If I remember correctly, that CPU doesn't have any video.

So you need a video card, duh.

>>19975
Yup.

http://uk.hardware.info/news/27969/intel-releases-new-core-i5-3350p-without-gpu

I am the dumb. Much appreciated.

>>19961
Isn't that pictured?

>>19959
Check yo BIOS's overclocking profiles to see if it's valid or not. If not, then wipe it.

>>19962
He's pictured HWMonitor Pro, not HWMonitor. Pro requires you to pay them money to unlock the full features, the non-Pro version is free but lacks some features (e.g. persistent logs).

Assuming he hasn't bought Pro, it would make sense to have some sensors locked out behind a generic "TRIAL" state.

>>19962
I saw an invalid overclock profile and reset it. The BSODs have stopped and HWMpro is reading the temps now.

Definitely try connecting the absolute minimum necessary to boot and see if it works like >>19938 suggested.

If you have access to a multimeter, you can check the voltage on the motherboard battery. Alternately you can try just installing a new motherboard battery, they're only a buck or two. Be sure to clear the CMOS after installing the new battery though, more than likely your hang is due to some corrupt settings.

Alternately you can disconnect the system from power and remove the battery for >5 mins for it to completely discharge. That's the only way to resurrect my &*(@#$&*( motherboard when it has a shitfit. It laughs at the clear CMOS button.

>>19952
Thanks for replying.

I've now reset the CMOS as hard as I think I can: pull mains, pull battery, set jumper, press case power button a few times, wait 1 hour, replace jumper, battery & mains.

It boots!! Thanks /halp/! I know I'm not out of the woods yet, still have to plug video cards, hdd‘s & fans back in... but at least I'm getting past "Initializing USB Controllers.." now. Will post results as I progress to fully working box.

Hokai. Everything is reassembled & functioning. Thanks for your /halp/ & support!

Now, excuse me while I del System32

j/k mint ftw

>>19945
>Issue was the same on my other PC
Yeah sorry, somehow managed to miss that in your OP.

But like >>19950 suggested, could be the disk is boinked. Is it too late to get an RMA?

>>19954
I'd be leery of saying that just because the drive is hosed on two systems means the exact same thing is happening on both systems.

I've seen people who have screwed up their USB stack in Windows in such bizarre ways (updating USB chipset's firmware with a version that doesn't actually support their hardware, updating to chipset drivers downloaded from odd little hole-in-the-wall websites promoted by spamvertising, etc.) that it screws with some or all of their flash drives, and those drives are still screwed when you plug them into another system - but you can perform data recovery on the 2nd system.

If you're in a different environment/system and photorec/testdisk/insert-data-recovery-software-here still can't make heads or tails of the drive then its probably toast.

I see a lot of screwed up USB flash drives though, so I'm leery of making broad pronouncements. Most of the time the hardware is just plain toast. Sometimes if I try a variety of systems - which means a variety of USB chipsets (in other words, different make/model systems) - one of them will work well enough to recover the data. But sometimes it's what I just laid out - the drive got screwed up in their original system, and while it's still inaccessible when they plug it into other systems the raw data is accessible to data recovery tools on them.

>>19953
It doesn't see the drive.

>>19954
I sent in a request for one. The packaging says it's a lifetime warranty so...

>>19928
I'm sure you could do something about it with imagemagick and a bit of (shell)scripting.

If you save the pieces of each individual image off to a folder, or give each image a unique prefix (e.g. image1-part1.jpg, image1-part2,jpg, etc.), then theoretically you could use software intended to piece individual photos together to create 3D panoramas. They're designed to examine all the images, find edges and overlap, then piece them together into a single image. One problem is you wouldn't want any perspective correction done, but sometimes that's implemented as a filter that can be disabled.

It won't help if the images are all jumbled together in a single folder with no rhyme or reason to what they're called and which image they belong to, since it will assume unrelated images are, in fact, related and try to stitch every image together.

For me, when they've been iffy, I've either had to set the region manually or use an alternative ISO to get them to run. Beyond that I've never had problems running Sega-CD games.

I'm assuming you're using the latest version of KegaFusion.

>>19931
>For me, when they've been iffy, I've either had to set the region manually or use an alternative ISO to get them to run. Beyond that I've never had problems running Sega-CD games.
where do you get your roms? i've been using romhustler.net. I tried romnation and emuparadise for the roms that aren't working but i'm not even getting bin/cue files from them.

>I'm assuming you're using the latest version of KegaFusion.
3.64, right?

i solved it

i had to enable perfect sync

Try a different refresh rate.

Try a different VGA cable.

Try a different resolution.

Try resetting the monitor to factory defaults


I hope you (and he) realize that while DVI-I ports can be adapted to VGA with a simple adapter that connects the VGA pins buried in the DVI-I port to a female VGA connector on the end of the adapter, the same cannot be done in reverse. Going to VGA to DVI requires an expensive converter (e.g. http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10114&cs_id=1011401&p_id=8214&seq=1&format=2 ). It would be cheaper for you to just buy a different monitor.

Ghosting on LCD and TFT monitors are almost always caused by either a bad vidya cable, a video driver, or noise coming from somewhere. Do what >>19859 says and you'll get love.

>>19925
I've seen students in schools fuck with a display's contrast/brightness/color gamut settings to the point where on-screen text looks bizarre, even over a DVI connection, and a nice factory reset is the fastest way to care of that.

Any time you're dealing with used equipment a factory reset is a good idea. It's normally available through the on-screen menu. In fact if you're evaluating a used monitor before purchase, resetting it can expose if settings have been severely tweaked to approximate a normal image on a malfunctioning display.

>>19921
Yes, it appears you haven't understood the basic principle involved in linking to a post. Stop that.

>>19921
TCP packets have a number assigned to them, and your router is detecting that the packet coming back in has the wrong number assigned to it. A sequence is just a progression - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - and the firewall is seeing that the packet coming back has a number assigned to it that's out of sequence. For example, instead of being 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, it's 12. Or 6. Typically this doesn't mean a whole lot now, since firewalls, routers, QoS systems, etc. routinely mangle TCP packets, but back in the day it could mean someone had totally half-assed a man-in-the-middle attack.

Also, you should learn how to quote posts properly. All you have to do is have Javascript enabled in your web browser and then click on the post number you want to reference. It'll insert that post# into your response. For example if I go back to your original post and click on 19903 it inserts >>19903 into this message.

>>19921
You're probably running BitTorrent and didn't forward the proper ports.

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>>19918
Could be bad connections in the case
can you boot in safe mode?
give a list of processes
getting any blue screens?

I've never seen a restore point fix anything, I honestly don't know why they even bother to have that shit enabled since it doesn't cover enough of the system to do anything useful. It's like they live in an all-Microsoft world where nobody ever adds software to their system and just uses built-in applications. That's the only thing it can save you from.

If the keyboard isn't working, try unplugging it, waiting about 10 seconds, then plugging it back in - to a different USB port - and waiting about 60 seconds, before trying again. THe waits are for the system to "realize" the USB device is gone and to realize it's present and the install the device.

I would guess that your fucking with drivers is probably what caused the escalation of the situation, coupled with the restore point (now you have third party software that wasn't touched by the restore expecting a system configuration that doesn't exist anymore thanks to the system restore).

I would certainly start with >>19919 suggestion, which is to shut the entire thing down, pull it apart, then put it back together again. Unplug your power supply from the wall, disconnect the power leads from your motherboard, pull out your video card, disconnect your motherboard battery, remove your RAM, disconnect the USB headers (used by front-facing USB ports), let it sit for 5 minutes, then plug it all back in and make sure everything is solid.

Otherwise, well... if you have your install media you could try reinstalling...

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>>19905
+12V is 7.9V

I don't know what to make of that. I don't think your system would even boot if it was that low.

Do you know anyone relatively geeky? Someone who'd have a multimeter? You could get a manual reading on the 12V leads coming off the power supply with it.

Otherwise you could try getting a power supply tester. Generally the more you spend the better they get, at least in terms of reliable reading. You could spend $15 and get one that works sometimes, spend $30 and get one that works most of the time, or spend $45 and get one that works all the time (though at that point you could've bought a multimeter).

If you have a 2nd system, so you're not going to be devastated if Windows doesn't install correctly, you could just ignore it as a bad reading and go ahead with an upgrade install. If it fails to install, buy a new power supply, preferably a quality unit like Corsair.