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  1. BlueAcolyte

    Updating ASP controls on button click

    *Edit:* blah I'm an idiot. I forgot to add If Not IsPostBack to the loading of the drop list, so every time the button was pressed the page reloaded and reset the drop list. Mods can kill it... Alright, so I'm kinda new to programming, working on a asp.net program linked to a database. I...
  2. BlueAcolyte

    Portability of a newly installed OS

    My desktop was experiencing what I believe to be hard drive problems, so I took out the old hard drive and swapped in the one I use for backups (obviously moving the backups onto yet another drive). Now, when I put in the windows 7, vista, or server 2008 dvd, I get a "disk boot failure...
  3. BlueAcolyte

    Perhaps failing Samsung HD, recommendations?

    Alright, so I have been getting some strange behavior out of my computer recently. I'm not sure of the exact cause. For example: games launched out of steam fail, Opera crashes when you open more than 2 tabs, and 1-2 random total computer lockups. I own a samsung 640gb hd642jj and I ran HD...
  4. BlueAcolyte

    Failed Asus DVD-RW Flash

    Alright, I was reinstalling vista and decided to flash my optical drive's firmware. The model is 1814-BLT, so I grabbed the exe from Asus. Halfway through, the program froze up, and now the optical drive's green LED is constantly on, it won't open or boot from drive, etc. Is there any way...
  5. BlueAcolyte

    Higher Pitched Noise coming from power supply?

    Recently, I dusted out my computer using compressed air. I also pointed some into the power supply fan and through vents on the front and back. I also moved a fan from the bottom of my case to the side, but I do not believe this had any effect. When my computer is on, I hear a noise that wasn't...
  6. BlueAcolyte

    Few Remaining Questions on Athlon II X4 overclocking

    Ok, so I just built a nice new PC for my parents, and I'm planning to do a slight overclock to perhaps 3ghz. Athlon II X4 620 Asus 785G motherboard 4GB DDR2-800 RAM So... I understand that I want to lower the HT and RAM multipliers as I increase the base speed. So, if I were to...
  7. BlueAcolyte

    Changing to ATi from nV

    I THINK the correct procedure is: 1) Uninstall old nvidia drivers 2) Reboot into safe mode and run driver cleaner? 3) Switch cards 4) Boot up and install ATi drivers It's been a while since I've been here. So if someone could point out if I'm doing something wrong. The card in...
  8. BlueAcolyte

    Women releases horde of robots in NYC...

    More details here repost. Moderator allisolm
  9. BlueAcolyte

    Asus G50Vt-X5 15.6" laptop $899 at best buy

    INCHES NOT FEET! Here
  10. BlueAcolyte

    Antec NSK4480 w/ 380w power supply

    Here you go. Promo code: EMCLNNT37
  11. BlueAcolyte

    LG 20' monitor $200 w/ Free case and power supply

    At Newegg The case and PSU are HEC. Case is a mini-tower, PSU is 500w (not sure how reliable it is), so YMMV.
  12. BlueAcolyte

    Currently epically sick

    Ugh... Got a head-ache on Monday evening, threw up everything I ate. Stomach clenched up so I could barely get some water. Woke up every 2 hours to go to the bathroom. Threw up again in the middle of the night. Woke up this morning, stayed home from school... Too dizzy to play video games or...
  13. BlueAcolyte

    Nine Inch Nails: The Slip --- Free album!

    Here you go I like how they offer it in sizes ranging from 87mb to 1.5GB.
  14. BlueAcolyte

    Help with a loop in java

    Ok, so in response to my previous question, ImageJ can get an array of pixels and each pixel's value with certain commands. So I want to search the array with a loop... I don't know if it searches horizontally first or second. Currently I have it set up like this: Edit: Gah, lack of...
  15. BlueAcolyte

    How to recognize colors/hex values with java?

    I just got a project from a friend. He needs to take pictures of small strips of copper then measure their length. It has to be within a certain range. I am using ImageJ for the project although if anyone has any alternatives, please suggest them. ImageJ is written in java, which I don't...
  16. BlueAcolyte

    Finally done my OC

    Ok, more specifics: CPU: E4500 11x200 M1 stepping, 1.32v default voltage OC: E4500 8x400 1.48v RAM: 1:1 rating DDR2-800 5-5-5-18 (produces too much heat to overvolt) Stable for 10 hours with OCCT. RAM and northbridge are stock voltage. Oh, a few questions: I can re-enable...
  17. BlueAcolyte

    Sooooo, my uncle just got me some games...

    $27 for all three!!! Woo!!! I was just wondering if there was anything I should be aware of? Mods, state of online community, etc?
  18. BlueAcolyte

    Acer 16' laptop $549

    In the vein of my previous post... Link The screen is EVEN BIGGER this time! Oh, and it has hdmi, wireless-n, gigabit ethernet, and a subwoofer.
  19. BlueAcolyte

    Benq G2400WD 24' LCD $290

    Thanks to PCGamer 321 for bringing this to my attention. :P Here Great deal on a highly-rated monitor. (But it's TN)
  20. BlueAcolyte

    CM 690 nV edition $60 and CM Cosmos S $150

    Hot or not? CM 690 Nvidia Edition $60 CM Cosmos S 1100 $150
  21. BlueAcolyte

    Acer 14' laptop $449

    Seems to be pretty nice, very good reviews at newegg. Link
  22. BlueAcolyte

    VLite, Server 2008, and an external hard drive

    Can I use VLite to install Server 2008 on an external hard drive? I remember this was possible with BartPE and Windows Xp. But I have no XP, I am a student and I picked up Server 2008 from the dreamspark deal.
  23. BlueAcolyte

    How can I add myself to a sudoers list without any sudo-enabled accounts?

    Ok, so I put Fedora 9 Live on my flash drive using this tutorial. Link It works fine, I can add software and do some other things that would, AFAIK, require admin privileges. But some things I do through terminal require root access and I don't know how to add myself to the sudoers list or...
  24. BlueAcolyte

    Very peculiar explorer.exe problem.

    My explorer.exe is f'ed up somehow. It works fine, I can rename and move and delete files at normal speed. If I rename a file, explorer will become unresponsive for a while. But if I open up another window and go to the same directory, the folder is already renamed. Pop-up windows...
  25. BlueAcolyte

    Hot? P182 and Antec PSU combos at newegg

    Link Right now there is also a $60 discount on the P182 by itself, if you aren't in the market for a PSU.
  26. BlueAcolyte

    Need some help configuring LiLo

    I am currently trying to boot three OSes (arch is coming but that's a non-issue) Zenwalk on /dev/sdb (contains LiLO) Windows Vista on /dev/sda1 (chainloads with NTLDR) Foresight Linux on /dev/sda4 (no bootloader) Foresight has a remarkable fast install with remarkably few options. I did...
  27. BlueAcolyte

    What are these files doing on my C Drive?

    The culprits I am getting the feeling these are related to System Restore, which I have turned off. Some change size occasionally, some are deleted, and sometimes Vista will just regurgitate all of the space at once. Virus scans are clean.
  28. BlueAcolyte

    Question about installing Arch

    I have decided that I haven't had enough pain yet and will be installing Arch soon, on top of Zenwalk and Windows Vista. So this is my situation. 40GB drive: Zenwalk (controls booting with Lilo, chainloads to Windows) 400GB drive: Windows I'm thinking I could shrink my Windows...
  29. BlueAcolyte

    Good stores for system builders

    This list is to help the many system builders who come here as well as myself. Please contribute. (American unless otherwise noted) ---General Hardware--- Buy.com Mwave TigerDirect ZipZoomFly (formerly Google Gear) NewEgg NewBiiz (formerly Ewiz) Directron NCIXUS (American division)...
  30. BlueAcolyte

    Well, I guess Puma is out.

    I was reading the DT article on Hector Ruiz stepping down, and I noticed a link to AMD's Puma platform. It looks like it's launched, this is the end of Q2 and there are a couple models out already. Dailytech Article Toshiba laptop @ newegg HP Tablet PC @ newegg What interests me is...
  31. BlueAcolyte

    Well, I've solved my overheating problem.

    Ok, so I've posted before that I need(ed) to underclock my memory on my 8800GT because of a lack of heatsinks. The ones from arctic cooling that came with my Accelero fell off. So today (after a discreet trip to Fry's) I went to put on my new Zalman RAMsinks when I noticed there was a...
  32. BlueAcolyte

    I know 4 sticks of RAM is hard on your northbridge...

    I have 2 x 1 GB of A-DATA DDR2-800 RAM at 4-4-4-12. I just picked up a single 2GB stick from Fry's. It's patriot and it has the same speed and timings, just different voltage. I intend to run them at 1:1 anyway so that doesnt matter. But do you think this would hurt my overclock? (266 x...
  33. BlueAcolyte

    IF I were hypothetically going to Fry's with $90...

    Do you know any hypothetical deals or combos that I could take advantage of? I am looking to pick up some fans and zalman RAM sinks but if I see something good, (hypothetically of course) then I might be persuaded to pick it up. The special occasion here is a trip to Orange County to see my...
  34. BlueAcolyte

    What to do with an ancient PC?

    I pulled a old SFF PC out of my tech teacher's room on the last day of school. After disassembling it, I was happy to see that it was a socket 370 and dropped another 128MB of RAM into it as well as a Pentium III. (coppermine, 866mhz) I also pulled a 2GB hard drive out of a Packard-Bell computer...
  35. BlueAcolyte

    I'm going to cry.

    Ok, I have wrestled with Vista until I've configured it all right, but the one thorn in my side is Vista's update. It downloads the updates and then will not install them. It randomly says it can't check for updates but when I click on it, it says it has 11 updates waiting. I have...
  36. BlueAcolyte

    Help me find the weak spot in my overclock.

    Ok, before, I had my E4500 stable at a 33% OC to 2.93GHz at stock voltage. Then now I tried for 3.30GHz to make it a round 50%. EIST and C1E were disabled. VCore was 1.387. It posted and passed an hour of Prime95 at 6 x 300 and 6 x 334. But no matter what, I can't get it to boot to...
  37. BlueAcolyte

    Recommend me a different distro than Ubuntu.

    Ok, I have a perfectly functional K/X/Ubuntu installation set up, everything I want to works except for MONO/.NET2.0. So I want something different to toy around with. Requirements: 1. Must support Wine. 2. Must have drivers with 3d acceleration. 3. Supports Python. So far I've been...
  38. BlueAcolyte

    Frequently asked questions about memory and storage:

    1: I installed 4GB of RAM but windows only sees 3-3.5GB! A: This is an inherent limitation of a 32-bit OS. Windows can only see 4GB, and it needs "physical address space" for things like video card RAM. The only solution is to upgrade to an x64 (64bit) operating system. The recommended 64bit...
  39. BlueAcolyte

    RAM divider question

    Ok, I have some DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 RAM. My current E4500 is overclocked to 2.93GHz. That's 266FSB. So I can run it at 2:3 (CPU:MEM) to get DDR2-800. Or I can run it at 1:1 to get DDR2-533. I would assume that I could also lower the voltage on the RAM if I downclock it to DDR2-533, since...
  40. BlueAcolyte

    Any more updates on Demigod?

    Demigod is supposedly based off DotA; It's Chris Taylor's latest project. I think it's being published by Stardock, like Sins of A Solar Empire. Hopefully Stardock will be a better partner than THQ, we barely get any patches for Supreme Commander and the expansion.