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dMw Events => Previous dMw LAN Parties => dMw LAN X => Topic started by: Penfold on October 02, 2006, 09:50:20 AM

Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: Penfold on October 02, 2006, 09:50:20 AM
We're into the home straight .....

Not long now

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: sheepy on October 02, 2006, 10:06:14 AM
yup. i better start updating stuff
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: DuVeL on October 02, 2006, 10:29:42 AM
I need to give the guys who assemble my computer a call...Will do it right now...
Still need to sort some travellingtimes though...To busy at work...
 
EDIT: Computer is being assembled with only a 80GB C:\-drive for now as the 300GB D:\-drive isn't there yet. I'll receive the D:\-drive and Shuttlebag lateron.
Anyway: Looks like I'll be bringing my own Shuttle this time (nocks on wood "in case" nothing goes wrong).
I hope they can assemble it pretty quick so I can install BF2 and CounterStrike and such.
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: delanvital on October 02, 2006, 10:43:57 AM
I better start to, at least think about planning stuff :blink: :ninja:
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: Gandalf on October 02, 2006, 11:05:11 AM
:yahoo: four more sleeps :yahoo:
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: sheepy on October 02, 2006, 12:25:09 PM
what sleep
4 more drinking sessions at home before the drinking sessions with u guys...
 
 
had to edit in drinking sessions as the slang for urination is not alowed on these forums!
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: Bob on October 02, 2006, 12:50:52 PM
To quote the Pointer Sisters:

"I'm So Excited" :yahoo:
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: BigFatCat on October 02, 2006, 01:01:32 PM
Don't get too excited, we have a dangerous rendezvous for extraction to perform. Pop blue smoke when you're in the clear.
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: Bob on October 02, 2006, 02:04:10 PM
*running down to the shed to find my blue smoke grenades* :ninja:


But actually, all that excitement has suddenly been changed with some major heebie-jeebies...
Yesterday while playing WoW, I suddenly startet to get freezes mid-game.  My screen looked kinda like this, which is not a good sign :huh:

(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8084/pa020025rx7.th.jpg) (http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8084/pa020025rx7.jpg)

At first I thought (hoped...) that it was something wrong with WoW.  I did some debugging yesterday, but couldn't find anything special.  Today at school my laptop worked all fine, but now when I came home and booted, it looked like this:

(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6889/pa020026ue3.th.jpg) (http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6889/pa020026ue3.jpg)


That is NOT GOOD at all :blink:

As we speak, I'm taking backup of all my important data.  This mostly seems to be some memory bug with my gfx card, and if that's the case it won't be much use bringing my laptop over to the lan.
After the backup is done, I'm gonna try and take out first one, and than the other of my RAM chips, just to rule out that it's a main memory error... but anyhow, it doesn't look good :sad:


And if all hell breaks loose, I would be very happy if somebody manage to scramble together some kind of emergency computer I could use at the lan...  But I'll give you some more info after I've tried a couple of things
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: DuVeL on October 02, 2006, 02:26:18 PM
Threb, let me know if it decides not to work.
Otherwise post on the parts needed section for the LAN.
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: Jamoe on October 02, 2006, 03:09:45 PM
Try re installing the graphics drivers and maybe even trying a seperate monitor. That shot of the windows XP starting up is similar to one I got when the graphics card was faulty (on a new system).
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: delanvital on October 02, 2006, 03:11:25 PM
Quote from: DuVeL;153668Threb, let me know if it decides not to work.
Otherwise post on the parts needed section for the LAN.

Looks like a graphics card that got a bit hot or failed.
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: sheepy on October 02, 2006, 03:38:58 PM
if the sh!t really hits the fan then i may be able to "borrow" a laptop for use at the lan, its not very good tho.
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: BigFatCat on October 02, 2006, 03:43:46 PM
My work laptop won't be in use, especially for work purposes.
It's a centrino duo, with 945 Chipset graphics:doh:
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: sheepy on October 02, 2006, 03:52:24 PM
certainly better than mine, but i may well bring it just to run my external hard drive from so i dont get bad ping when other things are going on.
Title: We're into the home straight fellas
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2006, 04:13:37 PM
Quote from: Threbrilith;153664But actually, all that excitement has suddenly been changed with some major heebie-jeebies...
Yesterday while playing WoW, I suddenly startet to get freezes mid-game.  My screen looked kinda like this, which is not a good sign :huh:

(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8084/pa020025rx7.th.jpg) (http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8084/pa020025rx7.jpg)

Today at school my laptop worked all fine, but now when I came home and booted, it looked like this:

(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6889/pa020026ue3.th.jpg) (http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6889/pa020026ue3.jpg)


What happens if you move the laptop somewhere else? You see, there are speakers and a wireless router right next to your screen - could simply be interference (even a mobile phone can cause this sometimes)

Hey it's cheap to try and it might work :)