A while ago I posted about issues with my Radeon R9 graphics card and constant BSODs when the monitor would go into power-saving mode. Well, soon after I posted that, AMD released their newest version of the Catalyst Control Center (Catalyst version 14.4, Driver Packaging Version 14.10.1006-140417a-171099C). When I updated to this version of CCC,… Continue reading Radeon BSOD update
Category: Tech
Radeon R9 and the dreaded BSOD
Recently I purchased components to upgrade my 5-year-old computer to give it a little bit more power. I got an AMD FX-8350 8-core processor, Asus M5A99FX motherboard, and a Radeon R9 270 video card to display it all. My original plan was to use that card in concert with my old Radeon HD 4870 video… Continue reading Radeon R9 and the dreaded BSOD
Backups and USB Flash Drive partitions
I’ve reminded people before how important it is to back up your data. Personally, I use Clonezilla for whole-disk or whole-partition backups periodically, in addition to my daily data backups. It’s pretty easy to use, and it gives you a lot of options as to how to store your data. For backing up my laptop,… Continue reading Backups and USB Flash Drive partitions
Fixing your drive size
Last weekend, my computer froze up out of the blue, and then refused to boot. Since I got the dreaded “Unmountable boot volume” error, I figured it was the hard drive. My C: drive was a 250GB beast from when I built my first computer in 2005, so it was clearly getting a bit old.… Continue reading Fixing your drive size
Review: Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Last weekend Julia and I ended the tyranny of our T-Mobile contract (even though the merger with AT&T fell through, I was sufficiently spooked by the spectre of giving money to AT&T that we bailed). AT&T being out of the question, as well as Sprint, our choice was none else but Verizon. Verizon had two… Continue reading Review: Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Google and Privacy
Google unveiled its new privacy policy a week ago, and it has raised quite the commotion on the intertubes. Some people say that Google has gone too far. Members of Congress have sent letters to Google demanding answers. Some wonder if the FTC will get involved. Me? I’m worried in general about privacy, and I… Continue reading Google and Privacy
Windows 7 UTC Time Issue
I’ve had a problem with my computer lately with the clock being consistently slow, even though it is set to sync to an internet time server every day. Whenever I would manually sync it to an internet time server, the time would be correct for an hour or so, then suddenly lose time. Before, it… Continue reading Windows 7 UTC Time Issue
Installing Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1501
It’s been a while since I did a tech update, but nothing like doing OS installs on a Friday night. My nearly 5 year old laptop, a Dell Inspiron 1501, is on its last legs. The only thing I use it for is BOINC, so I figured that installing Ubuntu would give it a bit… Continue reading Installing Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1501
Closed-source software I use
As I’ve said before, I like using open source software whenever I can. So what close-sourced software do I use? Here’s the list below the jump:
Open source for school
I’ve said several times on this blog that I am a strong believer in open source software. I’ve found that it’s pretty easy to find open source replacements for most of the things you need to do on a computer on a daily basis. Then past year has shown that this applies just as much… Continue reading Open source for school