What Have You Done Today - (Computer Version)
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- I_Grayson_Fox_I
PAL/NTSC/SECAM are all TV standards for analog TV.
PAL(Phase Alternating Line) and SECAM(Séquentiel couleur à mémoire) runs at 576 lines at 25 interlaced frames per second.
NTSC(National Television System Committee) runs at 480 lines at 30 interlaced frames per second.
But if your TV has support for multi regional it should be able to switch to PAL/SECAM and NTSC
I never hooked up my PCs to a TV using S-Video so I can't say how to do it.
PAL(Phase Alternating Line) and SECAM(Séquentiel couleur à mémoire) runs at 576 lines at 25 interlaced frames per second.
NTSC(National Television System Committee) runs at 480 lines at 30 interlaced frames per second.
But if your TV has support for multi regional it should be able to switch to PAL/SECAM and NTSC
I never hooked up my PCs to a TV using S-Video so I can't say how to do it.
- 12,125
- Australia
- I_Grayson_Fox_I
I stream HD movies from my PC to my PS3 using WMP and the steam option.
Don't know if DLNA TVs can just accept a stream without it.
But this should be able to help.
http://alenblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/stream-computer-desktop-to-tv-using-dlna-tversity-and-vlc/
http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=C1003311&
Don't know if DLNA TVs can just accept a stream without it.
But this should be able to help.
http://alenblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/stream-computer-desktop-to-tv-using-dlna-tversity-and-vlc/
http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=C1003311&
- 9,255
- United Kingdom
- neema_t
Today, just now in fact, I finished power-stripping a 2002 PowerBook G4 (titanium, the one with the white external hinge). I say 'power-stripping' because it's now in several pieces, probably works even less than it did before and I have no idea how to put it back together, but then I had no intention of putting it back together anyway... Because I want it to become the new home for my Raspberry Pi! That does mean, of course, I need an LVDS controller board, a pair of CCFL inverters and some sort of intermediate device (probably an Arduino Leonardo) to interface at least the keyboard and possibly the trackpad (if I can figure out how it works). Not bothered about powering it wirelessly though so I'll probably just get the panel off of the battery and use it as an access door.
The hardest (really necessary) part is the LVDS controller board because I don't know what the panel is inside the lid because I can't get the lid open, I expect it's probably glued so getting it open would likely ruin the case as its only very thin titanium. I've read that it could be an AU Optronics... Something, I have it written down, and I've found a controller board for that panel, but there's a chance it's something else in there. The boards plus the inverters are only £18 so maybe I'll just try it and use the board for SMD soldering practice and parts if it doesn't work. If I make any progress I'll start a thread on it.
The hardest (really necessary) part is the LVDS controller board because I don't know what the panel is inside the lid because I can't get the lid open, I expect it's probably glued so getting it open would likely ruin the case as its only very thin titanium. I've read that it could be an AU Optronics... Something, I have it written down, and I've found a controller board for that panel, but there's a chance it's something else in there. The boards plus the inverters are only £18 so maybe I'll just try it and use the board for SMD soldering practice and parts if it doesn't work. If I make any progress I'll start a thread on it.
- 5,812
- shmogt
Well I got a call from my grandma in the middle of the day saying she closed her laptop screen and came back later only to open it and have it still be black. Waited for like 5min but nothing has happened.... I told her to press literally anything. Who would of guessed it was just asleep and screen came back on.
I got a call 2sec after from her asking how she can read old emails she archived in Gmail. I said look on the left side where it says all mail and click it. She swore it wasn't there and came over later to prove it to me. Who would a guessed it was there exactly like I said...
I got a call 2sec after from her asking how she can read old emails she archived in Gmail. I said look on the left side where it says all mail and click it. She swore it wasn't there and came over later to prove it to me. Who would a guessed it was there exactly like I said...
Today has been a real .. nightmare.
Short version, my power supply died.
Long version, my power suply died, I had to remouve the GFX so the rest of the system could work, but that created a voltage spike that affected some sectors of my HD, ruining the boot sectors of said windows while also affecting some files and therefore compromising the last 3 years of applications I have develop, documents, contact info, work applications and certification, phone numbers, games, etc...
I have absolutelly no idea how can get it working again, I can't use my GFX, I need to buy a new PSU but I'm not sure if I have to also buy new HD, I got it working right now after 7 chkdsk test, I need to defragmet and check all my files to see how extensive was the damage, I formated the C drive, which means that about 100 GB of instalation files and countless programs have to be reinstalled, linux wont pick up the physical disc for file recovery, and I'm hoping that most of my data saved itself from all this crap happening.
Win 7 is barelly working, so I need to check which sectors are damaged and find a way to maybe recover them, I know is a voltage thing so it might not have a way to recover itself, however I still need to dig further to see if the disk can be of use, or if I need to get rid of it (which will meant posponing the time in which I can purchase my new TV).
At least I got 7 working and recovered some important numbers though.
Short version, my power supply died.
Long version, my power suply died, I had to remouve the GFX so the rest of the system could work, but that created a voltage spike that affected some sectors of my HD, ruining the boot sectors of said windows while also affecting some files and therefore compromising the last 3 years of applications I have develop, documents, contact info, work applications and certification, phone numbers, games, etc...
I have absolutelly no idea how can get it working again, I can't use my GFX, I need to buy a new PSU but I'm not sure if I have to also buy new HD, I got it working right now after 7 chkdsk test, I need to defragmet and check all my files to see how extensive was the damage, I formated the C drive, which means that about 100 GB of instalation files and countless programs have to be reinstalled, linux wont pick up the physical disc for file recovery, and I'm hoping that most of my data saved itself from all this crap happening.
Win 7 is barelly working, so I need to check which sectors are damaged and find a way to maybe recover them, I know is a voltage thing so it might not have a way to recover itself, however I still need to dig further to see if the disk can be of use, or if I need to get rid of it (which will meant posponing the time in which I can purchase my new TV).
At least I got 7 working and recovered some important numbers though.
- 9,295
- Duisburg
Sucks to hear that, Akira 
Goood luck with recovering your data, though.
Yeah, as for me, I actually just ordered my computer
The components are as follows:
Goood luck with recovering your data, though.Yeah, as for me, I actually just ordered my computer
The components are as follows:- Intel Core i7 3770K
- ASRock P67 Extreme4
- 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP Blue DDR3-2133 DIMM
- quiet! Dark Rock PRO 2
- 750 Watts Corsair HX Series Modular 80+
- Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower
- 2000GB Seagate Barracuda
- LG Electronics GH24NS95 DVD-RW
- 27" (68,58cm) Asus VE Serie VE278H 1920x1080
- Razer Deathadder 2013
- Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
- Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1
- 2048MB Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 OC
- Steelseries QCK + Mousepad Limited Edition Dota2
- TP-Link USB 2.0 WLan 1 Port 300Mbit/s Stick
- 1,097
- Jyväskylä
- djinline-FIN
You should make a thread for your build and put some pictures in there.Thanks djinline 👍 I'll grab a pic or two as soon as I can (still don't have a cellphone with a camera or anything
Oh yes, backing up files is a very wise thing to do, you may lose all of those quite possibly precious files when the hard drive fails on you, better to be safe than sorry.
- 9,295
- Duisburg
Well, that's a nice idea, but there wouldn't be much to see, actually... The whole thing comes pre-built. That's just me making sure the retailer I've bought online from can't try to cross out my warranties for doing something wrong. Caught rumours of them being quite obnoxious about stuff like that, so I wanted to make sure.You should make a thread for your build and put some pictures in there.
Less hassle, too. Gotta set up a few pieces of furniture, saving some time with the PC seemed like a nice bonus
Guess I'll start a threat as soon as I start upgrading the whole thing further. There are some things that are oh so tempting but will have to wait for a few months 
Haha, yeah, I remember all the rage when an old desktop of mine smoked its hard drive. Lost, like, 30 gigs of music aloneOh yes, backing up files is a very wise thing to do, you may lose all of those quite possibly precious files when the hard drive fails on you, better to be safe than sorry.
- 1,097
- Jyväskylä
- djinline-FIN
Oh okay, I understand. Hopefully they build it with care and thought.Well, that's a nice idea, but there wouldn't be much to see, actually... The whole thing comes pre-built. That's just me making sure the retailer I've bought online from can't try to cross out my warranties for doing something wrong. Caught rumours of them being quite obnoxious about stuff like that, so I wanted to make sure.
Less hassle, too. Gotta set up a few pieces of furniture, saving some time with the PC seemed like a nice bonus
Haha, yeah, I remember all the rage when an old desktop of mine smoked its hard drive. Lost, like, 30 gigs of music alone
Haha, that's nasty. I lost an installation of WinXP and around 45GB of games on a WD Caviar 80GB ATA hard drive about eight years ago, it felt bad because the install process of the games took a long time with a P4 2.66GHz and 512MB of RAM.
- 9,295
- Duisburg
Let's hope soOh okay, I understand. Hopefully they build it with care and thought.
Their service is supposedly quite good, aside from these warranty antics. Everybody's gotta have that little nasty habbit, I guess Oh boy, mine was a Western Digital, too, also with an installation of XP...
- 6,598
- United Kingdom
- MSTER232
- PS3 =/= Xbox 360
Nice water cooled PC!
- 12,299
- Ealing-London
Found out my computer can get by without a CPU fan. 
I thought the fans sounded a bit loud so I opened temps and saw that it was at 95C. Stopped GTAIV and it dropped down to 80C.
Checked the MSI Control Center and saw the CPU fan was at 0 RPM!
Not sure what happened. It almost looks like the cable got caught in the fan but it was only touching it slightly.
Back up to speed and running at 39C.
I thought the fans sounded a bit loud so I opened temps and saw that it was at 95C. Stopped GTAIV and it dropped down to 80C.
Checked the MSI Control Center and saw the CPU fan was at 0 RPM!
Not sure what happened. It almost looks like the cable got caught in the fan but it was only touching it slightly.
Back up to speed and running at 39C.
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- 3,679
- Warwick Uni
- lbsf1 GTP_lbsf1
- obsmu (my brothers acount)
Spent a significant amount of today coding a database/booking system on Microsoft access/visual basic, and another significant amount of time writing up about it and typing all of the code out again however explained in proper English.
Oh the fun of A level computer coursework.
Oh the fun of A level computer coursework.
