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My computer freezes often in games. Works fine for a while, freeze for a ~2 seconds and then unfreeze by first speeding up (to display what he forgot to display) and then works normaly for another several minutes. It shows most obviously in Audiosurf.
Two friends told me the problem was most likely in improper CAS latency times but werent able to give me exact settings I should use.
Now, the setup: Motherboard is TF570 SLI A2+ with Athlon 64 X2 4000+ CPU Bios is N57LA-A2T Memory is 4 * Transcend JM800QLJ (1GB, the packaging says 5-5-5) (Yes, I am away that WinXP doesnt see all 4GB but only 3.25. I think thats better than 2GB and am not yet convinced switching over to Vista is a good idea.)
The Bios has way too many settings, but I wrote all of them down (current setting are bolded):
CAS Latency: Auto 3 4 5 6
DRAM Command mode: Auto 1T 2T
TwTr Command Delay: 1 2 3
Trfc0 for DIMM0 75 105 127.5 195 327.5
(same for other 3 DIMM channels)
(Twr) Write Recovery: 3 4 5 6
(Trtp) Precharge time: 2 3
(Trc) Row cycle time: 11 to 26
(Trcd) RAS to CAS R/W delay: 3 4 5 6
(Trrd) RAS to RAS delay: 2 3 4 5
(Trp) Row Precharge Time: 3 4 5 6
(Tras) Minimum RAS active time: 5 to 18 — Shinhan < talk > 21:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I bought a USB floppy drive because I have a shoebox-ful of files that I'd like to recover. Alas, it cannot read MacOS 800k discs (and does not say so on the outside of the box). Guess what format most of those files are in! Any advice? —Tamfang (talk) 01:06, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Buy any old Mac for $10. Then, do one or more of: 1) Use LocalTalk AppleTalk networking if your newer machine supports it; 2) Use Ethernet if the old used Mac support it. 3) Use the old Mac to convert the data from the 800K floppies to the newer 1440K format then read them anywhere. 3) If your newer machine supports SCSI, connect an external SCSI hard drive to the old machine, archive all the floppies onto that, and move the drive to the newer machine. 4) Or, after archiving, use the older system in target disk mode connected to the new machine. 5) If the old machine uses an ATA internal drive but won't support target disk mode, archive all the floppies to the old machines ATA drive, then buy an external drive mounting box, take the hard drive from the old system, mount it in the box, and mount that drive on the new machine. 6) Use the internet as intermediate storage. 7) Use FTP. 8) Use a serial line and Kermit. Other possibilities exist, but you get the idea: they all depend on that $10 used Mac.
Atlant (talk) 11:49, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm once again doing what I'm not supposed to do. I have to (against my will) write a plugin that implements an OS service. The program for the plugin requires that the program be written in C. The OS service requires that the implementation be written in C++. I have got it to compile and run while including both the C structure and the C++ classes. However, I've hit a snag that I don't think can be subverted. One of the functions (one that I cannot avoid using) has an aggregate value. That is fine for C++. However, when I use it, the program segfaults. The function in question (in case anyone cares) is KWallet::Wallet::LocalWallet(). The plugin is for libpurple. I understand why it is segfaulting, but I don't see how to avoid it. Does anyone know of a cute trick for turning an aggregate value function into a primitive value one (this returns a QString, but a char* would be nice). -- kainaw™ 02:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
IT is said that if the computer shuts down accidentally while copying files into a cd then the cd will show 0 bytes space afterwards and thus will become useless. 1 why does this happen? {it has happenad twice to me} 2 is there a remedy? 3 most imp, does this happen to rewritable discs as well? --scoobydoo (talk) 06:25, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know if there is a mirror for ftp.digital.com? The server running this site has been retired by HP. Thanks. Rilak (talk) 07:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't know what you are looking for, but there are some answers to your question in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.dec/browse_thread/thread/2ee0343c97e0cf8a. Also, gatekeeper.dec.com is still around, though it's probably not what you are looking for. Riordanmr (talk) 00:41, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Although I don't have any particular long term aims as to the kind of programs I want to make (mostly I have been experimenting with small random word / name generators, basic ASCII/Unicode menu interfaces), I feel uncomfortable with the two programming languages I have made any real investigation into. Here are my thoughts:
a) C. What I like about C is that the syntax is compact and there's a basic set of data types and control structures that tend to stick to strict rules; you have to state a lot of things in one particular way which makes code much easier to follow in my opinion. A line of code that looks obfusticated can be broken down into its components fairly easily and problems can be solved, I feel, far easily. On the other hand, its "rigidity" makes what can be trivial exercises in more modern languages more of a challenge - compare an algorithm required to reverse a string in C with some quick and easy method on the string object in Ruby: string.reverse.
b) Ruby. I like Ruby because it offers some very convenient methods for manipulating data objects such as strings and arrays. Other data types like Hashes can of course be manufactured in C, but I'm sure you can appreciate that they are much more elegant in Ruby. The OO paradigm is obviously very attractive (although I'm not too familiar with it) and in general I like the ease with which so many things can be done in Ruby. However, I don't like the fact that programs are run through an interpreter, I don't really like duck typing, and I also don't like the ten billion ways you can do the same thing.
I'm looking for a language that is less bloated and a bit more strict and powerful at the basic level (like C) but uses more modern programming approaches (classes, garbage collection e.t.c) and has a decent standard library of functions. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the following candidates spring to mind:
i) C++ : Don't know much about this.
ii) Python: Similar to Ruby, but more streamlined and well established? Does this compile? I am very interested in this.
iii) Java: Don't know much, but it's interpretative?
iv) C#: Requires .NET support, correct? Interpreter or compile?
If none of the above made much sense, I'm basically looking for a minimal, "modern" programming language that is geared towards the development of compiled executables on the Windows platform. Thanks Damien Karras (talk) 13:18, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Python is an interpreted language. You can think of C++ as C with classes. You'll have to do your own garbage collection with that. Java and C# don't fit it to either the "compiled" language pigeon hole or the "interpreted" one. There was a discussion about it on here a little while ago - about a week ago. Why is it that you don't like interpreters exactly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.223.156.1 (talk) 13:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I have a PC running Windows XP Professional in my office which is at the end of the garden. It is connected via a long cable to the router/ADSL modem in the house. Also connected to the router/ADSL modem, is the house PC running Windows XP Home. I use file and printer sharing so I can access my work from the house PC if I need to. In times of bad weather I often do my work on the house PC, but if I need a document or file, I then have to put on boots and trudge to the end of the garden, just to turn on the office PC. I have been investigating using a Wake-on-LAN utility to avoid the walk in the wet and the mud. I found one that works and I can start the office PC without any problems, but if I use it to shutdown the office PC, the shutdown command is rejected with "Access is denied". I get the same problem if I type:
c:\windows\system32\shutdown -s -f -m \\OFFICE
in a DOS window.
I can't think of a good reason why the remote shutdown won't work. Both PCs are in the same workgroup. Both usernames are the same with no password set. Will this ever work? Is there something else I can try?
Astronaut (talk) 14:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
c:\windows\system32\shutdown /s /f /m \\OFFICE
So how do I convert VHS tape? I have a tape player and a DVD player plugged into the same telly. I presume I can record from the VHS to the DVD, put the DVD it in my PC and convert it to the required format somehow? —Preceding unsigned comment added by I am not a dog (talk • contribs) 14:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
We are searching for a fully integrated document management system for our organisation (60 concurrent users). We are unable to decide, so here I am to get your help.
Requirements: 1. Capture documents from Email, Fax, Scanner 2. Workflow 3. Drag and Drop, Preview documents 4. Search / Retrieve documents, files 5. Performance 6. Look and Feel
We have seen demos: K2, Filebound, Spring CM, Document locator, Hitech and Laserfiche; we feel Laserfiche is a better product of them all. Our Intranet is hosted by Sharepoint. There are plug-ins available for Sharepoint's missing features like: Capture documents (Knowledgelake), Tree structure (Wisdom) and Preview (BA-Insight).
I would like to know which is better on functionality? [LASERFICHE] or [SHAREPOINT with Add-ons]? Slmking (talk) 16:15, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
I am planning to host a small PS3 lan party with my friends and i want to know what kind of cable I should get to attach my 60gb PS3 (UK) to this monitor,
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/138535
I am thinking some kind of HDMI to VGA but am not sure. Plus where would I get one of those on the cheap. (I have to pay for beer, driving lessons and bosom shaped cake as well)
84.13.26.33 (talk) 18:23, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130512 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.26.33 (talk) 19:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Which of these two gaming keyboards are better? The lycosa is cheaper and as far as I can see almost the exact same as the tarantula (except the lycosa has keys with backlights), but there must be something to justify the $100 ~ £50 price tag, and why there always out of stock everywhere.
Lycosa http://www.razerzone.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_21&products_id=76
Tarantula http://www.razerzone.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_21&products_id=40 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.26.33 (talk) 18:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Help! Can someone tell me how to play music in a slide show without it stopping at the next slide? So far, I've only managed to make it not stop after the next click, but for some reason it always stops after the next slide. Thanks! --JDitto (talk) 19:23, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
How well can an operating system (say, vista) run off a firewire hard drive? --Randoman412 (talk) 19:41, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm using MS Word 2004 on OS X. I've set Lucida Grande as my default font, but when I start using the Russian keyboard, it switches to Times New Roman and doesn't let me type in Lucida Grande. (Oddly I don't have this problem with the Greek or Hebrew keyboards.) How do I get it to use Lucida Grande for Russian? --Lazar Taxon (talk) 22:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)