Re: Computer Help/Discussion Thread

by Vtrooper on Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:32 am

ok... my computer keeps getting odd dots on the screen then entering a crash dump, this happened a few years ago but then i had a warranty. came back with some different stuff though that wasn't specified. not sure how to fix it now.

by Gauz on Tue Sep 06, 2011 2:43 am

Smack it around a bit.

Put the bitch in it's place.

by Vtrooper on Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:32 am

ok, got a new computer

guess what! its not working.

first it only goes up to windows loading screen then the screen goes black, but i can still see the mouse curser.

and second, it crashes due to not enough power (how i interpreted it anyway). i assume that is because i didn't factor in my screen, mouse, keyboard, and sound system when i picked the power system. the one i have should be at 800 Watts.

by KristallNacht on Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:36 am

well...your monitor should have its own power supply anyway, mouse and keyboard don't take much at all, and any sound system that doesn't have its own power supply is also hardly a threat to power consumption

by Vtrooper on Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:52 am

to be honest, i don't know how its having power problems. could of been the Cyber Power website is horribly off with their power estimates and i just happened to get shafted this time around.

by Vtrooper on Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:06 pm

ok, i'm sending it to the manufacturer to get fixed.

didn't get to say anything about the power related crashes though...

by **Angatar** on Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:28 pm

I'm not sure if this goes here, but what's a good wireless router?

by **KrAzY** on Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:34 pm

netgear make good routers, thats what mine is

by **CivBase** on Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:44 am

Cisco/Linksys also makes good quality routers. Most of my experience has been with their routers and I can't complain.

by **Lord Pheonix** on Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:52 am

I've used Netgear and Linksys and they've always been rather good.

Better with Netgear though.

by **Rotaretilbo** on Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:32 pm

We had an issue with our computers either refusing wired connection or wireless connection from our Netgear router after System Recovery. It was annoying.

by **Lord Pheonix** on Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:20 pm

I suppose the installation of the router wasn't carried over from the restore and you could just reinstall it, but im sure you probably thought of that.

by **Rotaretilbo** on Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:02 pm

It was after we'd reinstalled the software. Sometimes, the computer would just pretend like it didn't have an ethernet port, or that it didn't have a wireless USB thingy plugged in.

by Divine Virus on Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:12 am

This was probably already disussed before, but I want to ask anyway...

What is a good anti-virus program that I should download and have on my laptop? Free download of course, I know they do exist. Please & thank you.

by **Lord Pheonix** on Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:20 am

I use Malwarebytes and AVG at same time.

Worked well enough so far.