Posted: March 11th, 2010, 23:03
Same drive letter as before?
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 8:09
Yeah. I did get it running again, but it crashed after 10 mins again. I'm going to try a reinstall of BACON, but I'm not holding out much hope. All disks scan fine now though, so maybe I'll go back to fiddling with RAM.
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 9:25
My machine would have random crashes and slightly odd behaviour just before my PSU blew up in a messy fashion. Since I replaced it I have had no such problems, it might be worth trying a different one if you happen to have one kicking around (especially as you're hearing crackly noises)
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 9:28
The horrible noises are from the speakers rather than the case, but either way I don't have a spare PSU kicking around. It's an option I've considered, which is why I checked all the mobo voltages, but I'm not going to start shelling out on hardware until I've run out of options.
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 10:17
Well BACON servers are down until lunch time for maintenance, but I played about 15 mins of Stalker with no problem other than it slowing down a lot. Looks like it was doing a lot of page file work, so I probably need more RAM. Unfortunately a matching pair to the ones I've got in at the moment are £75 
I might be able to remedy it a little by taking some of the stability options off the RAM timings though.
EDIT: For my own reference when I need to find it again, the RAM part number is ocz3p13332gk
I might be able to remedy it a little by taking some of the stability options off the RAM timings though.
EDIT: For my own reference when I need to find it again, the RAM part number is ocz3p13332gk
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 10:35
www.crucial.com/systemscanner/index.aspx otherwise
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 10:45
Oddly enough when I tried that nothing happened, it just opened a firefox window that wouldn't load. I just looked in the case at the sticker on the RAM instead. Quick release cases ftw.
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 19:23
Two hours of BACON this afternoon would indicate the problem is fixed. Thanks gents!
Now I need to put another four hours or so in to get back to the top of the 5punk chart.
Now I need to put another four hours or so in to get back to the top of the 5punk chart.
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 20:33
Cool, a leaderboard. I never noticed that before. 2nd in squad points!Dog Pants wrote:Now I need to put another four hours or so in to get back to the top of the 5punk chart.
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 20:35
Computer repair: doing stuff that doesn't work to amuse yourself until it fixes itself.Dog Pants wrote:Two hours of BACON this afternoon would indicate the problem is fixed. Thanks gents!