Remember my laptop had gone to the hospital a few months ago for ten days? Well..was rendering Saturday night..you know..the dollhouse thinggy a couple posts back.. had finally put the forks on the table..and the spoons..and was thinking of asking you guys what else to do with it. Did a preview render.. and the laptop blinked. Oh man.. qucikly saved my work, and shut down the laptop for the night.. give it a rest.. 

Woke up in the morn.. switched it on again to check my mail and read the news..and oh help..it wouldn't come back on. I went thru a quiet panic attack. One of my friends called up..and I blurted it all out to him. He kindly suggested that he'd lend me his daughter's desktop in return for me teaching her how to bake choc cake. At least..till I get back the laptop from the laptop hospital.. 

So here I am folks. With a 1g Ram desktop..the trial version of photoshop installed since I had a design to get done for a museum. Luckily..I had sent them a psd version of the latest design ..so it was in my gmail. I can't put bryce.. and I don't think I can put anything else on it.. 

The verdict of my laptop? Dunno..not for another week or ten days. the hard drive..phew..is not the problem..it's soemthing to do with the pwoer stuff on the motherbboard. 

Sigh.. 

ok..so it's a bit better this time with the desktop at home. At least am not in a noisy cafe..but I miss my lappie! And I do feel akward borrowing someone else's computer. It's not like as if it's pillows or something light.. it's a computer, for heaven sake.. 

 sigh..

rosie

 

 

Bummers!!! Glad it's not the HD tho... Looks like you might need to do some more research on new laptops.

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Oh darn, Rosie.

You don't have much luck with your laptop!
Thank goodness you have the PC for now.
At least you can stay in touch.

Corrie

I have to admit that this is one of the reasons that I have 2 desktops and 1 laptop. I let the desktops take care of the Big work when it comes to my 3d modelling/rendering and my Music side whilst the laptop takes care of my internet work and docs etc. Desktops do tend to be a lot more sturdy when it comes to heavy loads.

I hope you get your system sorted soon.

Sigh...good luck Rosie...I feel your pain and frustration.. ...

 

Once in a while I look around,
I see a sound
and try to write it down
Sometimes they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again

 

 

 

 

 

Peedy.. thank goodness for that..and yup..not much luck with my laptop.:-( everyone says rendering overworks it..the poor thing! 

thunderstone.. yup.. guess i have to look into one..not an expense i really wanted at this time. i'll look into it after my trip to london and spain..sigh. this one had 4 gb ram.. 

benny.. we have power cuts out here like mad..and though i have a power backup for the house..i need a laptop..at least for the battery power.. 

 

Aw...so sorry to hear this, Rosie. But....just to cheer you up... there are little lambs in the field at the back or our home.

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WILLTHEY BE THERE WHEN I GET OVER?? 

Of course they will, Rosie....er.....sort of.

I mean, they'll be in my freezer in handy ready to cook sizes.

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you are so so mean... those cute lttlle chappies bobbing all over teh place with such sweet faces... 

Sorry Rosie...hugz

 

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LOL…@ Bryster. Wow Rosie you sure have your share of trouble with your laptop I’m sorry to hear. Hope all gets better for you.

 

LOL at Chris... you sure know how to push Rosie's buttons.

I have taken some photos and I was going to post some here but my pc won't recognise my camera. ;-(

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Willie.. you  know on fb I put up that bit about that pillow fight day? Now you know who one of the people I'd love to throw pillows at..  :sneaky: 

Chris..keep trying..pretty plz. me looking at you with doe-ey eyes..

Quest, Annie, et al..thanks a lot..and hugs.. 

 

 

 

Hi Rosie,

oh no... not again!!! :(

That laptop is really giving you hard times! Good luck for a quick and not too expensive repair! (Besides: I too assume occasional heat issues with that laptop and, as benney does, would always recommend to use a desktop computer for excessive render purposes instead.)

My not to helpful suggestion (i.e. while it is being repaired and as soon as you finished cooking TheBryster's little lambs -- do mine medium please!):
Ask Woody to rent you his new laptop. (Cf here http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2144247 )

His model seems very robust, even if not being from "Apple". And if you grovel enough, it would cost you only a small symbolic fee of few Dollars per minute. Less than half the costs as Woody gets charged... by Uncle Herby!  ;)

Hugs!
Hubert

"All that we see or fear, is but a Sphere inside a Sphere."     (E. A. Pryce -- Tuesday afternoon, 1845)

I will keep trying, Rosie, if only to make the point to my damn pc that it should do as it's told.

The thing is, of all the other camera brands it has on the list, Canon isn't one of them. I did have it all working a few weeks ago, but now it isn't. The driver is installed but I keep getting 'Can't connect with camera' when I loadup the Canon photo software.......

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Chris..that's odd. do you have a card reader? like remove the card and put it in the reader..and voila..up pops pix of lambs?

It's ok though if you can't get it to work.. that you tried is so much appreciated. though i do agree..your pc ought to follow your orders, your majesty! :-p Hugs and love you lots. 

Hubert.. ahem..can I please rent Woody's computer? As much as i grumbled about the price, I think I'll happily pay you 100 dollars an hour! Iloved it! Thanks for making em laugh! As for serving you lamb.. ahem.. .. what would you like with that? Brown sauce, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, salad...and .... watch out..DUCK!!! There's a pillow wop heading your way! :-p :-p 

Hugs and cheers you all... 

 

 

Hi Rosie,

glad that I could cheer you up a little bit. I would happily give you that laptop even for free.... but Uncle Herby just doubled its rental charge due to a "suddenly increased market demand" or so!

Regarding the lambs: I meanwhile am sure that TheBryster uses this (presumed) camera problem as a shabby excuse, because he already ate all lambs himself! ;)

Hubert

"All that we see or fear, is but a Sphere inside a Sphere."     (E. A. Pryce -- Tuesday afternoon, 1845)

Hey, Hubert! I swear it's the truth.

I plug my camera into the usb port and switch it on. The PC bing-bongs to tell me its connected. In device manager an icon appears telling me there is a digital camera connected to the system. BUT......the software - Camera Window - doesn't load up and when I force it, it tells me it 'Cannot detect camera - please check connection and try again'. EX-Browser - the Canon photo imaging software does the same thing when I tell it to download my pics from the camera.

It's driving me nuts.

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Bryster,

Have you done the standard things -

a) see if the camera appears in the file explorer?

b) remove and then re-install the driver

c) looked in device mangler to see what it says about the driver / device status?

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Gog:

a) Huh?

b) Did that three or four times -

c) This device is working correctly.

It seems that the driver is not triggering the software. But thanks for the suggestions anyway.

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Got the camera to talk to my pc......at last!!!!

 

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sheep..sheep..lambs! the lambs..the wee tiny tykes! Look at their faces! Oooh..can i hold then, hug them, scooshy up their faces? bury my head in their wool!  and look at their tiny butts and tails. I'd love to sit in the middle of all of this and have them jump and hop and skip over me. aren't they adorable??

Chris..you really made the time i don't have my laptop. I feel so much better just watching the pix. 

Thanks a gazillion, million, trillion times. Hugs and hugs. love you lots!  now i can go to bed and dream of lambs skipping all over, with a smile on my face! 

and to think he wants to eat those adorable things.. sacrilege! :rolleyes:

awwwww...aren't they cute?

 

 

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Hi Bryster,

glad to read that the connection and transfer (suddenly) worked.

I noticed too late that this thread already got a 2nd page! (Blame my old 4 inch amber monitor!).

So my suggestions below are merely for error tracking purposes (or to be ignored). 

What did change during these past weeks, that might have affected that USB communication??

• Re-/disconnected other USB devices (e.g. scanner, digitizer tablet, cameras)
• Installed (new) software/utilities? 
• Changed/upgraded your antivir software or firewall app?
• Installed major OS related patches/updates?
• Encountered any crashes during previous photo downloads/operations? Already tried to uninstall/reinstall your Canon photo software?
• Already tried with a different USB port/cable? Already checked the according motherboard connectors/plugs? 
• Imo most likely having fried that USB port, when connection your espresso machine to it! ;)
  Sorry, difficult to guess the possible cause w/o dissecting your whole system/configuration and its history.

PS: I noticed the old time stamp on those (presumed faked/rendered) photos and doubt, if those lambs are still alive! ;)

Hubert 

"All that we see or fear, is but a Sphere inside a Sphere."     (E. A. Pryce -- Tuesday afternoon, 1845)

Awwww, Rosie, you do have such problems don't you?

I hope the verdict on the laptop is good when the 10 days are up.

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Fran..lol..my family line on me is "who comes everything happens to rosie?". I hope so. Will probably knoww a verdict alter on today..fingers, toes crossed. 

HUBERT!! Wop, Wop, Wop!! That's three pillow wops for you.. :biggrin:  Lol.. how comes I got a single page still? I loved the fried USB bit.. there is one of these fwded photoshop images of someone having done just that!

Sometimes.. computers are moody!! I had that issue once..and I gave it a rest.. a few days later..blow me down..it read a pen drive without a hitch!  

And me sure those adorable lambs are alive..he won't slaughter them..I hope... :unsure:

Hi Rosie,

(quoted) HUBERT!! Wop, Wop, Wop!! That's three pillow wops for you.. :biggrin:

Ouch! Ouch!! Ouch!!! .... could you please fill that pillow with feathers instead of living chicken?! Thanks!

Ehm wait... since when do pillows make sounds like "baaaaa", "baaaahhhh"??? Yup! Good I know where The Bryster has hidden some of those cute fluffy lambs. ;)

Hubert

"All that we see or fear, is but a Sphere inside a Sphere."     (E. A. Pryce -- Tuesday afternoon, 1845)

Hubert, the photos were taken a couple of days ago now. Fake timestamp indeed!

As for the solution, I noticed that when I plugged the camera in and swtiched it on, the pc bing-bonged to let me know it had made the connection. So, looking at the Device Manager list, I could see an icon for an imaging device/digital camera appear. It's properties confirmed that it was for a Canon digital camera.

So I deleted the icon. The camera icon disappeared and my camera switched itself off. I switched it on again and the PC instantly recognised the camera and fired up the cannon software!!! So, atm it all works very well.

Thanks for your list of possible solutions though.

 

For Rosie....

And me sure those adorable lambs are alive..he won't slaughter them..I hope... 

No, but I know a man who will.....:lol:

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ARGH!!!  :b_crying: You two are completely horrible! I don't love you anymore! Sniff..sniff.. :sad: :sad:  

..possibility of getting my laptop today.. in a couple hours..50%. I'm praying.. :b_nervous:

 

 

 

Kinda late to this thread..

 

Sorry to hear your laptop woes.  Here are my 2 cents on the subject.

 

1. Never use your laptop on any other surface other than a Hard Surface, a computer desk for example.

Never use a laptop on your lap, arm of a couch, pillow, blanket, or kitchen table with a table cloth on it.

The laptop needs good  airflow underneath to stay cool.  So if you place the laptop on a pillow or on the arm of the couch, the vents under neath will be blocked and the tiny little fan in the laptop will not be able to cool it down properly, which will lead to early laptop failure.

2.  Laptops are not designed for long term cpu intensive applications.  Photoshop for example is fine for a Laptop, but 3D Rendering is not.

Consider saving money for a Desktop just for renders.

Having a PC dedicated for rendering will have the added benefit that you can truly multi task. 

While your PC is rendering, you can still work on Photoshop on your laptop and able to surf the web and check your e-mails.

I'm going to post about my new PC shortly, which might give you an idea.

Rosie's problem Analog-X64, is she is in India and the electrical grid there is nothing like reliable from what I've heard and Rosie has said...but good advice on laptop usage areas....

 

Once in a while I look around,
I see a sound
and try to write it down
Sometimes they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again

 

 

 

 

 

I got it..i got my lappie back!! Wheee!!!  :b_grin: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: 

celebrations everyone.. champagne on the house! 

It's been a case of overheating.. seems the ati chip or something like that got overheated..and theyhad to replace it. 

Analog..yeah..i agree with you.. getting a desktop.. but i have a probs with power here..it goes off all the time..and even with an 8-12 hour battery back up for the house back up..you can't keep things on for long.. 

do pc's hibernate?? if i do a render to disc..and power goes off..and if i have to reduce the amt of pull it take sup on the power back up.. can i hibernate? render to disc doesn't allow for starting and stopping.. 

and to everyone on this post....thank you..thanks a gazillion, billion times for chirping me up.. that meant so much to me. :wub: you have no idea how much i looked forward to reading things out here..and how much i laughed..

hubert and chris..love you both lots..and i'm sending you roses instead of pillows.. hugs and :wub: 

um..er.. may i still haev a lamb to hug?  :-p

 

 

 

Yes!
Great news, Rosie.
Your weekend is a good one now, huh? :-)

Corrie

ah..thanks bobby..posts crossed.. 

analog..as for the rest..i keep the laptop on a fan platform..whatever it is called..and all that on a glass table. I think this time..with temp's up to 40 deg C..ie..above 100 F.. it adds to it..even though I have the room fan or the AC on... 

still using the desktop till it goes back to my friend's tmrow.. ah..the releif..it's scary using someone else's computer. 

corrie.. from tmrow..you bet! there's a gazillion amt of stuff to do..I'll put up the WIP tmrow itself..am smiling lots

Good girl! :-DDDDD

Hi Rosie,

glad to read that you got your Laptop back!!  :))

(quoted) "celebrations everyone.. champagne on the house!"
Instead of champagne, could I get some wood glue for Woody, to keep his big mouth shut over weekend?

Even better news for you: I have stopped eating those lambs!!!!  
But only because they were too difficult to peel and I still have some wool stuck between my teeth, which feels like extreme-flossing. And I won´t even start to discuss their (pure natural?) filling... need a keg of 18year old Scottish Single Malt now, to compensate that awful experience.....

;)
Hubert 

"All that we see or fear, is but a Sphere inside a Sphere."     (E. A. Pryce -- Tuesday afternoon, 1845)

HUBERT!! I hope that the roses i sent grew thorns.. so there..  :glare: me stamping my foot here.. poor woody..you shutting him up..he's just a puppet..he can't help himself. where is your compassion?

I hope you get a really big tummy ache too..from ugh!!! i just had a nitemare image of you..ugh!!

ps.. if that malt tastes peaty.. me joining you for a peg...  :tongue2: 

 

cheers and gnite...

Hi Rosie,

poor woody..you shutting him up..he's just a puppet..he can't help himself. where is your compassion?
Oh, regarding Woody... I have much compassion, very MUCH!! Sometimes, I really feel inclined to kill him!!!! (Provided he were a live creature at all.)

Though believe me, Woody is not only a gullible zany puppet! (I could tell you truly creepy details here, but then you would not dare to fall asleep during the next few weeks!)

Besides, why is it always my fault, if Woody considers artificially coloured wood glue being pink advocaat?! ;)

I hope you get a really big tummy ache too..from ugh!!! i just had a nitemare image of you..ugh!!
Now, that I successfully distracted you from those poor lambs' ugly fait.... ehm...  ;)

ps.. if that malt tastes peaty.. me joining you for a peg...  :tongue2:
Very peaty... you may feel invited! Would you like 15yr old Laphroaig or 18yr old Macallan in my (in)famous peanut-butter pineapple-licorice cucumber-chocolate lamb-tartare buttermilk shake??

hiccup
hubert

 

"All that we see or fear, is but a Sphere inside a Sphere."     (E. A. Pryce -- Tuesday afternoon, 1845)

Didnt realise Rosie is in India.

She asks a valid question.  I wonder if you put the pc into hybernate right in the middle of a render and resume it, if Bryce will crash or continue.

The reason this got me thinking is, you can get a small UPS that attaches to your PC and can be configured to automatically shutdown a pc in the event of power loss.  

So for example if she was rendering over night and the power went out, her UPS could put her PC into hybirnate.

I'll have to do some tests.

Analog.. if i hibernate the laptop..byce doesn't crash. people here use UPS's. I've talked it over with the computer chap who's also a clsoe friend..he says desktops won't do. he'll make me one if he has to. 

have you done the tests? thanks a gazillion.. 

 

HUBERT!! I just had custard sprinked with peanut butter- choc oreo cookies!!  leave my poor lambs alone. you mean incompassionate inhumane man that you are.. and go tell me what to do with my dollhouse! :glare: and give me that bottle of Macallan.. good scotch is a waste on you if you use it to concoct such a ghastly drink that even frankenstein won't drink! 

Hi Rosie,

HUBERT!! I just had custard sprinked with peanut butter- choc oreo cookies!! 
Glad to see another member who has acquired an exquisite personal taste!! :)
Chocolate Oreos are great!! Whereas I always replace their imho too sweet creme filling with ##BEEP## creme. (Censored by the LTO -- Local Taste Office.)

leave my poor lambs alone.
Please don´t worry about their fate... they themselves needn´t worry any longer either. (Disclaimer: I did not do them any harm! You may believe me! Besides, do you want to buy a used car from me??)

you mean incompassionate inhumane man that you are..
Now you sound exacly like my ninth ex-wife!! (Exaggerated value, for dramatization purposes only.) 

and go tell me what to do with my dollhouse! :glare:
Woody would be glad to visit your doll's house... but the R'osity TOS would not allow me to post any photos afterwards. Sorry, they simply lack the apt tags here.

and give me that bottle of Macallan.. good scotch is a waste on you if you use it to concoct such a ghastly drink that even frankenstein won't drink!
Ey, that drink was intended for you, not that Frankenstein, whom I did not even invite! Besides, that drink contained only half of the required ingredients, because you were not that nice to me before!  ;)

And now excuse me... I need a brain to... IGOR?!!... get me Woody and two lambs...!!

Hubert

"All that we see or fear, is but a Sphere inside a Sphere."     (E. A. Pryce -- Tuesday afternoon, 1845)

Just to make your day, Rosie, Mrs Bryster has recorded a program from the tv called 'Highlights from the Lambing Shed', which features a TV crew watching a farmer deal with a lambing season on his farm. Lots of Sheep giving birth to lambs and how folk deal with the problems that can arise during lambing season.

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lol..have you been telling her how i've been defending the lambs out here??  i can't wait to see it! give her a huge hug for me ... 

Hug applied. :lol:

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