The "Quick Questions That Don't Deserve A Thread"...Thread. v5

[Lexinator]

[QUOTE=mcgrath618;47170936]Nice Avatar
What do you mean by iTunes doesn't like it? Does it come up with error messages?[/QUOTE]
Fixed the issue found out how to change library not the media folder
On another note should i move my page file to my HDD or keep it on the SSD?seeing as my boot drive is just a 128 gigabyte SSD but the page file for some reason shot up to 20gigs.

[Big Ben]

What's the cheapest version of windows a student can get? I wanna boot camp my mbpr

[Kirth]

[QUOTE=Big Ben;47171328]What's the cheapest version of windows a student can get? I wanna boot camp my mbpr[/QUOTE]

You can get Windows 8.1 for free on DreamSpark.

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=Kirth;47171346]You can get Windows 8.1 for free on DreamSpark.[/QUOTE]

Only if your school has dreamspark premium and you're in an IT/EE major nowdays. Unless you're talking about 8.1 embedded.

[Number-41]

In C, what is a consistent/good way to handle errors? Is using errno and exit(EXIT_FAILURE) sufficient? At the moment I just put

some_function(input_stuff){
	do_something_that_can_change_errno(); //for example std::strtod()
	if(errno){
		printf("some_function: %s \n",std::strerror(errno));
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}
};

But how does this affect the program if before [I]some_function[/I] I called malloc()? Afterwards, cleanup will not happen because the program instantly ends. This is usually fixed by the OS but on the other hand it's considered good practice to clean up after yourself.

Can I use goto-statements? [URL="http://stackoverflow.com/a/245761/1333515"]SO says yes (?) [/URL]

[buster925]

My Mac mini G4 won't boot because I need to rename a system file, how could I get to a command line? I don't have any recovery disks so is there any kind of utility I could burn to a disk?

[Lexinator]

What would you say the Life of an LED would be in terms of like GPU's and motherboards that have LED accenting or the logo lights up?

[Demache]

[QUOTE=Lexinator;47191578]What would you say the Life of an LED would be in terms of like GPU's and motherboards that have LED accenting or the logo lights up?[/QUOTE]

Decades. Like the GPU will become massively obsolete or die before the LED's die/deteriorate.

[editline]22nd February 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=buster925;47188889]My Mac mini G4 won't boot because I need to rename a system file, how could I get to a command line? I don't have any recovery disks so is there any kind of utility I could burn to a disk?[/QUOTE]

Have you tried command+S on startup? That supposedly boots into single user mode.

[thefreemann]

Sometimes my computer will randomly freeze up. Sometimes it's the instant I open a YouTube video or start playing a Steam video. Other times it's just frozen up right after exiting a game. The sound continues to play, and my friends can still hear me talk in the microphone, but the screen is completely frozen and I can't even go to task manager or anything.

Here is a screen shot of the recent events, the last freeze occured at around 3:58 on 2/22
[IMG]http://puu.sh/g8skv/ccb5a8279b.png[/IMG]

[SleepyAl]

My friend asked me about his current build he's planning on making, and I'm not sure how to answer his question since it involves PCI-E lanes and I'm not that knowledgeable on it.

He has a CPU with 16 PCI-E Gen 3 lanes, and he wants to put in a graphics card that will take up those 16 lanes. But he also wants to put in a sound card that takes up a 1x PCI-E slot. Would that drop his graphics card down to 8x and bump the sound card up to 8x? The concept of lanes is kind of confusing to me and I didn't want to give him an answer unless I knew for sure, so if anyone could set me straight I'd appreciate it.

-edit-
The PCI-e 1x is a 2.0 slot by the way.

[Levelog]

I doubt the sound card is a gen 3. You could probably force it to gen 2 in the bios anyways. Gen3 interfaces directly to the CPU while Gen2 is handled by the chipset (Well in newer boards). What CPU/Motherboard does he have?

[Sn0peK]

Hmm, how is this possible? :P
[IMG]http://i.imgbox.com/5ycT0wW0.jpg[/IMG]

[SleepyAl]

[QUOTE=Levelog;47193134]I doubt the sound card is a gen 3. You could probably force it to gen 2 in the bios anyways. Gen3 interfaces directly to the CPU while Gen2 is handled by the chipset (Well in newer boards). What CPU/Motherboard does he have?[/QUOTE]

His CPU is an i7-4790K with a MSI Z97-GAMING 7. His soundcard is a Xonar DX, which I looked up and is PCI-E x1 Gen 1. So it should be fine then?

[Banhfunbags]

I'm creating a partition on my SSD for Windows and it's only going to boot windows, and my main storage for Windows will be on a separate HDD.

How much SSD space should I allocate for the SSD? By that, I mean should I only give Windows the minimum it needs(25 GB), or leave some extra space just in case?

EDIT: I don't have this SSD yet, but I'm planning using it for Ubuntu and it's going to be 250 gb.

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=SleepyAl;47193941]His CPU is an i7-4790K with a MSI Z97-GAMING 7. His soundcard is a Xonar DX, which I looked up and is PCI-E x1 Gen 1. So it should be fine then?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, anything besides Gen3 is handled by the chipset and won't affect his PCIE lanes handled by the CPU. (The Z97 chipset can handle 8x PCIE Gen2 lanes, by the way, and the sound card should take one)

[editline]22nd February 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=Banhfunbags;47193948]I'm creating a partition on my SSD for Windows and it's only going to boot windows, and my main storage for Windows will be on a separate HDD.

How much SSD space should I allocate for the SSD? By that, I mean should I only give Windows the minimum it needs(25 GB), or leave some extra space just in case?

EDIT: I don't have this SSD yet, but I'm planning using it for Ubuntu and it's going to be 250 gb.[/QUOTE]

What version of Windows?

[Banhfunbags]

[QUOTE=Levelog;47193975]
What version of Windows?[/QUOTE]
Windows 8.1 and then it'll be Windows 10 after it releases.

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=Banhfunbags;47195096]Windows 8.1 and then it'll be Windows 10 after it releases.[/QUOTE]

30ish should be fine for 8 and essential programs that don't necessarily like being installed elsewhere.

[Kaelan Frey]

Hey guys, I have a question regarding power. I suck at this type of things.

I have a laptop at home that has a busted battery, so I can't use it without an AC Adaptor, which I lended for today. I checked the bottom of the laptop to check anything about voltages, it said something like "DC 15V".

The only AC Adaptor that I have right now outputs 19V. Is it unsafe to use?

[Kaelan Frey]

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;47196503]It should down volt to acceptable levels.[/QUOTE]
Okay, thanks for the advice. I need to check the amperage levels on the appropriate AC Adaptor first though, I don't want to fry the thing with the other one. It doesn't say the one I need on the laptop.

[Banhfunbags]

[QUOTE=Levelog;47195261]30ish should be fine for 8 and essential programs that don't necessarily like being installed elsewhere.[/QUOTE]

Thanks a bunch. Does anyone else have any other input on this because I don't want to run into issues because I didn't allocate enough space. Likewise, I don't want to give it space that it won't use

[Levelog]

To give you some reference, for my full up to date Windows 8.1pro install, my Windows folder is ~20gb

[Barbarian887]

So I've got 2 monitors, and I want to run programs in fullscreen mode in the monitor deemed "secondary" by my gpu driver.

Does anyone know how to do this? Every time I try it just pops open in the primary monitor.

[editline]23rd February 2015[/editline]

Or if there's a way to move the taskbar to the secondary monitor that would be a work-around. My aim here is to minimize the use of one of the monitors in a bid to extend its life.

Okay I just found out I can move the taskbar to the other monitor :downs:

nevermind.

[deadeye536]

Anyone have any recommendations for M2 SSDs? My constraint is that it must be 42mm long. So far, I've found [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KLTPUU0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER]a Transcend SSD[/url], but the market seems to be really slim.

[Loogaroo]

[QUOTE=MasterFen006;47170385]windows defender[/QUOTE]

Windows defender stopped being relevant quite awhile ago...

[Demache]

[QUOTE=waxrock;47199169]Windows defender stopped being relevant quite awhile ago...[/QUOTE]

Windows Defender is what MSE is called in Windows 8 and newer. Its built in to the OS.

[Loogaroo]

I know that. You can literally look up any article within the past 1-1.5 years and they'll say how MSE/Defender is at the bottom for detection tests now.

[editline]23rd February 2015[/editline]

[quote]"We’re providing all of that data and information to our partners so they can do at least as well as we are," she said. "The natural progression is that we will always be on the bottom of these tests. And honestly, if we are doing our job correctly, that’s what will happen."[/quote]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/ZhpRACT.png[/img]

[url]http://www.pcpro.co.uk/software/1000270/microsoft-security-essentials-2015-review[/url]
[url]http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-security-essentials-provides-baseline-protection[/url]
etc.

[editline]23rd February 2015[/editline]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/Q9sXw5j.png[/img]

[Nitronik]

can I use this sub forum for troubleshooting help?
This exact same rig I'm typing on used to run Battlefield 4 all maxed out just fine at well over 120FPS, but since a good few months I haven't been able to break past 60FPS ingame

It's the only game running poorly, and I frankly have no idea what's causing it

[Loogaroo]

I'll just put this out there: V-sync (or any other type of fps limiter) is off, right?

[Nitronik]

[QUOTE=waxrock;47199385]I'll just put this out there: V-sync (or any other type of fps limiter) is off, right?[/QUOTE]

Obviously.
It's not the game being capped at 60FPS, it's just it sitting in the <60FPS range

[Demache]

[QUOTE=waxrock;47199230]I know that. You can literally look up any article within the past 1-1.5 years and they'll say how MSE/Defender is at the bottom for detection tests now.

[editline]23rd February 2015[/editline]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/ZhpRACT.png[/img]

[url]http://www.pcpro.co.uk/software/1000270/microsoft-security-essentials-2015-review[/url]
[url]http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-security-essentials-provides-baseline-protection[/url]
etc.

[editline]23rd February 2015[/editline]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/Q9sXw5j.png[/img][/QUOTE]

Its "bad" against zero days. Its not meant to be the best of the best, its meant for baseline security built into the OS that is unintrusive. With some common sense, its really all you need.

If you need something more robust, use Avast.