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Title: Hmmmm.....
Post by: AvengerUK on Mar 24, 2007, 17:42:52
When i got my new PC and RAM, my RAM has this "safe guard" thing where it sets CL to 5 instead of 4. This has to be manually put to 4. I did this, (including putting voltage right) but never really found out wether i did it correctly...

http://www.avengeruk.co.uk/1.JPG (http://www.avengeruk.co.uk/1.jpg)

http://www.avengeruk.co.uk/2.JPG (http://www.avengeruk.co.uk/2.jpg)
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Inactive on Mar 24, 2007, 23:50:47
Pic one is an American Car, Pic2 is a 404 ???  :-\
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: AvengerUK on Mar 25, 2007, 11:32:15
Whoops...

The correct links (basically jpg should be JPG!)

http://www.avengeruk.co.uk/1.JPG
http://www.avengeruk.co.uk/2.JPG
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Lance on Mar 25, 2007, 12:11:59
Quote from: Inactive on Mar 24, 2007, 23:50:47
Pic one is an American Car

It's an Alfa which is an Italian car, actually! :out:
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Rik on Mar 25, 2007, 12:15:32
Given all the mergers of late, are you really sure of that, Lance? ;)
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Inactive on Mar 25, 2007, 12:21:50
Quote from: lance on Mar 25, 2007, 12:11:59
It's an Alfa which is an Italian car, actually! :out:

You aint wrong Lance, but that is even worse than an American Car, but only just. :banana2:
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: AvengerUK on Mar 25, 2007, 12:43:49
 :o

Buuuut american cars cant go round courners...and are cheaply made ;)
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Inactive on Mar 25, 2007, 13:17:38
Quote from: AvengerUK on Mar 25, 2007, 12:43:49
:o

Buuuut american cars cant go round courners...and are cheaply made ;)



Very true Avenger, and Alfa's can go around corners, if they don't breakdown before they reach them, they are also very poorly ( read cheaply ) made.
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Rik on Mar 25, 2007, 13:18:46
... and used to turn to rust at an alarming rate. :)
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Inactive on Mar 25, 2007, 13:54:08
Quote from: rikbean on Mar 25, 2007, 13:18:46
... and used to turn to rust at an alarming rate. :)

Oh and that Rik, my mate had an Alfasud, the drivers window fell off of it's runner dropped straight through what was the bottom of the door.

Now they just breakdown at an alarming frequency.

Next door has an 05 Alfa, rumour has it his Wife is having an affair with the RAC Man, he attends that often... :laugh:

It is now on it's third engine at less than 20,000 miles ..  :o
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Rik on Mar 25, 2007, 13:58:04
Ouch. My Japanese engines (touching wood) have just gone on and on. They don't seem to need much attention, don't use oil, just plain work...
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Lance on Mar 25, 2007, 14:11:01
Quote from: rikbean on Mar 25, 2007, 12:15:32
Given all the mergers of late, are you really sure of that, Lance? ;)

Can't say I am, I did stop and think about it but decided in essence they are Italian! The new Alfa's are apparently much better and more reliable now.
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Rik on Mar 25, 2007, 14:11:47
Of course, that isn't saying much... :) :out:
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Inactive on Mar 25, 2007, 15:17:37
Quote from: lance on Mar 25, 2007, 14:11:01
Can't say I am, I did stop and think about it but decided in essence they are Italian! The new Alfa's are apparently much better and more reliable now.

They could only get better Lance, like Rik,  I will stick with my Japanese marvel of engineering technology.

The Italians should stick to making ice cream, far less to go wrong..  ;D
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: AvengerUK on Mar 25, 2007, 16:13:26
Anyhow - back to the problems im having...

Ive made progress!

However, ive no idea how to sort it...

Ive found that the application performing badly is only using 50% of each CPU...if set to one CPU, it uses 100%. So...how to get it to use both..rather than just think theres one...a problem i think!
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: Rik on Mar 25, 2007, 17:13:05
Does this (http://www.theandyzone.com/computer/winxp/apppriority.html) help?
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: mrapoc on Mar 25, 2007, 17:59:14
It sounds like ur AMD Dual Core patch isnt working properly
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: AvengerUK on Mar 25, 2007, 19:03:35
"It sounds like ur AMD Dual Core patch isnt working properly"

Im sure it is, otherwise Planetside wouldnt use both cores at all i believe. (planetside is the game in question).

Where as, other games do so!

EDIT:

A similarly old game, Halo (PC) - maxes both cores...so it must be working?
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: mrapoc on Mar 25, 2007, 19:39:14
Have you tried setting affinity to both cores? Well thats wot u have to do with C2Ds
Title: Re: Hmmmm.....
Post by: AvengerUK on Mar 25, 2007, 19:52:56
Yes, set Affinity to both cores.

Tech support's first answer was: try disabling your firewall

I think that may take the prize for the most stupid answer ever...;)