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Forum: General Hardware Aug 16, 2012, 06:43 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
SMART results came back good for my main drive. ...

SMART results came back good for my main drive.



I will try this sometime today possibly tonight, depends when i have the time.



LMFAO! I love that!... and believe or not that's what this...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 15, 2012, 08:35 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Lol! I have an iMac, this is my gaming pc though...

Lol! I have an iMac, this is my gaming pc though haha, but i use it for work stuff to so meh.
Forum: General Hardware Aug 15, 2012, 08:19 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Okay I have booted with only two RAM sticks...

Okay I have booted with only two RAM sticks installed in A1 and A2 leaving the 2 B slots open, this made no difference in boot time.

Also disconnected the Optical Drive


Any other ideas ?
Forum: General Hardware Aug 15, 2012, 06:35 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
No I dont see any lights on the drive itself...

No I dont see any lights on the drive itself flashing, but I know the HDD light or whatever you want to call, burns solid from the second i type in my pass and press enter to the minute my computer...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 15, 2012, 06:26 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Okay I will try that, and yes sir :) I have 1

Okay I will try that, and yes sir :) I have 1
Forum: General Hardware Aug 15, 2012, 06:22 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
4, one in each 4 slots on my motherboard, and...

4, one in each 4 slots on my motherboard, and each one is 4GB and all match

(Throwing in extra details you may ask for later)
Forum: General Hardware Aug 15, 2012, 06:18 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Correcto! Doesn't make much sense at all does it...

Correcto! Doesn't make much sense at all does it ? XD
Forum: General Hardware Aug 15, 2012, 06:04 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Will try some of the things you listed here and...

Will try some of the things you listed here and see if they help, thanks for the advice :)






MailMan I am beginning to question what your reason for posting even is, as it seems the last...
Forum: Games Aug 14, 2012, 11:12 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,016
Posted By JonathanC
Meh, Seems legit for now... All we can do is...

Meh, Seems legit for now...

All we can do is keep our fingers crossed and hope, but part of me says their moving on from HL for now and planning something more interesting.

Who knows ? This...
Forum: Games Aug 14, 2012, 10:59 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 3,980
Posted By JonathanC
Love steam for their flaws, and hate them for...

Love steam for their flaws, and hate them for their rights... EULA's suck... just like opinions, everyone has one, its like an ass... we all got one, and it stinks -.-...

I remember back when...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 14, 2012, 10:42 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,589
Posted By JonathanC
20K?... are your fucking kidding me, the xbox dev...

20K?... are your fucking kidding me, the xbox dev kit wouldn't cost that much.

The Dev kit Absolutely wouldn't cost that much!!!

And that POS desktop is not worth 20K Used... not even close!...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 14, 2012, 10:17 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
So I uninstalled Avast completely using the tool...

So I uninstalled Avast completely using the tool you provided in the link. The performance did increase greatly, afterwards I installed Bitdefender Total Security 2013 :) Using their built in tune-up...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 14, 2012, 06:45 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
I'm not entirely sure. Soluto pointed out a few...

I'm not entirely sure. Soluto pointed out a few things, I tried correcting them but the computer is still really slow with the boot time, I'm starting to wonder if its more of a hardware problem that...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 10:15 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
well according to Soluto Avast was taking 260...

well according to Soluto Avast was taking 260 seconds to start, I uninstalled it hoping maybe it would solve the problem, and nothing :/
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 09:37 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Sadly the boot time has increased again to two...

Sadly the boot time has increased again to two minutes... uggghhh.. I used Soluto as well, no help :/
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 04:46 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
I'm checking it out now..

I'm checking it out now..
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 04:45 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Well regardless it made a huge performance...

Well regardless it made a huge performance increase, although it is still saying my boot is Critical so idk...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 04:35 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Well damn... my computers performance increase...

Well damn... my computers performance increase amazingly! went from the original 358023ms start up all the way down to 135869ms

Think you might be on to something here ;D
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 04:19 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Will try that now :)

Will try that now :)
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 03:52 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
No no no, my clean install didn't have multi...

No no no, my clean install didn't have multi accounts lol, maybe I typed that incorrectly. What I meant was that when you install a fresh copy your account automatically has owner access. What i was...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 03:46 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,282
Posted By JonathanC
Well i know everytime I have gone over 65*c my...

Well i know everytime I have gone over 65*c my computer BSOD's.... but it may just be a safety feature... idk. Thanks for pointing out the fan thing though, I missed that earlier. This i why I...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 03:40 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Yes, I have tried Ubuntu 64bit and Windows XP......

Yes, I have tried Ubuntu 64bit and Windows XP... both worked flawlessly.
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 03:35 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
It did, which has me thinking... Maybe its a...

It did, which has me thinking... Maybe its a Microsoft service that only loads with accounts that have admin access ? I know its a long shot but hell, at this point I'm starting to think anything is...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 03:30 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
1.50 at the time... but hey! I think i may have...

1.50 at the time... but hey! I think i may have found a piece to this bizarre puzzle...

I just activated a guest account to see if maybe it was only my account that was causing the problem... i...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 02:58 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Yes about 7 months back lol but I had all the...

Yes about 7 months back lol but I had all the same stuff installed and everything, It just happened randomly.
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 02:51 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
they update CPU code and added some...

they update CPU code and added some implementations for window 8 support to fix a start up issue... They also added better UCC support for my CPU.
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 02:42 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
I've tried the MBR thing before, and as for your...

I've tried the MBR thing before, and as for your idea about reinstalling windows and slowly connect, restart, install, restart. I've done this as well in the past... also to no avail, HOWEVER I...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 02:29 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Sorry boys, no victory cigar yet :( Disconnected...

Sorry boys, no victory cigar yet :( Disconnected the drive and got no boost in performance at all, but thanks to you MailMan I know i need to replace a bad one/write it to zeros! but still... this is...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 02:13 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
testing now!

testing now!
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 02:09 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Hmmm, the tests came back revealing that one of...

Hmmm, the tests came back revealing that one of my drives, my D drive (Secondary drive used to story extra files) is going bad... it failed the SMART test in Western Digital Data LifeGaurd. Could a...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 01:35 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 428
Posted By JonathanC
I'm going to agree with you here, I am thinking...

I'm going to agree with you here, I am thinking the LCD inverter or the screen itself, especially since it's buzzing.
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 01:18 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,282
Posted By JonathanC
Well from my experience in situations like...

Well from my experience in situations like this... it may be the following problems...

When touching a piece of hardware you are not going to feel the heat that the sensors detect in your...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 01:05 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
yep everything is SATA in this rig... but thanks...

yep everything is SATA in this rig... but thanks for your help anyways :)
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 10:55 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Will be trying this now, Never thought of the MBR...

Will be trying this now, Never thought of the MBR at all, wonder if maybe thats causing the issue...





Well never have and never will install norton lol! damn thing is a virus in its self! ...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 10:11 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
No cheers yet D; Sadly the chipset update did not...

No cheers yet D; Sadly the chipset update did not work, nor did trying a different SATA cable! Grrrr this is the most confusing problem I've encountered yet! x.x
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 10:06 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,305
Posted By JonathanC
Thats funny, I ran in to this same issue with my...

Thats funny, I ran in to this same issue with my AMD card... but as everyone else said, play with the scaling settings and it should sort its self out. It may also help to provide a screen shot of...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 09:57 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 3,009
Posted By JonathanC
True, forgot about the old "Disable Aero" Trick...

True, forgot about the old "Disable Aero" Trick :O Looks like I need to freshen up on the past!!!
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 09:54 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 650
Posted By JonathanC
Since people are throwing in their two cents,...

Since people are throwing in their two cents, Maybe i can toss in a penny too...

You could check out a program called Speccy (http://www.piriform.com/speccy) if CPU-Z is to complicated for yah :P...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 09:24 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,385
Posted By JonathanC
Hmmmm turns out I do not have the lastest...

Hmmmm turns out I do not have the lastest drivers, graphics wise i do, but this includes a bit more that I don't have update :o Thanks ! testing now!





I am updating the chipset drivers now,...
Forum: General Hardware Aug 13, 2012, 06:55 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 3,009
Posted By JonathanC
Try disabling Vsync as well, I have noticed when...

Try disabling Vsync as well, I have noticed when playing BF3 that when I use vsync it limits my FPS in certain areas causing it to drop to around 30 or lower at times... You may also want to mention...
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