roadtonowhere08

Happy Belated Birthday!

That's good about the RAM. Pain in the ass to diagnose that one sometimes. As far as the OC, temperature is not a good indicator of whether it is solid or unstable. The temp is more of a function of TIM application/effectiveness and/or voltage applied. You could easily have a cool CPU and an unstable OC just by bumping the clock speed and not the voltage if the CPU is not up for it. In all honesty, unless you are doing rendering on a time crunch, I bet you would not even notice if you took your OC and went to stock clocks, since gaming is mostly GPU bound anyway. I have a 6 core 1366 Xeon from an ebay server pull running a measily stock 2.13 GHZ, and it chews through all A/V and photo rendering quickly. Most people OC just cause, but CPUs are so fast right now that most software really does not take advantage of it. It's the SSD that has really caused the speed increase of computers for the average person. I have no idea what you do on your computer, but there are my two cents anyway.

Generally speaking, here are the three main culprits of a BSOD: 1. Corrupt .dll, crappy software/drivers, or messed up OS install 2. PSU failing or not up to the task 3. Overclock . . . . . 4. Bad RAM From what I have read, a 0x00000124 is hardware based, so the first thing to do is focus on the overclock. Either back off or add a bit of voltage to see if that helps. After that, start looking at your PSU if it still persists. I have never had issues with RAM, but that could possibly be it, but my money is either the OC or the PSU. Edit: A long step by step from microsoft's forum: Stop 0x124 - what it means and what to try Synopsis: A "stop 0x124" is fundamentally different to many other types of bluescreens because it stems from a hardware complaint. Stop 0x124 minidumps contain very little practical information, and it is therefore necessary to approach the problem as a case of hardware in an unknown state of distress. Generic "Stop 0x124" Troubleshooting Strategy: 1) Ensure that none of the hardware components are overclocked. Hardware that is driven beyond its design specifications - by overclocking - can malfunction in unpredictable ways. 2) Ensure that the machine is adequately cooled. If there is any doubt, open up the side of the PC case (be mindful of any relevant warranty conditions!) and point a mains fan squarely at the motherboard. That will rule out most (lack of) cooling issues. 3) Update all hardware-related drivers: video, sound, RAID (if any), NIC... anything that interacts with a piece of hardware. It is good practice to run the latest drivers anyway. 4) Update the motherboard BIOS according to the manufacturer's instructions. Their website should provide detailed instructions as to the brand and model-specific procedure. 5) Rarely, bugs in the OS may cause "false positive" 0x124 events where the hardware wasn't complaining but Windows thought otherwise (because of the bug). At the time of writing, Windows 7 is not known to suffer from any such defects, but it is nevertheless important to always keep Windows itself updated. 6) Attempt to (stress) test those hardware components which can be put through their paces artificially. The most obvious examples are the RAM and HDD(s). For the RAM, use the in-built memory diagnostics (run MDSCHED) or the 3rd-party memtest86 utility to run many hours worth of testing. For hard drives, check whether CHKDSK /R finds any problems on the drive(s), notably "bad sectors". Unreliable RAM, in particular, is deadly as far as software is concerned, and anything other than a 100% clear memory test result is cause for concern. Unfortunately, even a 100% clear result from the diagnostics utilities does not guarantee that the RAM is free from defects - only that none were encountered during the test passes. 7) As the last of the non-invasive troubleshooting steps, perform a "vanilla" re-installation of Windows: just the OS itself without any additional applications, games, utilities, updates, or new drivers - NOTHING AT ALL that is not sourced from the Windows 7 disc. Should that fail to mitigate the 0x124 problem, jump to the next steps. Otherwise, if you run the "vanilla" installation long enough to convince yourself that not a single 0x124 crash has occurred, start installing updates and applications slowly, always pausing between successive additions long enough to get a feel for whether the machine is still free from 0x124 crashes. Should the crashing resume, obviously the very last software addition(s) may be somehow linked to the root cause. If stop 0x124 errors persist despite the steps above, and the hardware is under warranty, consider returning it and requesting a replacement which does not suffer periodic MCE events. Be aware that attempting the subsequent hardware troubleshooting steps may, in some cases, void your warranty: Clean and carefully remove any dust from the inside of the machine. Re-seat all connectors and memory modules. Use a can of compressed air to clean out the RAM DIMM sockets as much as possible. 9) If all else fails, start removing items of hardware one-by-one in the hope that the culprit is something non-essential which can be removed. Obviously, this type of testing is a lot easier if you've got access to equivalent components in order to perform swaps. Should you find yourself in the situation of having performed all of the steps above without a resolution of the symptom, unfortunately the most likely reason is because the error message is literally correct - something is fundamentally wrong with the machine's hardware.

I think it's times like this where companies falter and do more harm than good.

Pretty sure not. Only .mp3 and physical format to the best of my knowledge. So why PCM/WAV but not .flac? Anyway, I am all for market competition, but a phone from Amazon? They have the customer base to think of the idea, but I'm not sure how they think they can compete with companies like Samsung, Google, and Apple. Getting the owners to easily check out at Amazon is one thing, but unless there is that "gotta have it factor" and intuitive UI, people are not going to have them in their hands. Gone are the days of having multiple devices in pockets: it's pretty much only smartphones, so Amazon will have to bring their A game if they want people to switch over... and I'm not really seeing it. Nothing that others have, unless that Dynamic Perspective is what they are going with, but that seems to be a pain. I'm not into the hand motion thing. Imagine if I drop the damn thing. What would I have bought on Amazon? Or is that their plan?

I noticed a distinct lack of .flac support. "Audio: Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, PCM/WAVE, AAC LC/ELD, HE-AAC (v1 & v2), AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, Audible Enhanced format (AAX)"

Nah, I'm bored. Have fun.

Your TROLLiness, Your self professed thick hide and wittiness aside, you lack common sense and are unable to gauge your surroundings. The reason why this place is not like the other place is because the bar is much higher here. Almost all regulars here are very well versed in audio but are interested in discussing other things. Most here are not interested in fielding random hardware questions to strangers. Go over there for that. I'm sure they'll be happy to shill to you until they are blue in the fingers. This place is more of an online bar rather than a platform for gear love fests and the like. We are all thick skinned and wittier than shit, but that's not exactly credentials for admission here - it's expected. Finally, I would die a happy man if every avatar on Earth was of an alpine peak, but for fuck's sake, if you are going emulate me, post the correct mountain. tl;dr: You won't last long here.

More interesting than mine, you say? Pics or it didn't happen! And I know you have mad copying and pasting skills, so no excuses...

I'm flattered. I can only hope you get banned before you get to change it to something else. What can I say? J'aime les Alpes! (Or for that part of the country: Ich liebe die Alpen!)

Oh, I'm all about the candor. Unfortunately, you seem to lack the not so subtle message I sent your way (cute comebacks though). Had you actually read your welcome PM and looked around here before posting, you would have already known the answer to all of your burning questions: nobody gives a shit about those kinds of questions. And since you mentioned that you owned an ODAC, it is assured that nobody here will take you seriously. Now go away before I get the pineapple...

Two things: 1. Nobody here is interested in helping you get referral rewards from Light Harmonic, but nice try anyway. 2. Fuck Light Harmonic... in the ass... with a pineapple.

Two things: 1. Nobody here is interested in helping you get referral rewards from Light Harmonic, but nice try anyway. 2. Fuck Light Harmonic... in the ass... with a pineapple.

One word: Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jse6ZwP1g1g

Happy Father's Day, all! Had most of the family over which sent the kids over into overdrive. Fun but tiring day.

Fuck that!

Of course... until the "e" stock comes in. What I would like is a fix the Y connection, add better "yank" protection at the cup, make the headband block metal, and, oh yeah, BRING BACK THE PS-1 for $1.5K, and all would be well with the world.

I do not own any of those three - not quite as bad as Mr. Oranges I am fairly positive that if I ever heard the PS-1, I would probably still not be able to justify the cost and be happy with what I already have (but at least I would know what the fuss is about). At $2,500 - $3k, I would not even be able to put them on my head

Screw you guys and all this talk about PS-1s. I could sell all of my Grados and still come up short with the way they have been deified on the marketplace. You people...

If true... yeesh. Pretty damning. When I first heard Joe was reconditioning the HP series a few years ago, I was struck by the stupidly high prices he was charging. Since they are already fantastic phones, what did people really expect out of them? Why mess with a good (and just about impossible to replace) thing - even if it is by the man himself?

Anathema have done it again! Distant Satellites is a brilliant, gorgeous album. The group is still more or less on the track of the previous two albums, but have integrated more electronics in the back third and have moved toward a slightly darker tone. Thus far, the standout tracks are The Lost Song Part 2 and Distant Satellites, but really, all the others except You're Not Alone are outstanding. You're Not Alone should have been yanked. Edit: Take Shelter is a weak closer for post-Judgement Anathema. They almost always end on a high note (Temporary Peace definitely comes to mind). Should have ended with the title track.

I'm gonna stick my neck out here, but what the hell (we're not even close to being on topic at the moment): What's the story behind the whole pretzels vs. churros thing way back when at the other site? I remember seeing it all over the place, but I never got the story. Anyone? Oh and I LOVE dill. Damn near goes with everything. It and dijon mustard are what make my beef stroganoff recipe.