Topic: No, I will not fix your computer. (Read 65368 times)

Smiler · « **Reply #620 on:** July 14, 2013, 09:54:20 AM »

Everything outside of the two trackballs logitech still makes (the wireless marble just stopping being supported, so they are like 100 bucks new now) and Kensington's products are all not made anymore and ludicrously expensive. Luckily, I think a local pc chain near me might have a trackman wheel in stock at 2002 price.

Kensington's trackballs seem okay, but I would very much miss the regular mouse wheel that doubles as a button. They also have varying mousewheel solutions. The expert has a weird ring around the ball itself, and the thinner, more expensive version makes you turn the trackball itself for mousewheel function. And on top of that I could just buy two more of my crappy malfunction-prone M570s for the price of one kensington device.

Oh, and I am currently seeing if Logitech will honor the warranty of the RMA replacement mouse they sent me last time this happened. Which may or may not work. It would be nice if I didn't have to give them money every 2 years because the build quality of their product is abysmal.

Smiler · « **Reply #621 on:** July 20, 2013, 03:10:47 AM »

Ugh, I don't know what I did but youtube is doing the "video doesn't actually start animating for 2 seconds after starting the video" thing again. Does anyone know anything that I could do to fix this?

Mongrel · « **Reply #622 on:** August 16, 2013, 02:45:32 PM »

Tried googling this, but awkward wording means I can't seem to find an answer.

Anybody know how to make Win7 recognize game controller inputs such that my screen shut off won't kick in? I have my screen set to shut off after 10 minutes of inactivity, but while I was using ZNES with a controller, the damn screen kept shutting off - I guess because it doesn't recognize the gamepad use as input activity?

Niku · « **Reply #623 on:** August 16, 2013, 03:15:58 PM »

Maybe grab Joy2Key and configure the button presses as keyboard inputs? It's a bit of a kludge, but it would probably do the trick.

Smiler · « **Reply #624 on:** August 16, 2013, 05:14:05 PM »

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/21990-power-plan-create-shortcut-change-power-plan.html

Set this up, and just toggle between the two.

Niku · « **Reply #625 on:** September 17, 2013, 01:30:29 AM »

So my launch-era 60gb PS3 is finally yellow lighting me. Has anyone had any experience with getting one fixed or refurbished without Sony robbing them of backwards compatibility for PS2 games?

Smiler · « **Reply #626 on:** September 17, 2013, 02:05:47 AM »

I haven't but everything I've seen about yellow light fixes make it seem like a temporary thing. There are services outside of sony that guarantee that you'll get your console back, but they aren't doing anything you couldn't yourself and paying 80+ dollars seems like a waste for a repair job that will last anywhere between a few weeks and a year or two.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #627 on:** September 17, 2013, 08:08:43 AM »

Two separate yellow light situations for friends were both resolved by taking off the outer plastic and blowing out the dust.

Joxam · « **Reply #628 on:** September 23, 2013, 09:18:07 PM »

Probably every third or forth time I connect to the PSN it kills my network to the point that the only way for me to fix it is to connect my modem directly into my computer, reset my network adapter, reacquire my internet connection, connect my modem back to my router and then reconfigure my network. Its a huge pain in the ass.

Büge · « **Reply #629 on:** September 28, 2013, 08:14:29 AM »

I'm trying to get something out of the "Add/Remove Programs" widget in the control panel. I uninstalled it from my computer, all the files are gone, and I even went into regedt32 to remove it there, but it's still won't leave the Add/Remove list. I'm using Windows XP. Any suggestions?

Mongrel · « **Reply #630 on:** September 29, 2013, 11:57:02 AM »

AVG has been pretty fucking obnoxious, as well as mostly useless lately. I especially love those occasional times it slows my boot-up time and then puts up a message saying "See how much faster your computer loaded?". Basically it's getting really close the point where it's not a solution, it's the kind of problem those solutions are made to solve. Most people I know think it's a useless joke anyway.

The main reason I haven't switched yet is because I'm cheap. My question is, are there still any free anti-virus programs out there anymore that aren't laughable? I have adware and spybot and the like already.

TA · « **Reply #631 on:** September 29, 2013, 12:08:56 PM »

If you're on Windows 7, Microsoft Security Essentials is free and honestly excellent. Low-impact, very effective.

A² · « **Reply #632 on:** September 29, 2013, 12:18:17 PM »

Seconding the surprising quality of MSE. Unless you're a pretty hard power user, MSE is good enough as your always running AntiVirus.

Still do regular sweeps with Spybot et al, but yeah.

TA · « **Reply #633 on:** September 29, 2013, 12:19:32 PM »

As for the Spybot and whatnot, what I've found and gathered is that you only really need MalwareBytes. Anything else is superfluous and incomplete.

At least, that's been my experience.

Defenestration · « **Reply #634 on:** September 30, 2013, 05:08:31 AM »

Quote from: Niku on September 17, 2013, 01:30:29 AM

So my launch-era 60gb PS3 is finally yellow lighting me. Has anyone had any experience with getting one fixed or refurbished without Sony robbing them of backwards compatibility for PS2 games?

Speaking from daily internal experience, just do the trade in and pull out your PS2. The BC is not worth the cost of maintaining a crumbling device. Shit's like 7 years old, and you're not going to find a non-Sony repair outlet that can do what you want either. They do not make the parts anymore, and the service center is going to just throw your console onto a pile to be fixed eventually with twine and hope and send you a different console done the same way that will function for 3 months to 2 years until it inevitably YLODs again.

Your options are $129 bucks about every year to say you have BC (90 day warranty) or $99 for a 250 GB super slim (1 year warranty).
I know the super slim probably isn't your favorite hardware design, but the only reason there is a non-trade in option at all is because people bitch endlessly about it.

Quote from: Beat Bandit on September 17, 2013, 08:08:43 AM

Two separate yellow light situations for friends were both resolved by taking off the outer plastic and blowing out the dust.

This man (could be) speaking the truth. The yellow light that everyone homes in on doesn't actually mean anything. The flashing red light is the ticket, and is the universal Sony way of saying "HELP HELP HELP I DON'T EVEN." True story, if your Sony camcorder or printer fucks up, it will have the same flashing red light. It probably IS the processor for reasons you already know, but it could be the power supply, the GPU, a faulty fan, etc. If you insist upon 3rd party repair, do not leave your machine anywhere where they don't acknowledge that a YLOD has multiple possible causes on the slight chance that it isn't.

R^2 · « **Reply #635 on:** October 07, 2013, 11:28:46 AM »

So, let's say for the sake of argument that the budget-brand desktop I bought in 2006 is showing its age a bit. And let's say, purely for the sake of argument, of course, that I can't afford an entire new box.

How do I even determine whether there would be a benefit to upgrading cards and RAM and so on? What's the chokepoint before I need a new motherboard/processor?

Thad · « **Reply #636 on:** October 07, 2013, 12:52:14 PM »

Easiest thing would probably be just to post your specs.

If it's 32-bit, replace it. Beyond that, well, it could be salvageable; I'm running a 2006 Mac Pro and am pretty pleased with it except for the overpriced RAM upgrade and having to underclock the video card to make it stop using too much juice.

I've also got a 2009-era Pentium which is probably the equivalent of a higher-end 2006 machine. It's more than enough for media, and adequate for gaming.

Classic · « **Reply #637 on:** October 07, 2013, 10:41:34 PM »

Does http://www.logicalincrements.com/ count as an idiot's guide?

R^2 · « **Reply #638 on:** October 07, 2013, 11:48:19 PM »

I've got a Pentium 4 running at 3 Ghz, with 1.87 GB of RAM. My graphics card is an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series.

So this emaciated old box is at or below the "Destitute" rig specs on Logical Increments, there. This is no surprise. I guess that site's a good estimate of what I'd be paying to build my own rig, but that assumes I'm capable of building my own rig.

Classic · « **Reply #639 on:** October 07, 2013, 11:56:18 PM »

They point out that even crappy CPUs are great as far as most games are concerned.
Do you have the speed + standard of your RAM?

Because if you don't need to replace your CPU + Board (probably you do, but whatever) you might be able to get something that's got more modern graphics support and fewer RAM problems if you just bump those up.

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