Vy'drach Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I'm posting this from my 3DS (oddly 3DS isn't in its library of words), posting to say my PC is pretty much dead atm. So expect me to be on less until I figure out how to fix it. That is all for now. P.S. Xort, I'm trusting you to keep up with the pony updates while I'm indisposed. Keep posting those ponies, double points if you can convert DZ before I get my PC back in shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Almost KIA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzz Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Killed In Action? Maybe that's a stupid time but...how's the 3DS' browser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Almost KIA? If you're asking what KIA is, it means "Killed In Action," if you're asking what I mean by almost, I mean that it technically works, but it is slow as hell and is a hassle/aggravating to use. I believe I have a virus, though before it became slow I was getting BSOD errors that are apparently common among Dell PC's, and took steps to fix those and it became slow. Reverted back to when it was just BSOD's, and now it's slow AND gets the BSOD, leading me to believe it's an error/virus combo. As for the browser, it's alright, nothing fantastic, but it's serviceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu'um Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 cool! hurry back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 P.S. Xort, I'm trusting you to keep up with the pony updates while I'm indisposed. Keep posting those ponies, double points if you can convert DZ before I get my PC back in shape. *Salutes* Yes sir! I'll work doubly hard in your absence, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 If it's a virus, I can't help you and you are the likely the cause of your own problems. However, running slow and BSOD? Sounds like a ram problem to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 However, running slow and BSOD? Sounds like a ram problem to me. Well the BSOD was just from an error Dell never really bothered to correct, something along the lines of harddrives in a RAID set up conflicting with each other, and setting it to combination instead of RAID fixes it. But then it became slow, and all setting it back to RAID did was bring back the BSOD. And good man, Xort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I lol at people who RAID on general-purpose computers. It's so pointless. Especially people who RAID0. Protip: RAID0 doubles your data loss risk. The actual performance gains are actually negligible for most applications, including games. Also, software RAID drivers can run slow on non-RAID setups. I imagine your PC uses software RAID, as few desktop machines have real RAID controllers. Also, what is "combination?" That's a new one to me. I've only ever heard of simple disks and RAID arrays. Switching between RAID and non-RAID setups may require windows re-installation. From the sound of it, you may be at that point (though I can't say for sure without knowing the details of your situation). I'd disable the RAID and install fresh to simple disk partitions if a re-install were necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"User" Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I lol at people who RAID on general-purpose computers. It's so pointless. Especially people who RAID0. Protip: RAID0 doubles your data loss risk. The actual performance gains are actually negligible for most applications, including games. Also, software RAID drivers can run slow on non-RAID setups. I imagine your PC uses software RAID, as few desktop machines have real RAID controllers. Also, what is "combination?" That's a new one to me. I've only ever heard of simple disks and RAID arrays. Switching between RAID and non-RAID setups may require windows re-installation. From the sound of it, you may be at that point (though I can't say for sure without knowing the details of your situation). I'd disable the RAID and install fresh to simple disk partitions if a re-install were necessary. My thoughts exactly concerning the various RAID setups for just general use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Well it came RAID by default, and I have no idea what you mean by simple disc partitions. Remember, I don't know much about computers. Would doing that completely wipe my files clean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I lol at people who RAID on general-purpose computers. It's so pointless. Especially people who RAID0. Protip: RAID0 doubles your data loss risk. The actual performance gains are actually negligible for most applications, including games. Also, software RAID drivers can run slow on non-RAID setups. I imagine your PC uses software RAID, as few desktop machines have real RAID controllers. Also, what is "combination?" That's a new one to me. I've only ever heard of simple disks and RAID arrays. Switching between RAID and non-RAID setups may require windows re-installation. From the sound of it, you may be at that point (though I can't say for sure without knowing the details of your situation). I'd disable the RAID and install fresh to simple disk partitions if a re-install were necessary. I wouldn't say it's pointless. Although raid is never a substitute for backups, it's a nice hastle saving safty net. Although I do agree this computer problem doesn't sound right, and as said, the difference is performance shouldn't be that big imo. That said my raid experience is limited. The whole situation smells off to me, like someone who doesn't know what they are doing trying to sound all tech like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 The whole situation smells off to me, like someone who doesn't know what they are doing trying to sound all tech like. Well that was poorly veiled, thank you. Anyway, as I said, I don't know much about computers. I did however try googling the BSOD problem, which is apparently caused by the RAID set-up. Switched it to combination, and it worked better than ever for about a day, then slowed to the point that it takes tens of minutes to boot up, my anti-virus is usually turned off and I have to manually re-activate it. My PC also didn't find my H drive formatted a few times, then found it fine on a restart. Same with my external G drive. This makes me think it's more of a virus than a drive error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 My guess? Lulzsec's been getting around, I heard that they brought down League of Ledgends and Minecraft today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinigami Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Ouch, man. hope your problem is solved without too much of a setback should there be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Simple Disk - a HDD set up as one HDD (or multiple partitions of one HDD). Dynamic (RAID) Disk - multiple HDDs working together that appear to the OS as one. @Sabre - If it is RAID 0 (Stripe), which is the most popular for gamers, there is no fault tolerance. The drives work together as one big drive. This gives slightly faster read times at the cost of actually doubling the failure rate (or tripling if you stripe 3 drives). If one drive fails, you lose everything. You can supposedly shave like a second and a half off of loading screens in games by striping. Big deal. IMO, that is not worth the increased data loss risk. Real RAID starts at RAID1, which is mirroring. One drive is a copy of the other. Enterprise RAID is usually RAID5 which is striping with a parity bit. RAID5 provides superior fault-tolerance to RAID1, and on many servers, the RAID controller supports hot-swap, meaning you can replace a bad drive without powering-down the machine. The RAID controller then rebuilds the RAID5 array on-the-fly based on the parity. Of course, if you lose two disks, RAID 5 is hosed. RAID 6 does double-parity. But, there are also configurations like RAID 15 which are mirrored RAID 5 arrays. You can have all kinds of fun with RAID, provided you run it on good RAID hardware. The cheap shit that comes with OEM desktops and built-in to gamer motherboards doesn't cut it. Some workstations come with real RAID cards, but the term "workstation" usually means "server used for running end-user applications". Workstations are usually only used with specialized software. Media production, database development, game design, etc. IMO, if you want do RAID, do it right. Spend the extra money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Having raid 5 on a home machine is like powering a torch with a V8. Unless you are spending a fortune on a home media server linking all the rooms in the house, I would stick with Raid 1 if anything. You scoff at load times, but when you consider that Dead Rising 2 is far supior on PC because it loads faster, and games like Brink have constant streaming issues on console, I think the small gains and the safty net of raid 1 are worth it at the moment. Of course that will be pointless when SSDs become competative. There are already working on the next faster storage device which promises to be >100% faster and more reliable. Crazy stuff. Look up phase change memory. It's all hype atm, but more storage, always a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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