Held back...
**Let me "geek out" a bit...since my PC woes continue...(normal blog entry below)**
Nothing like having a fast PC that's limited by bad graphics drivers. The new NVIDIA video drivers pretty much suck. Yeah, that sums it up. Well, they work great in Call of Duty and greatly improved Halo's performance. However, they make Desert Combat unstable, visually "weird," and, ultimately, unplayable on a lot of the good maps. Tonight, I experienced a MASSIVE system crash on my PC...not just a crash to the desktop, but a system-wide "whoa-my-pc-just-shut-itself-off" kind of crash. Took a few tries to get the system to re-start, too.
I thought maybe my CPU was overheating (especially after thurs. night's goofups)...but after scanning the 'net for information, my temps are still well within normal operating limits for a 3.0 Ghz P4. After one more (less panicky) call to J-mo, I decided to open up the PC and check everything out. Everything looked good. And I think some major system slowdown I experienced had more to do with the Windows "serious error" than the hardware. Several forum entries from other users talked about a similar crash playing Desert Combat.
Oh, well...could be anything. All I know now is that everything's stable again (knock on wood), the temps are cool enough, and I CAN still play a couple of my favorite maps in DC. I'll just have to rollback my drivers if I want to play a lot. Yo, NVIDIA...how about a fix?
**Okay...geeking out complete.**
Volleyball practice tonight was a lot of fun. It was good to get out, exercise, and do more than just watch "Trek Uncut" on Spike TV. Practiced a while. Wow, my serve was really "on" tonight. Hope I can keep that up through the season.
Afterwards, Stacey, me, Kailyn, Eric, Wendy, Jack, Pam, Eli, her mom, and Emma all headed to Logan's for some grub. Good night of laughs, good conversation, etc. Hope this social dimension of our group continues to grow.
Well, off to bed. Going to work with J-mo tomorrow on building up Stacey's "new" PC.
KEY PHRASES: "Wow, look what happens when you give a kid a bright orange marker in a public place with no supervision. D'oh!" "Look, it's 'Sky Burns.'" Me: "Dang, Wendy...you fall on the ground a lot." Dave: "She's just closer to it than we are." (LOL) "A life with you, I can never imagine." (yes, the phrase came up again, and it was good for another round of laughter).
Nothing like having a fast PC that's limited by bad graphics drivers. The new NVIDIA video drivers pretty much suck. Yeah, that sums it up. Well, they work great in Call of Duty and greatly improved Halo's performance. However, they make Desert Combat unstable, visually "weird," and, ultimately, unplayable on a lot of the good maps. Tonight, I experienced a MASSIVE system crash on my PC...not just a crash to the desktop, but a system-wide "whoa-my-pc-just-shut-itself-off" kind of crash. Took a few tries to get the system to re-start, too.
I thought maybe my CPU was overheating (especially after thurs. night's goofups)...but after scanning the 'net for information, my temps are still well within normal operating limits for a 3.0 Ghz P4. After one more (less panicky) call to J-mo, I decided to open up the PC and check everything out. Everything looked good. And I think some major system slowdown I experienced had more to do with the Windows "serious error" than the hardware. Several forum entries from other users talked about a similar crash playing Desert Combat.
Oh, well...could be anything. All I know now is that everything's stable again (knock on wood), the temps are cool enough, and I CAN still play a couple of my favorite maps in DC. I'll just have to rollback my drivers if I want to play a lot. Yo, NVIDIA...how about a fix?
**Okay...geeking out complete.**
Volleyball practice tonight was a lot of fun. It was good to get out, exercise, and do more than just watch "Trek Uncut" on Spike TV. Practiced a while. Wow, my serve was really "on" tonight. Hope I can keep that up through the season.
Afterwards, Stacey, me, Kailyn, Eric, Wendy, Jack, Pam, Eli, her mom, and Emma all headed to Logan's for some grub. Good night of laughs, good conversation, etc. Hope this social dimension of our group continues to grow.
Well, off to bed. Going to work with J-mo tomorrow on building up Stacey's "new" PC.
KEY PHRASES: "Wow, look what happens when you give a kid a bright orange marker in a public place with no supervision. D'oh!" "Look, it's 'Sky Burns.'" Me: "Dang, Wendy...you fall on the ground a lot." Dave: "She's just closer to it than we are." (LOL) "A life with you, I can never imagine." (yes, the phrase came up again, and it was good for another round of laughter).
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