TheGeek

I am flashing from CyanogenMod 4.2.15.1 to 6.0.0 on my G1 and am having some problems.

The phone is obviously unlocked and has root access. Nandroid is installed and I know how to install the required radio update, google add-ons, and the ROM. But I can only find cryptic instructions on how to install Amon_RA's recovery image and I've never done a fastboot.

Does anybody know how to install RA-dream's recovery and do a fastboot?

no pics? no video?

 

i'm calling shenanigans.

Meh, it looked the same going in as it did coming out. The only difference was the smell of burning solder. I guess I could set up a smell-o-vision...

After some research it seems the cards that have the most success with this are cards that usually ran very hot. Before this my card ran at 70C idle and 85C with load at 100% fan speed. More good news is that after putting on my own thermal paste and putting the fan speed at 100%, the idle temp went down to 60C.

Renegade's solution worked! Link

Over time a card can get little cracks in the solder connections. Heating the board will make the solder flow some and fill the gaps... I think...

QFT. I think the term everyone is throwing around is micro-fractures. I honestly had no idea what I was doing but it was worth a shot. And now its 2 days going strong with no problems!

PROPS TO RENEGADE! I found the old post and he recommended this to me.

My old MSI 8800 GTS OC was crashing and freezing my operating system. I heard from here that baking your video card in an oven is an option.

I had nothing to lose because the card was unusable and I didn't think it was going to work but... it actually did. I took off my heat sink, removed the old thermal tape, put it in the oven with the GPU facing up, and let it bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. I put on fresh thermal gel and remounted the heat sink and it works like new.

So if you have an old card laying around that doesn't work, try it out and post your results!

So... you can remove me from the events. The ride I was planning to drive has serious mechanical problems that needs funds greater that is in my bank account. It will be another month before the funds are available to fix it so once again, I will not be attending

Ouch sorry to hear... Hope you make it to FL okay!

The plan was to have the owner of the car to have it fixed before I went. He's not going to have it fixed until almost the 4th of July.

So... you can remove me from the events. The ride I was planning to drive has serious mechanical problems that needs funds greater that is in my bank account. It will be another month before the funds are available to fix it so once again, I will not be attending

I lol'd after 'its way better than a smart phone.'

Wow... I can't believe I'm going to meet Geek... Now to meet Discom.

You never will, for he is fictional.

Bunneh, you can take off the (Spectator) tag for golf. I will be playing. You can also put me down for setup.

I'll be family-less at FF10 b/c the wife and kids will be out of town at bible school for the week.

 

If anyone would like to share the costs of a room, I'll have space or will help with the costs (haven't reserved a room yet).

room offer still open?

Ditto

I will be arriving Wednesday evening-ish. It really depends on how the traffic is through Chicago.

Put me down for Fatty's on Wednesday and golfing/setup on Thursday. Even though I won't be gaming, I still want to help set up.

I'm going to play this weekend.

I was really counting on you to throw me that star wars party bunneh. You let me down.

 

She did, you never showed. We had pie.

You made me rage.

Thanks! I did not have a star wars theme party.

I was really counting on you to throw me that star wars party bunneh. You let me down.

I didn't get the GC newsletter. I only found out about this now...

I feel like Anonymo did 4 months ago, speechless.

Just to clarify:

 

Formatted drive

 

Installed W7

 

Installed Nvidia drivers

 

Have errors

 

Is this where we're at - needing to revert to older Nvidia drivers to test?

Formatted drive

Installed W7

Installed new Nvidia drivers

Failed 8800GTS OC

Installed 8800GTX OC (Did NOT uninstall old drivers)

Installed new Nvidia drivers

Started having problems

And its running at 60C. 55C is the standard temp.

I'm trying NorgmaN's recommendation now.

Beats me what the problem is but that is a pretty awesome error.

 

Drivers would be my first guess.

Agree on both counts. It reminds me of tv shows where they bleep out the person's name. I like to think they're named after a swear.

It certainly is odd. I feel like my computer is censoring me...

I did format my HD before the OS install. BUT it was windows 7's version of a format. Meaning, all of the information just got a flipped bit and was "deleted".

Now that I think of it, I didn't remove the old drivers before installing the new ones... What is that program that clears out old drivers and the old cache? I'm thinking that is it.

When was the last time you reinstalled Windows? Now sounds like a good time to do it. Get to it.

2 Months ago. Windows 7 64-bit.

I know several graphics cards that run at 90 Celsius under load. I don't think that is your issue.

If you think its the GPU doing it, stick your computer in the window. Its still cold enough that it will cool your computer to around 50 Celsius. If your computer still cuts to 30 fps, then its not your GPU.

I'm with anonymo on this one.

So after having the old video card problem, I upgraded to a 8800GTX OC.

Soon after this started happening. Random things within menu's, clocks, excel cells, and others will load only a black or gray box.

Any ideas?

Edit: my graphics card did not have this driver. It would have explained it though .

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/nvidia-pulls-196-75-driver-amid-reports-its-frying-graphics-car/

You may not have to do both struts now but take it from me and my 1998 Buick Regal GS; if you replace one now, several years down the line, the car will be tilted. Especially since one strut will have 80k more miles on it.