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by OutlawTornNMT
Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:36 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: new laptop swapping OS from media center to Pro... problems
Replies: 6
Views: 2503

Just a throught. I'm not sure what model you have. But does it have an integrated webcam?

That's been the issue everytime I'd have to install Pro on a new laptop.
by OutlawTornNMT
Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:28 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Convert Decimal to Unsigned Char
Replies: 1
Views: 2048

Convert Decimal to Unsigned Char

How can I convert a decimal value (ex 3.25) into its unsigned char representation? Basically I need to be able to send the value through a usb device and have it decoded on an altera chip. the function that sends the data takes a unsigned char array of data values... Any thoughts on how to do some c...
by OutlawTornNMT
Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:29 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: New Xerox Monitor Questions
Replies: 4
Views: 2056

New Xerox Monitor Questions

Anyone used the "Xerox" XL795D or XG-91D LCD monitors?

I'm wondering how they compare? Seem pretty similar except for one has a 3 year warranty and the other a 1 year warranty....

Thoughts on these monitors?
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:11 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Well I feel like an ass... My brother looked at it. Took it out, and then reseated it....

And it worked.... I guess I just didn't push it in all the way. Oh well at least it was something simple.

Thanks for the help
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:03 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

I didn't reset the bios with the jumper... but I'm pretty sure it updated.
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 12:56 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Ok, well I updated the BIOS and the Via drivers.... I go to put the card in, and I forget to plug in the external plug from the psu.... the video comes on and tells me I forgot to plug in that cable...... I plug the cable in and the long short short beeps return... no video... is this looking more a...
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 12:25 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Just checked my power supply connectors with a multimeter, my voltage I was reading was 11.85.... while the BIOS is reporting a 11.45....

Also tried the gfx card in my bro's machine and it booted up just fine... and he has the exact same psu... his voltage was reading 12.09 or so
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 11:55 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

That's what I need, to have to buy a new psu and/or mobo, right after doing all my Christmas shopping. Hehe. We'll see. Sadly I'm on a dialup (parents farm in the middle of nowhere), so this download is taking a little bit of time.
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 11:49 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Uhhh 2 years to the day. I got it Christmas 2 years ago. Along with the rest of the "new" components in the computer.... the mobo, the proc, the ram, etc.
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 11:46 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Well that was just a reading from the BIOS... how can I get a reading in windows or whatever? Motherboard Monitor or something? I've got 4 IDE devices in the computer, 2 hd's a dvd drive and a cdrw drive... that second hd isn't really important. Also, I don't know if this matters, but the x800 pro c...
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 11:38 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

btw just checked my voltages from the BIOS

VCORE 1.45-1.47V
+3.3V 3.28V
+12V 11.45V
DDR 2.46V
AGP 1.48V

Good? Bad? I dunno. Hehe. I'm an Electrical Engineer......
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:55 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

My dad just picked up a new Stihl (sp?) for the farm. Hehe.
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:50 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Well I'm not there yet. My gf just started at MS.. and I've got one more semester to go in school, in NM. Then I'm up there in May.

Like I said hopefully with MS, I'm interviewing there in mid-January.
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:46 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Hehe.. That would have been my second guess. I just figured N. Bend, WA... close enough to Redmond hehe and most of the people I know around there work at MS... hopefully I will soon too. Hehe.
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:43 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

You work for MS by any chance, Lickity?
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:57 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Well my parents always take my old stuff.. They are running my old athlon 650 box with my aiw RAGE pro. lol. uhhhh are you suggesting a new proc too? Any good cheap mobo's out there that have a good integrated lan? a mobo that is a little futureproof..... or just current for that matter. i don't rea...
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:33 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Well I haven't checked any voltages on it, I've also done no updates on the BIOS or the Via drivers.... I really hope its not a incompatibility. I guess I'll update both of those, and then make sure the power supply voltages are fine... If I have to get a new mobo.... what should I get? I've got a P...
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:27 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

Its a Vantec Stealth 550W, I have 2 hard drives hooked up and a dvd drive and a cdrw drive.
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Dec 25, 2004 12:56 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting
Replies: 33
Views: 8317

X800 Pro Keeps Machine From Booting

So I just got a X800 Pro.... I take out the temp gfx card I have in my machine (a tnt2, hey my gf4 ti just blew up) turn on the machine and I get the long beep short beep short beep error, meaning bios error cant init video or something. When I plug in the monitor, it doesn't detect a signal, even a...
by OutlawTornNMT
Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:54 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: NEC LCD1765NX Power Problems
Replies: 0
Views: 944

NEC LCD1765NX Power Problems

So I go to turn on my monitor today (NEC LCD1765NX) and when I tough the power button, I get shocked... So I push the power button, nothing happens.... the thing is dead...... The ac adapter led is showing it has power, but the monitor power led isn't doing anything, and neither is pushing the power...
by OutlawTornNMT
Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:11 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: The Death of a Ti4200
Replies: 16
Views: 3140

Yeah. I need to do some upgrading to this computer too. Only have 256Mb of ram right now... need more ram and a new video card.

i'm running a soyo p4x400 hopefully i don't need to update that too. I've got a p4 2.53
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:26 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: The Death of a Ti4200
Replies: 16
Views: 3140

The fan still spins, but it acted like it was unbalanced or something, so I took the whole heatsink assembly and fan apart and off the gpu, everything looked fine, the adhesive seems a little brown/blackish, but not like something melted. so who knows.
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:02 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: The Death of a Ti4200
Replies: 16
Views: 3140

The Death of a Ti4200

Well my GF4 Ti4200 finally died on me. Out of no where my computer lockaup with all kinds of artifacts (when i was just watching a movie). I reboot and they are still there, in all kinds of mofo places, the BIOS screen isn't descernable and pretty much nothing else is after that either..... So i plu...
by OutlawTornNMT
Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:23 pm
Forum: SFF Station
Topic: new SN95G5 looks hella sweet
Replies: 18
Views: 9569

SN95G5 + AIW X800 XT = SVEEET!!!
by OutlawTornNMT
Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:52 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: wireless keyboard problems in counterstrike
Replies: 1
Views: 1111

It seems that the keyboard works fine, until i goto move the mouse and then the keyboard stops working... until i'm not moving the mouse.
by OutlawTornNMT
Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:43 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: wireless keyboard problems in counterstrike
Replies: 1
Views: 1111

wireless keyboard problems in counterstrike

microsoft optical desktop elite problems with performance in counterstrike. my keyboard quits working from time to time when i'm just running around. the signal is strong. is there some issue with cs that is causing some problems with a wireless keyboard?
by OutlawTornNMT
Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:52 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Car Totaled By Hailstorm
Replies: 15
Views: 2435

Yes I got pelted a couple of times. Have some nice bruises/welts. My brother apparently has like 9K of damage on his truck, according to the dealer... I have yet to get my car examined. Lord knows.
by OutlawTornNMT
Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:16 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Car Totaled By Hailstorm
Replies: 15
Views: 2435

My car is a 2001, my gf's is a 2000, and my brothers is a 2004
by OutlawTornNMT
Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:15 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Car Totaled By Hailstorm
Replies: 15
Views: 2435

Too dark now, but I'll get pictures up in the morning. I'm in New Mexico and apparently there were multiple hailstorms and tornados today. My back window and front window are gone. The body looks like a golf ball, taillights gone, oddly enough the sunroof is still there. hehe. My gf's car has the sa...
by OutlawTornNMT
Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:02 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Car Totaled By Hailstorm
Replies: 15
Views: 2435

Car Totaled By Hailstorm

So we had this massive thunderstorm is nearly baseball sized hail. It last for like half an hour, and afterwards... GOOD LORD.

Nearly every car in town is totaled, including mine, my brothers, and my girlfriends.

This place is a mess....

Had to rant.
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