Dwarf Shortage Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 What's the general consensus on Alienware products, more specifically the laptops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurMonkey Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Vastly overpriced. But they do make quality kit if you can afford it comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Hey guys, I got directed here from the Random Small Questions thread. I have a problem with my Ethernet cable, I've googled it a few times, but I'm an absolute tard about what I'm looking for. But its decided that it no longer wants to connect to the internet. It says that it can connect to the network I'm on, but it wont get the actual internet connection. If it helps at all, its a Realtek RTL8168C cable. And I'm running (Unfortunately) Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Hey guys, I got directed here from the Random Small Questions thread. I have a problem with my Ethernet cable, I've googled it a few times, but I'm an absolute tard about what I'm looking for. But its decided that it no longer wants to connect to the internet. It says that it can connect to the network I'm on, but it wont get the actual internet connection. If it helps at all, its a Realtek RTL8168C cable. And I'm running (Unfortunately) Vista What make you think that the cable is causing the problem? just reconfigure your network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 What make you think that the cable is causing the problem? just reconfigure your network Like I said mate, I've really got no idea what I'm looking for. Wireless works but not with the cable, so I guessed it was the cable. Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 I've never seen a cable die. I've seen ethernet cards, routers, drivers and firewalls cause connection problems, but never a cable. How do you know the wireless works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I've never seen a cable die. I've seen ethernet cards, routers, drivers and firewalls cause connection problems, but never a cable. How do you know the wireless works? More common that you'd think - I've seen it dozens of times where connectors have come loose, cables crushed, strained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) In other words, abuse? Edited August 18, 2011 by Muel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 I thought i'd drop this in here aswell as the random questions thread...hopefully the PC geeks will help me out Really basic question.... I think. When using dreamweaver and HTML and CSS. I want to create a page exactly like this Here .....Just an image. How do I get it scaled to the correct size. And then get it to enlarge, just like this one? I swear it should be really simple but I don't know how to do it (because i've learnt dreamweaver completely backwards). I'm guessing its just a width 50% scaled or something, but it's too simple, and i can't find the solution online. thanks guys Go look at some tutorials on photoshop slicing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 My 550W PSU appears to have shat the bed after about 2 years The 550W was probably way overspec, but I'm going to replace it with a 600W just to be sure. Anyone got any good PSU suggestions? I was thinking Corsair or Coolermaster - they're supposed to be reputable brands in the PSU world I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 I've had a Corsair TX650W, had it nearly 2 years and it's been perfect. Fan is dead quiet, all the voltages are dead stable (I monitor them), and that's with a 140W CPU and two ATI 5830s, which pull about 175-200W each I think, those alone add up to about 500w, and everything is overclocked so it could easily be pulling 575w from the wall by my reckoning. I like Corsair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Cheers Muel, I was looking at a Corsair PSU. Although it now appears that it may be a non-issue. Just tried my PSU in my old computer, and this is it, working fine Thing is, I can't test my old PSU in my current rig, because it won't power the gfx card and I brilliantly specced a motherboard without an integrated chip. There wouldn't be a problem with hooking up my old PSU and just connecting the GPU power from my new one would there? And in a slightly related note: Computer: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.00GHz, 2Gb RAM Silly old computer. It's got a stupid CPU multiplier of 200 to get this clock speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I really want a Ps2 again. I was wondering if there is some kind of connector that converts the PS2 to either VGA or DVI as they are the only connections I have in the back of my monitor. I'm aware DVI doesn't transmit sound but I'll be playing the sound via optical anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Cheers Muel, I was looking at a Corsair PSU. Although it now appears that it may be a non-issue. Just tried my PSU in my old computer, and this is it, working fine Thing is, I can't test my old PSU in my current rig, because it won't power the gfx card and I brilliantly specced a motherboard without an integrated chip. There wouldn't be a problem with hooking up my old PSU and just connecting the GPU power from my new one would there? Hmmmmm, what makes you think it's the PSU at fault? Do you have another GPU you can try out? I've never had a PSU problem but as far as I know, they're designed to simply die to stop the rest of your kit dieing. However, it's plausible that it has one rail just to power the GPU, and that rail has died. Running multiple PSUs is a right ballache, because they're turned on and off by connecting two of the pins in the 24pin connector together, so you tend to need to run two power buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Hmmmmm, what makes you think it's the PSU at fault? Do you have another GPU you can try out? I've never had a PSU problem but as far as I know, they're designed to simply die to stop the rest of your kit dieing. However, it's plausible that it has one rail just to power the GPU, and that rail has died. Running multiple PSUs is a right ballache, because they're turned on and off by connecting two of the pins in the 24pin connector together, so you tend to need to run two power buttons. Ah, not a simple botch job then. I suspected the PSU to be at fault because when the pc is off, the keyboard lights pulse on and off and the speakers blip in time with that as well. It does this even when just plugged into the motherboard power connections. However, when the old PSU is plugged just into the motherboard power, everything seems fine. Not a flawless testing method, I'll admit, it leaves a lot of variables and doubt but it seems as tight as I can get it with what I've got to hand (nothing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Right, got another PSU in this now and it's all working again, huzzah! Old PSU must have been f**ked. And having a peer through the grilles inside it, it appears something's either melted or exploded and melted. Shitty thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Eurgh computers frustrate me.... Basic story, i shoved a load of photos i needed to organise onto my desktop...screen started flickering and computer bogged down to super slow...so i checked connections, plugged monitor in second port and it did the same thing. I now have nothing on my screen apart from occasional white lines.I feared i overcooked soemthing whilst doing this (ram or graphics seem likely to me?) Plugged my hd into my laptop (i have adaptor cables), moved all desktop photos into a folder incase it was that what the problem, this did not change anything. A second monitor has been tried, no luck. Plugged a spare working graphics card in, no luck. Tried both my cards in the other slot...no luck. Motherboard has never beeped when the computer is turned on, apparently they should, its still not beeping anyway. Ram has been taken out, and then computer beeps repeatedly, no signal to monitor still. Ram has been inserted into the 2 other spare slots, still no luck So after all that...any suggestions? I would really like to fix it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) I don't know what the exact problem is, sounds like you have fried your graphics or motherboard although I am no computer wizard. The motherboard beeps you mention mean something: linky Although it depends what BIOS your are running, the constant beeping usually means memory/motherboard error. Edited August 30, 2011 by AndrewEH1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Yeah that is what i am fearing is the case! I will see if anybody else pipes up with an answer otherwise i guess ill order a new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Overclocked? Reset your bios from the motherboard manually then try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Nope, standard dell xps 620i (apart from 4gb ram and an extra HD). No inbuilt graphics so i cant access bios unless i do it blind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) Manually from the motherboard you dont even have to have it turned on Find the manual and find the motherboard bit it should explain it. It worked perfectly on my pc for a similar problem. http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS Edited August 30, 2011 by davey1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 That says anything could be wrong to me. CPU, RAM, GPU, Motherboard, PSU. Without having it in front of me I'd struggle to diagnose it really. But seeing as it beeps when the RAM is out, I'd say the motherboard is the first thing to cross off as "Probably OK", same goes for the PSU. I'd say borrow a graphics card from somewhere and try that out, after that I'm not sure what to do. Occasional white lines on the screen says artifacting to me, which is usually a dead GPU. Reseting the BIOS will probably do nothing in this case IMO. Without the screen to set it up again, I would seriously avoid it, at least until you've tried another GPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Manually from the motherboard you dont even have to have it turned on Find the manual and find the motherboard bit it should explain it. It worked perfectly on my pc for a similar problem. http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS I shall give that a try, guess its worth a shot! That says anything could be wrong to me. CPU, RAM, GPU, Motherboard, PSU. Without having it in front of me I'd struggle to diagnose it really. But seeing as it beeps when the RAM is out, I'd say the motherboard is the first thing to cross off as "Probably OK", same goes for the PSU. I'd say borrow a graphics card from somewhere and try that out, after that I'm not sure what to do. Occasional white lines on the screen says artifacting to me, which is usually a dead GPU. Reseting the BIOS will probably do nothing in this case IMO. Without the screen to set it up again, I would seriously avoid it, at least until you've tried another GPU. I have tried 2 graphics card already, 1 of which i know is a working one and yet i have the same result. The PSU appears to be working fine, both HDs whir up as normal, all fans work and all the pretty lights come on unfortinately i can't test another PSU on this unless i find a dell specific one...yay go dell! Been on the overclockers website, had been looking at motherboard, processor, ram and fan deals which looked tempting, although i would still need to get myself a new PSU which suddenly increases the price and makes it far less tempting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) I shall give that a try, guess its worth a shot! I have tried 2 graphics card already, 1 of which i know is a working one and yet i have the same result. The PSU appears to be working fine, both HDs whir up as normal, all fans work and all the pretty lights come on unfortinately i can't test another PSU on this unless i find a dell specific one...yay go dell! Been on the overclockers website, had been looking at motherboard, processor, ram and fan deals which looked tempting, although i would still need to get myself a new PSU which suddenly increases the price and makes it far less tempting So, HD has tested fine, a different monitor has been tested and a different GPU has been tested. IMO the likely culprit is the PSU, followed closely by the motherboard. Does the gfx card require power directly from the PSU? And does for gfx card have multiple outputs, or is it just one? Perhaps try a different output method if that's available. Other minor things I'd suggest testing would be a different power socket for the monitor and even a different VGA cable if you used the same one. Edited August 30, 2011 by ManxTrialSpaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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