CrazyDude Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 (edited) About this memory leaks things I cried about before, if anyone else has it: Type "about:config" in an empty tab and then create a new boolean value called config.trim_on_minimize and set it to true. Now my firefox.exe is using 12 MB of runtime after 5 minutes. Yesterday, my firefox.exe was using 953 MB of Runtime after 1 hour (that's more than Battefield 2) Also setting these values in about:config helps a lot: browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers=0 browser.cache.memory.enable=false Tada. I'm guessing you got this from a post on the mozzilla forums so were there any negative impacts mentioned? -edit: we'll there's atleast one. Now my home button doesn't work and when I start firefox my homepage doesn't come up. Edited February 14, 2006 by Pilate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 @Warlord Why do I have feeling this is something to get around the Admin account on a school's PC? Which would be illegal. @vALKYR Nice find. For anyone looking for more info on these settings... config.trim_on_minimize Windows-Only browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers browser.cache.memory.enable Another to add to that might be browser.cache.memory.capacity=0 which is said to be same as setting browser.cache.memory.enable=false @Mindless I don't know about balance, but it'll max it. This system is obviously not you main gamer rig. So don't worry about balance too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 @WarlordWhy do I have feeling this is something to get around the Admin account on a school's PC? Which would be illegal. @vALKYR Nice find. For anyone looking for more info on these settings... config.trim_on_minimize Windows-Only browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers browser.cache.memory.enable Another to add to that might be browser.cache.memory.capacity=0 which is said to be same as setting browser.cache.memory.enable=false @Mindless I don't know about balance, but it'll max it. This system is obviously not you main gamer rig. So don't worry about balance too much. Nah, not a school. A cyber cafe. I want to install LimeWire there and get some stuff. But I can't install it, because I'm a limited user. So, any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke15 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 @WarlordWhy do I have feeling this is something to get around the Admin account on a school's PC? Which would be illegal. @vALKYR Nice find. For anyone looking for more info on these settings... config.trim_on_minimize Windows-Only browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers browser.cache.memory.enable Another to add to that might be browser.cache.memory.capacity=0 which is said to be same as setting browser.cache.memory.enable=false @Mindless I don't know about balance, but it'll max it. This system is obviously not you main gamer rig. So don't worry about balance too much. Nah, not a school. A cyber cafe. I want to install LimeWire there and get some stuff. But I can't install it, because I'm a limited user. So, any help? I would think that you may be able to run it from some kind of flash drive, but thats only a thought, never tried it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew1g Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 umm I think I'm gonna try linux, I heard it's very stable and stuff but my problem is the software compatability, is there any way of using windows stuff on linux? ps did you know that when Bill gates was advertising windows 98 the computer gave him a BSOD? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobtronic Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Ok, on earbud headphones..(or whichever variant you refer to them as) What are the little holes on the back for? does it matter if the foam cushion part covers them? I think I'm the only person who keeps the foam on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Nah, not a school. A cyber cafe. I want to install LimeWire there and get some stuff. But I can't install it, because I'm a limited user. So, any help? Guess you missed the illegal part. It doesn't matter if it's a school, library, net cafe, or you're next door neighbor. If you have not been given permission to crack the password of a computer, admin or other wise, it is illegal. If it was your computer, then you can crack it all you want. Anything else will land your a** in jail...so don't bend over for the soap. @matthew1g About the Win98 BSoD with Gates. Old news. One of his developers was connecting a printer for press demo when it BSoD. As for the Linux question. There are programs that can do the same job programs in Windows can. In same cases there are Linux versions. In most there are clones based on the original's source code or it was backwards engineered. @boobtronic Speakers need to breath just like us humans, ok maybe not just like us but they need to breath anyway.. Don't worry if the pad covers the holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vALKYR Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 browser.cache.memory.enable has been reported as a bit of a false friend. It does decrease the amount of memory used by firefox.exe but sites like google or something like that will not work anymore. I tried setting it to it's default value and it still ain't 500 megs of runtime. It says below the 100 mb after testing this for 5 hours. On another note: A question I'm buying a XFX 7800GT Extreme Edition and in the pdf user manual it states that you need a 400W PSU supporting 20A on the 12V Rail. I have 420W and only 18A on the 12V Rail. I'm not taking any risks so I have to buy a new one. Now, I came to various no-name PSU's for a small amounf of money but I've also come across a Super Flower (not a no-name of course, they're good) PSU which is 400W and 20A on the 12V Rail. This is on the edge as it's exactly that what XFX recommends. And this card I want is an Extreme Edition, meaning that's 50 Mhz more than a normal 7800GT clocks. So, should I buy the Super Flower Quality PSU or a rather no-name PSU but supporting e.g 550W and 35W on the 12V Rail which could even drive a 7800GTX in SLI Mode. Tips and help appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I learned the hard way about the browser.cache.memory.enable too. I have it set to true and browser.cache.memory.capacity set to -1, originally it was set to something like 65355 I forget. If you go the link I left before for that setting you can see different levels you can set it to besides -1 which is "Automatically decide the maximum memory to use to cache decoded images and chrome based on the total amount of RAM." For your PSU question; what is the "no-name brand" you're looking at? Where are you looking and make I can help find you what you need? Knowing what the budget is can help if it's that big of a deal. Super Flower might be a brand you know, but it's a new one on me. So the same story may be the same for you on that "no-name brand". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Wolf, Oh okay then, even though in Sri Lanka there are no laws like that (or the laws are not enforced. Thanks anyway. Luke, Thanks for that, I'll try it out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ar2De2 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I'm a comp security nut. Is there any way I can connect to a proxy or change my IP through a router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 To change the IP address used by your modem out to the internet? Normally yes, but it also depends if your ISP uses dynamic or static IP addressing. If it's dynamic; in your router go the Status page and there should be a DHCP Release and Renew buttons. Click the Release, wait about 5-10secs, then click Renew. If it's static, call your ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ar2De2 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Mine has reset and refresh, would those work, or do I have to be on the computer with the router? Apparently i'm not on a static or dynamic either, i'm on a PPPoE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 (edited) Okay, scratch that post. I can't seem to download Shockwave. Whenver it downloads, it does the installation, and then resets itself and downloads again, while the file never loads. Help? Edited February 16, 2006 by Taxman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vALKYR Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 For your PSU question; what is the "no-name brand" you're looking at? Where are you looking and make I can help find you what you need? Knowing what the budget is can help if it's that big of a deal.Super Flower might be a brand you know, but it's a new one on me. So the same story may be the same for you on that "no-name brand". LC6550-550W Black: 550W supporting 35A on the 12v Rail and Tronje EZ-Cool 140: 550W supporting also 35A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 @Ar2De2 Yes you have to use a computer to login to the router and there you'll find the things I'm talking about. @Taxman What browser? @vALKYR Ok my bad. When you said "no-name brand" you weren't kidding. Forget what I said. I would suggest the no-name brand because of it's amps on it's +12V rail. 7800GTX requires atleast 26A on the +12V The BFG 7800GT says it needs 26A, but for SLI it needs 34A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Hi all, Quick question. I want to install a new hard drive to my machine, How hard or how easy is this to do for someone who can turn a PC on, and load the internet. I hate dragging my PC to the shop kinda thing, would prefer to do it myself. Is it a simple case of slotting it in, connecting it up, re -boot and away we go, or do I have to get involved in BIOS and all that stuff? PS, Thanks for that Link Wolf, sorted my question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Installing a HDD is more or less easy. Are you installing a drive to replace the C drive or are you adding it for added storage? Added storage is easy and straight forward. First and formost read the damn manual. Learn how to set the jumpers to Slave. Mount the drive in the 3.5in bay area. Connect the IDE (or SATA as the case maybe) and power cable. Start up the PC. Windows XP makes it easy to format the extra drive; Start->Control Panel->Admin tools->Comptuer Management->Disk Management After that follow this and seems to be dead on; from Seagate but will work with any brand of drive. The other thing you can do if you buy a HDD that comes with a CD, you can boot with it and format the drive that way as well. Just remember to select Additional Storage if that is what you want to use the drive for. If you want to replace the C drive, and the HDD comes with a CD: Read the manual, for now set it to Slave Mount and connect the drive's IDE (or SATA as the case maybe) and power cables. Boot from the CD Select the drive to be formatted. There should also be an option to make it the new bootable. After it's done formatting it will (or should) automatically start doing a disc-to-disc copy. Shut down. Yank out the old drive....figure of speech ofcourse. Set the new drive to Master Boot up as normal and the OS is none the wisher it's on a new driver...other than the fact it has a lot more space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vALKYR Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 @Ar2De2Yes you have to use a computer to login to the router and there you'll find the things I'm talking about. @Taxman What browser? @vALKYR Ok my bad. When you said "no-name brand" you weren't kidding. Forget what I said. I would suggest the no-name brand because of it's amps on it's +12V rail. 7800GTX requires atleast 26A on the +12V The BFG 7800GT says it needs 26A, but for SLI it needs 34A. So when XFX says for their 7800GT: A 400W PSU supporting 20 Amps on the +12V Rail. And I buy the XFX 7800GT Extreme Gamer Edition (overclocked 50 MHz) You then say it's better to buy the no-name brand 550W with 35A (150W and 15 Amps more than required) than the somewhat more quality PSU supporting exactly that what XFX states (400W and 20 Amps and also worth mentioning that I buy the 7800GT Extreme, not the normal 7800GT) Correct, mister wolf 68000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I've got a question, I got a P3 heatsink today, and I want to wire it up to my video card, I've got a fan to go with it too. I just wanted to know whether the cheap thermal paste I have will hold it without falling. It's a no name thermal paste. Or would I need to drill holes in the heatsink and fit it into the clips? Also, I need to know how to remove the cooler off the video card without damaging the clips. And what would be the correct amount of thermal paste to use to stick a heatsink to a GPU/CPU? A picture would be nice. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 @vALKYR Sorry I forgot who made the card. I just looked up the first one I thought of, besides eVGA. Do you have any other choices besides those 2 PSUs? The brand you know should work if XFX says you only need a 20A +12V rail. But there has to be more choices than those 2. You listed 2 PSUs does one of those include the brand you know or what? @Warlord It would help to know what card you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_-playero-_ Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Something about linux I never understood (or took time to). In Ubuntu, you have this thing on the menu to install new programs. You choose the programs from a list, download, and the install. You can also use the Terminal to download and install programs. But what files like this: frontline-0.5.4.tar.gz What do I have to do to install and run those programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 @TaxmanWhat browser? Maxthon. It DOES work on IE, however, so I don't understand why Maxthon won't run it. And a stock OCed eVGA card would have been better then that for slightly cheaper...Plus, Copper heatsink makes it good for a 30Mhz OC again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNdLeSs Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 How can I undelete a file that was too big for the recycle bin? I accidently deleted a 4.10 gb file of a tv show i was working on editing. How can I recover it? I allready tried diskinternals uneraser recovery any simple restore programs? I really need this file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 @Taxman I don't know anything about Maxthon. Sorry. @_-playero-_ Type: tar -tzvf frontline-0.5.4.tar.gz This is if it's filename.tar.gz or filename.tgz If it's just filename.tar then type: tar -tvf filename.tar @Mindless Something that big and if you're still using the system, it's very possible that it's already starting to be over written. The other thing you have to remember is that most of the better file recovery program require that you restore the file to a different drive than the source drive. EasyRecovery Pro but it ain't cheap and the trail will only let you see the files, if it let's you recover anything it'll be very small files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNdLeSs Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 The file os on an external hdd and I have stopped using it for the time being (I know it can get overwritten). I will check out that program, Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vALKYR Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 @vALKYRSorry I forgot who made the card. I just looked up the first one I thought of, besides eVGA. Do you have any other choices besides those 2 PSUs? The brand you know should work if XFX says you only need a 20A +12V rail. But there has to be more choices than those 2. You listed 2 PSUs does one of those include the brand you know or what? @Warlord It would help to know what card you're talking about. I have 3 choices: The SuperFlower (the brand I know) having 400W and 20 Amps thus having exactly that what XFX has to say about the requirements of their 7800GT. (and I buy the overclocked version.) The LC-Power (the brand I don't know) having 550W and 35 Amps thus having even enough for a 7800GTX from XFX.and The EZ-Cool 140 (also a brand I didn't hear of) having also 550W and 35 Amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Do some review searches. Google: maker model review Maybe you'll be able to read it. Every review I find that looks like it's worth reading looks like it's in German and Google translation isn't the greatest of help, I get confused quickly along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew1g Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 just a small question, what's up with firfox opening multiple tabs when I'm on gtaf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNdLeSs Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hey, I'm trying to network 2 of my pcs togeather to share printers. PC1 has 2 printers attached. pc2 has all the network sharing setup. when I try to access shared folders on pc1 from pc2, I get this error: and I also cannot share printers. Now, I can access the shared folders on pc2 fine from pc1. How can I fix this? both os's are winxp home. ignore the comcas.net part of the picture, thats just the site I was on when I tried to access the shared folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
