Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread II

cardgame · Feb 28, 2014

If it's six years old, fuhgeddaboudit

rrazorr · Mar 2, 2014

PlutonianEmpire said:
Doesnt matter because I just now got home from work, and it fizzled. the entire laptop won't even turn on and I'm not seeing the indicator light turn on when I plug it in. So yeah. It's dead now.

reinstall maybe help

IIHAAETTEAAHII · Mar 2, 2014

Spoiler :

I got redirected to this page without clicking anything (in the middle of reading a page). I assume it's a virus? Any idea to where it is hiding? I already ran Norton but it didn't solve it.

Mise · Mar 2, 2014

Probably a dodgy advert on the page you were looking at. I doubt it's a virus on your computer. Does it happen on other pages?

IIHAAETTEAAHII · Mar 3, 2014

Yes, it has happened on multiple pages (including this site, which I'm quite sure is virus-free).

Mise · Mar 3, 2014

Try disabling extensions, might be a dodgy extension. Also have you searched for "updownnig" to see if anyone else has had this problem and how they solved it?

PlutonianEmpire · Mar 3, 2014

These are my system specs. Is this machine something I can over-clock?

This machine is all I have, a walmart pos gifted to me for x-mas (and surprise surprise, xmas day was the last day of the return policy. :rolleyes:

So I never had a damn chance at getting a better machine. I got really screwed over, IMO. :rolleyes:

), and I don't have enough green capitalist slime (money) to afford a new, better rig. :rolleyes:

Spoiler Condensed DxDiag info; dunno if I need to redact anything else, or if I even need to redact anything at all, thus the spoilers. :

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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/3/2014, 21:28:51
       Machine name: <redacted>
   Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.130408-1425)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
       System Model: HP 2000 Notebook PC
               BIOS: F.37
          Processor: AMD E-300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (2 CPUs), ~1.3GHz
             Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3682MB RAM
          Page File: 1580MB used, 3141MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.02.9200.16384 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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          Card name: AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics
       Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
          Chip type: AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics (0x9802)
           DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
        Device Type: Full Device
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9802&SUBSYS_188B103C&REV_00
     Display Memory: 1958 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 373 MB
      Shared Memory: 1585 MB
       Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: unknown
         Monitor Id: CMO15A2
        Native Mode: 1366 x 768(p) (60.026Hz)
        Output Type: Internal
        Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1191 (English)
     Driver Version: 12.102.4.0
        DDI Version: 11
     Feature Levels: 11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.2
Graphics Preemption: DMA
 Compute Preemption: DMA
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 3/13/2013 23:10:44, 1151656 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp: 
  Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-DB42-11CF-2B77-8138BEC2C535}
          Vendor ID: 0x1002
          Device ID: 0x9802
          SubSys ID: 0x188B103C
        Revision ID: 0x0000
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     Rank Of Driver: 00E00001
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C 
        DXVA2 Modes: DXVA2_ModeMPEG2_VLD  DXVA2_ModeMPEG2_IDCT  DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_NoFGT  DXVA2_ModeVC1_VLD  
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cardgame · Mar 3, 2014

AMD E-series? Unlikely. Particularly in a laptop, where thermal budgeting is important. You don't want to OC that unless you're willing to risk blowing it. Not that it would help, anyway. Sorry.

Zelig · Mar 4, 2014

There's probably some extra thermal room on that chip, there's no turbo and the 1.65 GHz part has the same TDP.

That being said, it doesn't look like there's any useful Windows software for overclocking Brazos chips, and you'd have to check but I suspect your BIOS doesn't let you change the clock.

You should update to Windows 8.1 though.

Quintillus · Mar 4, 2014

IIHAAETTEAAHII said:
Spoiler :

I got redirected to this page without clicking anything (in the middle of reading a page). I assume it's a virus? Any idea to where it is hiding? I already ran Norton but it didn't solve it.

It's certainly something fishy, whether a virus or something else. In addition to Mise's suggestions, or if they don't fix it, try running Malwarebytes. It's a free and well-reputed on-demand anti-virus scanner. Not every anti-virus program catches everything, so it might catch if even though Norton didn't.

PlutonianEmpire said:
These are my system specs. Is this machine something I can over-clock?

This machine is all I have, a walmart pos gifted to me for x-mas (and surprise surprise, xmas day was the last day of the return policy. So I never had a damn chance at getting a better machine. I got really screwed over, IMO. ), and I don't have enough green capitalist slime (money) to afford a new, better rig.

It looks highly unlikely that you'll be able to overclock the processor. I found a thread on overclockers.net about that CPU, and if they say it's all but hopeless, it is. It might be possible to slightly overclock the graphics card (five to seven years ago, RivaTuner would be the tool for the job, but there's probably something more suitable for modern graphics chips these days), but it's never going to be a champion of a graphics card. Enough for Civ3, possibly Civ4, but probably not going to be adequate for Civ5.

(BTW I don't see anything you need to redact, you already got the machine name and everything else is hardware or drivers)

PlutonianEmpire · Mar 4, 2014

cardgame said:
AMD E-series? Unlikely. Particularly in a laptop, where thermal budgeting is important. You don't want to OC that unless you're willing to risk blowing it. Not that it would help, anyway. Sorry.

Zelig said:
There's probably some extra thermal room on that chip, there's no turbo and the 1.65 GHz part has the same TDP.

That being said, it doesn't look like there's any useful Windows software for overclocking Brazos chips, and you'd have to check but I suspect your BIOS doesn't let you change the clock.

You should update to Windows 8.1 though.

Quintillus said:
It looks highly unlikely that you'll be able to overclock the processor. I found a thread on overclockers.net about that CPU, and if they say it's all but hopeless, it is. It might be possible to slightly overclock the graphics card (five to seven years ago, RivaTuner would be the tool for the job, but there's probably something more suitable for modern graphics chips these days), but it's never going to be a champion of a graphics card. Enough for Civ3, possibly Civ4, but probably not going to be adequate for Civ5.

Yikes. Was afraid of that. :undecide:

Thanks. I did try sims 3 on it when I first got it, but it was too slow to be worth it. If Win 8 had better support for all of Sims 2's ep's, and ran it fine sans compatibility, would this machine handle the load?

And kinda related, does windows 8 run slower than 7? Because if I do update to 8.1, it would be only temporary because I plan a full downgrade to 7 regardless of everyone's objections, and was wondering if the downgrade would let the machine run at least slightly better.

And speaking of updating to 8.1, that's free by default, isn't it?

(BTW I don't see anything you need to redact, you already got the machine name and everything else is hardware or drivers)

Cool, good to know. Thanks.

Iranon · Mar 4, 2014

Windows 7 and 8 are in the same weight class, expect a barely noticable performance drop after the downgrade.
Yes, the Windows 8.1 update is free.

caketastydelish · Mar 4, 2014

Can you mod civ v on a mac? By mod I mean make your on mod, not download somebody else's and install it.

Zelig · Mar 5, 2014

I can't imagine there's anything you can do with civ5 on Windows that you can't do on Mac OS.

caketastydelish · Mar 5, 2014

Then how do I go about it? Keep in mind I have it on Steam.

peter grimes · Mar 5, 2014

A good place to start:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=477763

Once you are comfortable installing mods, then do some research in the C&C forum.

But honestly this question is better asked over there. If, after due diligence, you have no idea how to proceed, ask Alan_H to point you in the right direction.

cardgame · Mar 5, 2014

Pretty sure the SDK and all is only for the windows version

caketastydelish · Mar 5, 2014

Those instructions are for downloading and installing somebody else's mod, not making one on your own.

Godwynn · Mar 22, 2014

Started about 3 weeks ago. It's the same with Chrome / FireFox / IE and every video website. I've tried turning HTML5 on/off through Youtube. It gets marginally better on the lowest quality setting on Youtube.

It happened both on Windows 8 and 8.1 and all video players worked perfectly last month. It doesn't happen to all videos either, some channels on YouTube play perfectly. If I download the YouTube video, it plays fine on my hard drive.

halp pls

PlutonianEmpire · Mar 24, 2014

Google fails me again. How do I condense long folder names that have spaces in them into a format usable by command prompt when tyoing out the file paths?

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