Well, I gave up on B1 and decided to revert to M2...
One thing I found was that M2 has the correct 12.2 repositories (ones that belong to 12.2) so I suppose I actually could just use M2.
As for GRUB2 testing... well, i'm gonna have to wait on that... or whenever I burn B1 again with K3b (with Melty)
19 June 2012
06 June 2012
AMD FX 3
Okay, so I stuck that new PSU with Lie-chan and no problems. So my assumption is that the rail for the extra 4 pins of the 8-pin CPU connector is faulty, since Lie-chan only needs the original 4 pins. So I think I'm just gonna save myself the trouble of contacting them and waiting for a replacement and sending that back.
Anyway, onto the main reason why I came to type (hopefully I can finish quickly). She finally has a name! Melty Do Granite from Shining Hearts. I went through about 17000 characters on ACDB, came up with 9 candidates, narrowed it down to 3 and did a 17-round elimination where Melty would generate a number between 1 and 99...
Well, I'll finish up later... In a thunderstorm and the internet went out...
2014 update: I actually forgot to finish this comment/post (v1/v2), and now it's way too late to remember what I was going to write.
Anyway, onto the main reason why I came to type (hopefully I can finish quickly). She finally has a name! Melty Do Granite from Shining Hearts. I went through about 17000 characters on ACDB, came up with 9 candidates, narrowed it down to 3 and did a 17-round elimination where Melty would generate a number between 1 and 99...
Well, I'll finish up later... In a thunderstorm and the internet went out...
2014 update: I actually forgot to finish this comment/post (v1/v2), and now it's way too late to remember what I was going to write.
openSUSE 12.2 Beta 1 Part 1
Well, so far my experience isn't very good. First the background isn't working, second I can't get the other monitor to extend the desktop, third everything in Yast is broken.
Now I know the ISO itself is good, but it also could have been a bad burn maybe... I dunno....
Well, if I'm up to it later I may turn Mei-chan on and burn it with K3B and not Brasero.
Now I know the ISO itself is good, but it also could have been a bad burn maybe... I dunno....
Well, if I'm up to it later I may turn Mei-chan on and burn it with K3B and not Brasero.
02 June 2012
AMD FX 2
Well, got the case yesterday and transferred everything over except the PSU. I saw that the new PSU had a built in PCIe rail and decided to use that instead of the one that was in the old case that didn't have one. Got everything good to go and whatnot and then went to sleep then work.
So after I come home, I decided to install Linux Mint 13 (after burning it while in LM 11)... Which for some reason installed a broken GRUB2... So I had to reinstall LM11...
After that, decided to boot into Windows and right before the login screen, the computer shuts off. I tinkered a bit, tried again (doing this for several times; dragging the computer back and forth in the process) before finally coming to the conclusion it was the new PSU that was faulty.
Sometime during those attempts (I think toward the end), I pulled the PSU I was using out and noticed something was catching... Holy friggin' crap! There's the built in PCIe rail that I thought wasn't there. I must have hidden it so well from myself that I forgot about it... Then again, I didn't need it for Lie-chan since there was a molex connector on the motherboard for the PCIe slot.
Anyway, after swapping the PSUs (and just lazily reconnecting everything and not undoing some of my tinkering), I turned it on, got into Windows and started doing stuff... while expecting for something to happen. Luckily nothing so far (I'm typing this on the first boot XD).
I may return the fans (except the side fan and front fan) to the motherboard and see if that does anything (not to mention it makes it a bit neater.... sorta anyway).
One of the other hypotheses I had was that the 8-pin CPU plug extension cable I used to route it behind the mobo may have been the culprit... Nope, I was wrong, but I think I'll leave it as is. I really don't feel like messing with it any more for at least the first half of this month. I will also try that with the fans as well.
Well time to do a quick "stress test" to make sure everything's fine and dandy now... Hopefully I remember to write XClio an email sometime.
So after I come home, I decided to install Linux Mint 13 (after burning it while in LM 11)... Which for some reason installed a broken GRUB2... So I had to reinstall LM11...
After that, decided to boot into Windows and right before the login screen, the computer shuts off. I tinkered a bit, tried again (doing this for several times; dragging the computer back and forth in the process) before finally coming to the conclusion it was the new PSU that was faulty.
Sometime during those attempts (I think toward the end), I pulled the PSU I was using out and noticed something was catching... Holy friggin' crap! There's the built in PCIe rail that I thought wasn't there. I must have hidden it so well from myself that I forgot about it... Then again, I didn't need it for Lie-chan since there was a molex connector on the motherboard for the PCIe slot.
Anyway, after swapping the PSUs (and just lazily reconnecting everything and not undoing some of my tinkering), I turned it on, got into Windows and started doing stuff... while expecting for something to happen. Luckily nothing so far (I'm typing this on the first boot XD).
I may return the fans (except the side fan and front fan) to the motherboard and see if that does anything (not to mention it makes it a bit neater.... sorta anyway).
One of the other hypotheses I had was that the 8-pin CPU plug extension cable I used to route it behind the mobo may have been the culprit... Nope, I was wrong, but I think I'll leave it as is. I really don't feel like messing with it any more for at least the first half of this month. I will also try that with the fans as well.
Well time to do a quick "stress test" to make sure everything's fine and dandy now... Hopefully I remember to write XClio an email sometime.
22 May 2012
AMD FX 1
Well, I decided it was time to retire Lie-chan from the "wor-khorse" computer spot and "build" a new computer (Lie-chan's Phantasy Star Online 2 benchmark score was below 2000).
So I decided on building my scaled-down bulldozer (AMD FX) build from my Newegg list.... Unfortunately, when I got around to buying it, I had to make a couple revisions before I could buy it. The revision to the DVD burners is not worth mentioning, and so I'll be focusing on the GPU.
I wanted the Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 I had bought for Mei-chan, but Newegg discontinued that one, so I picked out another Sapphire 6770.... When I was going to buy it, Newegg also discontinued that as well, and so out of desperation, I just went with a HIS Radeon HD 6770.
Not to much longer after that, I found that the Sapphire Radeon HD 7750s would have also worked (though I would be concerned about only having one DVI out instead of the two I need... Seeing that neither of my monitors have HDMI or DP in), for a bit less power... After looking at some of the shroud designs, I didn't really like any of them... So I looked at the Sapphire Radeon HD 7770s and the only real problem is that the driver is too new.
So I am deciding on staying with the 6770 for now since it's working decently for me. I get a score within the 3000 range for full-graphic settings in PSO2 benchmark (with Firefox open on the other screen and MediaMonkey playing music in the background), and within the 7000 range for mid-graphics settings (Firefox and MediaMonkey also apply here as well). Can't complain with those scores.
Anyway, with the FX chip (or it's codename "Bulldozer"), it's the 8120 chip... I really don't think I need to go into detail about the CPU itself... It does load up faster than the Athlon 64 x2 (obviously), though Windows still provides an ample amount of unknown slowdown. In Linux Mint 11 (I think it's 11), it only uses 4 cores. I read that most programs in Linux (though I wouldn't also doubt the kernel as well) isn't written to use more than 4 cores. BUT LM11 does use the slightly older 2.x kernel and not the new 3.x kernel, so maybe that has been already addressed. I can pop in any 12.x openSUSE disk I have and see.
16GB of ram.... Which I highly doubt I'll even be using more than 20% of as a rough estimate
All in the slightly crappy "budget" full-tower case that Lie-chan was in (Lie-chan got moved to Mei-chan's old Raidmax case after swapping her CPU cooler from the ASUS Triton to the Zalman CNPS9700 btw)... which was a pretty cramped fit due to the 6770 card. Luckily, I did make it fit (mainly had to move one of the hard drives down) and cable managed decently. Also what was lucky (maybe not really "lucky") was that the Zalman CNPS9900 Max also fit just fine in the case, even with the fan that I mounted on the side panel (though I took it off to reduce airflow interference) which was surprising.
Sadly, the 9900 Max seemed easier to install than the 9700 (I did the 9900 Max first), especially since I installed the 9900 Max outside of the case (before I secured the motherboard to the case).
I had to take the motherboard out 3 times, which was quite annoying.
I haven't done the Windows score thingy yet and I really should. I know I'm going to get dinged on HD, but doesn't everyone? (Well, except those that can afford multiple large SSDs)
I'm planning on getting a Cooler Master HAF X pretty soon to give this build more room and cooling.... Though I'm partially concerned, since on the PSU calculator site I use, at full system load, it will use almost exactly 550 watts if I turn off the LED for the front fan, which is crazy (my PSU is 550w and I really don't want to bump it up any).
I have yet to name this build, and haven't looked at any possibilities either... I really should start doing that.
So I decided on building my scaled-down bulldozer (AMD FX) build from my Newegg list.... Unfortunately, when I got around to buying it, I had to make a couple revisions before I could buy it. The revision to the DVD burners is not worth mentioning, and so I'll be focusing on the GPU.
I wanted the Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 I had bought for Mei-chan, but Newegg discontinued that one, so I picked out another Sapphire 6770.... When I was going to buy it, Newegg also discontinued that as well, and so out of desperation, I just went with a HIS Radeon HD 6770.
Not to much longer after that, I found that the Sapphire Radeon HD 7750s would have also worked (though I would be concerned about only having one DVI out instead of the two I need... Seeing that neither of my monitors have HDMI or DP in), for a bit less power... After looking at some of the shroud designs, I didn't really like any of them... So I looked at the Sapphire Radeon HD 7770s and the only real problem is that the driver is too new.
So I am deciding on staying with the 6770 for now since it's working decently for me. I get a score within the 3000 range for full-graphic settings in PSO2 benchmark (with Firefox open on the other screen and MediaMonkey playing music in the background), and within the 7000 range for mid-graphics settings (Firefox and MediaMonkey also apply here as well). Can't complain with those scores.
Anyway, with the FX chip (or it's codename "Bulldozer"), it's the 8120 chip... I really don't think I need to go into detail about the CPU itself... It does load up faster than the Athlon 64 x2 (obviously), though Windows still provides an ample amount of unknown slowdown. In Linux Mint 11 (I think it's 11), it only uses 4 cores. I read that most programs in Linux (though I wouldn't also doubt the kernel as well) isn't written to use more than 4 cores. BUT LM11 does use the slightly older 2.x kernel and not the new 3.x kernel, so maybe that has been already addressed. I can pop in any 12.x openSUSE disk I have and see.
16GB of ram.... Which I highly doubt I'll even be using more than 20% of as a rough estimate
All in the slightly crappy "budget" full-tower case that Lie-chan was in (Lie-chan got moved to Mei-chan's old Raidmax case after swapping her CPU cooler from the ASUS Triton to the Zalman CNPS9700 btw)... which was a pretty cramped fit due to the 6770 card. Luckily, I did make it fit (mainly had to move one of the hard drives down) and cable managed decently. Also what was lucky (maybe not really "lucky") was that the Zalman CNPS9900 Max also fit just fine in the case, even with the fan that I mounted on the side panel (though I took it off to reduce airflow interference) which was surprising.
Sadly, the 9900 Max seemed easier to install than the 9700 (I did the 9900 Max first), especially since I installed the 9900 Max outside of the case (before I secured the motherboard to the case).
I had to take the motherboard out 3 times, which was quite annoying.
I haven't done the Windows score thingy yet and I really should. I know I'm going to get dinged on HD, but doesn't everyone? (Well, except those that can afford multiple large SSDs)
I'm planning on getting a Cooler Master HAF X pretty soon to give this build more room and cooling.... Though I'm partially concerned, since on the PSU calculator site I use, at full system load, it will use almost exactly 550 watts if I turn off the LED for the front fan, which is crazy (my PSU is 550w and I really don't want to bump it up any).
I have yet to name this build, and haven't looked at any possibilities either... I really should start doing that.
09 April 2012
Phantasy Star Online 2 Character Creator
The Phantasy Star Online 2 Character Creator is fun to play with as amazing as it is. Unfortunately, I don't have a computer powerful enough to run it at full graphics. Oh well.
PSO2 comes out sometime in 2013 and I'm hoping it doesn't just stay in Japan. Otherwise I'd probably be kinda sad.
I was going to type more, but I guess I got lazy or something lol
The link if you want to download it and tinker with it for yourself. I do forewarn you that it's all in Japanese...
PSO2 comes out sometime in 2013 and I'm hoping it doesn't just stay in Japan. Otherwise I'd probably be kinda sad.
I was going to type more, but I guess I got lazy or something lol
The link if you want to download it and tinker with it for yourself. I do forewarn you that it's all in Japanese...
23 March 2012
openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 2
The themes thing actually works... It's just that I need to find a GTK+ theme to mod, since the window itself and the contents are separated into two (window border and content). But it makes me happy that I am that much closer to upgrading into a version that hasn't reached end-of-life. ☹ Poor 11.3, I will love you as long as I can. (LOL)
Haven't been able to test the GRUB2 trick (need the DVD or net install disk... preferably the DVD, since I've never been successful with net installs)
Otherwise, the only other differences is all under the hood, so I can't really say a whole lot about them I'll have to do some further testing and see how it is, but not at the moment. I was mainly just curious about the theme thing more than anything.
Haven't been able to test the GRUB2 trick (need the DVD or net install disk... preferably the DVD, since I've never been successful with net installs)
Otherwise, the only other differences is all under the hood, so I can't really say a whole lot about them I'll have to do some further testing and see how it is, but not at the moment. I was mainly just curious about the theme thing more than anything.
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