Re: [H] Troubleshooting thoughts?
If it's an ATI card I'd be leaning towards hardware overheating bordering on triggering a VPU Recovery Error. When I had stutters recovery errors usually followed. This playing Stalker 1 & 2, Crysis, R6LV2, and others where if I just stopped moving the stutter would not crash but ultimately it came down to heat coupled with heat damaged hardware in my case. On 3/23/2010 1:06 PM, Bino Gopal wrote: Hey guys, so if you're playing games on your PC and it starts stuttering pretty bad (for up to 30 seconds at a time-enough to drop you from games in the Starcraft2 beta) and repeatedly-what would you think to look at first? Fwiw, I turned off my music in SC2 and that seemed to make it better, but then it just crashed out on me a couple times. Now that might just be the beta, but I was having the stuttering issues in Torchlight too (which is a bad idea when you're underpowered and playing dangerously deep) but it never crashed.hmm, maybe I should try turning the music off in that and seeing if that helps. If turning the music off does solve my problems, does that mean I have a sound card driver issue?! It's on old PC (P4 3.4Ghz 2GB RAM) but it has a newish (ATI Radeon 4830) video card. BINO
[H] Troubleshooting thoughts?
Hey guys, so if you're playing games on your PC and it starts stuttering pretty bad (for up to 30 seconds at a time-enough to drop you from games in the Starcraft2 beta) and repeatedly-what would you think to look at first? Fwiw, I turned off my music in SC2 and that seemed to make it better, but then it just crashed out on me a couple times. Now that might just be the beta, but I was having the stuttering issues in Torchlight too (which is a bad idea when you're underpowered and playing dangerously deep) but it never crashed.hmm, maybe I should try turning the music off in that and seeing if that helps. If turning the music off does solve my problems, does that mean I have a sound card driver issue?! It's on old PC (P4 3.4Ghz 2GB RAM) but it has a newish (ATI Radeon 4830) video card. BINO
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
Lol, sounds like a line foreshadowing the Matrix! Or Skynet... :P -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Sam Franc Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:48 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver I am glad to hear this. I thought as much. Programs control more than we know these days. Sam On 3/23/2010 9:13 AM, David L. Gabler wrote: > At 12:56 AM 3/23/2010, you wrote: >> Chris, >> >> Your last comment piqued my interest. >> I booted up, went into bios and lo and behold the bios image filled >> the screen. >> No gap! >> I guess the monitor is working fine hardware-wise. >> I now have to figure out what windows doesn't like. >> I wish I had that .inf file. >> I hate windows!!! >> >> Mike >> >> >> > > You have tried the drivers here: > http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Monitor/Monitor_Acer_2.0_Vist ax86_A.zip?acerid=633814265726640309&Step1=Monitor&Step2=P > Series&Step3=P244W&OS=V10&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=PA_7 > > > David L. Gabler > 1719 Lindy Lane > Conroe, Texas 77301-4019 > Home: 936-756-4614 Mobil: 936-537-5574 > ICQ # 123822 E-Mail upsd...@suddenlink.net > >
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
David, Thanks for the link. I've already tried it but couldn't get windows to recognize the monitor. GOOD NEWS! I downloaded another driver file from some driver web site (don't remember which one - I've been all over the place). Inside a .cab file, which was inside another .cab file I found a .inf and .icm file. Windows took these and now recognizes the P244W as an analog monitor. The gap on the right side has shrunk from about 1 inch to 1/4" - 3/8". Not good, but certainly better than before. The .icm file has provided a color pallet from Acer, but I've chosen to stay with the sRGB Color Profile for compatibility with my photo editing software. If anyone has any interest in the .inf/.icm files I'm using just let me know and I'll email them to you. Thanks to everyone for their help and support. Regards, Mike Resnick At 01:13 PM 3/23/2010, David L. Gabler wrote: At 12:56 AM 3/23/2010, you wrote: Chris, Your last comment piqued my interest. I booted up, went into bios and lo and behold the bios image filled the screen. No gap! I guess the monitor is working fine hardware-wise. I now have to figure out what windows doesn't like. I wish I had that .inf file. I hate windows!!! Mike You have tried the drivers here: http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Monitor/Monitor_Acer_2.0_Vistax86_A.zip?acerid=633814265726640309&Step1=Monitor&Step2=P Series&Step3=P244W&OS=V10&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=PA_7 David L. Gabler 1719 Lindy Lane Conroe, Texas 77301-4019 Home: 936-756-4614 Mobil: 936-537-5574 ICQ # 123822 E-Mail upsd...@suddenlink.net __ "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." - Benjamin Franklin PS. Please note that I have switched to my GMAIL address - mike...@gmail.com Please update your email / address book / contact list accordingly. Thanks
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
I am glad to hear this. I thought as much. Programs control more than we know these days. Sam On 3/23/2010 9:13 AM, David L. Gabler wrote: At 12:56 AM 3/23/2010, you wrote: Chris, Your last comment piqued my interest. I booted up, went into bios and lo and behold the bios image filled the screen. No gap! I guess the monitor is working fine hardware-wise. I now have to figure out what windows doesn't like. I wish I had that .inf file. I hate windows!!! Mike You have tried the drivers here: http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Monitor/Monitor_Acer_2.0_Vistax86_A.zip?acerid=633814265726640309&Step1=Monitor&Step2=P Series&Step3=P244W&OS=V10&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=PA_7 David L. Gabler 1719 Lindy Lane Conroe, Texas 77301-4019 Home: 936-756-4614 Mobil: 936-537-5574 ICQ # 123822 E-Mail upsd...@suddenlink.net
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
At 12:56 AM 3/23/2010, you wrote: Chris, Your last comment piqued my interest. I booted up, went into bios and lo and behold the bios image filled the screen. No gap! I guess the monitor is working fine hardware-wise. I now have to figure out what windows doesn't like. I wish I had that .inf file. I hate windows!!! Mike You have tried the drivers here: http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Monitor/Monitor_Acer_2.0_Vistax86_A.zip?acerid=633814265726640309&Step1=Monitor&Step2=P Series&Step3=P244W&OS=V10&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=PA_7 David L. Gabler 1719 Lindy Lane Conroe, Texas 77301-4019 Home: 936-756-4614 Mobil: 936-537-5574 ICQ # 123822 E-Mail upsd...@suddenlink.net
