Yep, your good old $600 markup for looks poor warranty coverage intel based yuppie noob-puter.
Bravo for making this a PC vs. Mac thread after being called out for being hypocritical, by the way. Really helps the OP out a lot.
"My mac is sooooooooo superior, I just don't get why everyone else wont' pay 40% more for something shiny!"
Exactly the reason why people hate Apple owners in the first place.
WTF? No. Reformating should be the last resort, not the first.
MaNuMaNiAc check if it really is a motherboard problem, the problem could be in the cable, or the device your plugging in. Also make sure you have up-to date system. Did you have this problem from the start or did it just appear? What does it say about your USB in the device manager?
Also google is your friend.
hate all you want but i know the real reason... jealousy! yep yep! the truth hurts.
and i tried to help and make a suggestion but yall are just pissy es on this forum, or at least a few of you pissy es are.
ps: $600 for looks? hahaha. you've got to be the biggest head so far in regard to computers that i have yet to meet. $600 is a small price to pay for something that in' works! not something you gotta work on. get it straight dip . you got a piece of and i have a ferrari. yep yep. dumb .
you're the only sensible person here besides myself. i guess us "don't reformat unless you've exhausted every other option" type of people don't fit in in this bs conversation. i guess you gotta be a complete dumb to give input on a simple pc problem.
oh cryhavoc i just realized you're the dumb who first suggested reformatting his drive... must hurt when you know you're so damn wrong! yeah maybe computers aren't for you. they definitely aren't for the simple minded. re !
Hey Steve Jobs!
did it ever occur to you that maybe the advise some these people gave to format was because they already know at the end that is probably what the topic starter may end up having to do? Maybe there is a slight possibility they have seen this problem in the forum before?
And why not let the topic starter decide what he is going to do it may cut down on many of your red bull educed insults you seem to have on your hip like a loaded six shooter.
Maybe your better off in a topic your really suited for that show cases your expertise.
My best friend is white, and my white girlfriend thinks I am a sellout (Multi-page thread 1 2 3)
I personally stop helping people in this forum they never give you an update on what they finally decided to do. And after all the you made others go though in this topic I think they deserve an update.
like always you never disappoint...
you come storming at me like my mother used to down the corridors of our house when she wanted to be heard. boom boom boom!
now i love my mom and all but it gets a bit old. you know, the bs and the constant naggin'. yep. can i call you mom, mouse?
you're exactly how your screen name describes you... a damn mouse. a pest.
hey mom! do i really gotta clean my room right now?
ps: so you know how i like my women now? cool... and what exactly are you trying to point out here? that i like women? well well well lets spin this a bit on ya the old mouse way... you don't like women, mouse? but but but you you said blah blah blah blah blah and blah some more... so you must not like women, mouse... you mustn't? i mean, you're trying to dog me for like kinking , and so what if i do, i like to get the down, and you? you? you don't? so the photochop i did of you is legit? oh well that's a relief.
How do you know he is mouse?
Jesus ing christ! SHUT THE UP koriwhat! You annoying ing ! Go be a somewhere else and let the people that actually bother posting to help, do so without having to read your bull .
To everyone that tried to help, thanks for the advice.
Slomo - It might be a driver problem, but I've already tried reinstalling everything I could short of the OS.
Cry Havoc - If I can't fix the problem any other way, you can bet my next move is going to be a format and OS reinstall.
velik_m - To tell you the truth, I'm not entirely sure. This is the first time I get this problem with a USB device on this computer. The PC is only a few months old, and I've only recently gotten my camera. I believe this is the first time I encounter a strictly USB 2.0 device, so like I said, I'm not entirely sure... could definately be a problem from the onset, which would render any system restore pointless.
Anyway, thanks for the advice everyone. You can always count on Spurstalk to at least give it a shot
Good points, but the reason I suggested formatting is because it seems like he's already looked around a bit by himself. ManuM doesn't seem the type to come here first, judging by his post he has looked around a bit and tried a few things. My guess is that his technical knowledge isn't high enough that he wants to go messing with his system registry.
If this wasn't such a big problem, I would suggest finding a more docile solution. But a computer with malfunctioning USB ports is a relatively tough problem, and IMO the user needs to know if it's software or hardware caused. If you can eliminate one of them, that's a big help in fixing the problem.
Well said.
Hey, if you need to, either google the steps if you can on another computer or print them out. You can also contact me via PM and I'll give you my personal info in case you need direct support for the format process. It's really simple, though.
Sorry guys, I have to respond to this. Yep, I'm jealous.
Let's take a look at my "piece of ".
Intel Quad Core Q6600 Processor 2.4 Ghz overclocked to 3.0 Ghz.
4 GB of Kingston DDR3 RAM PC3-8500 clocked at 1066 mhz.
250 GB Western Digital HDD 7200 rpm
1.0 Terabyte, 32 mb cache, 7200 rpm Seagate HDD with perpendicular recording technology
Crossfire Ready Sapphire Radeon 4870 512 mb Graphical Processing Unit with Direct X10 processing
Acer 22" Widescreen Display, native resolution 1650x1080.
I paid, in total, about $1300 for the system (April of 08). It's fully warrantied and I have had zero problems with it so far. The only change I've made is swapping out the old vid card for the 4870. When I bought it, it included a HUGE bundle of software (CoD4, Microsoft Flight Sim X, World in Conflict, several other games) and included a Windows installation.
Now let's take a look at Apple. The only system offering high powered discrete graphics is the Mac Pro.
*browses on over to Apple.com*
Quad Core starting at $2499
with a Geforce 120 graphics card!
So unless you're telling me you paid $3,000+ for your system, your "Ferrari" would get it's guts stomped out by my "piece of " in every single graphical processing task on the market, and costs less than half the price even nearly a year later.
My guess is you're on a "cool" little Starbucks laptop that can't even handle 3dmark06. And by the way, don't bother bragging about your rig unless you can post pictures. Keep talking though, little Apple fanboy, it's SO fun to put you in your place.
I think you left a few out, did you not like the system restore idea?To everyone that tried to help, thanks for the advice.
Slomo -
Cry Havoc -
velik_m
Anyway, thanks for the advice everyone. You can always count on Spurstalk to at least give it a shot
Do you care that much about being thanked?
I wasn't thanking them alone. I singled them out because their advises covered pretty much every scenario mentioned. The system restore idea, like I said, is pretty much obsolete since I'm almost sure the problem isn't a new one, but has been like that since I bought the damn thing.
Either way, thanks for the advice
Do you care that much about being thanked?
After having to put up with koriwhat and still try and help out? A spur under my avatar is more like it!
It's not really a thank you I wanted, but it shows an acknowledgment of the input. Thank you kinda means " hey I read your post" I will take your advise.
And still I haven't read if he did any of the advise that was given.
So no, I rather have a "I tried system restore but it didn't take"
than a "thank you" and for him to not really do anything that was posted.
Maybe your time isn't worth much my time is a precious commodity and don't ever forget that!
Besides, your sister thanked me for last night so its all good brah!
Eh, I dunno. koriwhat is pretty entertaining. It's hard to find someone who's more of an internet tough guy on these boards.
Fair enough.It's not really a thank you I wanted, but it shows an acknowledgment of the input. Thank you kinda means " hey I read your post" I will take your advise.
And still I haven't read if he did any of the advise that was given.
So no, I rather have a "I tried system restore but it didn't take"
than a "thank you" and for him to not really do anything that was posted.
Perhaps you should actually learn to read the thread, as he actually did cover your advice:Maybe your time isn't worth much my time is a precious commodity and don't ever forget that!
Besides, your sister thanked me for last night so its all good brah!Classy. But I don't have a sister.
What's wrong with suggesting a re-format/system restore? , even if there wasn't a single damn thing wrong with MM's 2.0's I still think it would be a good idea. I reboot my xp every few months just out of general paranoia and as soon as something goes wrong with my computer that a simple registry/virus scan doesn't solve, I reboot then too. Best thing one can do for one's machine.
i'd still be jealous of any mac! it's not the pc hardware that's the problem here, it's the OS and yet some of you can't get that through your heads. it's simple really, osx is far superior to winOS no matter how you spin it. i'm no fanboy, it's just the truth.Sorry guys, I have to respond to this. Yep, I'm jealous.
Let's take a look at my "piece of ".
Intel Quad Core Q6600 Processor 2.4 Ghz overclocked to 3.0 Ghz.
4 GB of Kingston DDR3 RAM PC3-8500 clocked at 1066 mhz.
250 GB Western Digital HDD 7200 rpm
1.0 Terabyte, 32 mb cache, 7200 rpm Seagate HDD with perpendicular recording technology
Crossfire Ready Sapphire Radeon 4870 512 mb Graphical Processing Unit with Direct X10 processing
Acer 22" Widescreen Display, native resolution 1650x1080.
i have built, fixed, tweaked, etc pc's for well over 12 yrs and have seen all sorts of happen to them. a bunch of headaches later i realized what the solution to all my problems were... changing over to osx. now granted if any flavor of linux could run my design software natively i would have just built a fast ass pc and installed that os.
i don't drink coffee so you're already striking out... i don't own a laptop so there's goes strike 2... and i don't have to post a photo of my mac to prove a damn thing and i'd imagine only some little pc fanboy would suggest doing anything of the sort. oh one more thing... it's SO fun to put you in your place.
ps: i suggest searching google(suggested by another member too) & i suggest exhausting all options before reformatting hd(suggested by another member too)... i mean what do yall want from me? i make suggestions, mouse's little minions come out to play, and the next thing you know i'm the asshole here. hmm. this is almost getting as bad as the conspiracy that pop is CIA.
Good for you. I'm still not jealous of you for paying far more overhead for a product that's actually less capable. Macs can game now, but you're really paying a premium for it. The fact that you would jump to the conclusion that I'm jealous says more about your own insecurities than mine. I own three PCs and couldn't be happier with them.
What's more, I'm not even a Mac hater. I own an iPhone and I love it. If I am completely biased against Apple, I wouldn't touch anything they make. I'm not. I buy what I like and what performs at the price. PC blows Mac away for that, and has for a long time. Quad core STARTING at $2500 bucks? Laughable.
My comments were strictly tongue in-cheek. I notice I kind of shut you up about how awesome your rig is though.i don't drink coffee so you're already striking out... i don't own a laptop so there's goes strike 2... and i don't have to post a photo of my mac to prove a damn thing and i'd imagine only some little pc fanboy would suggest doing anything of the sort. oh one more thing... it's SO fun to put you in your place.
And if you really want to get technical, yes, Linux or NetBSD blows away anything Apple has ever created.
No. Your primary suggestion was that the OP goes out and buys new USB ports, and you criticized me for suggesting a format, as that should be the "last option". There's nothing like suggesting a poster asking for help should spend money when he doesn't have to!ps: i suggest searching google(suggested by another member too) & i suggest exhausting all options before reformatting hd(suggested by another member too)... i mean what do yall want from me? i make suggestions, mouse's little minions come out to play, and the next thing you know i'm the asshole here. hmm. this is almost getting as bad as the conspiracy that pop is CIA.
When people called you out for it, you got pissy and started bragging about how you have a Mac. For someone who claims to have worked on computers for so long, you show a staggering lack of knowledge about them. I don't know anyone that would suggest buying new USB ports before a format.
Your posts in this thread are ridiculous, and you show a complete lack of maturity or decency to other posters. You're the bad guy because you've been an asshole to people, not because you're a victim. Don't be an idiot and then whine when people call you out for it.
round and round we go.
Nothing is wrong with re-format on it's own. The problem is it often does not fix the problem and usually either a complete waste of time or it just "hides" the problem forcing you to deal with it again at the later time. And it's a huge time sink (system restore is better in this regard), as you have to reinstall many programs (not a big deal if you're only using IE&Office, but for the rest of us it's a lost day). And please don't refer to reformat/system restore as "reboot".
Now that i think about it, I don't think i have ever re-formated a working system.
oi cry havoc, what mobo is ur system using?
whats ur NB volt setting for that overclock?
mine BSOD at 3ghz when i try stress testing...q6600 also.
Not really Cry Havoc pussed out and let you off the hook.
MaNuMaNiAc on the other hand pulled out the smack bat on your ass!
mouse keeps laughing cause he knows he doesn't know ... sitting around on a forum, getting satisfaction because you think one person takes what all you stiffs say to heart, and actually trying to act like you're better then said person must really take you to the top bro.
you crack me up. how's that demonoid invite working out for ya or am i still such an asshole?
Asus P5KC mobo.
My mobo is clocked at 1.3v right now, as I'm just letting the system auto-clock itself.
It's a little warmer than it would normally run, but I bought a Xigmatek CPU cooler for it, and the thing is amazing. Last I checked it was $26 on newegg. Worth every penny. My temps never jump above 55c, AFAIK. I haven't really checked in the middle of heavy gaming though, but at idle or just surfing my temps stay in the mid to high 30s, which is more than acceptable.
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