Ante Meridiem

Well as Deathpal knows I swapped out the cooling system, core temp dropped by over 10C. Did a raid last night for 3 hours, not a hint of a problem. 40 minutes into a raid tonight, vent going PVR recording, machine crashed via BSD. Tomorrow before I go to work, I am going to run mem86, then try to co...

I use an EVIL headset, how evil do you ask? It is produced by . . . Microsoft.

It is the Microsoft LX-3000. Price is low, works fine for years, 6 foot cord means you won't be pulling it out of the PC by accident anytime soon.

http://www.staples.com/Microsoft-LifeCh ... uct_668469

Looks like I am on to something, at least with the heat theory. I e-mailed AMD asked for the max safe temperature my CPU should run at, and they said 62 degrees. Assuming Celsius, but might be Fahrenheit. Give how every time I reboot the PC after a hardlock the PC is 64C+(Yesterday it ran up to 75)....

Just in case anyone is interested, here are a pair of links to the games on Ebay. The first one is for MOP, and the other Cata.:) http://www.ebay.ca/itm/World-of-Warcraft-Mists-of-Pandaria-Collectors-Edition-Windows-Mac-2012-/291891485507?hash=item43f6169b43:g:aZcAAOSwPCVX6-Al http://www.ebay.ca/itm...

Ran Glary Ultities, found its own set of errors, all patched up and fixed. Hardlocked again while playing WoW. More Details Rebooted Temperatures were: CPU: 65C MB: 41C Possible problem heat? Case is closed since Fall is here. :P Fan set up for PC as follows 2X 140 MM fans at front drawing fresh air...

Not cool Blizzard, not cool at all.

Update time: Within an hour at most of game play after the first reboot, I the machine locked up again.

All I was running was WoW, and an e-mail client.

Well hate to bump an old thread, but . . . PC hardlocked this morning, TV tuner card was not on at the time. Had to do a manual reboot. Possible suspect, memory problems with WMC since the computer did record over night. I am going to run Mem86 tomorrow before going to work. Hope that 10 hours of th...

As a reviewer I try to cover every aspect of the game I am reviewing. Think of it like filling a sphere, even with the largest value of pie, we won't get it perfect, we'll always miss something. I view writing, music, and painting under the same category. It is subjected to personal view point. When...

I want to remind people briefly, that everyone is entitled to an opinion. Doesn't make it right or wrong. I blame Microsoft Word for letting any grammatical/spelling errors slip by. Bad Word, Bad. I've played games like Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Mordor, Chrono Trigger, ect. RPGs set in a fantasy...

As some of you know I was working on a review for the Legion XP.

Now I am not going to C&P here, but instead provide a link to it. Enjoy.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/179718-world ... ews/163110

Clearly I had a choice here, and as much as I don't like programs like Cclean, I don't like playing with hardware that appears to work in the 90%+ ball park either though. I've run CClean found 703 registry errors (ouch), and a whole load of junk files. I'll keep an eye on the recording schedule, tr...

More info: Since I got the TV Tuner card if I play a game, run Windows Media Center to record, there is a chance of system hardlock. TV Tuner Card is now in it's 3rd system. I did a fresh reinstall of Windows last year, almost to the day. At the time I skipped the CD/DVD and download the drivers ri...

More info: Since I got the TV Tuner card if I play a game, run Windows Media Center to record, there is a chance of system hardlock. TV Tuner Card is now in it's 3rd system. I did a fresh reinstall of Windows last year, almost to the day. At the time I skipped the CD/DVD and download the drivers rig...

When it comes to tech, I know my limits, which is why I asked for help. I can built them (or upgrade/swap parts), I can install OS, and I can tweak them to my preferences. After a certain point I know when it's out of my depth which is on part with the local techs (i.e staples, geek squad, and so fo...