Raptorpat Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 i wanted to play age of mythology on steam but in the game (and only in this game) the right-click is like mapped as left click, which kind of makes the game impossible to play but there's nothing in the key binding options that sets it to that, and it only happens in this specific game so i suspect it's not the mouse or computer, but i also reinstalled the game and it still happens so now the hour that i wanted to kill was filled with disappointment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 ok so i was having problems with a different game, so it's the computer i guess. would this be a driver issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 probably wouldnt hurt to go onto your mouse manufacturers website and download the latest drivers.if not then try different usb ports. and also try a different mouse if you havent already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 so either I'm dumb or it's only obvious now, but right click is definitely doing both left and right click regardless of what i'm doing. i switched USB ports so it's either a driver problem (though i updated them) or a hardware problem. i will have to find another mouse to try tho. edit: ok so i took the mouse apart once i figured out how to find the screws and i cleaned out a little bit of cat hair and now it's fine. i really don't know how that caused that, because it didn't seem like it would cause pressing the one button to trigger another button, but what do i know. now all i gotta do is figure out what's the deal with my GPU, and I already cleaned out the cat hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 whats going on with your gpu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 When I run games it overheats until the computer resets. I bought the PC about a year and a half ago and it only started doing that over the past couple months. I've downloaded msi afterburner to tweak the fan controls and monitor the temps, and I finally found the very well hidden Win10 event viewer that displays all the crashes and it says it's a power issue. I'm not there to check but it's a kernal-62 or kernel-63 or whatever error. So in my infinite wisdom I think I've narrowed it down to either the GPU itself, a problem with the power supply to the GPU, or a problem with my 60 year old house's electricity output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Eating Popcorn Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 11:34 AM, Admin_Raptorpat said: When I run games it overheats until the computer resets. I bought the PC about a year and a half ago and it only started doing that over the past couple months. I've downloaded msi afterburner to tweak the fan controls and monitor the temps, and I finally found the very well hidden Win10 event viewer that displays all the crashes and it says it's a power issue. I'm not there to check but it's a kernal-62 or kernel-63 or whatever error. So in my infinite wisdom I think I've narrowed it down to either the GPU itself, a problem with the power supply to the GPU, or a problem with my 60 year old house's electricity output. Air-can your PSU. Hard, and rough, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawdamizer Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Hi, first time long time... How do I hack? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Eating Popcorn Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Admin_Raptorpat said: I did RMA your PSU first and don't risk it killing the rest of your stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 8:34 AM, Admin_Raptorpat said: When I run games it overheats until the computer resets. I bought the PC about a year and a half ago and it only started doing that over the past couple months. I've downloaded msi afterburner to tweak the fan controls and monitor the temps, and I finally found the very well hidden Win10 event viewer that displays all the crashes and it says it's a power issue. I'm not there to check but it's a kernal-62 or kernel-63 or whatever error. So in my infinite wisdom I think I've narrowed it down to either the GPU itself, a problem with the power supply to the GPU, or a problem with my 60 year old house's electricity output. well that would suggest a psu problem but it wouldnt be a bad idea to get a air gun and removing all the dust. then once you removd the psu then you can try running a game again to see if it crashes. make sure you run temperature monitoring software to see if any other components might be overheating. if it crashes again i would highly suggest replacing the psu with one that is the same wattage as the old psu and also rated at least 80% gold. evga is my favorite manufacturer since they got good quality components in their psu's and their warranties are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 On 9/24/2018 at 8:18 AM, Sawdamizer said: How do I hack? first you need to find the blue key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 what does this mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oolpmahC-iarumaS Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Admin_Raptorpat said: what does this mean What OS is that, and what were you doing when it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 it's the pre-installed Asus "AEGIS II" monitoring software; the computer has Windows 10 I turned a game on to test and see if it would crash, and it crashed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oolpmahC-iarumaS Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Do you have a spare PSU to put in and test? Otherwise just makensure all your drivers are up to date and see if it happens again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I don't. The warranty expired 7 months ago, but asus said they would fix it if I paid for it. I'm not really jazzed to have to ship it and be without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Asus said they'd charge a $60 diagnostics fee, and estimate up to $420 to fix it, because it's no longer under warranty. So basically a whole new desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) On 9/21/2018 at 10:34 AM, Admin_Raptorpat said: When I run games it overheats until the computer resets. I bought the PC about a year and a half ago and it only started doing that over the past couple months. I've downloaded msi afterburner to tweak the fan controls and monitor the temps, and I finally found the very well hidden Win10 event viewer that displays all the crashes and it says it's a power issue. I'm not there to check but it's a kernal-62 or kernel-63 or whatever error. So in my infinite wisdom I think I've narrowed it down to either the GPU itself, a problem with the power supply to the GPU, or a problem with my 60 year old house's electricity output. If your CPU is overheating, that wouldn't be a problem with PSU or your GPU. That would either be a dusty computer, old thermal paste or broken fan. From what I read, event 41 just means there was an unexpected shut down which could be caused by overheating. Modern processes will shut down the computer before they get the chance to cook themselves. If you do think your GPU is overheating, you can do the same as you would your CPU. Dust out the heatsink, check the fans and apply fresh paste. Edited October 8, 2018 by Sieg67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiemarie90 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) nevermind sorry I gots it Edited October 16, 2018 by jackiemarie90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 4:30 PM, Sieg67 said: If you do think your GPU is overheating, you can do the same as you would your CPU. Dust out the heatsink, check the fans and apply fresh paste. So a friend of mine has been helping me. We cleaned any dust out of the card and any in the box that I might have missed the first time, and when he took the card to clean it, he put in a spare card to test under the theory that if his downgraded spare doesn't crash, then my GPU is the problem and not the PSU or anything else. Next night he puts my card back in (says there wasn't really a whole lot of dust in it, but it only has the one fan so it's prone to overheating) and downloads speccy and tests it to see how far it take to push the card to crash, says if if continues to crash we'll add better thermal paste. So last night of course it crashes. Screen goes black, GPU fan blasts on max, and a couple minutes later it reboots. Only thing is, the air blowing out the back wasn't hot lava by any means, and speccy said it topped out at 66C at the crash point - which as far as I know is normal. So he's going to stop back tonight with thermal paste, but I kind of think maybe the card is fucked? Regardless, super shitty this started happening a couple months after the warranty expires... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 So with the new paste applied, the GPU temps topsl out in the low 80s, according to speccy. No crashes yet, but still seems kind of high to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 On 10/20/2018 at 9:14 AM, Admin_Raptorpat said: So with the new paste applied, the GPU temps topsl out in the low 80s, according to speccy. No crashes yet, but still seems kind of high to me... seems very high, you probably didnt apply it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 how do I get windows defender to Chill out a bit? I have to turn it off to update my graphics card and to plat Dark Souls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 the graphic card update shouldnt trigger windows defender to do anything since both nvidia and amd are safe sources. are you getting them straight from the manufacturers web site? if not i would do that first. if you still having problems you can disable the real time protection under the virus & threat protection settings. just type virus on your explorer on the task bar and it will be the first choice that comes up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 that's what I'll do thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, Distortedreasoning said: seems very high, you probably didnt apply it properly. It hasn't crashed since. I'm kinda of the mindset that something else has been causing it to over heat, and him applying the fresh paste is what has kept it just on this side of the point of no return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 most gpu dont really have that high of an idle tempature. i've had both amd and nvidia gpus and they all idle from about 40-50c and go about 10-20c higher when in load. 80c is very high for almost any electronic component and will most likely shut off. you could put your hand where the air comes off the gpu maybe even do a quick touch to see if its really that high. sometimes the sensors arent accurate so going by touch is your next thing. if you really want to stress test it, run a gpu benchmark and let it run for at least a day or until it crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 ok the resolution to the story is that it is the GPU and it looks to be a software issue that is replicated on other computers the GPU's fan does not switch on when it is supposed to, so I'd boot up a game and it'd just overheat immediately so in the interim I have to run MSI Afterburner with the fan control settings set up fairly aggressively and it seems to perform fine (I tried using MSI Afterburner previously, but I guess I didn't have the custom controls aggressive enough) so now my assumption is that there was a driver update somewhere along the line that screwed it, but it'd take a bit of effort to try to pinpoint when the overheating started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 well at least now your problem is solved, even tho its an annoying solution having to download msi afterburner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Throughout my college career, I have been faced with a multitude of various problems that hindered the functionality of my laptop. First my screen was unable to turn on, prompting me to replace the motherboard. After that, the charge was at 0% and it wouldn't increase even when plugged in, so I got the battery replaced. The charge was non-zero but it still wouldn't increase, so I had to get the motherboard replaced again. Then for a year and a half, things were good. Then came a broken screen hinge forcing me to replace the entire screen, then the hard drive overheating and forcing that to be replaced. Ever since my 4-year warranty expired, the only problem I've had was some of my keyboard buttons no longer working, a problem easily fixed with a USB keyboard. But now, I've come across my biggest and bizarrest problem yet. Periodically, my laptop touchpad quits working. Sometimes it quits multiple times in a span of minutes, other times it takes hours before it pops up again. The fact of the matter is, it stops suddenly. And when it does, I can't press the shift key on my USB keyboard without doing the Ctrl+V function, something that only happens with the Insert key is stuck. (I also find myself unable to view multiple windows at once whenever I press a taskbar icon that has two or more windows active, but that's neither here nor there.) The only temporary fixes I have for this problem at the moment are pressing the Shift key on the laptop keyboard and pressing the Caps Lock key on my USB keyboard, but who knows how long that'll last? In short, this is a weird, weird problem with no plausible explanation outside of my keyboard getting old and shorting out periodically. I'm gonna try replacing the keyboard sometime later this month, but if that doesn't work, I might just have no other choice than to buy a new laptop altogether. But even if it doesn't come to that, there's no denying that this is the strangest computer problem I've ever faced in my entire life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Has anything ever been spilled on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Szanboti Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 So is there a way to scan a specific file for malware? I've got Malwarebytes, but as far as I can tell that only scans the system and not files, and has no option for scanning files on a Mac. Am I misunderstanding that? I know they've said outright custom scans of individual files are neither available nor a priority for them to implement on the Mac software, but are they scanned during a regular scan? Since the new year Firefox has been giving me malware warnings on downloads but I don't think they're infected unless the lockers are adding it when they're uploaded (which would be stupid if it's even possible), and I'm not seeing complaints in the forum. MWB sez scans are ok, but if it's not scanning files I haven't launched, that's meaningless. I've read that Firefox just tags files from sites that have been reported to google as possible malware sites, but the site itself doesn't trigger an alert. FF sez they "may" sent metadata to google to verify or something, but the message is no different from what you get if they're just going by general reports. Also, any guesses as to why I can't see pictures on imgur's site (I have to open Safari to view them), but they show up if someone embeds them, and why I can't see videos on Crunchyroll's new html5 player on either browser? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 10 hours ago, Gina Szanboti said: So is there a way to scan a specific file for malware? I've got Malwarebytes, but as far as I can tell that only scans the system and not files, and has no option for scanning files on a Mac. Am I misunderstanding that? I know they've said outright custom scans of individual files are neither available nor a priority for them to implement on the Mac software, but are they scanned during a regular scan? Since the new year Firefox has been giving me malware warnings on downloads but I don't think they're infected unless the lockers are adding it when they're uploaded (which would be stupid if it's even possible), and I'm not seeing complaints in the forum. MWB sez scans are ok, but if it's not scanning files I haven't launched, that's meaningless. I've read that Firefox just tags files from sites that have been reported to google as possible malware sites, but the site itself doesn't trigger an alert. FF sez they "may" sent metadata to google to verify or something, but the message is no different from what you get if they're just going by general reports. Also, any guesses as to why I can't see pictures on imgur's site (I have to open Safari to view them), but they show up if someone embeds them, and why I can't see videos on Crunchyroll's new html5 player on either browser? on mac software? i dont have much experince with that. normally on windows you could just right click and get the option to scan with your anti virus software. i really dont know if mac has something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, Gina Szanboti said: So is there a way to scan a specific file for malware? I've got Malwarebytes, but as far as I can tell that only scans the system and not files, and has no option for scanning files on a Mac. Am I misunderstanding that? I know they've said outright custom scans of individual files are neither available nor a priority for them to implement on the Mac software, but are they scanned during a regular scan? Since the new year Firefox has been giving me malware warnings on downloads but I don't think they're infected unless the lockers are adding it when they're uploaded (which would be stupid if it's even possible), and I'm not seeing complaints in the forum. MWB sez scans are ok, but if it's not scanning files I haven't launched, that's meaningless. I've read that Firefox just tags files from sites that have been reported to google as possible malware sites, but the site itself doesn't trigger an alert. FF sez they "may" sent metadata to google to verify or something, but the message is no different from what you get if they're just going by general reports. Also, any guesses as to why I can't see pictures on imgur's site (I have to open Safari to view them), but they show up if someone embeds them, and why I can't see videos on Crunchyroll's new html5 player on either browser? Did you check the right click menu at the bottom to see if there was a "Scan with xxxxx" menu item? Edited January 8, 2019 by scoobdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Szanboti Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 You mean the right click on the file I want to scan? I tried that, but there's no option. I guess I could try uploading the file somewhere and then downloading it to see if it still gets flagged. If not, that would mean the site is just on google's shitlist for hosting files with malware (though they claim to scan uploads), or someone just troll reporting them. I guess if I just open the file Malwarebytes will quarantine it at that point, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I'm kind of afraid to use Malwarebytes in case it interferes with Avast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillies Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 MY COMPUTER IS RUNNING!! WHAT DO I DO?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 10 hours ago, Phillies said: MY COMPUTER IS RUNNING!! WHAT DO I DO?? go to the internet and visit the following sites, indeed.com glassdoor.com monster.com linkedin.com then when you get a job you could buy me a drink. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthor Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 11 hours ago, Phillies said: MY COMPUTER IS RUNNING!! WHAT DO I DO?? GO CATCH IT!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 wife is picking up an ipad with the intention of doing screen capture videos for various reasons, including some youtube video stuff. i know the ipad native resolution is 4:3, but i'd be uploading these videos in 16:9. having never owned an iProduct in my life, i don't know if / how easily you can adjust the screen reso to something that will more accurately display in the widescreen ratio. i can clean it up in the editor if i have to, but it would just be a lot easier if you could capture in 16:9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 im not an apple guy so maybe one of those users could answer but should be pretty easy to change to a 16:9 aspect ratio on those devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeny Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Windows 10 Asus laptop takes about half an hour to boot. Reinstalled windows and it booted normally for a couple days but the issue has returned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 could be a pretty nasty virus. sometimes the very bad ones persist even through a reformat/fresh install. did you do a whole new reformat/ fresh install? the hard drive itself might be the problem too if its corrupted. i had one that made everything slow that i ended up replacing. do you have hdd or ssd? last thing i would look at is cpu temp. if your laptop is getting supper hot then most likely its slowing down your cpu speed. download cpu z and that will give you all the readings you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I broke my spotify app on my computer. Now it won't work. It won't uninstall, and I can't install over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 50 minutes ago, Poof said: I broke my spotify app on my computer. Now it won't work. It won't uninstall, and I can't install over it. Go to start, type control panel click it, click Programs and features, find spotify right click and click uninstall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 1 minute ago, HardcoreHunter said: Go to start, type control panel click it, click Programs and features, find spotify right click and click uninstall I did, it won't uninstall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, Poof said: I did, it won't uninstall. right click the icon on desktop, open file location, click the uninstall exe That doesn't work go into task manager and find spotify and end task. Then go back and try to uninstall through control panel again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, HardcoreHunter said: right click the icon on desktop, open file location, click the uninstall exe That doesn't work go into task manager and find spotify and end task. Then go back and try to uninstall through control panel again That was a decent idea. There wasn't an uninstall.exe but I deleted the spotify folder manually which then allowed the installer to work. Seems to be working now. Thanks for responding tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enad Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 So I have a dead USB port in a laptop and unfortunately, it's connected to the motherboard instead of a daughterboard. Is the general consensus that I'd be better off soldering a new port or replacing the board outright? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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