Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread II

Heretic_Cata said:
That's odd, i thought there would be at least some slowdown of the game from overheating. A slowdown only happened after a 6 hour continous play of dragon age. :D

Iirc i have the newest drivers.

The card IS 3-4 years old tho. I guess it's showing it's age now.

Thx :)
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A slowdown would not be intermittent. This kind of artifacting means that the video card isnt calculating verticies properly, which pretty much means that somewhere on the chip, there is a spot of bad silicon thats not giving the correct output. This is different from what would cause slowing down, in that slowing down is simply the silicon not being able to process input and give output as fast as is needed to show the game at 24/30/n fps.
 
For a few days now every time I start my computer up a popup in the welcome screen is saying something about SQLdumper library is empty or something and can't initialize something. Is this just some virus mad it got deleted or is it something I need and should fix?
 
Ulyaoth said:
For a few days now every time I start my computer up a popup in the welcome screen is saying something about SQLdumper library is empty or something and can't initialize something. Is this just some virus mad it got deleted or is it something I need and should fix?
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SQLDumper is used to collect stack information and debug information in case SQL Server crashes. The dump that is created out of this is normally send to Microsoft and is used by the development team to debug problems (not that you can elect not to send this information to Microsoft).

The error above means that likely your SQL Server installation is corrupt, so I would suggest that you reinstall SQLServer.
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Found that here:
http://www.fixya.com/support/t1991666-get_get_sqldumper_library_failed

It looks like you should go to your add/remove programs and look for things having to do with SQL and try uninstalling them.
 
Ok, so my computer is failing to POST suddenly. I reset the CMOS per the manual, but no improvement. It does power on in the sense that the drives and fans try to work, but no audible beeps, and the monitor detects no signals.

The situation:
It was working fine when suddenly it hanged on a program, with no input devices working. So I turned it off and on again. No POST. Tried turning it off for a long while, then on, and still no POST.

So after that I did the CMOS reset. and nothing.


So I guess my options are to: 1. retry the CMOS rest one more time, 2. try unplugging everything inside and reconnecting only the basics (fan, cpu) and see if it POSTs, 3. double swapping some used parts that I have (mobo, CPU) to try to see what part doesn't work and return it, and then rebuild the computer if apparently no components are broke?

Odd that the components are each about 15 months old and new, with 3 year warranties? I know some people expect to upgrade every 18 months, but it seems odd, no?
 
If you make sure all of your connections are tight, and still get the same result, then you most likely have a dead major component. I would think that the most likely is the mobo itself if you aren't even getting a POST.
 
Cutlass said:
If you make sure all of your connections are tight, and still get the same result, then you most likely have a dead major component. I would think that the most likely is the mobo itself if you aren't even getting a POST.
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I think this is correct. Wouldn't bad RAM still POST?
 
GoodGame said:
I think this is correct. Wouldn't bad RAM still POST?
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I think it should. If you have the manual for the mobo, there should be a list in it of the different POST signals. Or maybe you can look it up online.

Steady, short beeps Power supply may be bad
Long continuous beep tone Memory failure
Steady, long beeps Power supply bad
No beep Power supply bad, system not plugged in, or power not turned on
No beep If everything seems to be functioning correctly there may be a problem with the 'beeper' itself. The system will normally beep one short beep.
One long, two short beeps Video card failure
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Is one set of POST beeps. If you aren't getting even that, it makes me think that the MOBO is your most likely culprit. But possibly the MOBO is just not getting power if the power supply is bad or not properly connected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test#POST_AMI_BIOS_beep_codes
 
What I can say: When my RAM went bad, the computer did POST (beeped once) but froze up on the BIOS screen.

Two questions:

1) Sometimes I accidentally leave my CD drive open. Assuming that nothing heavy falls on it, is it bad for the drive?
2) I have two old burned discs which are scratched beyond repair. I can make duplicates. But is there any use for it? There's no birds to scare away and my mom doesn't like it when I microwave discs.

EDIT: Also a third:
3) Is there a way to check the a blank disc for errors BEFORE burning to it?
 
I have a tv with an input called Digital Visual Interface. And I'm trying to attach it to my PC. Looks like this:

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Which looks similar, but is not the same as an adapter that goes to a standard video cable that looks like this:

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Does anyone know the name of the interface, cable, or adapter, that I'm looking for? Google-fu has failed me.
 
aimeeandbeatles said:
What I can say: When my RAM went bad, the computer did POST (beeped once) but froze up on the BIOS screen.

Two questions:

1) Sometimes I accidentally leave my CD drive open. Assuming that nothing heavy falls on it, is it bad for the drive?
2) I have two old burned discs which are scratched beyond repair. I can make duplicates. But is there any use for it? There's no birds to scare away and my mom doesn't like it when I microwave discs.

EDIT: Also a third:
3) Is there a way to check the a blank disc for errors BEFORE burning to it?
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Learn to close the drive. It may not hurt anything, but it is more likely to eventually be damaged by something bumping it if it is open. Just throw away the ruined disks. You don't need to be creative with them.
 
Cutlass said:
Learn to close the drive. It may not hurt anything, but it is more likely to eventually be damaged by something bumping it if it is open. Just throw away the ruined disks. You don't need to be creative with them.
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Thanks.

Question: What's with all the amps? Google has failed me

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No, you would need a converter to digitize the analog signal from the video card for the TV. Such converters exists, but they are neither cheap not lossless.
You are probably better off buying a new video card with a DVI-D output.
 
DVI-D dual-link will fit into a DVI-I dual link, so all you need is a DVI-D dual link cable. It just wont pass analog signal ( If you're connecting your computer, thats not a problem anyways)

Till said:
No, you would need a converter to digitize the analog signal from the video card for the TV. Such converters exists, but they are neither cheap not lossless.
You are probably better off buying a new video card with a DVI-D output.
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If his TV accepts digital input, which Im guessing it does by the inclusion of DVI instead of VGA, then he would only need a DVI-DL cable.
 
I have an adapter with a DVI-I dual link end and it will not fit into the TV. Those 4 prongs above and below the long horizontal prong do not have matching holes to fit into.
 
Sorry, I got the two backwards. I meant to say DVI-DL, not DVI-IL
 
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