done

Ok, do a computer restart just for sh*ts and giggles, then do your thing on wireless. If the dropout happens again, then we know it's not related to offloading nor is it related to wireless modes. At that point we'll need to ensure you have the latest drivers. I know you said you do, but I'll ask for your wireless adapter make/model to see if there's something at the part manufacturer that's more recent than what your computer seller or Windows thinks.

sounds good.

Otherwise i could install ubuntu if this is just an issue with windows 8?

If it works on Ubuntu and not Windows 8, it's most definitely a driver issue. So before taking that step, let's make sure.

ok well I have full strength wifi connection but no internet, had to plug the ethernet back in.

I don't actually have ubuntu installed yet, so can't confirm if it would work on ubuntu. It came to mind after planktons post which suggested it may be a windows-specific issue.

pretty much im looking for an excuse to download the newest ubuntu

I don't blame you. I wouldn't use Windows 8 either, which is why I haven't. I was more under the impression that you wanted to get it working. Assuming all the computer's drivers are available for that OS, go for it. See if it fixes. If it does, driver issue.

ok here is my adapter:
ralink rt390 802.11 bgn

I do want to get it fixed certainly. I at least want to make sure my wifi will work on campus for windowsc(microsoft word being the primary reason)

so if i put my router back on default settings am i likely to restore wifi?

right now I don't have internet though a consistent connection

Sure, try it out. Just remember to set your security settings back up.
However, the only thing you changed in the router as far as I'm aware was the b/g/n setting. So it may be more prudent to try that first.

Remember the DNS settings in IPv4. Although that really should not matter... it's just telling your computer to use a different DNS server. But maybe your router no likey. Try it out.

Also the other settings that were disabled.

its not as much fun undoing everything

He shoots, and he misses... Was just a guess. Hope you get it resolved Sparky.

thanks

it'll get sorted out some way

I'm still going to go with driver issue.

Solution for issues connecting wifi or wireless using Ralink... - HP Support Forum - 2248179

From the looks of it, a lot of people have the same sort of issue.

bookmarked' it. Give me something to tinker with over break.

How exactly do drivers mess up? Is it something I can trigger?

Generally, you have a hundred different companies writing software that doesn't always equal a hundred different companies writing software to co-exist peacefully on one system. Toes get stepped on, or certain configurations aren't accounted for, or flaws aren't found soon enough. This is usually resolved with updates, which generally consist of bug fixes accounting for most of the above. But then again, many times, bug fixes introduce more bugs. This is something I'm intimately aware of, having worked at a software company the last two years. It's hilarious.

Easiest way to convert FLAC to MP3 lads?

FlacSquisher | SourceForge.net

You know you'll lose sound quality yes? FLAC is a far superior recording standard than MP3. Why do you want to convert?

Cheers, cos I'm uploading it to a file sharing site and want it to be in one part.

Worked TH, nice one.

Every few days in plug.dj I get a warning about running scripts that could be spamming their server. If you get so many warnings they banned you.
Does any know what they are talking about when they mention "running extensions or scripts"?
This is from their FAQ:

Here's a good simple explanation:

https://www.ntchosting.com/encyclope...amming/script/

Add-Ons for FireFox, Chrome, etc. use them, and sometimes they mess with the way a website has been developed. The same with extensions. I use Tampermonkey in Chrome and usually it won't affect anything, but sometimes I'll need to turn it off.

To turn them off in Chrome, go to OPTIONS>MORE TOOLS>EXTENSIONS and disable them. Not sure how to do this in FF or IE since I don't use them, and I'm too lazy to look into it.

what cool, nifty browser plugins are the members of mb using?

Cloud Services
 

Any of you guys use a cloud server? I've tried one or two but they really sucked, and Google Drive is way too small. I need terabytes here not ****ing gigabytes! I'd also like one that will allow you to choose what to upload, hasn't too small a file size limit for videos and doesn't cost the earth (10/20 dollars/Euro per month maybe). Also obviously must be reliable; I don't intned to upload TBs of files just to have the company go out of business in a few months time and I lose all my backup data.

Any insight would be appreciated.

hubic has some nice offers. i've never used it before, but you can read a review on it here

if you plan to share files for long periods of time, it's not ideal. i'd try the free 25gb before shelling out the €1 or €5

I don't do the cloud thing, I just use external HD's.

Hard Drives & Storage - Best Buy

Ten TB? Now that's what I call storage! :love:
Yeah I use ext hdds too, but they can break very easily, and often it's the one with all your important files that you really meant to back up and were going to do tomorrow that coughs and dies. That's why I want a fallback option.

Hence the plural. One for a working HD, and one for backup. I actually carry 3 with me at all times, and that's just for my personal files. For work, I have an ext HD for backup directly connected, and then another off-site remote server has the root directory mirrored.

Taking tore's advice, I've tried Google Play, however I find it skips like crazy on my phone and won't even run on sister's Kindle; there's a load of guff about rooting and sideloading that I don't want to and couldn't be bothered messing with. Spotify seems to be out, so I'm left with Amazon Prime.

Has anyone used their music service? Is it any good? Worth signing up for? I want to get an on-demand music service that will work on this thing, but they're making it really difficult. I'm impressed with GP so far, but I've seen nothing of AP.

Actually, scratch that: ****s only operate it in the USA. :mad:
Any ideas?

Download your music illegally.

Freemake video downloader FTW.

So in an effort to make The Witcher 3 run a bit more smoothly at 60 fps, I overclocked both my CPU and GPU to varying degrees and after stress testing, found that both were safe settings. I oc'd my CPU to 4.2 gHz with a idle temperature of about 34 degrees and somewhere between 50-60 under load. My GPU, a GTX 970, was clocked to 150 core clock and 200 memory clock, while under stock voltage. I ran Unigine Valley and Heaven multiple times and experienced no artifacting and my CPU temperature never went above 70 degrees, so I figured my overclocks were OK. When I actually went into my Witcher 3 game however, I got crashed on occasion, without any notice or refernce number, hell I can't even find a crash report file, and a couple of times my screen just went grey, and then the game crashed. I did a little bit of research on that and it appears to be a VRAM issue, but I don't know how to fix it because others are reporting the same overclock settings without these issues. For the time being I have returned both the CPU and GPU to the stock settings until I can figure out what went wrong. I have a feeling though I can fix the GPU one just by trying lower settings and benchmarking it, but considering I don't know if it was CPU or GPU problems that were causing my game to crash, I don't know where to start.

I have two RAW/NEF images I would like to upload to an image hosting website such as Imgur or Tinypic. However Imgur won't let me and Tinypic doesn't allow you to upload in RAW any more, has to be GIF or JPEG.

How can I convert these files into a format that is compatible with one of these websites?

Thanks guise.

I imagine most graphic programs (Paint Net, Photoshop, Gimp etc) will allow you to convert from one format to the other. I assume it's just a case of opening the RAW files and saving as the new format, no?

I've tried Paint already mate, won't work as it says the format can't be read.

Photoshop & Gimp (:D) I don't know how to use.

Try this one
Convert Between All Popular Image Formats with Pixillion

This works but I've lost a lot of the colour/brightness/quality.

That'll happen. It's like RAW is the FLAC of images and GIF/JPG is the mp3. The RAW images is much bigger so to convert it, it has to be compressed and so you lose a lot of the res.

Nice one. Cheers, I'm gonna try Gimp, cheers for your help btw mate.

Will remember to shoot in both JPEG & RAW next time.

No problem, any time. :)