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Survived the upgrade process yet again. Been a long, long time since I did such an extensive job.
Had everything all pulled out and even managed to pry off the front part of the case without breaking it. I'd been putting it off because I was convinced that it would break the unreachable plastic snap locks and rattle when finally put back together, but things as they are I decided to take the plunge - and it was like something from an Indiana Jones movie. The dust, the DUST! and spiders and lizards and skeletons! The rest of the computer, which is nice and easy to access looked like some pristine utopia by comparison, though a utopia that was about to be demolished.
So, what's under the hood?
i7 4770
ASROCK H87 Performance
Saphire R7 270X
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
Thermaltake 650w certified 80 plus PSU
Seagate 1TB hybrid SSD/Hybrid drive
Still have the original 8gb of 1333 mhz DDR3 RAM. Case is also the same old Aero Cool PGS that came with the original system in late 2009. Both of these need an upgrade. Case is too pokey, and I don't like the large side vents - seems like a dust trap to me.
Things got a little scary when Windows decided it didn't like a sudden change of chipset - could not load Windows. This was all the more scary when I realised I hadn't done a backup for a couple of weeks. Luckily there is a way around this if you don't mind using the ol' DOS prompt. Normally I would have just wiped the HD< but couldn't be sure if I had files I needed. The other option was simply to change motherboards back over, but shoehorning the cooler into the case is a terrifying experience, and certainly not to be undertaken more often than absolutely necessary.
Had everything all pulled out and even managed to pry off the front part of the case without breaking it. I'd been putting it off because I was convinced that it would break the unreachable plastic snap locks and rattle when finally put back together, but things as they are I decided to take the plunge - and it was like something from an Indiana Jones movie. The dust, the DUST! and spiders and lizards and skeletons! The rest of the computer, which is nice and easy to access looked like some pristine utopia by comparison, though a utopia that was about to be demolished.
So, what's under the hood?
i7 4770
ASROCK H87 Performance
Saphire R7 270X
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
Thermaltake 650w certified 80 plus PSU
Seagate 1TB hybrid SSD/Hybrid drive
Still have the original 8gb of 1333 mhz DDR3 RAM. Case is also the same old Aero Cool PGS that came with the original system in late 2009. Both of these need an upgrade. Case is too pokey, and I don't like the large side vents - seems like a dust trap to me.
Things got a little scary when Windows decided it didn't like a sudden change of chipset - could not load Windows. This was all the more scary when I realised I hadn't done a backup for a couple of weeks. Luckily there is a way around this if you don't mind using the ol' DOS prompt. Normally I would have just wiped the HD< but couldn't be sure if I had files I needed. The other option was simply to change motherboards back over, but shoehorning the cooler into the case is a terrifying experience, and certainly not to be undertaken more often than absolutely necessary.
Impromptu art features
I've never done an art feature on my own private page, mostly because I don't get enough traffic to bother, but I was ordering seven years worth of "Featured" favourites (there was twice what there is now - literally hundreds!), and seeing all the pretty images group together at the top of the gallery was too inspiring to pass up the desire.
There is no theme (other than all the images happen to contain female humanoids). There are newer images and ones that have been floating around DA for quite some times. Enjoy the selection (or don't - but seriously, why wouldn't you).
To enjoy more impeccable curated collections pls visit the featured
Victoria 8 Full Review
I feel like I'm fairly intimately familiar with Victoria/Genesis 8 now. I have spent a good number of hours evaluating and putting together a fairly thorough review of Victoria 8. As usual, I learn a little more about DAZ Studio and 3D in general ever time I do one of these, so it's all time well spent.
Feel free to put your own opinions and any feedback forward.
Workflow overview - rigging and JCMs
This tutorial has been in the works a while now, but I've finally manage to sort through my workflow for rigging a garment item that is a bit more challenging than your average tightly conforming kit.
The tutorial covers ugly transfer tool jobs, weighting, distortion caused by Genesis 3 JCMs, and basic fixes within DAZ Studio that give us a cleaner mesh to work with.
It's not an easy tutorial, but I hope I explained the reasoning behind the workflow and it's value.
Prop modelling for Victoria 7
Have been doing a lot of prop modelling of late and wanted to share a little teaser of what I'm currently working on. The models are finalised, but they have not yet be UV mapped.
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Congratulations on figuring out the Windows issue! I've had tense moments like that occur to me as well, when upgrading, or when adding peripherals, and being that I'm not a very good computer guy, all I could really do was sit and pray that ONE of the repeated reboots would fix the problem. Usually it did, but I had a few cases where it didn't, and I was forced to reformat, or in one case, take it to an expert for diagnostics and eval. Glad to hear all is OK!