Recent content by Sink41

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    Dear people that use PS3 controllers:

    Motion in joy worked fine for me until my internet went down, offline mode simply brought up a broken webpage and i had no way to go online to fix it. Couldn't get the controller to connect through bluetooth, it did work while connected through usb but like others have said no analogue.
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    720p vs 1080i

    I have a TV that has the same resolution as yours, but also accepts and downscales 1080p. In the playstation XMB the text is a bit blurred in 1080p, while 720p looks a lot better. I have not tried 1080i. I assumed 720p was always better for HD Ready (1366*768) TV's because there was less work...
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    Laptop screen issues - backlight or graphics card?

    Thanks for the helpful advice guys. He has decided to simply continue using it as a desktop.
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    Laptop screen issues - backlight or graphics card?

    This is not my laptop, but a friends. A while back his backlight stopped working. It would turn on for a second or two when the screen was opened then turn off. The monitor would still be trying to display the desktop just without the backlight, and his external port still worked fine. Same...
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    Laptop in Standby mode: is it bad?

    My laptop turns itself on after a while if placed on standby. I usually hibernate instead if I'm only turning it off for a short while. Memory is saved and resumed to the harddrive so it takes up some room and is a bit slower at turning on and off. I occasionally do a full reboot to clear out...
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    The BSOD - New System unstable (Prime95 Error)

    hmmm, IRQL errors are normally RAM. Try running just test 5 in memtest, it seems to pick up errors a lot quicker than cycling through all the tests for me. I think the key combination to get it is c - 1 - 3 - 5 - enter - 0 or something like that. But the fact that prime95 fails when you run it...
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    I have a novie that was ripped in .mp4 and the sound is 350ms out of sync

    If your looking for a temp fix, ffdshow has an option to change delay on audio while your playing the file back.
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    Either BitComet or uTorrent is so full of spyware, malware, etc...

    http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html try running these two.
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    TF2 running with extreme video lag - can't even navigate the menus.

    I think tf2 is a more updated version, though yes it is essentially same software. Try defrag tf2 files, probably not the problem but can't hurt (either through normal defrag or steam can do it if you right click on game > Properties> local files > defrag cache files). Verify integrity of game...
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    How much of your income do you spend on rent?

    30%. However a lot of my income is student loan which will need to be paid back at some point in time :(
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    AHPI in Bios means BSOD - help! Gigabyte

    Have you tried this? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976
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    IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL BSOD... Help!

    iirc that BSOD usually points to bad memory (on windows XP it did anyway, been out of the loop for a bit)
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    Sudden drop in hard drive performance

    Might be that your hard drive is in pio mode. Has an automated script thing but its really not that hard to do yourself http://winhlp.com/node/10 Microsoft article on it. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817472
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    Changing Partition Size in XP **FIXED**

    You could try running check disk and seeing if it fixes anything. (right click on drive, properties, tools)
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    Post the best prank calls here

    http://www.ebaumsworld.com/audio/tags/mr-bergis/ http://www.break.com/index/hot...t-desk-prank-call.html