TWISE
Hello All ...
Before I get into a long winded explanation of whats been happening with video freezes I'm curious if its possible for Virtual DJ to freeze up as a result of a power surge??? I have a laptop running a playlist being automixed in a bar and i think that an occasional freeze is happening right at the same time the cash register is rung (an old school cha-ching register). Theres a boat load of things being plugged into a power strip (cable boxes, registers, amps, etc). Could a power surge cause a video freeze or would it skunk the whole laptop? Curious about anyones feedback... thanks.
Before I get into a long winded explanation of whats been happening with video freezes I'm curious if its possible for Virtual DJ to freeze up as a result of a power surge??? I have a laptop running a playlist being automixed in a bar and i think that an occasional freeze is happening right at the same time the cash register is rung (an old school cha-ching register). Theres a boat load of things being plugged into a power strip (cable boxes, registers, amps, etc). Could a power surge cause a video freeze or would it skunk the whole laptop? Curious about anyones feedback... thanks.
Posted Sun 16 Nov 08 @ 9:28 am
DJ-ALF
Power hickups can do stuff like that, yes. You can try some other power outlet to test your theory.
Posted Sun 16 Nov 08 @ 5:32 pm
dj-e-lectric
TWise wrote :
Hello All ...
Theres a boat load of things being plugged into a power strip (cable boxes, registers, amps, etc). Could a power surge cause a video freeze or would it skunk the whole laptop? Curious about anyones feedback... thanks.
Theres a boat load of things being plugged into a power strip (cable boxes, registers, amps, etc). Could a power surge cause a video freeze or would it skunk the whole laptop? Curious about anyones feedback... thanks.
If you have that many things plugged into the same outlet I would Definitely get a UPS (power conditioner) unit to plug the computer into
Posted Mon 17 Nov 08 @ 7:30 am
VanStino
UPS is very useful. It might also just be heat. As the computer slows the processor down, VDJ can sometimes freeze, but the processor cools much faster with that slower speed. And when it has cooled down enough you'll see it will go back to normal. :)
Posted Mon 17 Nov 08 @ 8:00 am
dj-e-lectric
VanStino wrote :
UPS is very useful. It might also just be heat. As the computer slows the processor down, VDJ can sometimes freeze, but the processor cools much faster with that slower speed. And when it has cooled down enough you'll see it will go back to normal. :)
I think this is the problem the dell laptops were having with the 8400 gs series NVIDIA chips....they put out a patch for it and I think that helped most people out that were running that series/model dell
Posted Tue 18 Nov 08 @ 12:29 am
DJ-ALF
If you have HP or Dell laptop based on NVIDIA vga cards, read this:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10020782-33.html
I heard that Nvidia is spending more than 400 Milion $ to solve this issue, very bad...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10020782-33.html
I heard that Nvidia is spending more than 400 Milion $ to solve this issue, very bad...
Posted Tue 18 Nov 08 @ 4:26 am