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The Blue Screen of Death--what is it?
May 6th, 2007, 21:21
Interesting pic, reminds one of the pre-raphaelites, maybe a Waterhouse, though I am not familar.
Sentinel
May 6th, 2007, 23:53
Originally Posted by ffbjIf you mean my avatar, I got it from a German site years ago--no telling who she is.
Interesting pic, reminds one of the pre-raphaelites, maybe a Waterhouse, though I am not familar.
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Hedgewitch
May 7th, 2007, 01:53
Oh well. I know I have seen it before and it bugs me. It is, I believe, just a piece of a larger picture. She is looking down at water if I recall correctly. There were some pre-rapaelites german painters too. It's a bit too green for Waterhouse, but it is in the same style. Thanks.
Sentinel
May 17th, 2007, 19:53
Just a note to everyone who pitched in to advise me on the invidious Blue Screen of Death--the Death here was actually my video card.
After blaming everything on the poor coders of the Immortal Throne expansion, I uninstalled the game and started playing DS2--after about 3 days, same problems.
I got on the phone to tech support at my pc manufacturer(Dell) and they remoted in and after discovering that the card wasn't accepting driver updates, ran a diagnostic on it and found a memory writing problem. Turns out the card itself was faulty.
Fortunately all this was covered under warranty and they sent a tech out with a new video card. It was HUGE--the size of a magazine--with a fan that looked like a turbo-prop. I'd been looking inside my case for a little normal sized card with a baby sized fan--couldn't find it because the card was the size of Cleveland--seriously, I thought it was a system board.
Anyway, thought you all might like to know that the game had nothing to do with it.
After blaming everything on the poor coders of the Immortal Throne expansion, I uninstalled the game and started playing DS2--after about 3 days, same problems.
I got on the phone to tech support at my pc manufacturer(Dell) and they remoted in and after discovering that the card wasn't accepting driver updates, ran a diagnostic on it and found a memory writing problem. Turns out the card itself was faulty.
Fortunately all this was covered under warranty and they sent a tech out with a new video card. It was HUGE--the size of a magazine--with a fan that looked like a turbo-prop. I'd been looking inside my case for a little normal sized card with a baby sized fan--couldn't find it because the card was the size of Cleveland--seriously, I thought it was a system board.
Anyway, thought you all might like to know that the game had nothing to do with it.
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Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Hedgewitch
May 18th, 2007, 00:51
Glad to hear all your problems have been solved!!
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May 19th, 2007, 00:14
happen to see what kind of card that was? Cant be that old if it's still warrantied
sounds like an old voodoo card or something, lol. I just retired an old pc here at work (im a de-facto tech support guy), I couldnt believe that someone was still using it. It had a voodoo3 card in it circa 1999,, that thing was huge!
sounds like an old voodoo card or something, lol. I just retired an old pc here at work (im a de-facto tech support guy), I couldnt believe that someone was still using it. It had a voodoo3 card in it circa 1999,, that thing was huge!
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Original Sin Donor
May 19th, 2007, 01:12
xSamhainx wrote:
It's an nVidia 7900GTX-same as came with the rig(XPS600)about a year ago. I assume part of the regalia was the heat-sink/fan type stuff as opposed to the actual chip, but it came on an 8" x 6" soldered board full of widgets and colored bumps, with a fan that can double up if the Cuisinart blade ever goes down. ( The 19 yr old techie who brought it out was struck dumb with awe. We had a nice chat about how consoles are teh suxors )
Good luck in your new de facto career--now that they know you can do it.
@Corwin: I don't know about all of my problems being solved--I still require extensive structural support in certain areas.
But at least I can avoid thinking about the miasma of approaching senility by playing my games again. ;P
happen to see what kind of card that was? Cant be that old if it's still warrantied
It's an nVidia 7900GTX-same as came with the rig(XPS600)about a year ago. I assume part of the regalia was the heat-sink/fan type stuff as opposed to the actual chip, but it came on an 8" x 6" soldered board full of widgets and colored bumps, with a fan that can double up if the Cuisinart blade ever goes down. ( The 19 yr old techie who brought it out was struck dumb with awe. We had a nice chat about how consoles are teh suxors
)Good luck in your new de facto career--now that they know you can do it.
@Corwin: I don't know about all of my problems being solved--I still require extensive structural support in certain areas.
But at least I can avoid thinking about the miasma of approaching senility by playing my games again. ;P
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Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Hedgewitch
August 22nd, 2007, 15:50
did you guys see the RSoD??? lol 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIqteJCeh58&NR=1 (you have to wait a bit for it to load)) )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIqteJCeh58&NR=1 (you have to wait a bit for it to load
)) )
Sentinel
August 22nd, 2007, 15:53
Those Vista guys will do anything to get attention. It's nice to know they are carrying on the tradition though, gaboru93.
It's nice to know they are carrying on the tradition though, gaboru93.
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Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Hedgewitch
August 22nd, 2007, 16:46
*cm passes magerette a new roll of duct tape for her support issues*
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Bart and Corwin should just admit that when it gets down to it, I will have the final say.
Bart and Corwin should just admit that when it gets down to it, I will have the final say.
Sentinel of Light
August 22nd, 2007, 16:51
Deeply obliged. 
See how your presence is needed?
See how your presence is needed?
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Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Hedgewitch
August 22nd, 2007, 16:52
ty ty I should be able to keep you in tape a lot more now. Things are getting back to normal here somewhat. lol
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Bart and Corwin should just admit that when it gets down to it, I will have the final say.
Bart and Corwin should just admit that when it gets down to it, I will have the final say.
Sentinel of Light
August 22nd, 2007, 16:56
And you still appear relatively sane. Congrats!
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Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Hedgewitch
August 22nd, 2007, 17:04
Ooooooh! It's gone from blue to red! Now that's progress!
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Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. But it don't snow here. It stays pretty green. I'm going to make a lot of money, then I'm going to quit this crazy scene. -- [Joni Mitchell]
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