PC Problem

[Guest]

You could try an AMD Octacore, they are cheapish , or if you just want something to do office, web and the odd game the AMD A10 has a better GPU, spec right and you can save money over Intel,

 

 

thinking of a new build; what about the A8 (which one though?) around 6-70£ plus an msi mobo for around 35? plus 4gb 3 memory. what do you think?

http://www.amd.com/en-gb/products/processors/desktop/a-series-apu#

[brassnecked]

thinking of a new build; what about the A8 (which one though?) around 6-70£ plus an msi mobo for around 35? plus 4gb 3 memory. what do you think?

http://www.amd.com/en-gb/products/processors/desktop/a-series-apu#

 

Would make a mice machine that will do most things if you were a heavy FPS gamer you woulkd look at a dicrete graphics card but for everyday use the AMD APU is fine

 

Review of A8 7600 on Guru 3d

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_a8_7600_apu_review,1.html

[BazzaS]

Would make a mice machine

 

I'm familiar with multi-core for processors : such as "dual core"

Is a "mice machine" one with more than one mouse? One for each hand?

 

(Yes, folks, I know it's only a typo and should read "nice", but I had visions of a new technological development .....)

[griffzilla]

Google already have developed a multi mouse thingymabob....

 

https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/multitask.html

[Guest]

Would make a mice machine that will do most things if you were a heavy FPS gamer you woulkd look at a dicrete graphics card but for everyday use the AMD APU is fine

 

Review of A8 7600 on Guru 3d

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_a8_7600_apu_review,1.html

 

cheers, might go for it, not sure which a8 though? is not really for any intensive gaming. or even an a6 quad?

 

hopefully, it won't be a mouse on a wheel running things (have already got one of those (old back up pc in use), but he's still alive and running the pc )

[Guest]

hi

does anyone know where/how to get official security updates/patches for firefox without having to install a new version (clicking on fox update, unlike before, now just installs a whole new version). thanks

[renegadeimp]

If its a major revision it requires a new client.

[Guest]

If its a major revision it requires a new client.

 

thanks for reply. i see what you mean

 

on pc i have an older version, which whenever i used to update it wld just do the patches, even if a new version was available (a bit like MS i suppose re their cumulatives re IE).

did the update on laptop fox (the same), it did a new version without saying was doing a new version. now whenever updating there it just does a new version (if available). didn't want it, so am reluctant to do the update on the pc one.

[renegadeimp]

Major revisions need a new client. Such as client 1 2 3 or 4.

 

Revisions.such as 1.1 1.2 etc dont unless theres a.big change. It can just be patched.

[Guest]

cheers

seems as if their update now just pushes a new version if there, rather than supporting patches for existing/older versions? (unlike ms which still supports patches for older versions, and gives the option whether to install a new version).

just wanted to keep the version i have (wld've kept the one before if it hadnt been auto updated to a newer one), being nerdy

[Guest]

hi

anyone know of a 'quick' way to remove all flash versions plugins from fox completely.

did a manual flash update re their plugin exe, but now still have the old flash version in fox plugins.

did the the flash uninstaller, but when then did the new version flash plugin exe install, the old version reappeared as well. seems to be a common issue.

did a googly, found the mozilla instructs to manually remove plugins (havent tried that yet). just wondering if anyone knows of an easier way. or wld fox just use the latest version anyway?

[Guest]

no worries, when updating fox it auto got rid of the old flash version showing in the plugs. seems ok atm.

[Guest]

hi, quick (ish) query.

re MSE and firewall log.

it (MSE) does the 'am delta patch', which is ok re updating the definitions.

but, it then wants to connect to an akamai server, i think. is that just a ping re big bro that can be safely denied without effecting the antivirus function?

[Guest]

anyone any thoughts? it came up again when updating the definitions. it was denied, but mse still seems to be working ok with definitions showing as uptodate.

[law_abider]

to OP - this thought came to me - sounds like a CMOS failure. the large "watch" type battery. just a thought seeing as no POST or BIOS

[brassnecked]

to OP - this thought came to me - sounds like a CMOS failure. the large "watch" type battery. just a thought seeing as no POST or BIOS

A distinct possibility if asking to go to setup on boot How old is the computer?

[Guest]

How old is the computer?

 

old' ish. am2, 7900, 2gb ddr2.

 

i did try a new cmos battery. and the bare bones for booting; CPU (and a different one tried) with one stick of ram (and a different one tried). i have narrowed it down to the board i think (no beeps), been trying to get hold of a cheapy one to try, in hand.

 

any thoughts re post #113?

 

thanks

[Guest]

hi

anyone any ideas re swapping a working hard drive over to a different pc (both nvidia chipset (drivers already on the hard drive), but with different (slightly newer) cpu, mobo, g'card, chipset version), but coming up with the bsod 5c message?

 

thanks

[martin2006]

back the hard drive up first, you may be lucky and will be perfectly fine but in the event that it doesnt boot with the new hardware at least you have all your data, as a second option, put an OS on a different drive via new pc and simply copy from old drive once youve booted up

 

the 5c message is initialisation failed, check the 24 pin MB connector and make sure all conn's are good

[Guest]

back the hard drive up first, you may be lucky and will be perfectly fine but in the event that it doesnt boot with the new hardware at least you have all your data, as a second option, put an OS on a different drive via new pc and simply copy from old drive once youve booted up

 

the 5c message is initialisation failed, check the 24 pin MB connector and make sure all conn's are good

 

hi

thanks for quick reply.

HD works ok in existing machine, but not in the different one.

safe mode, sys repair option doesnt work.

connector (20pin+the4 pin addon) seems ok, most else (eg audio/lan/usb) has been disabled, and different sata cables tried.

 

if an o/s sys restore from disc is done (when on the different machine), would emails/downloads/files that sort of thing be lost?

 

ps, the 'starting windows' appears, then the bsod.

[mikeymack2002]

Put the hard drive into another machine and copy the contents. Then do your recovery..

[martin2006]

Back up anything u need from HD to a pen drive, once youve done that you will be able to re instal OS on HD when in new machine. There will be issues trying to run an installed OS on another pc.

There isnt really another way unfortunately.

Your emails will not be lost, they are stored with yr email provider such as yahoo

[Guest]

hi

thanks guys for input.

 

update.

 

what it was,

the sata drive (with W7) from an existing machine when swapped to the 'new' machine wld end up with bsod 5c just after the 'starting windows' screen.

 

i found another sata drive with xp on it, and tried that on the 'new' system. it booted up and loaded ok! odd.

 

so, as you suggested, decided to do a fresh W7 install on that xp drive on the new system.

but, after the disc had 'loaded files', the same 5c bsod came up.

 

i had a look through the bios and noticed that HPET was disabled.

after enabling HPET, the set up etc worked, and W7 then set up ok!

 

thinking the other drive might work now, i tried it again.

this time it went abit further after 'starting windows', but then came up with bsod 7b.

 

i tried the repair from the disk, no joy.

also, safe mode stops loading up with the same 7b.

i guess its something to do with specific drivers and/or HAL?

 

so, atm, will continue with the fresh install on the new system,

and keep the other drive with the older system (which it still works with) as back up/2nd pc.

and will do the 'easy transfer' settings from that one to a pen drive,

and then transfer it on to the fresh install?

[martin2006]

Its a long winded pain but sometimes its the only way

[Guest]

Its a long winded pain but sometimes its the only way

 

its been ok. i dont mind doing the fresh install, as it keeps the other drive/system as a working back up. w7 installation was quick and easy. not much else to install. the most import stuff is always kept on a big pen drive.

i was though interested to find out what the prob is, as i've often swapped drives over before without probs by just installing the drivers for the different system before swapping (which i did this time, but to no avail). it seems odd that the xp drive worked ok, cant remember what board/config that was off! maybe that was the nature of xp, and things have changed.

it was though interesting to learn about that HPET (disabled) causing the bsod when booting from the W7 inst disc. something for future reference.

thanks again for looking in guys.