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Blog: I tried overclocking my PC!

This morning, when I arrived home, I played around with my BIOS for bit, thinking that I could somehow overclock with a few BIOS tweaks. Bad idea! After saving my changes and restarting Sofie (yes, my computer, among other things, has a name), I got NO POST. LOL Just one long-assed beep. It’s gotta be memory right? So I reseated my two memory modules and powered up. Yay! I’m back up, but it’s detecting only my processor. No nothing beyond that. Irritatated at the thought of reopening my CPU, I hastened and reseated my memory modules again and was about to screw the cover back on when I remembered that I’d been putting off fixing my CD-RW drive, so I unplugged the cables to my drive and proceeded to tear it’s guts out.

After completely dismantling the cover and the bezel for the CD-RW drive, i found a big-assed piece of a broken CD. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! Let me tell you the story of how a CD shattered inside the drive. (more…)

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News: Gormful Releases Gormspace 1.0 - Wordpress Theme

My friend over at Gormful.com, Will, has just released Gormspace 1.0, a theme based on the Undersigned’s Whitespace Theme. Somehow, I can’t help but blame myself for the early release. I kinda posted a comment where the error message displayed the theme’s name. Sorry man. (more…)

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On Technorati, Linux Ubuntu, and Project MAKYU

For some reason, Technorati is not receiving my pings. Am I blocked? I just logged in a few minutes ago and found out that the last update that they have on my blog was 58 days ago, when I posted Part 1 of The Parting. WTF’s going on? :-\

Anyway, I just received the Linux Ubuntu CD’s I ordered a couple of weeks ago. As usual, I had to claim it personally at the Makati post office. I was stupid enough not to read the notice that they were open only from 8am-12nn and 1pm-5pm. I got there at 12:15pm. And so I was forced to walk all the way to work under a slight drizzle. Pffft.

Last update: Project Makyu changes its looks! After more than a dozen choices, Dianne and I finally agreed to use the ‘Water-10‘ theme. It isn’t minimalist as I would like it to be, but heck, it looks clean and orderly enough. Plus, there’s this space for ads. As Caloyski retorted this just afternoon, Bat walang ads yung makyu? Sayang ang hits!

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Sofie is Sick

She is. I was just running a few tests and playing a few games when Sofie just quit and rebooted. She never completed the reboot process. She just gave out a long beep followed by two short beeps.

See, I knew that something was wrong with her. She gave out symptoms of this, but I ignored them. I thought, Sofie’s barely 2 months old. THere shouldn’t be anything wrong with her.

Now she won’t even startup. I’ve considered opening her up but I’d be compromising her warranty, so tomorrow, first thing in the morning, I’ll be taking her to the hospital. Fcuk. This sucks.

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Please Welcome Sofie to Linux!

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

root@ubuntu: # wvdial
–> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
–> Initializing modem.
–> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
–> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
–> Modem initialized.
–> Sending: ATDT414-2020
–> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT414-2020
CONNECT 460800
–> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
–> Starting pppd at Fri Dec 23 11:58:43 2005
–> pid of pppd: 10936
–> Using interface ppp0
–> local IP address *****
–> remote IP address *****
–> primary DNS address *****
–> secondary DNS address *****

*bows*
*kicks sheila and mahros*

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Damn Errors

Sofie’s split personality (Linux Ubuntu), is giving me headaches. Eet eez not connecteeeng weeeed Dialup.

Blah!

Can anyone tell me what’s wrong with it?

Here are the errors:

root@ubuntu:~ # wvdial
–> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
–> Initializing modem.
–> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
–> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
–> Modem initialized.
–> Sending: ATDT414-2020
–> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT414-2020
CONNECT 460800
–> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
NO CARRIER
RING
–> Don’t know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best.
–> Starting pppd at Thu Dec 22 11:41:50 2005
–> pid of pppd: 11107
Caught signal #2! Attempting to exit gracefully…
–> Terminating on signal 15.
–> Disconnecting at Thu Dec 22 11:41:55 2005
root@ubuntu:~ #

******************************************************************

root@ubuntu:~ # pon
root@ubuntu:~ # plog
Dec 22 11:42:13 localhost chat[11116]: send (ATDT Dec 22 11:42:13 localhost chat[11116]: expect (phone)
Dec 22 11:42:13 localhost chat[11116]: ^M
Dec 22 11:42:30 localhost chat[11116]: ATDT Dec 22 11:42:30 localhost chat[11116]: BUSY
Dec 22 11:42:30 localhost chat[11116]: -- failed
Dec 22 11:42:30 localhost chat[11116]: Failed (BUSY)
Dec 22 11:42:30 localhost pppd[11074]: Connect script failed
Dec 22 11:42:33 localhost pppd[11074]: Terminating on signal 15.
Dec 22 11:42:33 localhost pppd[11074]: Exit.

******************************************************************

root@ubuntu:~ # /dev/ttyS0
bash: /dev/ttyS0: Permission denied
root@ubuntu:~ # /dev/ttyS1
bash: /dev/ttyS1: Permission denied
root@ubuntu:~ # /dev/ttyS2
bash: /dev/ttyS2: Permission denied

******************************************************************

root@ubuntu:~ # lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 755 Host (rev 01)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1891
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 3.0
Capabilities: [d0] #08 [0120]
Capabilities: [f0] #08 [8000]

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 99
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e9ffffff

Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff

0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1891
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128
I/O ports at
I/O ports at
I/O ports at
I/O ports at
I/O ports at 4000 [size=16]

0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1891
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
I/O ports at e100 [size=128]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2

0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1891
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
Memory at ea033000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1891
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
Memory at ea034000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1891
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22
Memory at ea030000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1891
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23
Memory at ea031000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1891
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
I/O ports at e200 [size=256]
Memory at ea032000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

0000:00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0180 (rev 01) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1891
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
I/O ports at e300 [size=8]
I/O ports at e400 [size=4]
I/O ports at e500 [size=8]
I/O ports at e600 [size=4]
I/O ports at e700 [size=16]
I/O ports at
Capabilities: [58] Power Management version 2

0000:00:0c.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
Subsystem: Conexant: Unknown device 2003
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
Memory at ea020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
I/O ports at e800 [size=8]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: [80] #08 [2101]

0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel

0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel

0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0

******************************************************************

root@ubuntu:~ # wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

Port Scan<*1>: Scanning ttySHSF0 first, /dev/modem is a link to it.
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI — 56000
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT — OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe.
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — and failed too at 115200, giving up.
Port Scan<*1>: S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8
Port Scan<*1>: S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16
Port Scan<*1>: S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 S22 S23 S24
Port Scan<*1>: S25 S26 S27 S28 S29 S30 S31 S32
Port Scan<*1>: S33 S34 S35 S36 S37 S38 S39 S40
Port Scan<*1>: S41 S42 S43 S44 S45 S46 S47 S48
Port Scan<*1>: S49 S50 S51 S52 S53 SHSF1 SHSF2 SHSF3
Port Scan<*1>: SHSF4 SHSF5 SHSF6 SHSF7

Found a modem on /dev/ttySHSF0, using link /dev/modem in config.
Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf.
ttySHSF0: Speed 460800; init “ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0″

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20 Hours & Counting…

I’ve been awake for 20 hours and counting! What have I been doing, you might ask. Why, updating my computer of course! My baby has been in dire need of updates and tonight, I mean last night was the night that she had her wish. Of course, I wasn’t just updating the computer all night long. Nancy, kept me company. She had me do Photoshop editting for her erhmmm… mushy stuff! I’d love to post them here but she’d kill me. Anyway, I’m proud of our work. In the end, self-study always pays.

Oooh, and speaking of self-study, I already have Ubuntu installed on my baby. Yeah! Although I have to admit, I can’t get it to connect to the Internet just yet. I can’t find the damn PPP window. Mahros has been actively helping me find a way, although I suspect that the problem may be with the modem driver. Some website offered drivers but only for a 14kbps connection. Dialup is slow as it is, and 14 kbps will give me what? .3bps download speed? Jek doesn’t want DSL yet. Obviously we cannot afford it…. just yet.

I already downloaded a few ebooks, and pestered a few people as well. pcp said to RTFM and RTFMA. I guess I’ll be doing that tonight. No work tomorrow! Ack! X_x I have work today, and here I am blogging like some damn insomniac.

*sigh*

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My Baby

The first post using my Baby. Ahhh!!! The effin updates are taking forever to finish. It doesn’t matter coz my chat life is catching up on me.

I love your performance, your Mac OS X-esque look, and everything, well not everthing that I like, but it’s almost a high-end machine, and besides, I worked my ass off for this.

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