Technical Help Thread

Post by **Superior Bacon** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:28 am

BUT

BUT I DON'T TO BE A MAN

Post by **Spoony** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:31 am

FREUD SAYS YOU DO

WHY WOULD A DEAD GERMAN LIE

Deiphobus · Post by **Deiphobus** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:33 am

Badfish · Post by **Badfish** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:35 am

His Mustache seems a bit bushy

Reubo · Post by **Reubo** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:30 am

quick question: if i get a widescreen laptop (1600 x 900) and hook up my wacom graphire 4 tablet (regular aspect ratio) does it mess up the tablet's input? like does the horizonal input get decreased (you have to move the tablet more horizontally to get it to move)

i'm worried because the computer i have my heart set on is widescreen and my tablet is not wide, so um yeah

Fluffdick · Post by **Fluffdick** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:26 pm

The Idiotic Oracle wrote:she's so fuckign adamant about her goddamn mac shit

i tell her i'm a windows person and she send me her appleworks stuff baaargh

i just want to read the story she used my character in

Open notepad with it.

Decker · Post by **Decker** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:38 pm

Reubo wrote:quick question: if i get a widescreen laptop (1600 x 900) and hook up my wacom graphire 4 tablet (regular aspect ratio) does it mess up the tablet's input? like does the horizonal input get decreased (you have to move the tablet more horizontally to get it to move)

i'm worried because the computer i have my heart set on is widescreen and my tablet is not wide, so um yeah

Yes, but you can go into settings and change the screen-tablet mapping in your tablet's driver's settings.

The Idiotic Oracle · Post by **The Idiotic Oracle** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:43 pm

Spoony wrote:
Bacon wrote:BUT I'M NOT A MAN. I'M A LITTLE FAT GIRL WHO IS BAD AT VIDEOGAMES.
THEN YOU MUST BECOME MANLY. THIS IS YOUR INITIATION INTO MANHOOD.

WHAT IS A MAN?

Doormaster · Post by **Doormaster** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:53 am

SO

My laptop monitor has been having problems for s while now and I'm at a loss at what to do. The best way I can think to describe it is when I look at images with large file sizes/a lot of details (or both; I'm not really sure) the screen starts getting crushed or squeezed into itself. Basically, whatever part of the picture is most complicated gets squeezed like someone's pressing on the top and bottom of the screen. When the screen get squeezed, I then get another image of the screen towards the bottom. At the worst I've had about seven or eight (really really compressed) screens at once. The monitor also flickers a lot, which I think is it trying to normalize itself. Sorry if I didn't describe that very well

The thing is, the screen completely normalizes for a split second whenever I turn off the computer

Also when I was showing someone the problem yesterday and turned the computer towards him and leaned on the monitor a bit to adjust it, it went completely normal for the rest of the day, only to screw up again this morning. I've been trying to recreate whatever it is I did, but it's not working.

I've tried to take a screenshot of it, but as far as I can tell the shot just shows a completely normal screen.

Post by **Spoony** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:56 am

That's pretty daisies strange. I don't think I've heard of that happening before. Describe laptop?

Doormaster · Post by **Doormaster** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:03 am

hp Compaq nc6400, and I've had it for about three years. Never had any other problems with it.

The problem usually happens when I travel, so the guy I showed it to thinks it might be a loose connection somewhere in the processor

It would probably also be good to mention that, since I'm currently on break while studying abroad in England, it's going to be kind of hard to find somewhere to get it looked at professionally. Luckily I have a four year warranty on it so at least I can try to get it fixed permanently when I get back to the States

It probably doesn't help that I know exactly jack shit about computers

Decker · Post by **Decker** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:28 am

Do basic stuff

Clear your cookies/cache

Fluffdick · Post by **Fluffdick** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:07 pm

Did you buy though Steam? If you did defrag your game files or verify the game files.

Post by **The Bouncer** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:56 pm

Copy text from previous post

Delete post

paste into new post

write edit: and then new information if you want people to be notified of a new post without double or triple posting

kay thanks

Post by **DarkSurfer** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:13 pm

Usually the general forum populace.