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Recomended Reading Smurfer ## Mod ## 09/07/31(Fri)16:50 No. 3145 ID: b315cf Stickied

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A few things that might help get those questions answered faster.
Be specific when you are talking about something - "my mp3 player is broken HALP!?"
- What kind of mp3 player, (brand and model)
- What isn't is doing now that it was before (the reason it is "broken")
- What were you doing to it last, right before it broke.. Did you maybe drop it?.. get it a little wet? try to flash the firmware?!

These all help in determining what can be done.
These rules do not just apply to MP3 players.
Just be as specific as possible and don’t leave stuff out, we want to be helpful here, try not to make it a scavenger hunt for clues!
These same rules apply for other situations like “I got a new motherboard and now my computer doesn’t post!”
-old motherboard model
-new motherboard model
-ram (speed)
and any other component you might have in there (most of the other stuff usually won’t matter but list what you know.

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Skunch 10/07/25(Sun)18:39 No. 9781 ID: 4767c7

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before anyone makes 'help me' thread in /halp/ they should download PC wizard so they can properly identify their hardware.

This makes issues like finding drivers/installers for malfunction hardware very simple to solve.

link here:
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/pc-wizard.html
IT IS FREE

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Anonymous 10/09/02(Thu)07:57 No. 10421 ID: 86fbfd [Reply]

Evenin', /halp/!
I'm looking for the flash player that comes with the Flash (the studio) installation, so I could just open swf files. The Adobe site offers nothing but the browser plugin. Anybody have this?

Anonymous 10/09/02(Thu)14:17 No. 10423 ID: 90b897

I'm not sure I understand.

Are you seeking to 'decompile' .swf files into their separate components?

(Unfortunately, I've never heard of 'The Studio', so I am uncertain as to what exactly you mean)

Anonymous 10/09/03(Fri)04:45 No. 10427 ID: 044270

I have an old cd of Macromedia programs, among them is Flash 8, the whole shabang - make your own flash movies and games, etc.
I don't make flash, I just install it because it allows me to play swf files on my computer without the aid of a browser. I just doubleclick the file and a window pops up with nothing but the frame and the "File,Edit,...etc." menu above it.
I found out that the program playing those swf files isn't the flash maker program, but a "macromedia flash player version blah".
So, if it's a separate program, I would like to free myself from the burden of installing the whole damn production and to istall just the player.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find the player, which is why I am here.

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Overclocking and Flash Anonymous 10/09/03(Fri)01:12 No. 10425 ID: e3f40f [Reply]

I'm getting a really weird issue with my overclock.

Anytime time I go beyond 3.0 GHz, any Flash Video (or silverlight for that matter) at a high resolution sputters and lags to holy hell if I do anything else on my computer. An example, for those of you who use netflix, the seek bar that auto hides at full screen, if it moves (like when it's hiding or reappearing) the video drop to like 10 frames per second and the sound chops up.

Once it stop moving, it's fine. Same thing happens if I am not in fullscreen, but open a new tab in a browser, change a page, basically do anything, it does the same thing for the time of the load.

The odd thing is, at 3.0GHz or less (375FSB @ x8 mult) everything is peachy. I can rock decent temps at 3.4GHz, stable in Prime95, Furmark, OCCT, but goddamn Flash throws a hissy-fit. Does anyone have any ideas?

System Specs:
CPU: Intel Q8400 2.66GHz @ 3.0GHz (currently, also set @ 1.35 V, CPU-Z says it idles at about 1.320. My mobo has a bad drop and overvolts when on auto)
GPU: nVidia GTX 460 1 GB @ 815/1630/1970 (I have tried this at stock settings as well, no change with the video problems)
PSU: Corsair 620W
Mobo: Asus P5B Deluxe
Memory: Corsair XMS2 1GB DDR2 x4 (4GB) (Linked with my FSB, my BIOS won't let me unlink it. I would think 400FSB would be perfect, as that would put the RAM to what it is rated at: 800MHz)
OS: Win7 Pro 64 bit

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Anonymous 10/09/03(Fri)04:40 No. 10426 ID: db5caa

- Maybe it's an issue with the 64-bit plugin, or the plugin working under 64-bit Windows. Try temporarily running a 32-bit OS (BartPE/WinPE disk) and see if the issue is recreated.

- I'm sure you've done this, but make sure your Flash plugin, DirectX, and browser versions are all up to date.

- Try disabling DEP for Flash.

- Do you experience similar issues when playing any video, not in Flash?

- Perhaps shit like ReadyBoost or SuperFetch is interfering.

- Try increasing the priority of the Flash plugin in Task Manager when it is executing. I'm sure there's a utility out there to set a default priority other than normal.

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KotOR Anonymous 10/09/02(Thu)18:41 No. 10424 ID: 0938d6 [Reply]

So. I downloaded the original KotOR from D2D the other night. Got it installed and authenticated, no problem. When I started playing the game came up fine. If I click or do anything to advance through the opening video credits where they show the LucasArts and Bioware logos the game seems to minimize and I can't navigate back to it. I can't click on the icon on my toolbar and I can't alt+tab to it.

It used to be that if I let the video play it would go to the main menu without any trouble, but I wouldn't be able to do anything. I could move the mouse, but I couldn't click any of the buttons or navigate with the keyboard. Now when I let the video play through the same thing happens as it would if I clicked through it: the game minimizes and becomes unusable.

I've looked around, but nobody seems to be having the same issue as me. My specs are Win 7 Home 64 bit, i7, Radeon HD 5870X2, 8GB DDR3. Any suggestions?

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Anonymous 10/08/28(Sat)23:42 No. 10366 ID: fa7ad2 [Reply]

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My computer is acting gay. As in the display on the monitor comes out blurry. I have Amberine M mobo running a AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+. Onboard graphic card and I think that may be the problem. Its a Compaq Presario SR1602HM. Please help.

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Anonymous 10/09/01(Wed)10:06 No. 10412 ID: 5a403b

>>10411
Yup. Just run it until it dies, chief.

Anonymous 10/09/02(Thu)04:04 No. 10420 ID: 8ed201

tried pressing auto adjust on the monitor?

Anonymous 10/09/02(Thu)12:16 No. 10422 ID: fa7ad2

>>10420
Hahahahahahahah.... I have and doesn't work. First thing I tried.

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Anonymous 10/08/31(Tue)20:06 No. 10407 ID: 4cb398 [Reply]

Hey guys, I bought metroid other m for the wii and installed the mandatory system update (sneaky japanese bastards). Anyway I had homebrew installed and when I try to load usb loader it says that I need to unstub some IOS's or something, I've done this before with the Trausha bug restorer, but I was wondering that since I have the newest version of the wii channel software will doing this brick the wii? and are there any other things I should be aware of while messing with homebrew?
Thanks!

Anonymous 10/09/02(Thu)03:41 No. 10418 ID: 78447d

Your chance of bricking is the same as it always has been, in that there's always a chance.

You should definitely see if there's a newer version of the tool you're using (or a newer equivalent tool), since old tools and new IOS don't always cooperate with each other. As I recall there's some tool written by the guy who made NeoGamma that's more reliable than the old Trucha Bug Restorer utility (for starters it makes backups before modifying anything, so you can restore the old copy if it goes wrong).

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Anonymous 10/08/29(Sun)06:56 No. 10370 ID: 4ee4c8 [Reply]

hey /halp/ I just got inSSIDer and want to set it up with my GPS but I think inSSIDer only works with a GPS on a COM port and mine is a USB GPS. Is there some program that'll let me convince Windows that my GPS is on a COM port? I've tried 4 or 5 programs that virtualize COM ports but those will only let me take a device on a physical COM port and virtualize it on another COM port.

I'm running Windows 7 x64 Home Edition

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Homicide!Gw0ghxAiwQ 10/09/01(Wed)19:32 No. 10416 ID: 9b9035

>>10415
You have the same problem as yourself?

Anonymous 10/09/02(Thu)02:59 No. 10417 ID: 78447d

>>10416
It's always funny to see people who don't understand what ID means try to samefag.

OP, I would just use another application, since requiring a COM port and not working with a USB serial device is ridiculous since at a HAL (driver) level they're both serial devices.

Anonymous 10/09/02(Thu)03:56 No. 10419 ID: 4ee4c8

heheheh i knew that would get something

i'll look for another app that can do what i want.

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Anonymous 10/09/01(Wed)09:22 No. 10410 ID: b01433 [Reply]

Alright. So. The battery to my Dell Mini 9 doesn't seem to want to charge anymore. Yesterday it got all the way to 1% before it decided not to go any further, and today it doesn't even go past 0%.

Little history on my laptop:
When I got it, there where some things wrong with it. BIOS password, the keyboard was fucked up, stuff like that. After I fixed the initial problems, I came upon another one. Ubuntu. That one was fixed by installing XP. Fast-forward ahead, everything's going fine until my charge cord breaks. Repeatedly. I found ways to fix it online, and I have been ever since.

Three days ago, my last fix was starting to come apart. Sometimes it would charge, sometimes it wouldn't, depending on how the cord was turned and stuff. There where little popping noises underneath the electrical tape, so I figured some wires where touching and it was time to fix it again. I left it plugged in over night, cause I wanted to use it the day after. I knew it was charging, cause the little "charging" light was on. Come morning, I find it has no battery power. So I start trying to fix the wire. I do a pretty damn good job on it, if I do say so myself, then I plug it in... and it doesn't charge past 1%. I thought "Maybe I did a crappy solder job and my cord will only provide enough power to keep it running but not charge it". So I go and borrow a different cord, one that hasn't been taken apart yet. But still, same problem.

I've been reading about how sometimes the battery doesn't charge because it's in airplane mode or something, but I can't find that on this system to turn it off. So I assume it's something only for Ubuntu. What I'm thinking happened was my crappy cord did a crappy job of charging that night that I left it in, and ran the battery completely down.

Do you guys have any suggestions or ideas? I really don't want to buy a new battery.

Anonymous 10/09/01(Wed)15:50 No. 10413 ID: 78447d

If you know someone else with a Dell Mini 9 (likely since you apparently got a 2nd charger), you could try swapping your battery into their unit and see if it'll hold a charge. If it doesn't, and it's likely it won't, you're stuck with buying a new battery.

OTOH if you swap your battery in and it will hold a charge in their unit, then you know you shorted out the charging circuit in the system, at which point you get to either buy a new Mini 9 or a replacement motherboard, and the whole Mini 9 will probably be cheaper and less fraught with peril.

And I say this as someone who's currently wearing headphones with electrical tape wrapped around a splice. FYI, rubber electrical tape sticks better than the cheap PVC crap (though you/I should use shrink tubing).

Anonymous 10/09/01(Wed)16:12 No. 10414 ID: b01433

Shrinking tube... that's a good idea.

And no, I unfortunately don't know someone else with a Mini 9. I just used my friend's mom's laptop charge cord. Same type, really, their's is just more complicated and expensive. But it has worked with my system before, so I don't think that's the problem.

I guess I'll start looking around for someone with another Mini 9, and hope it's only the battery. I only got this laptop because it was, like, forty dollars from a friend. I can't afford a $300+ dollar laptop.

Here's hoping my luck decides to kick the fuck in...

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PC/PS2 music files Anonymous 10/08/29(Sun)14:22 No. 10378 ID: f37b7a [Reply]

So, /halp/, I come to you with a (probably) simple question. How can I locate the music files from the old 2000 Galaga: Destination Earth PC/PS1 disc(I have the PC one)? I found a dll file called "dmusic.dll", but I don't know anything about dll files or if I'm even looking in the right place. Actually, while I'm at it, is there a way to take music files from a PS2 game and make them playable on a computer? Any PS2 game. I haven't tried looking for them yet, so a way to locate them would be nice, too.

Anonymous 10/08/31(Tue)02:15 No. 10401 ID: db5caa

It's a bit of an oversimplification, but a DLL file is pretty much a form of an executable file. It contains no data, such as music, etc.

Most commercial PC games aren't going to make their data files, such as music and graphics, available in standard file formats. I've never played this game but I'm willing to bet the music data is embedded in a big file like "galaga_gamedata.wad" or something like that.

Now, if it's a PS2 game as well, there is a plugin for Winamp that plays PS2 rips (like .NSF files) and maybe you can find a rip of it.

Anonymous 10/08/31(Tue)04:19 No. 10403 ID: 78447d

>>10401
Actually most Playstation games kept their audio tracks as literal audio tracks on the CD. No CPU time required to play them, which was important on the PS1 since it had enough trouble playing the badly-optimized C/C++ code developers threw at it.

I remember developers whining about why their crappy code didn't work well, at which point we told them if they didn't like it they could run off and rewrite it in assembler on the Genesis/SNES/etc., which tended to make them realize just how slothful they were acting.

Even if it's in an audio file on the disc for some reason, the file formats were fairly standardized since, again, there wasn't enough CPU time leftover to encrypt it or otherwise obfuscate it - they normally just gave it a strange name, but audio players had no problems playing them as WAV or AIFF or whatnot.

Combining Files MacFag 10/08/30(Mon)20:12 No. 10397 ID: dcf06e [Reply]

Hey guys, so... i'm not a noob per sé, but i'm having some trouble "combining" a set of .rar files i have acquired. I have no doubt it would be easier on a Windows OS but i'm on a Mac as of now. Do any of you know how i would go about combining these archives into one big archive?

File names are xxxxx.part1.rar, xxxxx.part2.rar, xxxxx.part3.rar

Anonymous 10/08/30(Mon)20:51 No. 10399 ID: 78447d

open up Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
cd to the directory your files are in. If you can't figure it out type cd then space then drag one of the files into the Terminal window and it'll fill in the path to the file - delete the blahblah.rar from the end and you've got the directory, then hit enter.
cat xxxxx.part1.rar xxxxx.part2.rar xxxxx.part3.rar > xxxxx.rar

Everything before the > goes into the rar file at the end.

However most unrar utilities will work with segmented archives, check out http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html if you don't have one or have a shitty one.

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