My internet was running a bit slow so I complained to my ISP, ran all the tests and they said they would fix it.
About 3 weeks later they connected the turbo & hit the nitro button.
Before & after shots, the only trouble is now it's showing up my crappy computer.
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Full Version: The Squeaky Wheel
had the same shit mate, i recon they slow it down and you need to complain for em to wind it up... took me 6 months of complaining though!
well time to upgrade.
State of the art mate.
Operating System
Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz 38 °C
Wolfdale 45nm Technology
RAM
2.00GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz (5-5-5-18)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G31M-ES2L (Socket 775) 34 °C
Graphics
DV997FD (1024x768@60Hz)
DV997FD (1024x768@60Hz)
Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (Gigabyte)
Storage
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0 (SATA) 37 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
I went google shopping for a new monitor the other day as this one is getting dark/dim, $99!
The Mrs gave me the fish eye so it's back to squinting at this old POS.
Operating System
Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz 38 °C
Wolfdale 45nm Technology
RAM
2.00GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz (5-5-5-18)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G31M-ES2L (Socket 775) 34 °C
Graphics
DV997FD (1024x768@60Hz)
DV997FD (1024x768@60Hz)
Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (Gigabyte)
Storage
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0 (SATA) 37 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
I went google shopping for a new monitor the other day as this one is getting dark/dim, $99!
The Mrs gave me the fish eye so it's back to squinting at this old POS.
QUOTE (Fed @ Jun 1 2015, 08:28 AM) 
State of the art mate.
Operating System
Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz 38 °C
Wolfdale 45nm Technology
RAM
2.00GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz (5-5-5-18)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G31M-ES2L (Socket 775) 34 °C
Graphics
DV997FD (1024x768@60Hz)
DV997FD (1024x768@60Hz)
Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (Gigabyte)
Storage
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0 (SATA) 37 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
I went google shopping for a new monitor the other day as this one is getting dark/dim, $99!
The Mrs gave me the fish eye so it's back to squinting at this old POS.
Operating System
Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz 38 °C
Wolfdale 45nm Technology
RAM
2.00GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz (5-5-5-18)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G31M-ES2L (Socket 775) 34 °C
Graphics
DV997FD (1024x768@60Hz)
DV997FD (1024x768@60Hz)
Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (Gigabyte)
Storage
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0 (SATA) 37 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
I went google shopping for a new monitor the other day as this one is getting dark/dim, $99!
The Mrs gave me the fish eye so it's back to squinting at this old POS.
I have a perfectly good Dell monitor here if you want it Fed, it's only a 18" screen but I don't need it these days and a shame to toss it
in perfect working condition.
Thanks Frank but I'm looking at LED screens, guessing yours is a CRT.
Bloody computers, now I think my onboard video is dying.
How it should look compared to how it shows on my computer.
Anyone else had a black box problem like this?
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How it should look compared to how it shows on my computer.
Anyone else had a black box problem like this?
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That looks like a resolution problem , rather than a graphics problems.
either way a simple adjustment to the bios and a vc card will fix that if its graphic.
all you need to know is what slots are availbale pci , pci-e and get a card . if it a old pci one let me know I have about 50 secondhand one here somewhere , if its a pci-e cost about $50.00 for a fair 1gb card.
either way a simple adjustment to the bios and a vc card will fix that if its graphic.
all you need to know is what slots are availbale pci , pci-e and get a card . if it a old pci one let me know I have about 50 secondhand one here somewhere , if its a pci-e cost about $50.00 for a fair 1gb card.
Speccy only shows the MB having 4 PCI slots.
So I looked up the MB and found it has 2 Express slots & 2 ordinary ones.
http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/produc...spx?pid=3485#sp
I've been through the resolution hoops & a fair bit of 'Chrome' tweaking, strangely it doesn't happen in Firefox but it could be how the different browsers render the websites.
Got to the stage where it has to be a hardware problem because I've ruled everything else out.
(I hope LOL)
QUOTE
Motherboard
Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model G31M-ES2L (Socket 775)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model P35/G33/G31
Chipset Revision 10
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801GB (ICH7/R)
Southbridge Revision A1
System Temperature 30 °C
BIOS
Brand Award Software International, Inc.
Version FF
Date 13/10/2009
Voltage
CPU CORE 1.088 V
MEMORY CONTROLLER 1.888 V
+3.3V 3.312 V
+5V 4.946 V
+12V 0.832 V
+5V HIGH THRESHOLD 5.107 V
CMOS BATTERY 3.264 V
PCI Data
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 3
Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model G31M-ES2L (Socket 775)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model P35/G33/G31
Chipset Revision 10
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801GB (ICH7/R)
Southbridge Revision A1
System Temperature 30 °C
BIOS
Brand Award Software International, Inc.
Version FF
Date 13/10/2009
Voltage
CPU CORE 1.088 V
MEMORY CONTROLLER 1.888 V
+3.3V 3.312 V
+5V 4.946 V
+12V 0.832 V
+5V HIGH THRESHOLD 5.107 V
CMOS BATTERY 3.264 V
PCI Data
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI
Characteristics 5V, 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 3
So I looked up the MB and found it has 2 Express slots & 2 ordinary ones.
QUOTE
1 x PCI Express x16 slot
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
2 x PCI slots
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
2 x PCI slots
http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/produc...spx?pid=3485#sp
I've been through the resolution hoops & a fair bit of 'Chrome' tweaking, strangely it doesn't happen in Firefox but it could be how the different browsers render the websites.
Got to the stage where it has to be a hardware problem because I've ruled everything else out.
(I hope LOL)
well if you want a card let me know.
I don't want to be a pain Ozman but it would be nice to try out an old one for a test.
I hate chucking parts at things but I'm running out of options.
Then there's the logistics, stick the dirtiest old card you've got in an envelope and see what happens?
It all sounds like a big hassle to me and there's still this little guy in the back of my head saying it's not a problem with the on board video... little bastard won't shut up.
You got anything thing that will plug in to any one of those slots and have driver support for XP?
Been over 20 Years since I've had a computer that didn't have a special dedicated video card slot, should an old card plug in & work on a vanilla PCI slot?
I checked the Gigabyte website & they reckon the the bios automatically detects a plugged in video card and disables the on board video accordingly.
The next project is installing cyanogenmod on an old Samsung S1 smartphone, you ever played with that stuff?
I hate chucking parts at things but I'm running out of options.
Then there's the logistics, stick the dirtiest old card you've got in an envelope and see what happens?
It all sounds like a big hassle to me and there's still this little guy in the back of my head saying it's not a problem with the on board video... little bastard won't shut up.
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1 x PCI Express x16 slot
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
2 x PCI slots
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
2 x PCI slots
You got anything thing that will plug in to any one of those slots and have driver support for XP?
Been over 20 Years since I've had a computer that didn't have a special dedicated video card slot, should an old card plug in & work on a vanilla PCI slot?
I checked the Gigabyte website & they reckon the the bios automatically detects a plugged in video card and disables the on board video accordingly.
The next project is installing cyanogenmod on an old Samsung S1 smartphone, you ever played with that stuff?
Hey OZ,
a good friend is after a laptop for her child for school.. She only need to be able to run the usual office software etc and be able to watch dvd/movies etc.
Do you know of any that would be ok. She went to Hardly Normal as they had $350 laptops but was told they wont play movies!??!?!?!
a good friend is after a laptop for her child for school.. She only need to be able to run the usual office software etc and be able to watch dvd/movies etc.
Do you know of any that would be ok. She went to Hardly Normal as they had $350 laptops but was told they wont play movies!??!?!?!
Yo shinny
I reckon franks squirrels have gone bonkers in your computor & corrupting the nutshell files
I reckon franks squirrels have gone bonkers in your computor & corrupting the nutshell files
frank i have that many new and secondhand cards ,i'm sure to have what you need,
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These model are normally $699.00 and $745.00
Availability: In stock
• Intel Core i3-4030U Haswell Processor (3M Cache, 1.90 GHz)
• 4GB DDR3, 500GB Hard Disk, DVDRW
• 15.6" HD 1366x768 LED Backlit
• Intel HD 4400 Graphics
• Wireless N, GigaLan, USB 3.0
• Genuine Windows 8.1 64bit with Windows 10 Free Upgrade*
• 1 Year Warranty
$469.00
or a little bit better
ASUS X555LA i3 4030U 8GB 500GB DVDRW 15.6" W8.1 Notebook
Availability: In stock
• Intel Core i3-4030U Processor (3M Cache, 1.90 GHz)
• 8GB DDR3, 500GB Hard Disk, DVDRW
• 15.6" HD 1366x768 LED Backlit
• Intel HD 4400 Graphics
• Wireless N, GigaLan, USB 3.0
• Genuine Windows 8.1 64bit with Windows 10 Free Upgrade*
• 1 Year Warranty
$499.00
These model are normally $699.00 and $745.00
Does Frank need a video card too, bloody Squirrels.
Jeez laptops have come down in price, Denise paid about $2500 for one a few Years ago.
Jeez laptops have come down in price, Denise paid about $2500 for one a few Years ago.
QUOTE (oz man @ Nov 30 2015, 07:33 PM)
frank i have that many new and secondhand cards ,i'm sure to have what you need,
Hey Leave me out of this one.
To late Squirrels know wher ewe live 
This is getting weirder & weirder, re post #7.
Now it's fixed itself, maybe a Chrome update?
I Googled the problem to death and couldn't find any current references to it, buggered if I know.
Pretty hard to believe my computer is the only one on the planet that had a problem.
Now it's fixed itself, maybe a Chrome update?
I Googled the problem to death and couldn't find any current references to it, buggered if I know.
Pretty hard to believe my computer is the only one on the planet that had a problem.
I believe it.
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