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Re: Stupid Questions
Posted by Orpheus on Wed Feb 23rd at 10:41pm 2005


This may be the humdinger of all dummy questions, but can someone tell me how to alphabetize the list in the "Start>All Programs" menu in WinXP?

it drives me nuts to look in that list for say "Valve" only to not see it at the bottom in the "V" area.. since HL2 was one of my first installs its close to the top.

mucho appreciated guys.

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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Wed Feb 23rd at 10:56pm 2005


Right-click in the list, and select "Sort by name"
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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Feb 23rd at 11:06pm 2005


? quoting Campaignjunkie
Right-click in the list, and select "Sort by name"

cool beaners, did the trick.

next stupid question.

look at this page for reference. this is my microprocessor. it supposed to run at a FSB of 1600.

look at this page. it is my motherboard, it supposed to be capable of 2000 FSB.

how would someone check to know for sure that the FSB is running, or setup correctly? or are these new motherboards "auto detect" and do it themselves?

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Posted by Crono on Wed Feb 23rd at 11:17pm 2005


Bios. BUT, how fast is your ram? It probably has to be manually clocked to the proper speed to 'sync-up'. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Feb 23rd at 11:29pm 2005


? quoting Crono
Bios. BUT, how fast is your ram? It probably has to be manually clocked to the proper speed to 'sync-up'.

PC3200 bud.

this board has some sort of auto-overclock feature that sets the RAM and stuff.. my video card for instance, always runs at a default 3% overclock.

it also has some sort of a quiet cool system that softens the fans noise somehow.

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Posted by Crono on Wed Feb 23rd at 11:37pm 2005


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Bios. BUT, how fast is your ram? It probably has to be manually clocked to the proper speed to 'sync-up'.
PC3200 bud.
this board has some sort of auto-overclock feature that sets the RAM and stuff.. my video card for instance, always runs at a default 3% overclock.
it also has some sort of a quiet cool system that softens the fans noise somehow.


I looked up the chipset here: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/k8-series/k8t800pro/

and basically, the bus can be clocked to 1066 Mb/s and/or 2000 Mt/s (I don't know how it'll show up in your BIOS because those are two seperate chips on the board).

Your ram should be clocked at 400Mhz (that's the speed of DDR3200).

You can leave the CPU on auto. Or leave that auto-overclock thing on. [addsig]




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Posted by Orpheus on Thu Feb 24th at 1:30pm 2005


Next dumb question:

Does dual channel 3200 DDR run at 200x2 mhz or a solid 400?

whenever i check the frequency, it clearly says "200" but nothing more.

and i found out that my processor is a "New Castle" 3500+ and runs at 11x200mhz or 2200mhz.. thanx crono.

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Posted by $loth on Thu Feb 24th at 6:23pm 2005


AFAIK the output is 400 but somewhere down the line it does something to make it that from 200.
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Posted by Crono on Thu Feb 24th at 8:54pm 2005


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Next dumb question:
Does dual channel 3200 DDR run at 200x2 mhz or a solid 400?
whenever i check the frequency, it clearly says "200" but nothing more.
and i found out that my processor is a "New Castle" 3500+ and runs at 11x200mhz or 2200mhz.. thanx crono.


2 channels running at 200Mhz a piece = 400 Mhz (meaning clock it at 400 in bios and leave it at that)

You found the "clock up" for the CPU, good. Did you find the bus speeds too? [addsig]




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Posted by Cash Car Star on Fri Feb 25th at 6:20am 2005


So anyone can post whatever stupid questions they want in here? I'll be back.



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Posted by Nickelplate on Fri Feb 25th at 6:25am 2005


? quoting Cash Car Star
So anyone can post whatever stupid questions they want in here? I'll be back.

that's a pretty good one! the answer is "yes."

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Re: Stupid Questions
Posted by fraggard on Fri Feb 25th at 7:18am 2005


How many nets can a network work if a network can work nets?




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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 27th at 3:01pm 2005


Next stupid question:

How does one disable "auto switch" on their weapons in HL2DM?

I get so tired of the game switching me away from my favored weapon because it thinks its better.

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Posted by ReNo on Sun Feb 27th at 3:42pm 2005


I think it might be in the controls -> advanced section (of is that keyboard -> advanced, I forget), but I couldn't tell you with any degree of certainty.
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Posted by Myrk- on Sun Feb 27th at 3:51pm 2005


Yer its just in the advanced controls, a little check box. You really should be more intuitive Orph [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 27th at 4:03pm 2005


? quoting Myrk-
Yer its just in the advanced controls, a little check box. You really should be more intuitive Orph

but dangit, i am not that stupid. i looked. i do not have the box checked.

unless i did overlook something i am at a loss. i want it to stop switching, how exactly do i make it stop?

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Posted by $loth on Sun Feb 27th at 4:05pm 2005


Stupid question: Whats good for aching muscles? I didn't do a proper warm up/cool down at judo on friday and my legs (quads), pecks, stomach and neck are hurting
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Posted by Gwil on Sun Feb 27th at 4:06pm 2005


Orph is right. Orph, as far as i'm aware there isn't an option. It's only caught me out once so far, where I went for a "right click" shotgun killer blow on dm_lockdown, nay, I had ran onto a crossbow and zoomed at point blank range.

Seconds later I was dead - went to find the option, without much luck

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Posted by Myrk- on Sun Feb 27th at 4:09pm 2005


? quoting $loth
Stupid question: Whats good for aching muscles? I didn't do a proper warm up/cool down at judo on friday and my legs (quads), pecks, stomach and neck are hurting

A product named "Deep Heat". Stinks of some wierd hospital stuff, but it makes your skin go warm and soothes your muscles. Quite commonly used by Rugby players when they pull muscles etc. Go get some, I need to for my drumming and gym. Its in a red tube or aerosole I think now, with flames on it and stuff.

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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 27th at 4:10pm 2005


sometimes myrk makes me feel stupid, even when i am not :/

sad about the option though, thanx gwil.

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