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Oh, lets all hope for a starcraft planetside...

Pfft.

Now, I know this isn't tech support... but I've tried everywhere else I can think of. You guys like Diablo, which means your smart, so please... have a go:

I have a problem.

I will type up all the events I think could possibly have had an effect in chronological order.

First, I got a trojan. My anti-virus software seemed unable to stop it, as I would try to quarantine or delete it. It attacked many files, but I couldn't stop it. I didn't know what to do, and eventually... the alerts stopped happening. Being an ignorant computer user, I thought it may have poofed itself away. Maybe it did.

The real problem occurred when I bought Half-Life 2 recently, it installed fine and when I went to start up a new game I was led past the short introduction sequence, was on the train, and then... my screen went black, the sound started to loop, my monitor lost the signal, and nothing could be done but restart the thing. This happened every time, with short variances on the amount of time it took for this to happen. I never made it off the train. I uninstalled the game, steam, and everything that came with it.

I decided that since I couldn't play the new game I'd bought, I would reinstall Guild Wars. I have played that game many times on my computer before, and there were no problems. Now, I can play it for a decent amount of time before this black screen appears and I'm forced to restart my computer, but it is random.

Just today I started up a World of Warcraft account, only this game will spur the dreaded effect almost immediately upon entering the game world. The longest I've lasted in-game was about 7 minutes.

Although, I play Starcraft, Diablo II, and CoD4 (at max settings) with no problems whatsoever. I'm perplexed.

What I've done to try to fix this myself, was to first go to the Steam tech support page and look at what it had to say. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...5034-EIPV-6426
Is the page I looked at. I followed what it said to the best of my ability, but nothing changed.

Regarding this section:

Note: editing system files can have adverse effects on your system's stability and performance. If you are not comfortable editing system files, please contact your system manufacturer for assistance.

1. Click "Start"
2. Select "Run"
3. Type in msconfig and press enter
4. In the System Configuration Utility, click the BOOT.INI tab
5. Look for the following line: /3GB /Userva=2900 - If your system does not have this setting, you can stop here

Please proceed to the Advanced Troubleshooting section below if your boot.ini file does not have this setting. Otherwise:

That area of my computer does not have the /3GB /Userva=2900 line it points out.

I then installed the latest driver from Nvidia, ran defrags, anti-virus software (after I uninstalled AVG which the steam page told me to do), and I've tried other websites for help as well. I have the latest version of Direct X. I had never seen this problem before HL2, but then again I don't know what would happen if I had put in WoW before HL2. I'm totally lost.

I'm running windows XP, pretty sure I have 512MB, and added a 550W Antec modular power supply and a e-GeForce 9600 GT over the winter season. Thats all I know off-hand.

Please help.


New information: I started up WoW with the speed fan program running, and was able to minimize it before it shut down. I watched the speed fan, the temperature didn't go up but my CPU usage was at about 70%. The only other programs I had running was Firefox and AIM which are now setting a CPU usage rate of 4.0% max. The strange thing is, that when I had it minimized, instead of the screen turning black and the sound looping, and the monitor no longer having a signal and the keys not doing a thing, the game just shut itself down.

I'm not so much worried about playing the games I mentioned above, but I am worried about SC2 and D3 when they eventually hit, will I not be able to play them?

Quote from "applesoffury" »

I LOVED it.

joker was the best...its sooooo sad he wont be back though...only thing im not to happy about was the look of gotham city and ****************************

but by far the best batman movie and better than any other superhero movie.

batman is the best hero and joker is the best villain.

You should edit your post so that the section I blanked out is as well. Thats a big spoiler for anyone who hasn't seen it.

Ledger's Joker was the best character performance in recent times. This movie is it.

I also saw the midnight premiere, and it is everything a movie could ever hope to be.

Quick question:

I heard that while I was away in training, Blizz made it significantly easier to level up? Is this true?

Burger king tastes the best, and we certainly can't start comparing nutrition.

Quote from "Magistrate" »

Wow, I like how I'm not bringing up religion, nor am I religious (which I've said here numerous times), and yet you keep bringing it up like I am.

This is a staple of these forums.

So, I've grown weary after involvement with issues that tear us apart. I thought to myself, as I cannot sleep, we should talk about a subject that is more than just awesome, but also something we can all pitch in on.

Here is a starter for anyone who isn't acquainted with the subject: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7408033.stm

Don't limit this to Mars. Do any of you feel there is no life, and we're it?

How about UFOs?

...Stargate?

Quote from "applesoffury »

and by wmds u meant weapons of mass [I]disruption[/I'] right, the UN states that bio/chem weapons are disruption tactics and weapons.

I have been taught that they are Weapons of Mass Destruction. I can see why disruption is used, but personally don't agree with it.

The links posted by inevitable were just extra reading for me, not meant as debate material.

I appreciate your thanks, and can only wonder how some one who wishes to have a copy of a tyrant in power feels about the efforts of people who struggled to live a free life as innocents in his time period under his regime, and the efforts of those who bled to ensure a free society.

How about something that isn't obviously biased for the Judao-Christian theology?



On a side note: I am not anti-semetic. I am very good friends with Jetrall for example. But I doubt that information will change anyone's mind... *Sigh.*



On another side note: I have not heard the word "Gay", "Lesbian", or the like used anywhere, and I would of picked up on it if it was said. It says to keep swearing to a minimum. Thus I can say it a few times as long as every other word is not fuck and shit. And I am the only one I saw saying a curse word. And we are talking about religion and world policies, which is a major issue on the political plane, thus it is important to disscuss.

It seems you did not read the articles. Nothing there is "obviously biased", unless the reader makes themselves see it that way. For example, one link is a publisher's purchase page for a military history book dealing with infantry. You are not the only one using curse words, and references to sexual orientation have been made. It is strange how you mentioned all of the rules I quoted, except for the one regarding religion. While by the forum you are allowed to use cuss words, in debates it negates the effectiveness of your argument by showing a loss of control in the user's emotions. Swearing kept to a minimum? I'd say no.

The links he posted were for me, by the way. A better place for them would have been a PM, but they are an informational resource for me, and not an argumentative base.

Quote from "Odissonance" »

This is ridiculous. The fact is, a stem cell is NOT intelligent life at all, it is just the same as any other part of a woman's body. The stem cell can do miracles that save people's lives, and it can also ruin the life of a thirteen- year-old girl. From a scientific perspective, we know everything about the construction of a cell, as we do about the thought process of the brain, and there is NOTHING in common between the two. So basically, to sum it all up, disregarding scientific knowledge for the rule of a book written almost 2,000 years ago that we KNOW doesn't even apply to the subject is messed up, it is basically only disregarding the constitution and has NO moral implications at all.

This is what we're talking about...

The Punisher.

Quote from "Magistrate" »

That's why we have sections like the Spam/Off Topic section, General Section, and the General Polls section.

And, might I add, people are not pro-life on a basis of religion. I'm sure there are some, but to say that anyone that is pro-life is a Christian or religious is kind of... I don't want to say "ignorant" since it seems kind of rude, but that is what I would use. That seems to be the only claim and basis of defense of most of the pro-death people here.

Magistrate, you are the first other member of the board that I have myself witnessed to speak up in regards to this point. While ignorant simply means uninformed and has been treated as undue hindrance upon one's character, your reservation serves well to the justifiably civic nature of your cause. I have witnessed time and again the view of ineffable distaste of religion, Christianity most notably, from certain participants of these public forums. The loss of judgment solely by one's character and actions has been replaced by nescience and a founding of assessment by an individual's faith and morals. I hope this to be reversed dramatically, or that swift action be taken by those who hold responsibility to a place where all people, of any trait of character, can feel as welcomed or at ease as they have the right to.

Its the newer simpsons.