix my lock up issue. So I should report if it’s locked up or not. Usually, two weeks … Continue reading
Crysis lock up testing – Runnin’ on High
Stewart told me that this new video card will allow me to run Crysis on the highest graphics possible for DirectX 9.01c, using an 800×600 resolution. So I installed Crysis yesterday, and played it today, running everything on HIGH graphic … Continue reading
Comments re-opened/more computer thoughts
After I played FarCry for that good 10 minutes, I went to Facepunch, and my favorite thread. They’ve been busy since I’ve been gone for a few days. Anyway, I saw Garion asking me to get comments in this blog. … Continue reading
A new motherboard/video card, will it fix the lock up?
Alot happened in the past 48 hours. It’s quite hard to explain, just I had some arguments with mother over getting a new motherboard. Basically about how hard it was to call Stewart to ask him about how much that … Continue reading
Delays, Setbacks in attempt to fix/ignore it
As I said in my previous post, I called Stewart this morning, asking if he had a fan for my Northbridge. He said that he has nothing that would work with my motherboard, and to check the internet. I told … Continue reading
Northbridge, again a possible culprit
Been browsing Facepunch today. Suddenly a thought comes to mind of what Stewart said about my Northbridge and it being hot. So I create a thread about it. 10 minutes after I do, I get a reply with a line … Continue reading
The long trip to a new computer begins
Ok. Yesterday I finally got me a name-branded PSU for something like $87 from the guy that built my system. It’s an Antec GreenWatts 650W PSU. It’s one of those modern ones with the fan inside the case that blows … Continue reading