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[Smith6612]

lol

And yet the other 3 computers in the house kind of sit around running .

 

[LHVWB]

And yet the other 3 computers in the house kind of sit around running .

Yeah, I have 4 computers also, but two of them are laptops and they are pretty useless for what I want to do. :happysad:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good linux install that I can put on a fairly old laptop with about 256mb of RAM (hopefully being upgraded to 1gb) and a terrible CPU?

 

[kkenny]

DSL (Damn Small Linux) Might do, but it's like Windows 3.x in my opinion.

 

[LHVWB]

DSL (Damn Small Linux) Might do, but it's like Windows 3.x in my opinion.

Okay thanks I've used that on my usb key but it wouldn't work, I am currently using OpenSuse, but I think I might swap over to ubuntu because I can't file sharing to work with my windows xp computers.

 

[medphoenix]

Trying to finish a game programming in visual studio 2005...On the leisure time posting here.

 

[pavementpitch]

Reply!!!!

 

[Smith6612]

What do you want us to reply with pavementpitch? You need to make a post that has more than one word in it!

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

Lol i am writing from my sony ericsson k660i now.

I am helping my friend with reinstalling his comp. He got a blue screen during the install :/

 

[Smith6612]

Blue Screens suck. Speaking of blue screens, I've been seeming to find that with a lot of Intel Graphics Card drivers on Windows XP (the ones that come with the computer, not the up to date ones), apparently it's causing the computer to crash if you press Ctrl + Alt + Up/Down arrow or you try to play videos with a bitrate higher than 500kbps on some older Dell systems.

 

[LHVWB]

Blue Screens suck. Speaking of blue screens, I've been seeming to find that with a lot of Intel Graphics Card drivers on Windows XP (the ones that come with the computer, not the up to date ones), apparently it's causing the computer to crash if you press Ctrl + Alt + Up/Down arrow or you try to play videos with a bitrate higher than 500kbps on some older Dell systems.

Interesting, none of my computers ever seem to get the blue screen of death any more, instead they just reboot for no good reason. :happysad:

 

[Smith6612]

I remember my old gaming computer doing that. It would happen whenever I overclocked the system too much (which I don't do to my current gaming system now since it's very fast) and I utilized the CPU for 10 seconds fully . Otherwise, I've never had a BSOD, except back when I had Windows 98 >.<

 

[jivsites]

how do you overclock it?

 

[chrisslat]

how do you overclock it?

good tutorial -> http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1804

 

[like2program]

I think it's just fun to overclock things.

"Here's my computer. It's has an ASUS motherboard, 8800GT, surround sound and an overclocked Dual Core Processor."

See? Overclocked makes it cooler. ( and if it's cooler, it's more fun to use )

 

[Smith6612]

how do you overclock it?

If you have some special hardware in your computr which is usually built into the motherboard, you can use the system BIOS or a program to overclock it. Most systems, unless they are a bit more expensive/made for gaming won't have this ability. Gaming computers (thousand dollar machines +) will be able to do this.

 

[LHVWB]

If you have some special hardware in your computr which is usually built into the motherboard, you can use the system BIOS or a program to overclock it. Most systems, unless they are a bit more expensive/made for gaming won't have this ability. Gaming computers (thousand dollar machines +) will be able to do this.

Is there actually any point in overclocking your computer? I have never bothered because I can't see the point.

 

[Smith6612]

There is a purpose for it, getting more speed out of your computer than what the factory originally had it at. At the cost of heat and the life of your hardware, you can overclock them to make them run faster for short amounts of time. Very useful if you have a slow computer but want to run some intense games.

 

[jivsites]

i will try it and see how it goes

 

[Smith6612]

Don't overclock it too high! Do it slowly until it starts to get too warm/gets unstable, then step it down a bit. That way, you won't damage the computer.

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

lol I got banned for a week on another forum for spamming their spam thread :/