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Tech Support GAF Thread: No Case Too Big, No Case Too Small
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Cloudius12
Member
Only thing I can suggest is port forwarding for your xbox. check portforward.com and look for your model.LakeEarth said:
mysticwhip
Banned
Huh, today the mouse pad seems to be working properly. In any case, I'm still gonna buy a USB mouse. Also, all the thanks in the world goes to claviertekky,Jzero15, and McSmiggins. I owe you guys.
BigJonsson
Member
So uhh my laptop fell off a table the other day
No visible damage on it
But now it seems to take longer to boot up and the system hangs when opening certain programs =/
How can I tell if anything was damaged bad and what might be causing it to take longer booting up
Ugh
No visible damage on it
But now it seems to take longer to boot up and the system hangs when opening certain programs =/
How can I tell if anything was damaged bad and what might be causing it to take longer booting up
Ugh
BigJonsson
Member
I just cracked her open and took a look
Took the RAM out, popped it back in securely
Slid the HDD out, popped it back in
Rebooted
Booted faster this time, but we shall see
I'm going to back up my important files tomorrow just in case I need to do a system restore or something
Yea, its still hanging every so often, ugh
Took the RAM out, popped it back in securely
Slid the HDD out, popped it back in
Rebooted
Booted faster this time, but we shall see
I'm going to back up my important files tomorrow just in case I need to do a system restore or something
Yea, its still hanging every so often, ugh
BigJonsson
Member
Any other suggestions for me?
A new hard drive is around 80 bucks but I'd want to be sure thats the actual problem here
I doubt the Lenovo warranty would cover this since they might be able to tell that the laptop did take a tumble =/
Edit - it seems to hang/freeze when it tries to use the cache, I keep getting waiting for cache and similar messages
A new hard drive is around 80 bucks but I'd want to be sure thats the actual problem here
I doubt the Lenovo warranty would cover this since they might be able to tell that the laptop did take a tumble =/
Edit - it seems to hang/freeze when it tries to use the cache, I keep getting waiting for cache and similar messages
Stormtrooper30
Member
Ok GAF, I got a new Lenovo E420 laptop a few months ago for school. A week or two ago I began noticing this pulsating high-pitched whining coming from the machine. The sound appears to be coming from the fan, but it is difficult to accurately tell the exact location.
It's really annoying. Can anyone advise? I have a two year warranty on the bugger.
It's really annoying. Can anyone advise? I have a two year warranty on the bugger.
Jzero
Member
waiting for cache while using the browser or just on windows?BigJonsson said:
if it's for your browser just clear your cache.
check if the fan is covered in dust. The other place where it could be coming from is the hard drive but it's not that likely. You probably just have to clean the fan.Stormtrooper30 said:
BigJonsson
Member
Its odd, after rebooting a few times it works more or less fine.........but after a while of firefox it starts getting iffy until i just close and restart the browser
If it was the ram or processor i'd be getting error messages right?
If it was the ram or processor i'd be getting error messages right?
BigJonsson
Member
And its damn strange that since my last reboot this afternoon it has ran perfectly
Last night extracting a .rar took way way way longer than it should have, tonight a larger .rar extracted in seconds
Guess I'll have to monitor this day to day
Last night extracting a .rar took way way way longer than it should have, tonight a larger .rar extracted in seconds
Guess I'll have to monitor this day to day
BigJonsson
Member
Everything still working fine
I wonder what the hell was making it run so slow before
Did chkdsk actually fix something for a change?
I wonder what the hell was making it run so slow before
Did chkdsk actually fix something for a change?
Probably the drive marked bad sectors, so the drive doesn't use them again.BigJonsson said:Everything still working fine
I wonder what the hell was making it run so slow before
Did chkdsk actually fix something for a change?
You should also run SpeedFan and HD Tune to check out your HD values.
SpeedFan will analyze the SMART data and see if your drive checks out OK.
HD Tune will highlight values if it sees anything wrong.
BigJonsson
Member
Interesting
Choppasmith
Member
Okay, have a really weird problem here. Virus? Malware? Maybe. I think it's Chrome related.
So every now and then when using Chrome, I'll have around 6 tabs or so, a few of them Youtube (not running videos simultaneously, mind you, just different links I would click on) and after a while I'll get this:
And then Flash usually crashes in Chrome.
So far, scans have turned nothing up. I just updated Malwarebytes and am trying a new scan now.
And now just today, I right click the Explorer icon in the Taskbar (Windows 7) too access my pinned folders and I see it full of these folders.
It's like they were accessed and promptly deleted.
Chrome also takes an unusually long time to start up. I started the Task Manager, and saw for the ONE page/tab that was trying to open, I had somewhere between 6-8 instances of Chrome.exe running.
Help me TechSupportGAF, you're my only hope!
So every now and then when using Chrome, I'll have around 6 tabs or so, a few of them Youtube (not running videos simultaneously, mind you, just different links I would click on) and after a while I'll get this:
And then Flash usually crashes in Chrome.
So far, scans have turned nothing up. I just updated Malwarebytes and am trying a new scan now.
And now just today, I right click the Explorer icon in the Taskbar (Windows 7) too access my pinned folders and I see it full of these folders.
It's like they were accessed and promptly deleted.
Chrome also takes an unusually long time to start up. I started the Task Manager, and saw for the ONE page/tab that was trying to open, I had somewhere between 6-8 instances of Chrome.exe running.
Help me TechSupportGAF, you're my only hope!
Cloudius12
Member
It might an hard drive issue. Try running Windows recovery Console and use chkdsk /pChoppasmith said:
Another suggestion, is to run Combo Fix for any virus or malware.
What OS is it running? From reading on GAF, I swear someone said you could dowload the ISO from digital river or someplace similar. You should already have a product key that came with the netbook. When you got the ISO, you would need to make a USB bootable, so you can reinstall OS from USB.lawblob said:
Edit: If Windows 7, you are in luck.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30724377&postcount=2187
If you are really, really want to get rid of any personal information that may be on the drive, you would have to do the above and get a program to do that kind of formatting for you.
Choppasmith
Member
Cloudius12 said:
How do I do this in Windows 7?
BigJonsson
Member
Ok so I reset my laptop to factory settings and have now moved most of my backed up files over and everything is running fine
If there are bad sectors on my HD should I try not to fill it up to its full capacity or what?
If there are bad sectors on my HD should I try not to fill it up to its full capacity or what?
Bad sectors are not for you to worry about. That's all handled by the hard drive controller.BigJonsson said:
An ideal good hard drive will do this without slowing down performance. It's just a matter of when the hard drive chooses to ax certain sectors.
Choppasmith said:
Chrome can take a long time to load up if you haven't cleared its cache and history lately as those files can go up to GBs. One time, I didn't clear my cache for an year, and Chrome collected about 5GB of data. I cleared it which fixed my boot problem.
You can remove that using ccleaner or in using the Chrome wrench -> settings. Be sure to select "From the beginning."
Also, it's normal for Chrome to run in many processes as that's what makes it stable. IE9 does this as well. Many Firefox critics say Firefox should move to this type of system management.
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Check your RAM. Windows Vista/7 includes a built-in memory diagnostic tool.
Click the start/windows button and type: Windows Memory Diagnostic. Let it reboot and run the test.
The test will post results in the testing screen and also when Windows successfully boots back up.
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Do you use any extensions with your Chrome?
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Can you explain your folder problem? I'm not quite understanding what's happening.
when typing a message on my laptop on neogaf (and any website/document) when I hit caps lock, it unclicks from the writing area meaning I have to re click on the area to start typing again. the same happens when I want to turn off caps lock.
any way to change this? it is incredibly annoying.
any way to change this? it is incredibly annoying.
Choppasmith
Member
claviertekky said:
Thanks, I can already notice an improvement when loading pages since emptying the cache. Will try that Memory Diagnostic when I come home from work.
About the folder problem, you know how when you right click the Windows Explorer icon it'll show the recently accessed folders? Well at random times of the day, today it seemed to do it right at startup, the Recent list is filled with a bunch long Chinese folder names like
"㩄䑜睯汮慯層潐祮䘠汯敤屲䵐獖愠摮嘠摩潥倠牡摯敩屳䱍⁐䵁⹖癡iand Video Parodies" Direct C+P
that are supposedly on the desktop, but really aren't. They're all pretty much the same but with slightly different ends. Sometimes, it'll say Video Parodies, other times it'll be cut off and say something like "deo" or "eo parody". Scans still don't turn up anything. Most baffling thing I've seen.
eXistor
Member
HALP!
I've just encountered winiogin.exe, which apparently is bad news. I was browsing videogamesplus.ce and Java came up to ask for permission to start. I figured why not (not sure why I thought this, seems so stupid now) and all of a sudden ad aware finds something.
After trying to open ad aware to see what was up, my pc gave the BSOD, which it keeps doing every time I try to open ad aware. Then I started looking and noticed some weird apps running, like "mesaaododoe"- something (I removed that so that's gone) and also winiogon.exe. I removed winiogin.exe and some seemingly associated files in safe mode and it looks to be gone, but I doubt thing are that simple. Searching on google suggests I need to do something with registry stuff. Any simple way of doing this if it's needed at all?
Alternitively, is it safe to just reinstall windows 7 and keep my files? Or would I have to do a complete reinstall? I'm really bad with this kind of shit, so explain it like I'm an idiot (I am). I'm hoping it won't come to that though.
Thanks in advance guys.
I've just encountered winiogin.exe, which apparently is bad news. I was browsing videogamesplus.ce and Java came up to ask for permission to start. I figured why not (not sure why I thought this, seems so stupid now) and all of a sudden ad aware finds something.
After trying to open ad aware to see what was up, my pc gave the BSOD, which it keeps doing every time I try to open ad aware. Then I started looking and noticed some weird apps running, like "mesaaododoe"- something (I removed that so that's gone) and also winiogon.exe. I removed winiogin.exe and some seemingly associated files in safe mode and it looks to be gone, but I doubt thing are that simple. Searching on google suggests I need to do something with registry stuff. Any simple way of doing this if it's needed at all?
Alternitively, is it safe to just reinstall windows 7 and keep my files? Or would I have to do a complete reinstall? I'm really bad with this kind of shit, so explain it like I'm an idiot (I am). I'm hoping it won't come to that though.
Thanks in advance guys.
BigJonsson
Member
Ok so I bought a new HD for the laptop
Booted off the recovery disks
Now windows live 2011 will install but won't connect
iTunes is getting some error in the registry preventing it from copying/burning CDs
Also, my ipod isn't being detected properly when I plug it into the USB
Any ideas?
Booted off the recovery disks
Now windows live 2011 will install but won't connect
iTunes is getting some error in the registry preventing it from copying/burning CDs
Also, my ipod isn't being detected properly when I plug it into the USB
Any ideas?
Having an issue with my router( Belkin f5d8236-4 v2). All my wired connection to it work, but anything trying to connect wireless will say its connected to the network but have no internet. Really baffled on this. It was working fine until today. Ive tried resetting the router to factory settings and leaving the network open and still the same problem.
BigJonsson
Member
BigJonsson said:
And the solution to ALL those issues and even windows update not working is.........
Install the latest update to Intel Rapid Storage Technology.........even if its only a 500GB hard drive..........ugh
balladofwindfishes
Member
this isn't really a tech support question, but someone may be able to help
I want to develop an iPad app that uses voice input to display objects on the screen, and then save that recorded voice and send it via email to other people.
However, I can't seem to find a tutorial on how to make a voice recognition device on iPad. Am I not able, as a developer, to tap into iOS's built in voice recognition? On Windows, I can just use C# to piggyback on Windows' voice process and build something from that.
Or will I have to be an audio engineer and a computer science doctor to be able to do this? I seems to simple. I just want someone to say "cat" and a cat shows up on the screen, and yet this seems like such a complicated process for iOS.
I want to develop an iPad app that uses voice input to display objects on the screen, and then save that recorded voice and send it via email to other people.
However, I can't seem to find a tutorial on how to make a voice recognition device on iPad. Am I not able, as a developer, to tap into iOS's built in voice recognition? On Windows, I can just use C# to piggyback on Windows' voice process and build something from that.
Or will I have to be an audio engineer and a computer science doctor to be able to do this? I seems to simple. I just want someone to say "cat" and a cat shows up on the screen, and yet this seems like such a complicated process for iOS.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
The SDK does not include voice recognition features. Siri is a separate application. So you might have to go looking for a 3rd-party SDK. Something like iSpeech or whatever.
If you wanted to implement voice recognition by yourself, you would certainly have one of the more difficult tasks ahead of you.
If you wanted to implement voice recognition by yourself, you would certainly have one of the more difficult tasks ahead of you.
balladofwindfishes
Member
iSpeech would require me to learn Obj-C
I don't want to do that though, I was hoping to build it in Flash.
Ah well, I'll see what the other project developers want to do.
I don't want to do that though, I was hoping to build it in Flash.
Ah well, I'll see what the other project developers want to do.
Got something I've run into bothering me. I'm sure the answer is simple but my brain is fried.
A couple of Windows 7 machines in a workgroup, one is hosting a Quickbooks company file in a shared folder on it's C drive. The other system had been able to access this folder and was using the company file in a multi user environment.
Host died, new hard drive, reloaded, data recovered and restored.
Suddenly the machines can no longer share. Now the shared folder (or just access in Network period is prompting for a username and password. It will not accept anything, even if the same acct is placed on both machines.
Same Workgroup
Password Protected Sharing is off
Folder is set up for sharing with Read/Write access for anyone
Same network type (Work)
Can ping each machine from the other
What's odd is that sometimes it will actually work and let me in to the host's shared folder. Then the next time, nope, password prompt.
A couple of Windows 7 machines in a workgroup, one is hosting a Quickbooks company file in a shared folder on it's C drive. The other system had been able to access this folder and was using the company file in a multi user environment.
Host died, new hard drive, reloaded, data recovered and restored.
Suddenly the machines can no longer share. Now the shared folder (or just access in Network period is prompting for a username and password. It will not accept anything, even if the same acct is placed on both machines.
Same Workgroup
Password Protected Sharing is off
Folder is set up for sharing with Read/Write access for anyone
Same network type (Work)
Can ping each machine from the other
What's odd is that sometimes it will actually work and let me in to the host's shared folder. Then the next time, nope, password prompt.
Gaf, got a bit of a problem setting up a wireless hub at my university - I know it's possible as a couple of my friends have got it working downstairs.
Basically, I've connected it all up to my ethernet port etc etc and I can connect to it from my laptop, my iPad, my phone just fine. My problem is, however, that I can't secure it.
I can't seem to access the default router address of 192.168.1.254; in chrome it just says that it "cannot connect to this address". I ran an ipconfig and it came up showing my default gateway was 128.86.180.1 but likewise, chrome cannot connect to this address either and as a result I cannot get access to the basic router settings.
I've also tried configuring the device through windows under the "network" tab, however when I've entered the PIN, chosen an SSID and security type, windows says that the attempt to set up the router was unsuccessful. I feel I should note though that it was successful when I attempted this configuration this was about an hour ago, unfortunately I had to reset the router as I didn't want the SSID to be "Matt's Vaio" and I had no other way of changing it. Since then, it's just been failing over and over.
Of course the fact that it actually works is a huge bonus but I really need to get it secured as I don't want any cheeky neighbours torrenting off my connection and using my data limit thus getting me into hot water.
So, does anyone have any ideas?
Cheers.
Basically, I've connected it all up to my ethernet port etc etc and I can connect to it from my laptop, my iPad, my phone just fine. My problem is, however, that I can't secure it.
I can't seem to access the default router address of 192.168.1.254; in chrome it just says that it "cannot connect to this address". I ran an ipconfig and it came up showing my default gateway was 128.86.180.1 but likewise, chrome cannot connect to this address either and as a result I cannot get access to the basic router settings.
I've also tried configuring the device through windows under the "network" tab, however when I've entered the PIN, chosen an SSID and security type, windows says that the attempt to set up the router was unsuccessful. I feel I should note though that it was successful when I attempted this configuration this was about an hour ago, unfortunately I had to reset the router as I didn't want the SSID to be "Matt's Vaio" and I had no other way of changing it. Since then, it's just been failing over and over.
Of course the fact that it actually works is a huge bonus but I really need to get it secured as I don't want any cheeky neighbours torrenting off my connection and using my data limit thus getting me into hot water.
So, does anyone have any ideas?
Cheers.
McSmiggins
Neo Member
Outsanity said:
Are you sure what type of device it is, you say wireless hub, then router, which are different things. From the behaviour you're getting I'd say it's a wireless access point (basically a hub)
Basically, the problem is it's set to use an IP in a certain network range, however your uni network is assigning the other IP addreses in the range 10.0.0.0/8.
Take your laptop, connect to the wireless hub then change it's IP settings for the wireless adapter to be:
(Settings are roughly under -> Manage Network Connections -> Right click wireless adapter -> Properties -> Double click TCP/IP v4)
IP address: 192.168.1.100
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Click ok twice, then try to access:
http://192.168.1.254
You should be able to access the config page, set up the wireless security. Once that's all done, reconnect the laptop and set the wireless adapter back to "Obtain an IP Address automatically" and "Obtain a DNS server automatically"
Most important things:
1. If you see a "DHCP Server" option - LEAVE IT ALONE, you can break a lot more than you think by turning this on on a network that isn't yours.
2. You've checked you're allowed a wireless hub on your uni network, general rule with any network, if it's not your network check very carefully what you're allowed to do.
McSmiggins said:
Kudos to you man, thanks so much, working just fine now with WPA2-PSK . I'm sure I read a solution like that online before I posted but I must have done something wrong in the process of completing it.
I'm just curious though, what kind of major issues can "DHCP Server" create? Thankfully I didn't touch it. Oh and sorry for my technical inadequacy, it's definitely a hub!
TechGaf!
I'm thinking about buying a micro server. Basically, I want to store a tone of music, but I need it to constantly be running iTunes for sharing with all the iDevices in the house, so I figured I couldn't use a NAS.
I found this (Link) which you can get a 100 quid rebate, making it a £140.
Basically, my question is will this work for what I want to do? Or is there a cheaper/better solution?
I'm thinking about buying a micro server. Basically, I want to store a tone of music, but I need it to constantly be running iTunes for sharing with all the iDevices in the house, so I figured I couldn't use a NAS.
I found this (Link) which you can get a 100 quid rebate, making it a £140.
Basically, my question is will this work for what I want to do? Or is there a cheaper/better solution?
GAF! I need help on my friends computer. It's some Gateway desktop with that came with RAID configged drives out of the box. Basically we need to reformat the shit but it doesn't work right. I tried to put in a Windows DVD and boot from it but it's not working. The DVD drive shows in the boot menu as a RAID drive, is there something special I need to do?
I tinkered around in the RAID menu and ended up deleting the data on the RAID HDD, and now it shows as an ARRAY. We dont know wtf we are doing with this RAID crap. Please help!
I tinkered around in the RAID menu and ended up deleting the data on the RAID HDD, and now it shows as an ARRAY. We dont know wtf we are doing with this RAID crap. Please help!
My work computer no longer boots to Windows XP on its own. Once powered on, it starts up and gets stuck on a screen like this:
If I boot with Hiren's BootCD inside, I can start Windows XP by choosing the option to start to Windows normally and everything else works fine, but I'd rather have everything back to normal if possible. Any ideas?
If I boot with Hiren's BootCD inside, I can start Windows XP by choosing the option to start to Windows normally and everything else works fine, but I'd rather have everything back to normal if possible. Any ideas?
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/
You want to read what fixmbr does, then apply that to your system in recovery mode.
1. Boot from the Windows XP CD
2. Press R
3. Pick your system partition as the active partition
4. Use fixmbr appropriately to fix your master boot record (read docs at the above link)
You want to read what fixmbr does, then apply that to your system in recovery mode.
1. Boot from the Windows XP CD
2. Press R
3. Pick your system partition as the active partition
4. Use fixmbr appropriately to fix your master boot record (read docs at the above link)
AlucarD.eq
Member
Hi,
I'm studying Green Economy and I found this video
http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webc...inance-initiative-2011-global-roundtable.html
I'm trying to download them, but it seems no plug-in works. I have try over Chrome, IE, and Mozilla :/ with Downloadhelper, videodownload and so on.
I don't care so much about the video quality but the audio, it will help me a lot for my thesis
Thanks!
I'm studying Green Economy and I found this video
http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webc...inance-initiative-2011-global-roundtable.html
I'm trying to download them, but it seems no plug-in works. I have try over Chrome, IE, and Mozilla :/ with Downloadhelper, videodownload and so on.
I don't care so much about the video quality but the audio, it will help me a lot for my thesis
Thanks!
Mineshaft_Gap
4077th
Hey y'all.
So there are a few websites that I can normally access which I am not not able to access. Page cannot be displayed and whatnot.
I've ran into this issue before and fixed it. Something about DNS cache or something. Trouble is I can't remember what I did.
Can someone halp?
So there are a few websites that I can normally access which I am not not able to access. Page cannot be displayed and whatnot.
I've ran into this issue before and fixed it. Something about DNS cache or something. Trouble is I can't remember what I did.
Can someone halp?
Need help.
Windows XP netbook was hooked up to external monitor, display output only on monitor. Yesterday morning when netbook was turned on, it displayed error screen, but would not let me boot into bios or safe mode or anything, because keyboard appeared unresponsive. Unplugged it from monitor, now there is no picture outputting to netbook monitor, and I can't toggle back to netbook monitor output to actually see what is on the screen.
Any thoughts on what I should do next? Is there some way anyone knows to: (i) force it to output image to the netbook screen again, or (ii) force a hard reset?
Thanks!
Windows XP netbook was hooked up to external monitor, display output only on monitor. Yesterday morning when netbook was turned on, it displayed error screen, but would not let me boot into bios or safe mode or anything, because keyboard appeared unresponsive. Unplugged it from monitor, now there is no picture outputting to netbook monitor, and I can't toggle back to netbook monitor output to actually see what is on the screen.
Any thoughts on what I should do next? Is there some way anyone knows to: (i) force it to output image to the netbook screen again, or (ii) force a hard reset?
Thanks!