10-78 Multi-Gaming Clan - TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA http://www.10-78.com/forums Discussions about computers, hardware and software. Help and advice! No shopping deals are to be posted here. en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:42:16 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.10-78.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg 10-78 Multi-Gaming Clan - TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA http://www.10-78.com/forums computer locking up.... http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25218&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:24:42 GMT Ok, so my computer has been locking up when I play games. I thought maybe it was the video card so I updated the drivers. It has continued to do this and now is affecting other items while I'm connected to the internet. I have ran virus, malware and ad/spyware and everything comes up clean. It's not service provider as my other computer and wireless run just fine.

Any suggestions? ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA AbrnRanger http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25218 Wireless Card issues http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25217&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:55:21 GMT Okay, I bought this new laptop and it works most of the time. However, when I try to fire up a video game on it, it shuts the wireless card off and kills the connection. So far this only happens at work. (haven't tried it at home) I can get online and surf the web, watch netflix, but as soon as I fire up BFBC2 or WoW it shuts it off. I have updated the drivers, but that hasn't helped. Any ideas? ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA Havok http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25217 Steam Mover Relocates Applications to Free Up Space on Your Primary Drive http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25181&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:46:45 GMT With more and more games moving to digital download and Steam being the leader in this area. * Steam Mover Relocates Applications to Free Up Space on Your Primary Drive* Image: http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/08/500x_steam_mover_hd_space.jpg ... With more and more games moving to digital download and Steam being the leader in this area.


Steam Mover Relocates Applications to Free Up Space on Your Primary Drive



Windows only: If your primary hard drive just isn't large enough to hold all the software you need on a day-to-day basis, then Steam Mover is the perfect tool for the job—assuming you have another storage drive handy.
Steam Mover was originally designed to help hardcore gamers move their downloaded games to other drives, in order to free up space on their primary hard drive. Cheap, huge drives came along and made this less necessary, but more recently the emerging popularity of Solid State Drives (SSDs), this needs become commonplace again.

Steam Mover works amazingly well on games downloaded through the Steam client (which it was designed for), but as it turns out, it works well with other applications, too. The program's target directory defaults to the applications folder for Steam, but simply change this to the folder containing the applications you wish to move. Once the folder is selected, all of the associated programs will be listed. Steam Mover works by moving all the data in the associated folder to your secondary drive; it then simply makes a link to the new folder you designate for the alternative folder. This means it should work on most applications.



Once you've got the target and destination folder selected, simply select the program(s) you would like to move. Click the right arrow at the bottom of the application, and soon the selected applications will be on the other drive. You can always move the application back to the original drive by clicking the left arrow.

It is important to note that this software is an initial release. The developer makes no guarantee that it will work flawlessly outside of transporting Steam games. In my testing, however, it worked very well, except for a small hiccup when transferring Illustrator and Flash Builder. The issue was easily resolved by copying everything in my new folder back into the original folder, however.

Steam Mover is a free download for Windows 7 and Vista. XP is not supported.

Steam Mover

LifeHacker ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA Busterking http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25181 new sys coming http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25177&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:47:41 GMT ordered a new sys today from newegg
antec 1200 black steel case atx full tower
evga p55 sli 132-lf e655-kr mother board
msi gtx 480 fermi
antec cp1000 power supply
intel core i7-870 lynnfield 2.93ghz quad core proccessor bx8 0605 1 7870
2 4 gb (2x2gb) 240 pin ddr3 sdram ddr3/600

Maybe I won't lag as much after catfish gets done building it

really miss playing with you guys but I will be back
Tim ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA tertim http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25177 <![CDATA[If I currently used Intel processors I'd be drooling reading this]]> http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25165&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:06:46 GMT http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-x58a-ud9-review/ Image: http://www.guru3d.com/imageview.php?image=25855 http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-x58a-ud9-review/

]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA KNGPIN http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25165 Microsoftt Touchstrip Arc Mouse http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25158&goto=newpost Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:53:39 GMT http://gizmodo.com/5627431/microsoft-arc-touch-mouse-has-a-touchstrip-instead-of-a-scrollwheel Image: http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/09/500x_arcmouse1.jpg Image: http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/09/500x_arcmouse3.jpg Image:... http://gizmodo.com/5627431/microsoft...-a-scrollwheel



]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA KNGPIN http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25158 Laptop.... http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25155&goto=newpost Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:47:30 GMT Ok, I'm looking for a laptop for my wife as a Christmas present. She has screwed up my laptop enough that it's time that I bought her one. Basically, all she does is surf the net, facebook and emails. I'm looking for one under $500. Anyone have any good sites? I have already been looking at newegg. But just wondering if there is any place else that people would recommend.

Thanks in advance. ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA AbrnRanger http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25155 iPhone users... http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25153&goto=newpost Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:16:39 GMT My mother won an iPad in a raffle and is looking for a sky map application similar to what Google Sky Map is for Android phones. Anyone know what it is call for Apple? My mother won an iPad in a raffle and is looking for a sky map application similar to what Google Sky Map is for Android phones. Anyone know what it is call for Apple? ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA Herbzilla http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25153 AMD Pulls the Plug on ATI http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25149&goto=newpost Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:33:08 GMT Not sure how that will affect support for ATI cards and future drivers ? http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.229174-AMD-Pulls-the-Plug-on-ATI Not sure how that will affect support for ATI cards and future drivers ?


http://www.escapistmagazine.com/foru...he-Plug-on-ATI ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA Sparks http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25149 reformat or ???? http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25140&goto=newpost Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:55:17 GMT I am having a terrible lag issue. My system crashed a while back and my neighbor did a partial repair to XP. Since that time I have had a bad lag issue. When I join a multi player game such as arma I can join just fine and my game plays smooth, The only problem I have is I am around 3-5 minutes... I am having a terrible lag issue.
My system crashed a while back and my neighbor did a partial repair to XP.
Since that time I have had a bad lag issue. When I join a multi player game such as arma I can join just fine and my game plays smooth, The only problem I have is I am around 3-5 minutes behind other players. They can see me and I can see them however we are not in the same time frame. Help[!!! ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA tertim http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25140 How to run OSX and Linux on a Windows 7 PC with Virtual Box http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25132&goto=newpost Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:25:20 GMT How to guide to set things up. Useful if you have to use more than one platform and neat if you just want to tinker with things.

Someone commented that the OSX one will not work if you don't have a CPU with hardware virtualization. Hardware virtualization is not required for using Virtual Box though.

http://lifehacker.com/5623313/how-to...ith-virtualbox ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA KNGPIN http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25132 Garmin recalls 1.25 million GPS units for fire hazard http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25129&goto=newpost Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:26:03 GMT Garmin is recalling 1.25 million GPS devices, most of which were sold in America, because their batteries could overheat and cause fires, the company said Thursday. The affected units contain batteries made by a third-party supplier, and almost 800,000 were sold in America. Garmin said it had... Garmin is recalling 1.25 million GPS devices, most of which were sold in America, because their batteries could overheat and cause fires, the company said Thursday.

The affected units contain batteries made by a third-party supplier, and almost 800,000 were sold in America.

Garmin said it had received fewer than 10 reports involving certain "nüvi" GPS models, and no property damage or injuries occurred. But the company decided to recall the units due to "an abundance of caution."

Only GPS units with model numbers 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx and 7xxT, where xx is a two-digit number, may be affected.

Customers should visit www.garmin.com/nuvibatterypcbrecall. If they own recalled units, Garmin will replace the battery and insert a spacer on top of it for free. Owners should not try to remove the batteries on their own.

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I have the 250W but that site confirmed that it isn't a recall. ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA Busterking http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25129 ATi Catalyst 10.8 drivers released http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25124&goto=newpost Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:10:13 GMT http://www.fpsadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20958 ATI has just released ATI Catalyst 10.8 drivers (release notes) for Windows 7, Vista, XP and Linux. Aside from the Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II, other new features include: * OpenGL ES 2.0 support * Video Quality default... http://www.fpsadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20958
ATI has just released ATI Catalyst 10.8 drivers (release notes) for Windows 7, Vista, XP and Linux. Aside from the Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II, other new features include:

* OpenGL ES 2.0 support
* Video Quality default options
* Performance enhancement for Eyefinity
* Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA KNGPIN http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25124 Firefox 4 beta 4 tackles browser tab chaos http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25115&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:05:45 GMT *Firefox 4 beta 4 tackles browser tab chaos* *by Stephen Shankland - August 24, 2010 12:03 PM PDT* *Image: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/08/24/firefox-panorama_610x457.jpg * (http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/08/24/firefox-panorama.jpg)* Firefox Panorama lets people group tabs in...
Firefox 4 beta 4 tackles browser tab chaos

by Stephen Shankland - August 24, 2010 12:03 PM PDT

Firefox Panorama lets people group tabs in a visual array in an attempt to bring some order to browser tab chaos.
(Credit: Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)

Mozilla released its fourth beta of Firefox 4 on Tuesday, bringing a new feature that addresses one of the biggest challenges in the new era of the browser: reclaiming control over the burgeoning number of tasks that now happen on the Web.

Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Firefox 4 beta 4 introduces a feature now called Firefox Panorama. Today's browsers typically cram tabs in a strip along the top of the window, but Panorama provides a Mac OS X Expose-like interface that groups tabs into related bunches.

Panorama presents an array of thumbnail images, each representing a tab. The thumbnails reside in rectangular boxes that constitute a group. Tabs can be moved from one group to another, and groups can be named and moved as well.

The overall idea is to make it easier to switch from one tab to another, to group or regroup related tabs, and overall to see what's going on. It's potentially a big improvement in browser usage, compared to aiming a mouse at an ever-skinnier tab, cycling through a list with alt-tab keystrokes, or pecking at a drop-down menu to reach the tabs that overflowed off the end of the list.

And notably for Mozilla, during a time of increasingly fierce browser competition, it's a feature none of its rivals possess right now. Opera has been taking swipes at the challenge with thumbnails of tabs, though, and on Monday, there were signs that Google is starting to tackle the problem more seriously. "I am working with the design leads to find a solution to this," Google Chrome engineer Andrew Bonventre said in discussion of the Chrome "tab overflow" issue.



There are limits to Panorama, as implemented today, though. In my tests on Mac OS X, it can be easy to get confused when using the tab strip at the top of the browser, because only the tabs in one group show across the top. For another thing, tab groups don't span multiple browser windows; each new browser window has its own tab groups in Panorama.

[IMGr]http://www.raidersmerciless.com/images/ff_logo.png[/IMGr]Also new in Firefox 4 beta 4 is Firefox Sync, the service once called Weave that synchronizes bookmarks, open tabs, passwords, browsing history, form autofill data, and other information, among different instances of Firefox that might be running on multiple computers or mobile devices.

"Firefox Sync encrypts all of your data before sending it to the server and does not track your travels throughout the Web. This means that you never have to compromise your privacy for the convenience of using Firefox Sync," Mozilla said of the feature.

Today's browser is growing ever more important in the technology realm as cloud-computing services such as SalesForce.com and Google Docs expand what's possible through a browser. The flip side, though, is that the browser can become a sprawling mess of tasks. User interface improvements can ease the pain.

Sync is geared for the cloud-computing era, too. With the state of one's computing chores stored on a server rather than a PC, it becomes easier to move from a work computer to a home PC to a mobile phone--and for that matter, to an airport Internet kiosk, a friend's Mac, an in-dash car computer, and whatever other windows on the Web will emerge.

Sync makes it easier to pick up and move to another machine without losing track of what's going on.

Mozilla faces significant challenges today. It remains the top alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but Microsoft lit a fire under its programmers and the fruits of that labor are now showing in IE9 work.

IE has begun reclaiming browser usage share, according to Net Applications' data on activity to its large network of Web sites, while Mozilla has been slipping. However, since usage overall is increasing in absolute terms, there's still room for growth.

Updated 12:48 p.m. PDT with further context on cloud computing.

SOURCE ]]> TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA Busterking http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25115 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 SOC review http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25085&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:03:02 GMT Pretty impressive 3rd party update to the card http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-470-soc-review/1 Image: http://www.guru3d.com/imageview.php?image=25561 Pretty impressive 3rd party update to the card

http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigaby...0-soc-review/1

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