Computer Issues

Noodleface · Jan 27, 2014

It sounds like it's trying to boot something off the external drive. I'd ensure your boot order is set correctly in BIOS. Maybe even the Win7 MBR is borked. Just guesses though

chaos · Jan 27, 2014

Yeah I checked that, the boot order is my DVD drive then my primary HD. I'm really lost on where to go from here. And I'm pretty lazy so I give this another few days before I say "eh fuck it" and just deal with having to unplug the external drive every time I boot up.

Scaffa_sl · Jan 27, 2014

In my experience, not every port will let you boot from USB.

Could just be the systems in work but I usually have to use one of the rear IO ports and try a couple.

Salshun_sl · Jan 27, 2014

Just a "trying to help out" guess, but give this a try:

MBR - Restore Windows 7 Master Boot Record - Windows 7 Help Forums

I've never had to do it on Win7, but from what I remember on doing it with XP is that it's a pretty big deal, and can make a situation much worse, so use with caution.

Noodleface · Jan 28, 2014

I've done it on Win 7 before when I accidentally blew away my dual-boot session of linux. I think it required putting in the recovery disk and some other steps. Later I found a program that did it by itself but I lost it.

Salshun_sl · Jan 28, 2014

Noodleface_sl said:
I've done it on Win 7 before when I accidentally blew away my dual-boot session of linux. I think it required putting in the recovery disk and some other steps. Later I found a program that did it by itself but I lost it.

Yeah, I remember booting up to LI then hanging more than once. It was so much easier on XP to just run /fixmbr.

chaos · Jan 28, 2014

When I reloaded Win7 that should have created a new MBR though, and the issue is exactly the same. Strangely, Windows rebooted for automatic updates last night and didn't freeze on reboot. Awesome. Then I manually rebooted and it freezes again. Stupid Bill Gates.

Joeboo · Jan 29, 2014

When you reloaded Win7, was it a complete clean format and reinstall, or did you just do the fix/reinstall where it applies over your current Windows? If you didn't do a clean wipe, the problem could have easily carried over.

chaos · Jan 29, 2014

Firs ttime I did the repair, second time I wiped all the partitions and did a clean install.

Noodleface · Jan 30, 2014

I just want to throw this in there but did you put any garlic on any of the drive platters? If it was SSD did you rub garlic on the electronic storage?

Salshun_sl · Jan 30, 2014

Noodleface_sl said:
I just want to throw this in there but did you put any garlic on any of the drive platters? If it was SSD did you rub garlic on the electronic storage?

Seems excessive. Besides he isn't having any problems that completely replacing every internal part wont fix, so he should be fine.

chaos · Jan 30, 2014

I tried rubbing garlic on my pc and now I haven't heard from it in over a month. I fear the worst. OP please respond!

Vaclav · Feb 2, 2014

chaos: Sounds like the same stuff my current machine is having, ANYTHING hooked in via USB except the mouse or keyboard causes a freeze after a couple minutes in almost every case (the problem was accelerating - probably would become instantaneous eventually).

Seems like the consensus was to test different USBs first (I noticed it with my front USBs) and if not that the motherboard is starting to fail.

[I've been slow to rectify the problem since my workbench is covered with moving boxes in prep to leave for Florida for good though - so no comments yet on how successful or not it was]

Noodleface · Feb 5, 2014

Is there anyway to revert the chrome browser's scrollbar on the right side to the original? The new design is terrible on my work PC and I can't see shit. I wouldn't use chrome but IT just started supporting it and doesn't support waterfox (lot of shit broken in waterfox).

Joeboo · Feb 5, 2014

Snag this plugin

Chrome Web Store - Rescroller

Totally customizable scroll bar. Can change width, color, transparency, etc.

Noodleface · Feb 5, 2014

Excellent! +1 good sir

Therage · Feb 9, 2014

Anyone have any ideas about what I should do about my video card? I was playing EQ last night and my video card driver kept crashing over and over, sometimes 10-15x in a row. I have a GTX 550ti with the newest drivers. Any suggestions to try and fix it? Or a decent vid card to replace it (cheaply around 200 would be best). Thanks guys

Noodleface · Feb 9, 2014

Couple things I would try. First make sure it is seated properly, sometimes it will do what you describe. Secondly, try rolling back the drivers to the last revision and see if problem persists.

ShakyJake · Feb 21, 2014

I installed Linux Mint Debian as my main OS -- everything has been working great EXCEPT web browsing is starting to piss me off.

The problem is that, at times, pages won't load completely. A page will load partially then you'll get the spinny-icon and you either have to hit refresh or just start over. I've tried both Firefox and Opera and both exhibit the same behavior. Firefox is even worse because a good bit of the time you suddenly get "connection was reset" or something to that effect.

I don't know if it's a DNS look-up issue or what -- I'm no network expert. Curious if anyone here has any ideas.

Scaffa_sl · Feb 22, 2014

I'd think if it was DNS then the pages wouldn't load at all.

However If you want to confirm that then you could try changing your DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf and trying someone else. Alternatively hard code one of the sites in /etc/hosts ala;

80.80.80.80 google.co.uk

Then do try whatever the site you want to test is.

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