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On July 28 2013 02:41 chroniX wrote:
I want to buy a new laptop. It is supposed to be a replacement for my desktop and my portable aswell.
At home i want to place it on my desk (preferably closed) and plug my 27" monitor / mouse / keyboard into it .
This should be easily doable, right? Is there anything i need to watch out for?
If your 27" monitor is 2560x1440 or similar, make sure the laptop has a variant of DisplayPort (dual-link DVI is uncommon; some just have HDMI/VGA outs).
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Yeah, i did. My versions now 1.9 i believe. Was 1.8 when i bought it.
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On July 27 2013 22:48 Yaahh wrote:
1: If the pc reboots or i boot normaly, after the ASRock logo before the Windows booting logo appeares instead of the windows logo there will be just a blinking cursor on the top left and nothing will happen.
To solve this i have either to reset a few times or press f11 for booting options.
And instead of choosing a boot option i just have to hit escape. If i choose my ssd or such it will again give me the blinking cursor.
I know that it is a problem with windows having with ssd (had to admin cmd.exe before w7 install with disk part method)
and i know that i have to do the startup repair 3 times but i just did one because it took sooooo long.
Is it just this problem that the cursor still appeares sometimes?
(i cant do the missing 2 startup repairs. If i want to it will say that it doesnt fit with my current installation so i have to do the next 2 the next time 1 clean up the whole system?)
I remember I once had problems with an HDD. The PC wouldn't boot with the HDD connected to a SATA3 connector on the board. I had to put it on SATA2, only have the SSD on SATA3. You might want to try that with your HDD. It shouldn't matter for performance as SATA2 is already faster than a HDD can be.
Another thought... it could be the part of the drive that's responsible for kicking off the loading of Windows being kind of broken, but I don't understand how it would suddenly work after the BIOS' boot menu pops up and you just go with the default entry on there.
If it's the Windows installation on the drive, whatever is wrong could have happened if you had both SSD and HDD connected when you installed Windows. This could have confused the installer. I'd pull the HDD, only leave the SSD connected, and then go search for a guide on how to repair the drive's "master boot record" or however it's called nowadays.
Perhaps the order you've connected the drives to the board's SATA slots is important, but you should be able to select the order for booting in the BIOS without doing something to the cables.
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I could try the SATA2 with HHD.
I didnt had the HHD plugged in when installing w7 on the SSD.
Also i did this window thing to prevent the confusion for w7. Only thing i failed was startup repair doing just once instead of 3 times.
SSD is not on the A_1 thats what the manual of the mainboard says and i read online.
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I was looking around for gaming laptops and I came across the MSi GX70 which has AMD A10-5750 processor and the HD 8970M for $1300. Is this a good deal or should I look into Intel and Nvidia more? There are GTX 770M and 780M laptops that cost hundreds more but are they worth it? According to notebookcheck, the HD 8970M can max out almost every game on the market right now: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8970M.90656.0.html
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Just make sure you have a port on the laptop that matches an input for the monitor. Laptops these days tend to have HDMI. The other consideration is just performance.
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Wow, a lot worse than i thought. It's easy to get a 3630qm equivelant
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On July 28 2013 05:34 Cyro wrote:Wow, a lot worse than i thought. It's easy to get a 3630qm equivelant
Ah thanks for the info. Yeah I've only looked into the actual graphics card 8970M. I know a bit about the Intel CPUs and both GPUs but I have no clue when it comes to the AMD CPUs.
It definitely looks like Intel is worth the extra cost.
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So between MSi, Asus, and Alienware, which would you guys say has the best build quality?
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My Computer: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883258024
My Television: Samsung 48 Inch LED Smart TV
I'm attempting to play SC2 on my computer while simultaneously broadcasting it on my TV through an HDMI cable so my little brother can watch. However when I attempt to run the HDMI cable from my Computer to my TV it creates a Dual Screen Computer with my TV. I'm running Windows 8 and haven't found a successful tutorial for this problem online so far.
Thanks for the Help,
EagleFighter
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Your monitor and television have to be the same resolution in order to duplicate the screen.
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@skyr and others :
I have an internet problem since I first bought a new router one month ago. From a Dlink, I upgraded to a mynet central n900 to an Asus n56. The problem remains (after changing Mynet to Asus).
The problem :
Regularly (like about once every day), when I OPEN A NEW COMPUTER (or laptop or any device), the internet connection can be lost for ALL the network, or partially lost (for example, all lan are lost, but wireless is still ok).
Scenario A : I'm on my main computer. Internet works perfectly. Brother comes home, opens his computer, the internet is down for both me and him.
Scenario B : I'm on my computer, my brother on his. Internet is down on his computer, but not on mine.
Scenario C : Me and brother are on lan computer, everything is fine. Sister on her laptop, doesn't work, her mobile devices don't work neither. (or vice versa, everything is fine on the wireless, but the lan is down)
Scenario D : I'm on my computer playing a game. Brother comes home, complains that his internet doesn't work. I alt-tab : indeed, my google chrome cannot search any page. HOWEVER, I am still in game playing
Scenario E : No computer can access the internet, but our skype is still working O.o? We can even send msg using skype.
Scenario F : Internet is partially down. Most websites are dead, but something like Facebook is still working.
etc etc. I can go on... most scenarios share some similarities.
Now, this connection issue IS ALWAYS FIXED when I reset the router, sometimes when I reset the modem. It can also, but not always, be fixed by restarting computer. When the error is local (for example, only on my brother's computer), disabling and re-enabling his network card can sometimes fix the issue. I usually only have to do 1 reset/day to fix this issue. Once the issue is fixed, as long as I don't shut down all computers on my network, the problem is gone. If I close all computers, and then open them later, the problem can re-appear.
The error is that : DNS cannot be resolved. (when trying to open a new page)
I believe the issue is not with the routers since I've got two routers : Mynet900, thought it was broken so exchanged it. I'm getting the same issue with the new Asus (1 week old). Also, even when I lose connection, I still can access to my network (I can still access my other computers, I can still access the router from any device). Only the internet is down.
I have two leads, but I am very unsure :
1) I've called my ISP, they weren't of great help. They told me that the issue is on my side (the guy said it could be a network virus, whatever that is). Assuming it is a "network" virus, or a virus that spread through my network, what can I do? As of right now, I'd prefer not reformatting 5 computers of my networks + other devices. It would be a huge pain. Virus scan from all 5 computers with microsoft essentials do not detect anything.
2) NOW, I believe (but it's possible that the issue was already appearing when I first bought the mynet900) this became an when I tried to change my IP address from dynamic to static (I was trying to configure my router because it wouldn't allow download, some websites suggested port fowarding to a static IP). I used a program that would change from dynamic to static. But since it didn't work anyway, I just reseted (going back to dynamic). From that day on, my network had this issue constantly. I'm not sure if this is the cause though, because I reverted back to dynamic.
This is the software used ; I do not believe that it is a virus
http://portforward.com/help/setup_static_ip_address.htm
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thnx
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On July 29 2013 03:31 EagleFighter wrote:My Computer: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883258024My Television: Samsung 48 Inch LED Smart TV I'm attempting to play SC2 on my computer while simultaneously broadcasting it on my TV through an HDMI cable so my little brother can watch. However when I attempt to run the HDMI cable from my Computer to my TV it creates a Dual Screen Computer with my TV. I'm running Windows 8 and haven't found a successful tutorial for this problem online so far. Thanks for the Help, EagleFighter
For my laptop (win 8), I press windows key-p and there's options for what to do with 2 screens - pick the duplicate option and it ought to work.
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On July 29 2013 05:11 XenOmega wrote:+ Show Spoiler +@skyr and others : I have an internet problem since I first bought a new router one month ago. From a Dlink, I upgraded to a mynet central n900 to an Asus n56. The problem remains (after changing Mynet to Asus). The problem : Regularly (like about once every day), when I OPEN A NEW COMPUTER (or laptop or any device), the internet connection can be lost for ALL the network, or partially lost (for example, all lan are lost, but wireless is still ok). Scenario A : I'm on my main computer. Internet works perfectly. Brother comes home, opens his computer, the internet is down for both me and him. Scenario B : I'm on my computer, my brother on his. Internet is down on his computer, but not on mine. Scenario C : Me and brother are on lan computer, everything is fine. Sister on her laptop, doesn't work, her mobile devices don't work neither. (or vice versa, everything is fine on the wireless, but the lan is down) Scenario D : I'm on my computer playing a game. Brother comes home, complains that his internet doesn't work. I alt-tab : indeed, my google chrome cannot search any page. HOWEVER, I am still in game playing Scenario E : No computer can access the internet, but our skype is still working O.o? We can even send msg using skype. Scenario F : Internet is partially down. Most websites are dead, but something like Facebook is still working. etc etc. I can go on... most scenarios share some similarities. Now, this connection issue IS ALWAYS FIXED when I reset the router, sometimes when I reset the modem. It can also, but not always, be fixed by restarting computer. When the error is local (for example, only on my brother's computer), disabling and re-enabling his network card can sometimes fix the issue. I usually only have to do 1 reset/day to fix this issue. Once the issue is fixed, as long as I don't shut down all computers on my network, the problem is gone. If I close all computers, and then open them later, the problem can re-appear. The error is that : DNS cannot be resolved. (when trying to open a new page) I believe the issue is not with the routers since I've got two routers : Mynet900, thought it was broken so exchanged it. I'm getting the same issue with the new Asus (1 week old). Also, even when I lose connection, I still can access to my network (I can still access my other computers, I can still access the router from any device). Only the internet is down. I have two leads, but I am very unsure : 1) I've called my ISP, they weren't of great help. They told me that the issue is on my side (the guy said it could be a network virus, whatever that is). Assuming it is a "network" virus, or a virus that spread through my network, what can I do? As of right now, I'd prefer not reformatting 5 computers of my networks + other devices. It would be a huge pain. Virus scan from all 5 computers with microsoft essentials do not detect anything. 2) NOW, I believe (but it's possible that the issue was already appearing when I first bought the mynet900) this became an when I tried to change my IP address from dynamic to static (I was trying to configure my router because it wouldn't allow download, some websites suggested port fowarding to a static IP). I used a program that would change from dynamic to static. But since it didn't work anyway, I just reseted (going back to dynamic). From that day on, my network had this issue constantly. I'm not sure if this is the cause though, because I reverted back to dynamic. This is the software used ; I do not believe that it is a virus http://portforward.com/help/setup_static_ip_address.htmAny help would be greatly appreciated! Thnx
Skype and gaming does not rely on DNS, that's why they continue to work when your DNS fails. Try using Google's DNS which is primary 8.8.8.8 and secondary 8.8.4.4 .
As for the first problem of where the internet dies when another computer is being turned on, it might be a result of using both static and dynamic IP at the same time on the network. So make sure that all the computers on the network obtain their IP automatically.
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What's the cheapest way to get windows 7? Obviously I can run up to best buy, but that's expensive. Is there anywhere where I can get it cheaper?
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On July 29 2013 05:57 skyR wrote:Show nested quote +On July 29 2013 05:11 XenOmega wrote:+ Show Spoiler +@skyr and others : I have an internet problem since I first bought a new router one month ago. From a Dlink, I upgraded to a mynet central n900 to an Asus n56. The problem remains (after changing Mynet to Asus). The problem : Regularly (like about once every day), when I OPEN A NEW COMPUTER (or laptop or any device), the internet connection can be lost for ALL the network, or partially lost (for example, all lan are lost, but wireless is still ok). Scenario A : I'm on my main computer. Internet works perfectly. Brother comes home, opens his computer, the internet is down for both me and him. Scenario B : I'm on my computer, my brother on his. Internet is down on his computer, but not on mine. Scenario C : Me and brother are on lan computer, everything is fine. Sister on her laptop, doesn't work, her mobile devices don't work neither. (or vice versa, everything is fine on the wireless, but the lan is down) Scenario D : I'm on my computer playing a game. Brother comes home, complains that his internet doesn't work. I alt-tab : indeed, my google chrome cannot search any page. HOWEVER, I am still in game playing Scenario E : No computer can access the internet, but our skype is still working O.o? We can even send msg using skype. Scenario F : Internet is partially down. Most websites are dead, but something like Facebook is still working. etc etc. I can go on... most scenarios share some similarities. Now, this connection issue IS ALWAYS FIXED when I reset the router, sometimes when I reset the modem. It can also, but not always, be fixed by restarting computer. When the error is local (for example, only on my brother's computer), disabling and re-enabling his network card can sometimes fix the issue. I usually only have to do 1 reset/day to fix this issue. Once the issue is fixed, as long as I don't shut down all computers on my network, the problem is gone. If I close all computers, and then open them later, the problem can re-appear. The error is that : DNS cannot be resolved. (when trying to open a new page) I believe the issue is not with the routers since I've got two routers : Mynet900, thought it was broken so exchanged it. I'm getting the same issue with the new Asus (1 week old). Also, even when I lose connection, I still can access to my network (I can still access my other computers, I can still access the router from any device). Only the internet is down. I have two leads, but I am very unsure : 1) I've called my ISP, they weren't of great help. They told me that the issue is on my side (the guy said it could be a network virus, whatever that is). Assuming it is a "network" virus, or a virus that spread through my network, what can I do? As of right now, I'd prefer not reformatting 5 computers of my networks + other devices. It would be a huge pain. Virus scan from all 5 computers with microsoft essentials do not detect anything. 2) NOW, I believe (but it's possible that the issue was already appearing when I first bought the mynet900) this became an when I tried to change my IP address from dynamic to static (I was trying to configure my router because it wouldn't allow download, some websites suggested port fowarding to a static IP). I used a program that would change from dynamic to static. But since it didn't work anyway, I just reseted (going back to dynamic). From that day on, my network had this issue constantly. I'm not sure if this is the cause though, because I reverted back to dynamic. This is the software used ; I do not believe that it is a virus http://portforward.com/help/setup_static_ip_address.htmAny help would be greatly appreciated! Thnx Skype and gaming does not rely on DNS, that's why they continue to work when your DNS fails. Try using Google's DNS which is primary 8.8.8.8 and secondary 8.8.4.4 . As for the first problem of where the internet dies when another computer is being turned on, it might be a result of using both static and dynamic IP at the same time on the network. So make sure that all the computers on the network obtain their IP automatically.
How do I use google DNS?
As for the static v Dynamic, interesting point. It is dynamic by default right? can it be altered on its own?
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I'd like to wipe my hard drive including the partition with my SC2 install. Previously it used to be you'd download the .exe which you used to install the game (which you could then save). Is there a way to preserve my download without forcing a new download after I format?
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