The "Quick Questions That Don't Deserve A Thread"...Thread. v5 - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=double D;46965703]yo, I am trying to fix my dads 5.1 set for his pc because only the 2 front speakers work but so far no luck. His pc doesn't have a dedicated soundcard. Mobo is a MSI P45 Platinum. Everything is connected properly, I've set the audio options to 5.1 surround and when I test the individual speakers in windows sound options everything works. Audio drivers are updated with the Realtek drivers and again, when I test the speakers in the Realtek program they all work, just not when using them in any other program. Any suggestions?[/QUOTE] Are the programs set to output 5.1 audio? Do the video sources/games have surround audio output? It might be simply that its only outputting stereo.

Hey, it's been a week now since I got GTX 970, and I left my old GTX 560 in PC too (since nobody wants to buy it :/ ) So I have 2nd monitor hooked up to 560 and my main 1080 to 970. How does it work? Is it like: a) System automatically assigns resources? b) Whatever happens on monitor B is processed by 560, while whatever happens on monitor A is processed by 970? So if I am rendering something on Monitor A, and watch youtube video on monitor A, will rendering time increase? And if I am rendering on monitor A and watching something on monitor B - rendering time decreases? is that how it works?

I have a question about anti aliasing in the Nvidia control panel. There is an option for FXAA - on/off. There is also an option for AA mode - 2x/4x/8x. My question is, does FXAA on/off determine what kind of AA it uses? If you have it on does it use FXAA and if you have it off does it use MSAA? Or is FXAA just a setting applied over the top of the other AA. If so, what kind of AA does the 2x/4x/8x AA apply?

[t]http://i.imgur.com/iwHpBCe.png[/t] How long do you guys expect that 4GB RAM will be enough to play PC games with? Thinking of getting an upgrade to 8gb 1333mhz at some stage depending on how urgent the need is and does anyone have a clue as to how long my CPU will last playing games at high settings because if its fairly soon there is no point getting an upgrade to 8gb if I may just tear the whole thing down come the end of the year.

i'm trying to recall a video recording software which records uncompressed avi, to multiple hard drives at once (grabbing direct x frames and multiple audio sources as separate channels) and also it was japanese if that helps e: dxtory, it was because they changed the website!

Okay, I need some help. My new-ish PC just won't turn on. The power supply works just fine and the lights in the microphone and XBOX controller, which light up even when the PC isn't on, keep going on and off. What's going on? Is this the right thread?

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;46969116]Okay, I need some help. My new-ish PC just won't turn on. The power supply works just fine and the lights in the microphone and XBOX controller, which light up even when the PC isn't on, keep going on and off. What's going on? Is this the right thread?[/QUOTE] Check to make sure the motherboard isn't shorting with the case or anything, make sure you've got those spacers on your motherboard screws, I had the exact same kind of issue.

[QUOTE=cis.joshb;46967624]I have a question about anti aliasing in the Nvidia control panel. There is an option for FXAA - on/off. There is also an option for AA mode - 2x/4x/8x. My question is, does FXAA on/off determine what kind of AA it uses? If you have it on does it use FXAA and if you have it off does it use MSAA? Or is FXAA just a setting applied over the top of the other AA. If so, what kind of AA does the 2x/4x/8x AA apply?[/QUOTE] 2x/4x/8x probably determines the amount of AA used with MSAA. FXAA on/off just enables or disables FXAA. This is because MSAA fixes jaggies while your graphics card draws the frame. It does a more thorough job but it will eat up some of your performance unless you have a high-end graphics card. FXAA is more like a performance-friendly filter that gets applied to the frame after it's been drawn, and while it does take care of some jaggies, it's not as powerful or reliable as MSAA. You should be able to have both enabled at the same time without any problems, and you'll get quite the smooth picture as a result. [editline]19th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Genericenemy;46967893][t]http://i.imgur.com/iwHpBCe.png[/t] How long do you guys expect that 4GB RAM will be enough to play PC games with? Thinking of getting an upgrade to 8gb 1333mhz at some stage depending on how urgent the need is and does anyone have a clue as to how long my CPU will last playing games at high settings because if its fairly soon there is no point getting an upgrade to 8gb if I may just tear the whole thing down come the end of the year.[/QUOTE] 8GB of RAM has been the standard for gaming for many years. 4GB won't hold you back too much, but you'll definitely notice a difference in performance after you install that second module. Your CPU is fine as it is. They don't need upgrading as often as a graphics card.

[QUOTE=cis.joshb;46967624]I have a question about anti aliasing in the Nvidia control panel. There is an option for FXAA - on/off. There is also an option for AA mode - 2x/4x/8x. My question is, does FXAA on/off determine what kind of AA it uses? If you have it on does it use FXAA and if you have it off does it use MSAA? Or is FXAA just a setting applied over the top of the other AA. If so, what kind of AA does the 2x/4x/8x AA apply?[/QUOTE] I'm not sure if FXAA is applied on top of, or in place of, other antialiasing (I'd assume the former), but the 2x/4x/8x controls MSAA, if it doesn't say otherwise. On my NvCC, it has options for 2x, 4x, 8x CSAA, 8x, 16x CSAA, 16xQ CSAA, and 32x CSAA, which map to: 2xMSAA 4xMSAA 4xMSAA + 8xCSAA 8xMSAA 4xMSAA + 16xMSAA 8xMSAA + 16xCSAA 8xMSAA + 32xCSAA Which yes, is absolutely confusing. Even I'm not sure I have it right.

Alright, here it goes: my GPU worked on Friday, I turned off my computer then, now today I try to start it up but there's no signal to the monitor. I literally didn't touch it during this whole time. The mobo's GPU does work though, but I turned it off in the BIOS now neither works. What the fuck do I do now. :downs: PS: the fans on my GPU work and all, I just can't get the fucker to display shit.

[QUOTE=Genericenemy;46967893][t]http://i.imgur.com/iwHpBCe.png[/t] How long do you guys expect that 4GB RAM will be enough to play PC games with? Thinking of getting an upgrade to 8gb 1333mhz at some stage depending on how urgent the need is and does anyone have a clue as to how long my CPU will last playing games at high settings because if its fairly soon there is no point getting an upgrade to 8gb if I may just tear the whole thing down come the end of the year.[/QUOTE] Couple things. 4 Gbs is fine, but you might want to get another 4 Gb soon, since DDR3 is being phased out and will only get more expensive. I wouldn't get another 4 Gb though if you are planning on doing a mobo upgrade in the next year or so. That CPU is fine too, you shouldn't have performance issues in games because of it for another few years

[QUOTE=crazykyle16;46970763]Couple things. 4 Gbs is fine, but you might want to get another 4 Gb soon, since DDR3 is being phased out and will only get more expensive. I wouldn't get another 4 Gb though if you are planning on doing a mobo upgrade in the next year or so. That CPU is fine too, you shouldn't have performance issues in games because of it for another few years[/QUOTE] DDR3 will still be around for a while. Skylake will be the soonest intel consumer platform to use it, and we don't even have broadwell desktop stuff out yet.

[QUOTE=Levelog;46970794]DDR3 will still be around for a while. Skylake will be the soonest intel consumer platform to use it, and we don't even have broadwell desktop stuff out yet.[/QUOTE] I know it will be around for a while, that's why I said it will get more expensive. DDR4 will get cheaper as DDR3 gets more expensive. It'll be worth getting the DDR4 because it will be available longer then the DDR3 relative to the time you bought it.

[QUOTE=crazykyle16;46970941]I know it will be around for a while, that's why I said it will get more expensive. DDR4 will get cheaper as DDR3 gets more expensive. It'll be worth getting the DDR4 because it will be available longer then the DDR3 relative to the time you bought it.[/QUOTE] But there is no consumer geared system with DDR4, and it'll still be a couple years before there is.

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[QUOTE=crazykyle16;46970959][URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231789"]RAM[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130796"]Mobo[/URL][/QUOTE] You do know that 2011-3 is not considered a consumer platform, right?

[QUOTE=riku2211;46958668]So ever since I installed an SSD in my system a while back my computer turns itself back on again 9/10 times that I shut it off. I have to force it to shut down by holding the button, I usually wait for my keyboard lights to shut off before doing that. I tried for the longest time to fix it but I can't find anything at all. Any ideas?[/QUOTE] Reposting cause I'd really like to solve this issue.

It's an Extreme/Server based platform. Consumer platforms are the H/B/Z/Q sets like 1150. [editline]20th January 2015[/editline] Merge

[QUOTE=crazykyle16;46970959][URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231789"]RAM[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130796"]Mobo[/URL][/QUOTE] Haswell-E hardware is not consumer grade in any sense of the term. It's meant for extreme overclocking enthusiasts and workstation PCs.

[QUOTE=crazykyle16;46970959][URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231789"]RAM[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130796"]Mobo[/URL][/QUOTE] A $200 motherboard (that requires a $400 CPU minimum) and $200 RAM is NOT consumer-level. That's prosumer at best.

I didn't even look at the fact that it was a 2011 socket. So yeah, there isn't any consumer motherboards. Excuse my ignorance :p [editline]19th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=riku2211;46970966]Reposting cause I'd really like to solve this issue.[/QUOTE] Has anything else changed in your system since you installed the SSD? I assume you have windows on it now also?

[QUOTE=crazykyle16;46971001]I didn't even look at the fact that it was a 2011 socket. So yeah, there isn't any consumer motherboards. Excuse my ignorance :p [editline]19th January 2015[/editline] Has anything else changed in your system since you installed the SSD? I assume you have windows on it now also?[/QUOTE] Okay, thanks for your reply. As it turns out, I had a whole bunch of shit mixed up in my head, and after checking some receipt E-mails I found that when I got my SSD, I did, in fact, also upgrade my Mobo, CPU, and RAM (I thought I had upgraded those things some time before the SSD). Probably good information to have. Anyway, yes, I'm running Windows 7 x64. I would like to point out that when I said it boots itself back up 9 times out of 10, it's more like 9.5 times out of 10. There's just really random, rare occurances where it shuts down and stays shut down, and it doesn't seem to be cause by any programs running before the shut down.

I heard that you're allowed to download an ISO of a Windows operating system from Microsoft's website with limited capabilites for free but if you want to use Windows properly, you have to buy a serial number. Is there any validity to that and which versions of Windows (ie 95, 98, 2000, 7, 8, etc) are available if it is available?

I've got a quick question, not sure who to ask about it though: Lots of tools have libraries/API's that let you take full advantage of the tool with relative ease. How can you take advantage of the ones that don't? For example, take this website, or something similar: [url]http://www.chemicalaid.com/tools/equationbalancer.php?equation=H2O+%3D+H+%2B+O[/url] There's no source code available, but suppose I wanted to implement it in some form of program. It's pretty trivial for a person to use it, so I figure a browser understanding it can't be that difficult either. Can anyone point me in the right direction of a tool/language that one could use to be able to take advantage of a tool such as this one without manually having to operate it? Thanks in advance.

Got a new job so want to upgrade my PC. Here is a Speccy of it: [IMG]http://puu.sh/eMoap/315115431f.jpg[/IMG] What do you guys recommend? I want to upgrade to a top notch graphics card. Also a nice new monitor would be sweet

Somebody link me the Quietest fans and cpu cooler that exist! I want a quieter comp

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;46972674]New cooler as well holy fuck 86C is not good. GTX 970, EVGA or MSI are good brands to go with As for a new cooler a Hyper 212 for budget air cooling or a Seldon 240L if your case has support for dual 120 (think it's dual 120 afaik im working off the top of my head)[/QUOTE] Yeah its pretty bad :S Thanks!

how is Windows 10 looking so far? I'm debating between buying Windows 8 non-OEM so I can both use it for bootcamp and for when I get a new desktop or waiting for Windows 10

I have been using it as my daily driver for work and school since September and it's been pretty great. Nvidia drivers are a little annoying sometimes, you have to use the one from windows update. Didn't recognize my old webcam which was kinda annoying but its like 5 years old so whatever. Other than that, to me, it's like windows 7 with an 8 look. I disabled metro and only use the start menu, it's great.

My computer has been running awfully slow and I have determined it's the RAM's fault - despite having sufficient ram, it will constantly jolt between 100% usage and 0% usage, effectively stopping all programs for a second (as if they were crashing) and then return to a normal state. Programs that require high amounts of ram, such as Adobe Premier or a minecraft server, will use more and more ram as time goes on - for seemingly no reason. Both after about an hours usage, will go from 2 GB usage to 8GB usage (the amount of RAM I have) and the computer will become so impossibly slow that you can't even get to task manager. What's the reason for the slow amount of increase, is it possible to fix it, is it my ram's fault? Is there anyway to fix it? What it looks like with chrome running [img]http://i.gyazo.com/94f99bc57a136682b45b5c2240e20a1d.png[/img]