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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / VIA 4-in-1 drivers... Arg!
« on: 2002-01-25 12:30:00 »
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / VIA 4-in-1 drivers... Arg!
« on: 2002-01-24 18:39:00 »
I just installed the AGP VxD on it's own, and it's been going fine so far, damnit, I should have waited till my birthday for an Intel setup. Sure, I like AMD, AMD's MIPS and MFLOPS way out rank Intel's but this is annoying.
BTW: Is it worth me upgrading to a GeForce Ti500 from my GeForce2 Pro? If I had the dough, of course. Guru3D's review of Ti500 said that the Ti200 was $199. Over here it's £300! i should import. I paid £180 for my GeForce2 in early September. Disgraceful.
BTW: Is it worth me upgrading to a GeForce Ti500 from my GeForce2 Pro? If I had the dough, of course. Guru3D's review of Ti500 said that the Ti200 was $199. Over here it's £300! i should import. I paid £180 for my GeForce2 in early September. Disgraceful.
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / VIA 4-in-1 drivers... Arg!
« on: 2002-01-24 12:51:00 »
I seem to post here a lot... Anyway
Oh dear! I turn on my computer today and it screws up. Details:
The BIOS loads fine, then after the second 'Starting Windows 98' screen, the DOS looks corrupted, like another DOS has gone over it, 2 layers but 1 shifted a bit. I can hear Windows loading (startup WAV) but it stays at DOS with a blinky line. This has happenned before when I installed the 4-in-1s, it works the first time, then screws up the second time.
So, I went into DOS, 'scanreg /restore' restored yesterdays backup before 4-in-1s were installed. Works, but AGP is now disabled again.
Could a fellow VIA user help me? I've looked at the user documentation and it seems fine.
MSI K7T266 motherboard if it helps.
-Dan
Oh dear! I turn on my computer today and it screws up. Details:
The BIOS loads fine, then after the second 'Starting Windows 98' screen, the DOS looks corrupted, like another DOS has gone over it, 2 layers but 1 shifted a bit. I can hear Windows loading (startup WAV) but it stays at DOS with a blinky line. This has happenned before when I installed the 4-in-1s, it works the first time, then screws up the second time.
So, I went into DOS, 'scanreg /restore' restored yesterdays backup before 4-in-1s were installed. Works, but AGP is now disabled again.
Could a fellow VIA user help me? I've looked at the user documentation and it seems fine.
MSI K7T266 motherboard if it helps.
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / The state of RivaTuner
« on: 2002-01-24 08:26:00 »
Whoa, hyperspeed! I though my PC was fast but wow! Max Payne doesn't run like it's in 3x3 FSAA when it's not.
-Dan
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / The state of RivaTuner
« on: 2002-01-23 19:04:00 »
While we're here, what were to happen if I forgot to install my VIA 4-in-1 drivers while redoing my system. Oops, I'm now downloading them. What would be the difference?
This version of RivaTuner has a cool utility that gives information on the Northbridge, it says my AGP is 'disabled'. Could it be because of me not installing 4-in-1?
-Dan
This version of RivaTuner has a cool utility that gives information on the Northbridge, it says my AGP is 'disabled'. Could it be because of me not installing 4-in-1?
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / The state of RivaTuner
« on: 2002-01-23 18:24:00 »
Thanks mate, but what RC9?
-Dan
EDIT: Don't worry I know now
[edited] 265 2002-01-23 19:26
-Dan
EDIT: Don't worry I know now
[edited] 265 2002-01-23 19:26
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / The state of RivaTuner
« on: 2002-01-23 12:49:00 »
I know that RivaTuner is no more but does any one have any databases over 14.10? Appreaciate it!
-Dan
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Ending the heat problems
« on: 2002-01-20 19:17:00 »
Flashy fan on your CPU. I see your Northbridge has got a fan on it, mine's just got a heatsink with the the words "MSI DDR" on it. When my Dad sorts his digicam out, I'll get a pic of mine.
**listens to case** A cable is touching a fan. Damnit, can't be arsed to open it again...
-Dan
**listens to case** A cable is touching a fan. Damnit, can't be arsed to open it again...
-Dan
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General Discussion / Anisotropic Filtering
« on: 2002-01-19 17:06:00 »
We all know about the inner workings of Bilinear and Trilinear filtering, but this new technique, anisotropic, I don't know how this works, it's not pixel averaging, correct?
Could someone enlighten me?
-Dan
Could someone enlighten me?
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Ending the heat problems
« on: 2002-01-19 16:40:00 »
Ok, I've got my Coolercase. It's very noisy. It has 2 90mm outtake fans on top, 2 90mm outtake fans on the side, 1 90mm intake at the front, the 300W PSU intaking, another 90mm outtake on the back. I think they're 90mm, maybe 120mm, I'll measure now... Yup 90mm. My comp's (now running at the normal speed of 1.467ghz) average temps are now:
CPU: ~47oC (PC Alert III) ~42oC (SiSoft Sandra 2001te)
Case: ~30oC (PC Alert III) ~32oC (SiSoft Sandra 2001te)
I guess it's alright, It is in a wood cubby hole under my desk. And my CPU fan isn't anything special.
Thanks for all your help.
-Dan
CPU: ~47oC (PC Alert III) ~42oC (SiSoft Sandra 2001te)
Case: ~30oC (PC Alert III) ~32oC (SiSoft Sandra 2001te)
I guess it's alright, It is in a wood cubby hole under my desk. And my CPU fan isn't anything special.
Thanks for all your help.
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Certifications
« on: 2002-01-19 16:26:00 »
I'm doing nothing as flashy as the MCSE, I've just started college (16, UK). National Diploma in Software Development (ND). For the first year, Pascal (weak, weak, weak. But it gets you used to programming). Second year, Delphi. The H(igher)ND you do Java and I think C++. I think I've got the hang of Pascal, I started in September 2001.
-Dan
EDIT: off to of.
[edited] 265 2002-01-19 17:27
-Dan
EDIT: off to of.
[edited] 265 2002-01-19 17:27
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Ending the heat problems
« on: 2002-01-14 18:47:00 »
I've decided to pay a little extra cash to get the Coolermaster Tornado case. With perhaps the Macron 300W, I don't think I can afford the Enermax 350W if I get the Tornado.
-Dan
-Dan
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General Discussion / ...um, wow.
« on: 2002-01-13 11:32:00 »
It's nice that you decided to play at a time like this. FFVIIPC has to be at it's most lowest time ever. Players with beautiful nVidia GeForce-based cards have to fiddle around with 8-bit Palettised Textures and different Detonator drivers. Players with the new OSs such as Win2k and WinXP can only play the game up until the chocobo race. I've never experienced this before because I run Win98SE. I should be getting XP soon, so I can experience this atrocity myself... What I don't know is is the game runs after the chocobo races. 
1. You have to ask yourself: Do you have a nVidia-based graphics card? If so, download the nVidia patch, if not, download the normal patch. I got mine from http://www.ffonline.com but that was a long time ago. It maybe there still.
2. A save game editor, I think the best all rounded is FF7CHE, found last at http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/7176/ff7.html If it isn't there anymore, email me and I'll send you it. 415kb.
-Dan
1. You have to ask yourself: Do you have a nVidia-based graphics card? If so, download the nVidia patch, if not, download the normal patch. I got mine from http://www.ffonline.com but that was a long time ago. It maybe there still.
2. A save game editor, I think the best all rounded is FF7CHE, found last at http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/7176/ff7.html If it isn't there anymore, email me and I'll send you it. 415kb.
-Dan
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General Discussion / No FFXPC (maybe) ....
« on: 2002-01-13 11:21:00 »
Here what you do: Ask yourself, is FFX coming out for the PC? If you think yes, it is, if you think no, it's not. It's a psyche thing. If we all stood outside a Square, Inc. building with pure thoughts and puppy dog eyes, I think we would invoke something in the CEO's hearts.
There are many posts like this, especially at PlayOnline (FYI Official forums). No one can predict Square, FFVII had the "Exclusively for Playstation" imprinted but look what happenned. The FFIXPC story was because FFVIIIPC didn't sell too good as we all know. Square has enough money (They would have had more if they didn't waste it on putting 'u' 's in Armor in the UKPAL version).
In the nd, think happy thoughts. And Joey, cheer up, have a drink or something.
-Dan
There are many posts like this, especially at PlayOnline (FYI Official forums). No one can predict Square, FFVII had the "Exclusively for Playstation" imprinted but look what happenned. The FFIXPC story was because FFVIIIPC didn't sell too good as we all know. Square has enough money (They would have had more if they didn't waste it on putting 'u' 's in Armor in the UKPAL version).
In the nd, think happy thoughts. And Joey, cheer up, have a drink or something.
-Dan
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General Discussion / Converting ff9 saves
« on: 2002-01-13 11:03:00 »
Are you using an emulator or a Playstation-based console?
-Dan
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Ending the heat problems
« on: 2002-01-13 10:36:00 »
Ok, the total has come to £92.00. Hmm, not a bad price, seeing that those Coolermaster ones are £200.
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Ending the heat problems
« on: 2002-01-13 10:27:00 »
MOT has got it. Yeah, I do not have enough power. Would the 300W Macron be fine? It the one which comes in the GlobalWin package which is £73.20. If I wanted a 350W I would just buy the case for £44.65 and an Enermax PSU for £47.35. It maybe around £20 more but Enermax are nice.
Wood, my desk but it closer to the underside of the case, it never gets hot. Behind the PC, now that I have my Athlon, the PSU's churning out the pits of hell, the cannot move very well at the back.
I can't take the top my my case off, the sides yes, but there's no point taking off the other side.
-Dan
Wood, my desk but it closer to the underside of the case, it never gets hot. Behind the PC, now that I have my Athlon, the PSU's churning out the pits of hell, the cannot move very well at the back.
I can't take the top my my case off, the sides yes, but there's no point taking off the other side.
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Ending the heat problems
« on: 2002-01-10 08:26:00 »
My evercool fan cost me £20. It's the fact that it doesn't run at 6500rpm, but only at 5400rpm is the problem. Cases do cool down the PC. Better air flow means the PC will run cooler.
[edited] 265 2002-01-10 19:15
[edited] 265 2002-01-10 19:15
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Ending the heat problems
« on: 2002-01-09 20:16:00 »
I have changed it. It's upposed to run at 6500rpm but it manages to reach 5400rpm. It's a massive heatsink and fan recommended by AMD.
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Ending the heat problems
« on: 2002-01-09 20:04:00 »
I don't want to run it at 1.1ghz. I have to. If I don't, games will crash. I've seen it reach 67oC playing Deus Ex.
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Ending the heat problems
« on: 2002-01-09 19:08:00 »
Ok, I've got my eye set on the GlobalWin 802 ATX case, the deal comes with a Macron 300W PSU from overclockers.co.uk. Confirming will this be suitable to run my system normally, no overclocking, maybe a little on me GeForce2, but tht's not the point. Will my CPU run cooler than 50oC (running my 1700+ at 1.1ghz)? I have a 200W PSU with a shoddy case and no system fans. You might not remember my system from the other post (Thanks for the help by the way, you were great ^_^ ).
MSI K7T266 PRO-R
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
2 x 256mb PC2100 DDR RAM
Creative GeForce 2 Pro 64mb DDR 200mhz clock, 400mhz memory
SBLive! Player 1024
Appreciate the extra advice!
-Dan
MSI K7T266 PRO-R
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
2 x 256mb PC2100 DDR RAM
Creative GeForce 2 Pro 64mb DDR 200mhz clock, 400mhz memory
SBLive! Player 1024
Appreciate the extra advice!
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / FF7 problems
« on: 2001-12-30 16:49:00 »
About power. My Dad's going on about 300W will cost loads more to run than my current one, i believe 200W. I expect it won't be much more.
Also, I read that a case should be room temperature. I've had my PC running 15 mins and my CPU is 45oC, case is 35oC. Don't forget my case side is removed with my AMD underclocked by 366mhz.
I think I need one, what do you lot think?
-Dan
Also, I read that a case should be room temperature. I've had my PC running 15 mins and my CPU is 45oC, case is 35oC. Don't forget my case side is removed with my AMD underclocked by 366mhz.
I think I need one, what do you lot think?
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / FF7 problems
« on: 2001-12-27 18:56:00 »
Ah, new findings. I used my BIOS utility to underclock the FSB from 133 to 100. (EDIT: leaving me at 1100mhz) I've taken off the side of my case and presto to CPU temp. is at about 45-50. I haven't seen a crash sinse.
I never noticed how taxing WAV->MP3 is. I converted the disk four MIDI->WAV through WinAmp, then WAV->MP3 using MusicMatch. That pushed the temperature from 46 to 49.
-Dan
P.S. Can anyone recommend a nice PSU and case.
[edited] 265 2001-12-27 19:56
I never noticed how taxing WAV->MP3 is. I converted the disk four MIDI->WAV through WinAmp, then WAV->MP3 using MusicMatch. That pushed the temperature from 46 to 49.
-Dan
P.S. Can anyone recommend a nice PSU and case.
[edited] 265 2001-12-27 19:56
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Troubleshooting / Samuel: Ff9s.exe, Thv.exe, Thv072.exe, Thv07273.exe...?
« on: 2001-12-27 18:48:00 »
Thanks for the information. I don't have FF8PSX but my friend does. I'll borrow FF9PSX while I'm at it. I should buy it myself. Firstly, new harddisk, then BoF for GBA, then PSU and case, then FF9PSX.
-Dan
-Dan
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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / FF7 problems
« on: 2001-12-27 10:15:00 »
I ran the CPU Stability Test. It ran for 3 minutes 18 seconds on Standard. I ran Troublesooting mode, Peripheral test ran fine. Cache test ran for 2 seconds, then did the freezy thing. 'Cache'. 'Cache'. What sort of 'cache'? Cache on the harddisk? Cache on the motherboard? L1 and L2 Cache? Memory cache?
I guess it's not FPU operations. You mean Floating Point Unit, yeah?
No, no overclocking now. I turned it down once but it's back at 133. The CPU runs at aobut 50-60. I've just got a new heatsink and fan which is recommended by AMD.
My case is, well, sh*te. Same goes for my PSU. I was recommended one but I can't buy it anywhere. I don't think it's 300 watts. I had a PIII 450 in it. That's the earliest CPU in there. An extra gigahertz is going to hurt it.
I've set my virtual mem to let Windows manages it. I have never had this happen on dxdiag, see the picture.
http://www.geocities.com/forestedtemple/Images/dxdiag.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/forestedtemple/Images/vmem.jpg
Take a looksy at the Page file. Before, I saw it at least 18mb. Can I see a snap shot of your vmem.jpg? Shouldn't there be an unlimited somewhere?
-Dan
I guess it's not FPU operations. You mean Floating Point Unit, yeah?
No, no overclocking now. I turned it down once but it's back at 133. The CPU runs at aobut 50-60. I've just got a new heatsink and fan which is recommended by AMD.
My case is, well, sh*te. Same goes for my PSU. I was recommended one but I can't buy it anywhere. I don't think it's 300 watts. I had a PIII 450 in it. That's the earliest CPU in there. An extra gigahertz is going to hurt it.
I've set my virtual mem to let Windows manages it. I have never had this happen on dxdiag, see the picture.
http://www.geocities.com/forestedtemple/Images/dxdiag.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/forestedtemple/Images/vmem.jpg
Take a looksy at the Page file. Before, I saw it at least 18mb. Can I see a snap shot of your vmem.jpg? Shouldn't there be an unlimited somewhere?
-Dan