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WheelSmoke
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MY PC
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 Posted - 07/26/2008 : 9:02:23 PM
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| Machine Name: | DansPC ID:322 | | Status: | Member System | | Make or Model: | Hewlett Packard (A1250N) | | Last Edit: | 12/12/2011 | | OS: | Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3 / Media Center 2005 | | Motherboard: | Gigabyte MA78LM-S2 ( MSI AMETHYST-M ) | | Processor: | AMD Phenom II X2 550 black (Athlon 64 X2 3800+) | | CPU Socket: | AM3 ( 939) | | Primary Video: | Radeon HD4650 (x1300pro) PCI Express? Yes | | Memory: | 2 x 2048mb (2 x 512mb) | | Boot Drive: | Hitachi Deskstar SATA 250 GB (disk #0) |
PC Wizard Mark:47499 3DMark:2
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TV tuner card:ATI HDTV Wonder
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in/out to the main audio/video reciever
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KC
Head Honcho
MY PC
USA
2971 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2008 : 11:33:28 AM
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Not a bad box.
What she benchmark test at on PCWiz 2008?
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OSDCrusher
Better Poster
MY PC
USA
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Posted - 07/27/2008 : 12:41:30 PM
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| Nice HP. How do you like the radeon x1300? I have one too except it isn't the pro version. |
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Edited by - OSDCrusher on 07/27/2008 12:42:06 PM |
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WheelSmoke
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MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2008 : 2:15:59 PM
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I have been real happy with the x1300. All the new multimedia features that started with the x1xxx series are great. They made doing something like recording a HDTV program at 1920x1080 not even put a load on the CPU anymore. Less than 15% anyway. 8)
There software these days is nice too. (Catalyst) Rock solid and the driver updates even include new features for my card often.
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Edited by - WheelSmoke on 07/27/2008 9:59:09 PM |
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WheelSmoke
Advanced Member
MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2008 : 11:02:17 PM
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I ran the benchmark test again. This time with the TV player and recorder both running during the test.
The reference system shows my first test.
The current test has the TV player on a 1080i brodcast and the DVR recorder recording it at the "native" preset.
The Windows media player file property's page.
1.42 GB video file... lol
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Edited by - WheelSmoke on 07/29/2008 2:39:52 PM |
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WheelSmoke
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MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2008 : 4:48:55 PM
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Just My PC list corrections.
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WheelSmoke
Advanced Member
MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 2:43:58 PM
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This problem with my PC has me stumped. Device manager seems to think I have no hard drive. But the OS is running from the 1 and only hard drive my PC has.
Here is a short list of symptoms I have found.
Stuff that does work normally:
Bios setup is normal.
Windows normal mode is working normal. (no problems)
performance is normal.
disk clean up, error checking, defragmentation all work normal.
All virus scans are good. (including specialty tools like Malewarebytes and Panda security)
Drive shows in My Computer (but its missing in the /properties/hardware list)
Drive shows in Windows Explorer
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Stuff that does not work normally:
Windows will not boot in safe mode and gets a stop error "stop:0x0000007E (0xC0000005,0x80537009,0xF79BA508,0xF79BA204)"
control panel/Add Hardware does not find any hard drive.
PC Doctor for Windows does not see the hard drive.
* No hard drive in Device manager
*note: This special mode shows everything known in device manager and shows that it thinks my hard drive is disconnected)
cmd
Set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
Devmgmt.msc (& show hidden devices will show all devices)
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Any Idea's?
I was thinking running the correct .INF file might fix this problem? But I can not seem to find the correct file for that? |
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WheelSmoke
Advanced Member
MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 2:56:21 PM
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My PC is a HP Pavilion A1250n.
Here is the PCWizzard /drives output.
PC Wizard 2008 Version 1.852
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***** End of report *****
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That post was way to long... |
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Edited by - WheelSmoke on 12/28/2009 5:14:07 PM |
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KC
Head Honcho
MY PC
USA
2971 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2009 : 09:30:50 AM
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Did this problem just appear, or have you added a hardware device ?
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WheelSmoke
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MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2009 : 01:34:07 AM
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It just appeared out of the blue. But I finally got it fixed somehow. (almost lost that war)
I guess some registry problem related to "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" was the cause but it was just the one and beond normal repair tools. |
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KC
Head Honcho
MY PC
USA
2971 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2009 : 4:46:52 PM
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Strange...
What did you try?
Going into CMOS, re-plugging cables, something...
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WhyNot
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MY PC
Canada
913 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2009 : 11:19:12 PM
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i blame the computer gremlins.
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 after all why_not :P |
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WheelSmoke
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MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2009 : 6:02:18 PM
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Ya strange it is.
The PC worked correctly the whole time. I just happened to notice my hard drive was missing in "computer management" during my normal maintenance and it stopped me dead in my tracks.
Because I thought WTF that’s not even possible!
Windows was just purring along with no errors and passing every test /check I throe at it.
It was kind of funny that window normal mode never thru even thru an error.
LOL
Never actually touched the hardware. Or really had a reason to mess everything up getting to it.
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What did you try?
Every trick in my lil black book.
And HP support busted their butt on it too.
Twice! And better tricks to like walking me thru a "full device manager reset" that was huge and left no doubt I had to throw in the towel.
So I did and turned the HP software loose on it.
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WheelSmoke
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MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2009 : 5:30:38 PM
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Well I found out the hard way what happens when a USB cable shorts out on the PC case. 8(
Click, It turns off and thats all she wrote.
Now all it does is beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep forever...
Award beep code shows "serous MB or CPU malfunction"
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WhyNot
Advanced Member
MY PC
Canada
913 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2009 : 06:20:50 AM
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| ouch |
after all why_not :P |
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WheelSmoke
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MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2010 : 12:50:00 AM
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So my OEM motherboards obsolete and that means I also need to replace the OS because what I have will refuse to install unless its the correct board/bios. grrr OEM bla bla bla...
So I figure a little complaining is in order and what happens.
They save me from my own ignorance with the correct board for $79gt bucks from their outsource supplier.
LOL Live and learn...
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WhyNot
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MY PC
Canada
913 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2010 : 4:33:30 PM
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| nice |
after all why_not :P |
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WheelSmoke
Advanced Member
MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2010 : 3:47:10 PM
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| Just revised the hardware list. |
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WheelSmoke
Advanced Member
MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2010 : 9:08:44 PM
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1080p video load
So far running the phenomII x2-550 in four core mode (the system calls it x4-B50) appears ok. CPU not hit 100f degrees yet...
But I had to RMA that POS Diamond HD4650.
Hard to believe how cheap that thing looks side by side with the ATI x11300pro card.
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Edited by - WheelSmoke on 04/16/2010 9:30:16 PM |
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KC
Head Honcho
MY PC
USA
2971 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2010 : 08:03:23 AM
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Nice.
But edit your listing again.
Use <s> and </s> HTML for strike-through, not the forum code, this topics first post is dynamically generated and uses html, not forum code.
Add you PC Wiz 2010 score in there while you are at it ;-}
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WheelSmoke
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MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2010 : 12:13:08 PM
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Thanks for the tip KC.
I was having a hard time with loosing the edits earlier. (save=blank page) I assume it must have been from typing "47472 2994" in the PCWiz field. 8) oops.
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KC
Head Honcho
MY PC
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2971 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2010 : 12:38:50 PM
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Yep, the PCwiz score field is a numeric field, that's how you can sort the MY PC page by test results ;-}
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WheelSmoke
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MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2010 : 2:14:49 PM
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Wow that RMA only took 6 days to replace my display card.
And the Diamond HD4650pe1gsb scored a wooping 27 points over the ATI hd1300pro in PCWiz. LOL |
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boom50cal
Better Poster
MY PC
USA
248 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2010 : 2:46:29 PM
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| Just curious, how much did you spend on that Diamond HD4650? If it goes bad again within the next 30 days(assuming ordered from newegg) you should return it, get money back, and get an HD5670. $90-120 on newegg. Around as fast as an HD4830 I've read. System looks nice, And did you use ACC in the bios to unlock the X2 into an X4? |
If it's broke FIX it. If it's not broke, OVERCLOCK it. If OVERCLOCKING breaks it, get ready to buy a new one  |
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WheelSmoke
Advanced Member
MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 3:54:50 PM
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The Diamond card was a builders model (white box) @ $54.95 at Fry's.
The problem with the first one was for some reason my HDTV wonder card did not work correctly with it installed.
LOL... I guess I should have at least looked at that card first because the made by ATI card makes the made by Diamond card look like crap. Check the difference.
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If ACC is were the "EC firmware selection" setting is than ya. I set it to use the Hybrid firmware. Most the other settings for hardware I have are set at auto.
I'm still waiting for problems to pop up from doing that but so far so good. 8)
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Edited by - WheelSmoke on 12/12/2011 3:17:38 PM |
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WheelSmoke
Advanced Member
MY PC
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2011 : 3:05:36 PM
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Finally installed a second hard drive for all the usual reasons except needing space.
Plus the bios <F12> key (one time 1st boot device) menu seems pretty handy now. And I like the <F9> backup to a EXT2 partition feature.
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Edited by - WheelSmoke on 12/19/2011 4:01:37 PM |
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