Thought I would share something from my experience with gaming. I have a shaky computer and home electrical wiring. I had problems with power supplies in the past, and I finally moved on to Corsair for their supposed reliability. Everything was going great, till I started getting low framerates in games. The PSU was also producing a whining sound (can be normal), so I thought it was on its way out and therefore reducing my GPU performance. I actually got out and bought a new power supply (corsairs second version of their TX650) but to my dismay, the situation did not improve. I did find a solution though, one that should have occurred to me sooner.
I had actually had problems with my GPU before. It would change to using x4 PCI-e speeds instead of staying at x16. This would cause reduced framerates and was due to the GPU not being seated properly. Remember, PCI-e lanes are all the same. x1 is just using fewer lanes than x4 etc. x16 uses all the lanes and if a few are not connected, it will continue working, but using a slower spec. This time though, I did not see anything but x16 as the speed. I checked this using GPU-Z. I thought everything was fine with the GPU, but it turned out to be the source of all my troubles.
This blog uses one of Blogger's new dynamic themes. It seemed appropriate and is much easier to handle. To move from post to post, simply use the left or right direction buttons on your keyboard. Each post loads rather quickly allowing much easier use.
I realize a lot of people might be interested in making a little cash on the side and I feel I should tell you about survey options that actually work. There are a lot of PTC (paid to click) options and even survey options that are just scams. The following are those I tried a while back and made some cash with.
The first is
I've taken a couple surveys here and have US$28 in the account. I literally took 2 or so surveys but one of them happened to be a $20 survey. They seem more lenient when it comes to lower limits on withdrawal. Check them out.
Globaltestmarket.com
I made roughly US$200 here when I was actively taking surveys in my down time. It's great.
Believe me people, they actually do pay you with checks. It's fully legit. Surveysavvy also has a referral program which u might want to take advantage of. I have provided my referral link as well. Hopefully I will have the time to take take part in some more of these surveys.
Also I should mention that some surveys will introduce you to online communities where you can earn even more money. Surveysavvy allowed me to get into one where I made roughly US$400 already through the year. Roughly $90 per month. Globaltestmarket previously got me into another community where I made a good deal in amazon giftcards. Check it out. You can find those community surveys by searching for "community" in the emails you are sent.
Have you ever come up on a file that just would not be deleted? I have, several times. It can be frustrating. Here I will detail ways in which I dealt with the issue on separate occasions.
1. Simplest method is to download applications that address the issue specifically.
Unlocker is one such application.
LockHunter is another.
2. Kill the suspected application using Task Manager. To get to the tast manager, simply press and hold CTRL+ALT+DELETE on your keyboard. This will bring up a screen with the option to start the Task Manager. If you suspect that Windows Explorer is the culprit, kill the explorer.exe task and restart it by going to File, New task and typing explorer, in the task manager.
3. Restart the Operating system in Safe mode. Often this is done by pressing F8 while the system boots and selecting "safe mode"
4. This one I had to do recently. I could not figure what was holding the file from being deleted or renamed. I had to boot into the other operating system I had on the computer. You can do this if you dual boot, or it can be done via a boot CD such as Hiren's BootCD. Simply boot into DOS or any of the provided file management tools on the CD.
Good Luck
Notes: Hiren's BootCD is a highly recommended tool
Those not willing to pay the, widely accepted to be exorbitant, costs for a retail PS3 jailbreak package are in luck as member of the scene have managed to reverse the original Jailbreak and release an alternative which can be used on various devices. Besides the chips mentioned, the jailbreak is currently being ported over to the n900 from nokia, android phones and more.
More detail can be found here
below is a video demonstrating the hack on an Olimex AVR-USB-162
This is a major move on Sony's part to hamper the spread of the recently revealed PSJailBreak PlayStation 3 hack. This is a temporary move which lasts till the end of august 2010 at which point it will be determined whether or not Sony has the right to request the courts in Australia fully shutdown reseller sales of this product.
Resellers that have been mentioned are Qualtronics and Ozmodchips among some possible others.
This is a major move on Sony's part to hamper the spread of the recently revealed PSJailBreak PlayStation 3 hack. This is a temporary move which lasts till the end of august 2010 at which point it will be determined whether or not Sony has the right to request the courts in Australia fully shutdown reseller sales of this product.
Resellers that have been mentioned are Qualtronics and Ozmodchips among some possible others.
Ozmodchips provided this response:
"28/08/2010 - Hello Everyone. On Friday the 27/08/2010 we where given some documents from the Lawyers representing Sony. The documents are Federal Court orders for a temporary injunction. The Injunction states that from 24 hours of receiving the documents to the 31st of August OzModChips, Quantronics, Modsupplier and anyone else in Australia: • Give up all stock in our possession, including our sample I guess it was lucky that the device was delayed by a couple of days. While many people that have received their sample and sent it off to cloners....we sent ours to a well known homebrew developer. The developer we picked showed us various homebrew applications that he had already developed for ps3 dev units, that he wants to port over to retail units. Yes, PS3 homebrew is real and will start flowing through at a steady rate as soon as next week. • Give up any stock we get between now and the 31st We are not getting any between these times • Ozmodchips also cannot: Import distribute Offer provide or deal with PS Jailbreak devices These are from the Federal Court of Australia. All 3 Australian stores we appear in court in some form on the 31st of August. On the 31st the court will decide if there will be a continuation of the "ban" or if we are allowed to sell them. Our views are the same as Quantronics who posted this info here. This is not OzModChips Vs Sony. This is not OzModChips, Quantronics, Modsupplier Vs Sony. We would go as far as saying that is not even everyone in Australia Vs Sony. This will effect everyone that plans to buy such a device world wide. It already sets a dangerous precedent. Everyone that was using OtherOS, everyone that has had a faulty PS3 laser... and those interested in PS3 custom firmware and homebrew applications. We cannot do it alone, we need the support of everyone the homebrew community, the media, engineers that understand the inner workings and anyone else that can provide support. Regarding orders: If the injunction becomes permanent we will refund everyone that has ordered from us. If it doesn't then we will send all orders as originally planned. There will be no delay to the planned shipping date. We would ask everyone to wait until then. We have the money sitting in our account which will cover 100% refunds for everyone if that needs to happen. We kindly ask everyone to just hold off until the 31st, as we need all the time we can to prepare. Thank you for your support! -OzModChips Team"More as the situation develops.
It is almost certain that, with the current exploit, you will be detected and your console banned from PSN. The first report I have seen says the ban was a 30 day ban so you might not be permanently banned, but caution should still be taken. I would advice using the hack offline only.
A bit of information from devs in the ps3 scene
A bit of information from devs in the ps3 scene
RichDevX has tweeted (http://twitter.com/RichDevX/status/21834071821, http://twitter.com/RichDevX/status/21853453805, and http://twitter.com/RichDevX/status/21834160613) the following: "Using the backup manager on PSN is like walking into a trap. Title: Backup Manager || Title ID: LAUN12345. FYI, dongle IDs can be revoked! Don't be surprised if error 0x8002A227 is returned."The below is from SKFU. This guy isn't on top of my "to be respected" list, but he has knowledge.
SONY may update the PS3's bootcode to prevent loading the stick. They also could log the "backup manager"'s game ID (LAUN-12345) when people go online. So they could identify who actually uses the illegal JIG clone and ban the affected consoles. This would be an illegal step aswell, but hey; it's SONY.
As was expected, the original PSJailbreak that surfaced recently has been cloned. The jury is still out on whether or not it is possible to carry out the same function at no cost to the user however.
Yesterday we reported news that the official PS JailBreak site warned of clone PS3 modchips, and today it appears the first PSJailBreak clone has surfaced dubbed x3JailBreak.
While there aren't many details on the official www.x3JailBreak.com site yet, below is a rough translation from French site Logic-Sunrise (linked above) on these new PS JailBreak PlayStation 3 modchip clones.
To quote: "That is now three days since the announcement of the hack the PS3 has been proven to create excitement on the Web. When everyone realized that the long awaited hack console Nippon boiled down to a dongle with a USB output (at a price a bit high), the question on everyone's lips was 'is there an alternative ?, clones... like the linker?'
The answer is do not wait and made positive, in fact already found on the Web advertisements for the first clones, it was still very little information on the selling price of these new jailbreak for PS3 or when they are available.
What is certain is that for the moment, no team has revealed the list of components necessary for its implementation so that the most talented in electronic solders and can make their dongle HomeMade."
Source PS3News.com
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15 February 2012
Reviews pack: UFC Undisputed 3
UFC Undisputed 3 review - Gametrailers
More video reviews after the break.
12 February 2012
Gaming Advice: Video Card securing
Thought I would share something from my experience with gaming. I have a shaky computer and home electrical wiring. I had problems with power supplies in the past, and I finally moved on to Corsair for their supposed reliability. Everything was going great, till I started getting low framerates in games. The PSU was also producing a whining sound (can be normal), so I thought it was on its way out and therefore reducing my GPU performance. I actually got out and bought a new power supply (corsairs second version of their TX650) but to my dismay, the situation did not improve. I did find a solution though, one that should have occurred to me sooner.
I had actually had problems with my GPU before. It would change to using x4 PCI-e speeds instead of staying at x16. This would cause reduced framerates and was due to the GPU not being seated properly. Remember, PCI-e lanes are all the same. x1 is just using fewer lanes than x4 etc. x16 uses all the lanes and if a few are not connected, it will continue working, but using a slower spec. This time though, I did not see anything but x16 as the speed. I checked this using GPU-Z. I thought everything was fine with the GPU, but it turned out to be the source of all my troubles.
11 February 2012
Browsing New Dynamic Theme
This blog uses one of Blogger's new dynamic themes. It seemed appropriate and is much easier to handle. To move from post to post, simply use the left or right direction buttons on your keyboard. Each post loads rather quickly allowing much easier use.
Information Post: Paid Survey Sites
I realize a lot of people might be interested in making a little cash on the side and I feel I should tell you about survey options that actually work. There are a lot of PTC (paid to click) options and even survey options that are just scams. The following are those I tried a while back and made some cash with.
The first is
I've taken a couple surveys here and have US$28 in the account. I literally took 2 or so surveys but one of them happened to be a $20 survey. They seem more lenient when it comes to lower limits on withdrawal. Check them out.
Globaltestmarket.com
I made roughly US$200 here when I was actively taking surveys in my down time. It's great.
Believe me people, they actually do pay you with checks. It's fully legit. Surveysavvy also has a referral program which u might want to take advantage of. I have provided my referral link as well. Hopefully I will have the time to take take part in some more of these surveys.
Also I should mention that some surveys will introduce you to online communities where you can earn even more money. Surveysavvy allowed me to get into one where I made roughly US$400 already through the year. Roughly $90 per month. Globaltestmarket previously got me into another community where I made a good deal in amazon giftcards. Check it out. You can find those community surveys by searching for "community" in the emails you are sent.
Windows won't let you delete that file?
Have you ever come up on a file that just would not be deleted? I have, several times. It can be frustrating. Here I will detail ways in which I dealt with the issue on separate occasions.
1. Simplest method is to download applications that address the issue specifically.
Unlocker is one such application.
LockHunter is another.
2. Kill the suspected application using Task Manager. To get to the tast manager, simply press and hold CTRL+ALT+DELETE on your keyboard. This will bring up a screen with the option to start the Task Manager. If you suspect that Windows Explorer is the culprit, kill the explorer.exe task and restart it by going to File, New task and typing explorer, in the task manager.
3. Restart the Operating system in Safe mode. Often this is done by pressing F8 while the system boots and selecting "safe mode"
4. This one I had to do recently. I could not figure what was holding the file from being deleted or renamed. I had to boot into the other operating system I had on the computer. You can do this if you dual boot, or it can be done via a boot CD such as Hiren's BootCD. Simply boot into DOS or any of the provided file management tools on the CD.
Good Luck
Notes: Hiren's BootCD is a highly recommended tool
05 September 2010
Open Source PS3 Jailbreak Released, Hack documented
Those not willing to pay the, widely accepted to be exorbitant, costs for a retail PS3 jailbreak package are in luck as member of the scene have managed to reverse the original Jailbreak and release an alternative which can be used on various devices. Besides the chips mentioned, the jailbreak is currently being ported over to the n900 from nokia, android phones and more.
More detail can be found here
below is a video demonstrating the hack on an Olimex AVR-USB-162
28 August 2010
Sony Halts Australian ReSeller PS JailBreak Sales
This is a major move on Sony's part to hamper the spread of the recently revealed PSJailBreak PlayStation 3 hack. This is a temporary move which lasts till the end of august 2010 at which point it will be determined whether or not Sony has the right to request the courts in Australia fully shutdown reseller sales of this product.
Resellers that have been mentioned are Qualtronics and Ozmodchips among some possible others.
Sony Halts Australian ReSeller PS JailBreak Sales
This is a major move on Sony's part to hamper the spread of the recently revealed PSJailBreak PlayStation 3 hack. This is a temporary move which lasts till the end of august 2010 at which point it will be determined whether or not Sony has the right to request the courts in Australia fully shutdown reseller sales of this product.
Resellers that have been mentioned are Qualtronics and Ozmodchips among some possible others.
Ozmodchips provided this response:
"28/08/2010 - Hello Everyone. On Friday the 27/08/2010 we where given some documents from the Lawyers representing Sony. The documents are Federal Court orders for a temporary injunction. The Injunction states that from 24 hours of receiving the documents to the 31st of August OzModChips, Quantronics, Modsupplier and anyone else in Australia: • Give up all stock in our possession, including our sample I guess it was lucky that the device was delayed by a couple of days. While many people that have received their sample and sent it off to cloners....we sent ours to a well known homebrew developer. The developer we picked showed us various homebrew applications that he had already developed for ps3 dev units, that he wants to port over to retail units. Yes, PS3 homebrew is real and will start flowing through at a steady rate as soon as next week. • Give up any stock we get between now and the 31st We are not getting any between these times • Ozmodchips also cannot: Import distribute Offer provide or deal with PS Jailbreak devices These are from the Federal Court of Australia. All 3 Australian stores we appear in court in some form on the 31st of August. On the 31st the court will decide if there will be a continuation of the "ban" or if we are allowed to sell them. Our views are the same as Quantronics who posted this info here. This is not OzModChips Vs Sony. This is not OzModChips, Quantronics, Modsupplier Vs Sony. We would go as far as saying that is not even everyone in Australia Vs Sony. This will effect everyone that plans to buy such a device world wide. It already sets a dangerous precedent. Everyone that was using OtherOS, everyone that has had a faulty PS3 laser... and those interested in PS3 custom firmware and homebrew applications. We cannot do it alone, we need the support of everyone the homebrew community, the media, engineers that understand the inner workings and anyone else that can provide support. Regarding orders: If the injunction becomes permanent we will refund everyone that has ordered from us. If it doesn't then we will send all orders as originally planned. There will be no delay to the planned shipping date. We would ask everyone to wait until then. We have the money sitting in our account which will cover 100% refunds for everyone if that needs to happen. We kindly ask everyone to just hold off until the 31st, as we need all the time we can to prepare. Thank you for your support! -OzModChips Team"More as the situation develops.
23 August 2010
New PS3 hack detectable by Sony
It is almost certain that, with the current exploit, you will be detected and your console banned from PSN. The first report I have seen says the ban was a 30 day ban so you might not be permanently banned, but caution should still be taken. I would advice using the hack offline only.
A bit of information from devs in the ps3 scene
A bit of information from devs in the ps3 scene
RichDevX has tweeted (http://twitter.com/RichDevX/status/21834071821, http://twitter.com/RichDevX/status/21853453805, and http://twitter.com/RichDevX/status/21834160613) the following: "Using the backup manager on PSN is like walking into a trap. Title: Backup Manager || Title ID: LAUN12345. FYI, dongle IDs can be revoked! Don't be surprised if error 0x8002A227 is returned."The below is from SKFU. This guy isn't on top of my "to be respected" list, but he has knowledge.
SONY may update the PS3's bootcode to prevent loading the stick. They also could log the "backup manager"'s game ID (LAUN-12345) when people go online. So they could identify who actually uses the illegal JIG clone and ban the affected consoles. This would be an illegal step aswell, but hey; it's SONY.
PlayStation 3 JailBreak Cloned. Cheaper alternatives to come
As was expected, the original PSJailbreak that surfaced recently has been cloned. The jury is still out on whether or not it is possible to carry out the same function at no cost to the user however.
Yesterday we reported news that the official PS JailBreak site warned of clone PS3 modchips, and today it appears the first PSJailBreak clone has surfaced dubbed x3JailBreak.
While there aren't many details on the official www.x3JailBreak.com site yet, below is a rough translation from French site Logic-Sunrise (linked above) on these new PS JailBreak PlayStation 3 modchip clones.
To quote: "That is now three days since the announcement of the hack the PS3 has been proven to create excitement on the Web. When everyone realized that the long awaited hack console Nippon boiled down to a dongle with a USB output (at a price a bit high), the question on everyone's lips was 'is there an alternative ?, clones... like the linker?'
The answer is do not wait and made positive, in fact already found on the Web advertisements for the first clones, it was still very little information on the selling price of these new jailbreak for PS3 or when they are available.
What is certain is that for the moment, no team has revealed the list of components necessary for its implementation so that the most talented in electronic solders and can make their dongle HomeMade."
Source PS3News.com
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