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I think there might be a problem with my computer.

When I turned it on the computer itself sounded like it turned on properly, but the monitor had a no signal message and then went on standby. After turning the computer on and off a couple of times, nothing happened. EWhen I unplugged the monitor and then plugged it back in, nothing happened. The only thing that worked was when I took out the power cable for the computer and then plugged it back in, then the computer turned on normally.

I don't know what caused it but I don't know if something worse will happen. My computer has integrated graphics, not a dedicated card.
 
Did you try safe mode? Except for the plugging in thing, it's about exactly the same as the driver problems I used to have on my old one.
 
aimeeandbeatles said:
Did you try safe mode? Except for the plugging in thing, it's about exactly the same as the driver problems I used to have on my old one.
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Its not even close. If there is no signal during the boot, it means the GPU isnt being initialized.

Chukchi, see if it happens again. If it doesn, then you should look into it, but otherwise it may have just been a one-time thing.
 
Sorry, misunderstood.
 
What is its normal temperature.?
 
Chukchi Husky said:
At the moment my computer's temperature is around 65 C. Would that be part of the cause?
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What part of your computer? The CPU, northbridge/southbridge? GPU?

If its CPU, its a wee bit high, but you wouldnt get to 90C on boot. if thats the northbridge, id suggest some cooling on it ( even a little 40mm fan will help a lot) as that is a little hot for it for when its basically idle. For a GPU, thats perfectly fine, although IGP's may have a lower thermal threshold for shutdown. Either way, if you just cold booted the pc, temps likely had nothing to do with it, unless you had previously shut down the pc due to heat.

As I said, unless it occurs again, just think of it as a small glitch. They happen sometimes.
 
A few questions:

1) I found a little USB fan and plugged it in. My system froze (no pun intended). I unplugged it and it stayed frozen so I hit the reset button. Why would this be?

2) I'm torrenting a DVD which is supposed to be for a dual-layer (It's a Petty concert. A long Petty concert.) Is there a way to split it into two DVDs? All methods on Google seem to work only if you already have it on a DVD9. My burner doesn't support them, and even if it did, my mom's kinda cheap and would probably get the crappy ones and refuse to buy more if/when they fail burning.

3) I've been posting videos on YouTube. With VBR audio, it goes out of sync, so I use constant bitrate. However, I notice during quieter parts a mild "hissing." Is this normal or the fault of the encoder? Or am I just imagining things?

4) Why would a DVD (self-burnt) with a mild scratch play perfectly fine in media players but fail on trying to copy? (Tried DVD Decrypter, SmartRipper and even copy/paste the folder.)
 
aimeeandbeatles said:
A few questions:

1) I found a little USB fan and plugged it in. My system froze (no pun intended). I unplugged it and it stayed frozen so I hit the reset button. Why would this be?
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Try it in another computer, if possible. If it freezes that computer too, I would think the fan is bad and shorting out.

aimeeandbeatles said:
2) I'm torrenting a DVD which is supposed to be for a dual-layer (It's a Petty concert. A long Petty concert.) Is there a way to split it into two DVDs? All methods on Google seem to work only if you already have it on a DVD9. My burner doesn't support them, and even if it did, my mom's kinda cheap and would probably get the crappy ones and refuse to buy more if/when they fail burning.
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Try DVDshrink.
 
What's a good Blu-Ray movie decoder for a PC? (Do they even exist?)
 
Sashie VII said:
WordPress blogging; I can't figure out how to put spaces between paragraphs in my posts. Help? (In english ;))
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On my blog, I just press enter twice. I know it's not the best but better than nothing.
 
Then as I said twice, probly a one-time thing. Do watch for it, but for the most part, I wouldnt worry.
 
I read in a 1994 book about computers that the PSU is designed so that if it pops, it shouldn't take the rest of the computer with it. Is this still true?

Another one: Also, isn't it highly annoying when you're downloading a torrent, and it's at 99.8%, when the only seeder goes offline? And of course, the 0.02% isn't a text file, but right in the middle of one of the integral files?
 
aimeeandbeatles said:
I read in a 1994 book about computers that the PSU is designed so that if it pops, it shouldn't take the rest of the computer with it. Is this still true?

Another one: Also, isn't it highly annoying when you're downloading a torrent, and it's at 99.8%, when the only seeder goes offline? And of course, the 0.02% isn't a text file, but right in the middle of one of the integral files?
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Depends on the PSU and how it goes. It may not do anything, it may fry your whole system. Thats why you should, no, you must buy a quality PSU when you're building a pc.

As for the torrents, just leave that sucker running. If you think all torrents have to finish asap, you havent really torrented. Try waiting 4 months for one to finish and then you shall know patience.
 
4 months? What were you torrenting?
 
old russian tv show. It was going at an avg of something like 3kb/s, and it was well over 20GB.
 
Okay, so I was messing around with the Playback devices and accidentally disabled the speakers. However my music kept playing. Why is this?

(The other device is a Digital Output Device SPDIF)
 
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