crimsoneagle50 said:My apologies if this question ended up in the wrong subforum—just wanted to make sure I was asking in the right place! 😁 So, yesterday I noticed this little icon popped up in my system tray—it’s that red circle with a white X, specifically the OAC one—and it started throwing two notifications at me. One was pretty much nothing, but the other one actually caught my attention since it was a Security alert. It claimed my antivirus—Norton—had been disabled. When I tried clicking "turn on now," a prompt popped up asking if I wanted to run the program. I clicked yes, but... nothing happened. Just total silence from the software. Interestingly enough, when I manually went ahead and launched Norton myself, it showed everything was active and running perfectly fine. Has anyone else dealt with this kind of weird loop before? 🤷😕 Wait, what exactly is going on here?
It looks like Windows just isn't recognizing that Norton is actually running—which is why you're seeing that warning pop up. Have you tried giving the computer a quick restart yet? Sometimes a simple reboot is all it takes to get everything back to normal.
Yeah, it’s solid—at least in my experience. I mainly use it just for my game library and downloading stuff like movies or games. My OS and all my actual programs live on an SSD, though.
I had a 750 GB Seagate Barracuda for about four years before finally swapping it out. It started developing bad sectors—which was a sign it was time for an upgrade anyway—so I decided to grab something bigger. I ended up going with a Western Digital Green TB, and honestly, it’s been great because it’s much quieter. That’s mostly because it spins at 5400 RPM, whereas my old one was a louder 7200 RPM drive. That said, I wouldn't personally recommend a Western Digital Green for running an OS or heavy programs; that lower RPM just makes things feel a bit sluggish. If I were setting things up again, I’d probably pick up a Western Digital Blue for the operating system and apps, then keep this one strictly for extra storage and games.
His budget is $233. Here’s the link to what he’s looking at $300, though the seller actually dropped the price for him—I was just browsing Craigslist and seeing people asking $700-$$267 for a Pentium 4 with 1GB of RAM and an AGP card; give me a break.
Here is the link
If you can find a computer based in Washington, D.C., where the price stays between $700 and $267, let me know. Honestly, I think this is still the best deal out there because I've been scanning other listings, and people are literally asking for the same amount of money for much weaker components.
Hey guys, I could use some advice here. A friend of mine is looking at a used PC, and the one thing that’s really making me nervous is the graphics card—it's a Palit burning GT 440 DDR3 1GB. I know it's just a low-profile card, but after doing a bit of digging online, I see people actually running Battlefield 3 and GTA 4 on it. Of course, they aren't doing that at high resolutions or maxed-out settings, obviously. What do you all think? Is that seller trying to pull a fast one? He's using an old CRT monitor, so the resolution is probably stuck at 800x600, and he specifically wants to play GTA 4. With that setup, he’d need to hit at least 30-40 FPS to actually enjoy it, right? It's paired with an Intel dual-core and 2GB of RAM... it should be fine, shouldn't it? I just don't want him to drop his money and then end up coming to me to complain 😬
What are you even talking about? 😕 Honestly, I wouldn't get too attached to Windows XP if I were you—I mean, they're retiring it in just four months next year. Once that happens, the Windows updates stop, software developers and game studios will drop support, and everything else follows suit...
Personally, I think the AMD Radeon HD 7770 is a solid card when you look at the value you get for the price—it's a pretty great bang-for-your-buck situation. As for how much longer it'll hold up against upcoming titles? Well, in my opinion, it’s got some life left in it. Of course, you aren't going to be cranking everything up to Ultra settings, but if you don't mind dialing back the graphics details or maybe dropping the resolution here and there, it should still get the job done quite well enough.
From what I can tell, you probably need to install Visual C++—have you already taken care of that?
Also, have you had a chance to check the event log yet? It should give you a specific reason why the game won't launch. You can follow this link if you aren't sure how to get to the log: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...s-Event-Viewer
For the processor, I’d probably offer somewhere around $600-$$233—maybe a bit more depending on how things look. I could also go up to $50 for the RAM, $50 for the graphics card, and then whatever you want for the hard drive, assuming it's actually in good shape and doesn't have any bad sectors $100.
Matthew Young35 said:What could I get for an i5 at 2.66GHz, 4GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 730?
Could you give us a few more details? What kind of hard drive are we talking about? Also—is that an Intel Core i5-750? I'm pretty sure it is, since I actually have one myself.
George Bishop3 said:What's a fair price for this old bucket?:
Sempron 3000+ 2x512MB DDR2 GeForce 8400GS 250GB HDD Generic 420W PSU AM2 motherboard with 4 DDR2 slots (2 are currently occupied) CD/DVD drive works fine
Honestly, there aren't really any issues here—it’s just how things work. Every manufacturer has their own specific approach; some might opt for beefier cooling solutions, others offer longer warranties, or maybe they just push the factory overclock a bit higher, and so on. It really comes down to you picking whichever one fits your needs best. Just don't fall into the trap of thinking a factory-overclocked card is somehow "worse" than one with better cooling—we're talking about tiny, negligible differences here. And as for the drivers? Yeah, no problems there either.