So I purchased Fallout 3 on Valve’s Steam system. www.steampowered.com When I got home, the game said it was installed and ready!!! I hit launch game, and it went into a “Updating” mode. Then said I had to wait 4 HOURS because it was downloading… something… whatever it was at 200k a second. I know I have a faster connection and I wondered why it was taking so slow.

Check out this link: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=740592

In case it is gone, here is the gist of the thread:

Please rename your clientregistry.blob file instead of deleting it. It doesn’t really matter what you rename it to, but including the date of deletion could help. Consider something like clientregistry_10_28_08.blob or just clientregistry_old.blob

The reason for this is that the file contains information that can be useful for debugging problems. Deleting the file makes it harder for support to diagnose issues if they occur.

Thanks
-MD

So I found the file in my Steam Folder and did the deed. My speeds went from 100-200k to 800k. Instead of 4 hours, I have to wait @ 45 minutes. Thank you internet gods!

KK

“From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” - Karl Marx

“Right now everybody is so pinched that business is bad for everybody. And, I think, when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody.” - Barack Obama

So I guess Obama is for the “American Dream” as long as it is under $250,000.

KK

In following my last post, I felt the need to post this as well.

I recently purchased Warhammer Online because I’m a MMO junkie. I realize I have a problem and I suppose that’s the first step. After installing the game (OMG it took forever) and patching it I fired it up. I can give my WAR game impressions later, but I noticed that my framerate was horrible. Not just kinda bad, but below what I knew my card(s) could do. I suppose I should give you an overview of what system I am running.

MB: XFX 680i
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 6750
RAM: 4GIGs OCZ DDR2 Ram (don’t ask timings, I forgot.)
Video Cards: XFX 8800GT x2 (SLI)
HDD: 500 GB Western Digital HDD x3
Power Supply: 750W OCZ
(rest shouldn’t really matter)

As you can see, I have a decent system and have enjoyed playing most games at 1920×1080p. Of course that depends on the game.

To my dismay, the game was almost unplayable at 1920×1080. Especially when I got into player heavy RVR scenarios. I dropped the resolution and it still didn’t help it much. I started looking around and found the following article: http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110288

6) Now that you are running the latest Nvidia driver you will also have access to the Nvidia Control panel. You can access this through your control panel or by Right-clicking on any of the empty space on your desktop and selecting “NVIDIA Control Panel” from the pop-up menu.

7) Once in the Nvidia Control Panel, expand the top left catagory “3D Settings” so that you can select “Manage 3D Settings”

Click here to view a Screenshot

8 ) On the right side of the window you will currently be viewing your Global Settings for your graphics card. You will need to select the 2nd tab labeled “Program Settings”

Click here to view a Screenshot

9) As shown in the 2nd screenshot, we will now need to add a specific 3D profile for Warhammer Online by selecting WAR.EXE from the “add” option. The default location for this file is: (Yours may show up as just WAR, excluding the .exe)

C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Warhammer Online - Age of Reckoning\WAR.exe

Specifically, adding the WAR.exe to a gaming profile amazed me. I don’t have FRAPS proof, but I could tell it upped my framerate by at least 20 (if not more). I was able to then crank up all the options (within the game) and change the resolution back to 1920×1080 without seeing much of a slowdown; if any.

Also, you don’t have to change a single setting within the WAR.exe gaming profile. Leave it to Global and it shouldn’t change a thing… except possibly improving the framerate. As you can see in the forum post, this didn’t work for everyone. It did for me so I wanted to share.

It is a supposed known fact that the game does not currently support SLI, but I have noticed a difference with my two cards running verses 1.

Good luck and happy killing. I’m Ezu on Gorfang’s Destruction side. Look me up.

KK

Ok, I realize that this blog has rarely been used to share troubleshooting information, but as a computer tech I feel there is some information that should be out there. I rarely find this information easily so I figure if someone happens to stumble upon this information what could it hurt?

So let’s dig into my first problem:

Major problems when using Ghost Suite Solutions 2.5 and Dell Optiplex 755 systems. Here is a post and follow up post from the Symantec Forums.

Here’s what I’m facing:

GSS V. 2.5

Dell Optiplex 755 w/ Intel driver

SATA HDD

Windows Vista Business (32) with Ghost Client installed

Using PC-DOS

Symptoms:

Ghost Console and Client PC see each other.

Place Client PC in a Machine group by itself.

Check Client PC Properties -> Select correct Driver -> Select PC-DOS -> Close

Create Restore task -> Point task to lone client -> select known working image -> Save -> Execute

At this point, the client PC pops up the “user warning” message stating that the PC is scheduled for maintenance. The machine reboots and starts loading PC-DOS. It goes to the blue ghosting screen and hangs for a moment and then reboots.

At this point the Dell Splash screen appears and as soon as it disappears, the screen is solid black with a blinking cursor at the top left of the screen. No matter how long I wait, it will not go away.

Troubleshooting Steps:

1) Rebooted PC and hit F2 to go into BIOS. At the Dell Splash screen, it says “Entering BIOS” but as soon as the SS (splash Screen) disappears, the cursor of doom appears and I never get to BIOS.

2) Rebooted PC and hit F12 to go into Boot Selection. After the SS disappears, the cursor is back and I never see the option to boot from another device.

3) Created a bootable USB drive. Hooked it up to PC and rebooted PC. Since I can’t get to the boot selection menu after the SS disappears, I hoped it would see the USB and boot from it. Nope, I’m greated by the happy cursor again.

4) Same as above, but with a bootable floppy disk. Exact same thing happed as above. The system never gets to the point where it never looks for anything to boot off of.

5) Removed the HDD from system for grins. PC acted normal and I was then able to get to BIOS and Boot Selection. Just didn’t have a HDD to put an image on.

6) Placed problem HDD in another 755 system and same problems occured. Put Know Working HDD in problem PC and it booted up just fine. Something happened to the HDD right?

I’m stumped.

So after a lot of looking around and hair pulling I think I found the solution. It may not work for all, but if it helps just one person, it’s worth it!

10-6-08 Update:

Thanks for all the information guys. I have found a solution for the problem that I described above. I am not sure if it occurs specifically with just the Optiplex 755s, but I wanted it to be posted somewhere.

As I mentioned, once I tried to ghost a 755 via Ghost Cast and PCDOS occasionally one (or more) of the systems would not image and I would be stuck with a black screen with a blinking white cursor at the top left of the screen. The ONLY way that the system would get past that blinking cursor would be if I disconnected the SATA drive. This didn’t resolve the problem at all since the system had no HDD to boot off of.

I then found this article in Symantec’s knowledge base: http://service1.symantec.com/support/on-technology.nsf/docid/2007091314373760

Specifically:

Change the BIOS setting for the SATA hard drive.

In the BIOS on the client computer, there may be a section called ‘SATA’ or ‘Hard Disk.’ Depending on the particular computer, the setting should be changed to one of the following:

Legacy SATA Mode
Combination Mode
Compatibilty Mode
IDE Emulation

Are you using AHCI mode?
You must turn off AHCI in the BIOS.

**Go into BIOS and look under SATA options. Change AHCI to Legacy, save and reboot.**

Once I did these changes, the system booted into pre-imaged Windows. I am then able to ghost the system without a problem. These changes made all the difference for me and I wanted to share it.

Do I need to create a new thread so we can mark it as “solved”?

I hope this helps others! Thanks for the support all.

KK

Here is link in clicky format: http://service1.symantec.com/support/on-technology.nsf/docid/2007091314373760

There you have it. If you’ve had the same problem and this fixes it let me know! (Though I doubt people will find this.)

KK