Computer Technical Support Thread

[Sam]

Bottom post of the previous page:

pretty sure that would constitute a grave reason for immediate dismissal.

Which one?

I'm pretty sure breaking the keyboards would, but if you manage to avoid that...

[SBan83]

I bought a few DVDs that are NTSC region 1 (Merica) which I want to play on my player but it throws up region error of course. I heard you have certain softwares that can copy and burn DVDs with a new region code 0 (all regions) and even convert NTSC to PAL or vice versa? Any recommendations on which software is best for this? If it works, I could make a PAL region 0 copy of my disc to view on my player.

[kals]

Having purchased Assetto Corsa it is highlighting issues I've got with my old PS2 gamepad which makes the game almost impossible to play. So time for a new gamepad. A steering wheel is not an option thanks to how I have my PC setup. Can anyone make any recommendations please? I'm looking at a couple of Logitech gamepads:

Wired - http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-940-0001 ... ds=gamepad

Wireless - http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-940-0001 ... ds=gamepad

Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.

[Sam]

I really like the Xbox 360 controller, a good gamepad in it's own right and fully compatible with PC. Works like a charm in Assetto Corsa, and quite a few games natively support it so you get proper button instructions just as you would with an Xbox game.

[kals]

Thanks Sam. I know it's good but I've never been a fan of the XBox 360 controller or been able to get comfortable using it.

[Cheeveer]

Serious trouble:

when I start my computer, a bright red light from the motherboard comes on, and Windows won't boot. The Startup repair utility doesn't find anything to repair.

Motherboard or harddrive failure?

[SBan83]

Post on the iracing hardware forum. Someone will definitely have an idea.

[Ian-S]

1) do you see the motherboard splashscreen/bios readout/display on the monitor?
2) does the hard drive spin?

If 1) yes and 2) no = hard drive problem
If 1) yes and 2) yes = still possible hard drive
Anything with 1) no = motherboard or graphics card issue likely.

Assuming the monitor itself is not the problem....

[Cheeveer]

1 - yes. I can access the BIOS setup
2 - yes

I plugged in the harddrive into another computer, it worked without any problems at all.

[erwin greven]

Does the BIOS see the HD?

[Ian-S]

Good idea Erwin, could be the internal battery has gone flat and "forgot" the configuration.

[Cheeveer]

It does see the HD. If it has indeed gone flat, how do I fix that then?

I have installed another 4GB of RAM and a new hard drive. But the it's not a new harddrive on top of the old ones, I'm replacing one of those. I used to have one SSD drive and two 320GB SATA drives. The new 1TB SATA drive will replace on of the 320's. All of them haven't been connected at the same time.

[Cheeveer]

Every time I change whichever harddrive is connected, the diagnosis tool says it tried to boot from another harddrive. Now, only C: is connected, but it says it tried to boot from F:. When C: and D: was connected, it tried to boot from E:. When C: and E: was conneted, it tried to boot from D:.

Something like that at least. So it never tried to boot from the correct drive

[Cheeveer]

Welp, I removed the graphics card and the 2nd RAM stick.

Same problem persisted. No matter from what harddrive I tried to boot from, the same result: That Startup Repair utility rather than Windows, which gave me nothing.

Do you think the problem would be solved by a new Windows install on the same motherboard, using the same harddrive?

[erwin greven]

In the BIOS it is possible to let you decide from which HD you want it to boot.

[erwin greven]

What i do sometimes is disconnect all HD's except the one with windows on it. And then start it up. So the Pc is not looking for any other device.