Revs Rig Solutions

DVDFab Hangs Crashes on startup

2012-02-18T19:58:00.006Z

try running "C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 8 Qt\FabCore.exe"
then start dvdfab

Using Remote Control to Start XBMC

2012-02-18T02:29:00.001Z

For this i was using a Speedlink MC Infared Remote. But the following should work with any remote.

Tools used:
ShowKey 2.0
AutoHotkey

Simply open showkey and press buttons on the remote to see the keyboard commands.

I found buttons on my remote im not using in XBMC and took a note of the keyboard commands showing in up in showkey.

for instance
my audio button gave me the following in showkey...
Notification(Key, a, 3)

This is simply Control + Shift + A

For my part I wanted to use the unused MSN button which gave me Control + N
Taking Control + N to run XBMC in AutoHotKey script as follows:

The keys in autoscript are:
^ = control
# = windows key
! = Alt

Heres the script:

^n::
IfWinExist XBMC - XBMC
WinActivate
else
Run "C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\XBMC.exe"
return

Also found the Help remote button returnd F1 so used that to run the windows+p shortcut to change my screen from my monitor to the Big telly!

F1::Send #p

Hope this helps someone, if its too complicated appologies Im not good at explaining things.

XBMC FTW!

Ultimate Gaming Rig 2012

2012-02-17T15:33:00.001Z

Firstly, the fastest desktop processor known to man, backed up by a mighty 24 gig of the fastest ram available. A trio of GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Cards, for the perfect SLI setup, 3 terabytes of super speed Solid State Hard disk goodness, to store every Batman game since the ZX Spectrum, all backed up by a 1200 watt modular PSU. Mmm… modular.
Then, because the Batcave is a big place, the ultimate monitor setup – three 70″ 1080p monitors, to make those pixelated bad-guys as lifesize and realistic as possible. And because the acoustics in the cave are unrivalled in any superhero hideout (Cave of Solitude, Cave of Schmolitude) – a top spec soundcard and a 5.1 surround setup. And an external 12 terabytes of storage for all those Beiber MP3s.
With easy access to a good water supply, in the form of an actual river running through his pad, the Dark Knight has gone with a watercooling setup – fed straight from the giant in house waterfall. A twin radiator setup, with a mighty 12 fans (in push/pull configuration, naturally) keeps that water nice and chilly, so as not to disturb the local eco-system. A further 7 fans on the case make this a noisy beast, but when you’re in the zone as much as the bat – you won’t even notice.

PC
Case: NZXT Khaos Aluminium Full Tower Case
MB: Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer X58 Socket 1366 CEB Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i7 Extreme i7 980X 3.33GHz Socket 1366 12MB Cache
3 x GPU: Gigabyte GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card
6 x RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 2133Mhz Memory Kit CL9
5 x Solid State Drives: Intel 600GB 320 Series SSD – 2.5″ SATA-II – Read 270MB/s Write 220MB/s – OEM
Soundcard: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Soundcard – PCI-Express
Speakers: Logitech Z906 Surround Sound 5.1 Speaker System
3 x Monitors: NEC MultiSync P701 – 70″ Display
PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX 1200W Modular PSU
Bluray: LiteOn iHBS112 12x BD-RE with DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Blu-Ray Drive
2 x External HDD: Buffalo 6TB DriveStation Duo External Hard Drive – USB 3.0 – 2x3TB Raid
Watercooling
CPU Block: Aqua Computer Cuplex XT CPU Waterblock for Socket 1156/1366
Pump: Aqua Computer Aquastream XT Ultra USB 12v Pump
2 x Radiators: Hardware Labs Black ICE GT Extreme 360 radiator In Black
19 x Fans: Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 3000rpm Case Fan
5 x Fan Controllers: AeroCool Touch 1000 Fan Controller – 5.25″ Bay

Water cooling New build

2012-02-02T18:58:00.000Z

Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz Quad Core,
Nvidia GT 6800 512mb x2 in SLI,
Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Case,
Asus Striker II Formula 780i Mobo,
600w PSU,
60GB SSD
4GB RAM.

Hoping to sell this on ebay.

If dont need the money will overclock it to 3.4ghz

H70 or Full on water cooling as a initial project

780i Chipset gets hot so look for chipset 780i blocks

haveing a hard time finding em on web contact EK direct on Monday. one suggestion is re apply paste on the chips last time i did that i made 680i worse :( knew i should have gone with x38 maybe i'll just sell this and get waterblocks first for a certain mobo i5 probably a good start then will have confidence to go rampage 4 extreme watercooling! :D and by then the reasdonable priced chips will be out :D

Internet Speed 30th Jan 2012

2012-01-30T21:20:00.001Z

Still running ok

2012-01-29T20:41:00.003Z

Did some stress test on my rig Still running ok

with Performance 10k 3dmark11 score -> http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2650172

Building My First Custom Water cooled Rig

2012-01-26T14:29:00.000Z

EK-LT 360 Water Cooling Kit
EK 680 Waterblock x2
GTX 680 SLI
i7 Ivy Bridge or Sandybridge-E
Rampage IV Extreme
8GB DDR3 2GBx4
512GB SSD (128GB SSD x4 With Intel Raid Card) wait till price comes down for SSD's

Do the lottery & more competitions lol will need approx £1,600

Promote it on
Facebook
Twitter
Youtube
Blogger

If buying monthly in order would get @ £300 (approx) each
1. 680
2. 680
3. Rampage IV Extreme
4. CPU & RAM
5. Watercooling Kit & VGA Blocks

One last thing would like a new Haf X as my one whines near were it can't be screwed down!

Tom's Starcraft 2 Links

2012-01-26T00:00:00.000Z

http://geforce.cevo.com/event/geforce-starcraft-2-pro-am/competitor/7808/

http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/1660832/1/Starshield/

http://sc2ranks.com/eu/1660832/Starshield

My Starcraft II Wallpapers

2012-01-25T21:26:00.001Z

Battlefield 3 PC Gameplay

2012-01-24T19:41:00.002Z

I have recently been given access to longer youtube videos more than 15 minutes. I guess i can put as long as i want on there now don't know what the limit is. Anyways, this is my first youtube upload thats half an hour long. It involves me battling operation Guillotine in Battlefield 3. I am playing on PC with the highest graphics settings possible that consists of Ultra & 4xAA 16xAF. On average i pump out 92 frames per second (fps) tested via fraps during a 64 multiplayer.

Camera Tests @ iCandy Fest Jan 2011

2012-01-20T23:25:00.002Z

Asus Rampage IV Extreme (4) is out Oh Yea Baby!

2011-11-15T12:44:00.001Z

FRAPS Settings for recording Battlefield 3

2011-11-05T16:39:00.003Z

NB Battlefield 3 is installed on C:

Copying MW3 & Battlefield 3 to your new SSD Hard Drive

2011-11-04T20:52:00.000Z

By default my EA Origin app downloads and installs all my games to my default 2TB games Raid 0 hard drive G. But I have a 256GB SSD for Windows which id like to utilize for my newest game Battlefield 3.

Note changing Origin installation directory would work for all games here on, but i would like to move only Battlefield 3 to the SSD!

I guided myself with the following...

1.
Copy the following folder from G: :
G:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 3

Make a new folder on SSD drive C:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\

And Paste into this folder giving a new installation source
C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 3

2.
Run regedit, edit the following registry (for x64 64 bit)
changing the two G's to C and then exit regedit

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA Games\Battlefield 3]

"GDFBinary"="G:\\Program Files (x86)\\Electronic Arts\\Battlefield 3\\GDFBinary_en_US.dll"
"GameExplorer"="{CF7464DE-1833-459E-9A12-51DAFD5D5879}"
"DisplayName"="Battlefield 3™"
"Locale"="en_US"
"Product GUID"="{76285C16-411A-488A-BCE3-C83CB933D8CF}"
"Install Dir"="G:\\Program Files (x86)\\Electronic Arts\\Battlefield 3\\"

...Probably this (for x86 32bit) dont count on me though...
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Games\Battlefield 3]

3.
Rename the following folder to Battlefield 4 or something to keep a backup
G:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 3

4.
Edit your desktop shortcut drive letters aswell

5.
Restart your computer

Test out the game

if working can safely delete backup from G
also can always download the game again from origin.

Thanks again.

UPDATE:
This time I'd like to copy steam game MW3. After some quick research it was a little bit easier than actually expected...

closed down steam
copied mw3 folder from steam folder
paste to>C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 3
rename old MW3 steam folder to something like "call of duty modern warfare 3 backup"

ran the following command

C:\>mklink /j "G:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 3" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 3"

Junction created for G:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 3 <<===>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 3

Now loaded back up steam and violla no registrry tweaks!

Flashing Rooting my Wildfire

2011-10-15T20:47:00.000+01:00

my own unedited notes but use at your own risk:

revolutionar to turn s-off bootloader
grab it here http://revolutionary.io/

superoneclick was simple for rooting
grab it here: http://shortfuse.org/

if your trying to root using unrevoked you need to downgrade to 2.1 android os/firmware
to downgrade i used
RUU_Buzz_TMO_UK_1.14.110.1_Radio_13.45.55.24_3.35.15.19_release_130442_signed.exeRUU_Buzz_TMO_UK_1.14.110.1_Radio_13.45.55.24_3.35.15.19_release_130442_signed.exe

i now want to upgrade to custom rom
download rom in zip format
add to sdcard as update.zip
reboot to Hboot loader using volume down and power button
select recovery
once exclamation mark is up
press volume up + power button
Apply update....

ps. currently
doing this now be back inabit

oh installation aborted was not signed/verified...

so,

as i neally bricked my phone i then downgraded using the long.exe above which worked a treat so i had to root again but this time i was able to use unrevoked.

rooted using unrevoked which installed a custom recovery Hboot menu

I can add as many roms in zip format as I want to sd card and select the zip file from the new recovery menu! :D

currently trying to install custom rom again
failed first time.

Update:
Reflashed 2.2 Android Froyo ROM
http://shipped-roms.com/download.php?category=android&model=Buzz&file=RUU_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2_22_405_1_Radio_13_55_55_24H_3_35_20_10_release_160191_signed.exe
This gives me app movement so i can install on my SD CARD, also Wireless Tethering standard etc... i used superoneclock again to root my phone though to use root access apps.

i think i went in a loop at least i learnt how to install root(admin) user apps...

Android is built on linux you know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)

Reminder

2011-10-04T11:52:00.001+01:00

For Crucial M4 to update firmware from 0002 to 0009 (430mb read to 550mb read)

Shopping Basket
Battlefield 3
Rage
Modern Warfare 3
2x Red or White 200mm Fans
2x 256gb or 4x 128gb Crucial M4
Battlefield 3 Mouse Matt
Battlefield 3 Poster
...to be continued

Games for Windows Live Operating System

2011-10-01T18:28:00.002+01:00

Games for Windows Live Operating System...

How long before its out?

Autoruns for Windows v11 (startup run etc...)

2011-09-30T20:51:00.001+01:00

ooo nice tool everything in windows that automatically loads
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902
By Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
Published: September 20, 2011

Nvidia Saving SLI and App Profiles

2011-09-28T21:14:00.005+01:00

Everytime I update my Nvidia drivers I loose all my profiles for each game I have installed so i located the registry entry and backed up before i updated my drivers and restored the registry after. You can find the registry entries by running regedit and locating entries here...

for windows 7 x64 (maybe for other windows and x86 (32bit) aswell)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA
Corporation\Global\NVTweak\NvCplAppNamesStored]

NB This only saves your games list not the actual settings which is a bit off by Nvidia really so still working on how to save each games settings.

New Razer Blackwidow Gaming Mechanical Keyboard

2011-09-20T20:30:00.000+01:00

Haf X Gaming i7 950 4.2Ghz Overclock Build - 2011

2011-08-31T22:29:00.001+01:00

Quick ameture video using vegas, fraps and hd camera showing how loud fans are booting up at the start then shows intel burn test and temps i get then shows a closer look at the case with two dub step songs to seperate them.

i43 Insomnia 2011 few pics

2011-08-27T19:29:00.000+01:00

2011 Gaming PC Build Picture Log

2011-08-23T22:53:00.004+01:00

Gaming Overclocked Custom PC - 2011 Rig Update

2011-08-23T22:41:00.001+01:00

Gaming Overclocked Custom PC

Build Update 2011

Windows 7 Professional x64

Screen: Asus 3D 23" 1920x1080 with Nvidia 3D Vision Kit

Motherboard: Rampage II Extreme -Crossfire/SLI

Cooler: Corsair H70 - Scythe Ultra Kaze 3000RPM's FANs with 1600RPM limiter

CPU: Intel Core i7 950 D0 @4.2ghz 21x200BCLK at 1.375Vcore
Graphics: EVGA GTX480 SC - added backplate and highflow bracket

Case: Coolermaster Haf X - added 3x red LED 200mm fan's

Ram: 6x 2GB OCZ 1600MHZ CL6-8-6 DDR3

Optical Drive: Samsung Bluray ROM

Boot Drive: Crucial 256GB M4 SSD

Hard Drive Storage: Samsung F3 2TB (2x1TB) Raid 0

Power Supply: Corsair TX850W

Expansion Asus U3S6 SATA 3(6GBs)/USB 3.0 PCI-E Card

COD MW3 Elite Gamertag / Avatar

2011-08-22T21:59:00.006+01:00