SLAC on old pc

I'm on my old pc because my power gave up. Trying to boot ET with slac. Before it kept crashing my ET because it couldnt write to autoexec or something. Now that I removed my profile, I can start the game but if I try and exec a config it just crashes again.

Any thoughts?
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Don't exec a config? :Pppp
maybe r_mode failure :P
try other cfg...
Check your resolution settings
I had same problem. Had wrong resolution, r_mode. Basically config was ment for better pc and bigger screen. Change cfg.
nm, this pc is pretty screwed
tx anyways guys
take the psu from the crap pc for the good pc if its powerful enough :)
ye thats the problem, this one is only 300v, the good one was about 550v :(
dont think 300v is enough for both by cpu and gfx card
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Depends on the specs. I got my Sandy Brige system with 8GB running on a 300W PSU for example.
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my card is abit demanding though, I remember having a worse psu and it didnt work
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"probably" isn't you could try a calculator though??

did you buy the pc pre-built? every psu i bought on it's own had a 10/15/lifetime warranty
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I have a 250gts, googled it, it's not enough :(
Ye I built the pc myself, but dno if I have the receipt. I might go buy a new one tomorrow since I have to play a game.

Found it sort of weird that it just stopped working, my pc isn't responding at all. Do you happen to know if you leave out the piece o metal thats supposed to close off your pc at the back (around all the connectors), if that might affect anything? Only thing I could imagine doing wrong.
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the only effect that a metal case around a pc has is to create a faraday cage far as i know (well and create airflow channel and keep dust out blah blah) shouldn't cause any problems in itself

psu could break if there was a power surge or something causing a problem on one of the rails that carry the power or a component may have fallen loose if it got knocked REALLY hard :s


still theres a pretty long chain of things to test if you want to know for sure;
(even the wire that connects the power button on the case could be at fault if NOTHING happens when you try to power up - generally i find the psu will at least spin up the fan if it's not totally fucked but if that wire was dead it wouldn't get the "on" signal? :D)

if you have the time / will you could take the gfx card molex out from the good mobo and try to boot it up with the less powerful PSU; at least if it'll boot with the weaker psu you know the mobo is ok (and you won't damage the psu if you dont power the GPU :p)
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Cable is fine, I'm using it on this pc ;)
Thing is, if I connect the psu it doesnt even light up. I mean, if anything else was fucked up, I would be able to atleast enable it, right?

There was some power surge or something. I switched on my power box and the entire electrical net went down and I had to replug the fuse. When I did that, it went down again untill I disconnected a few appliances throughout the house.

I just hope nothing else is busted because don't have the money for alot of new parts and all my uni work is on it.

Yeah I guess I could just use the old psu with the old gfx card, but by the time I have it all switched out, it's going to be already too late and then I would have twice as much work tomorrow.
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oh ok don't bother from what you've said :p

so if the kettle lead works with the weaker PSU and the dead PSU doesn't show any life when you plug it in i suppose the only thing you can do is replace it :{

ps if you have the cash get a modular psu so much less cabling bs the case its amazing :)
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yeah just checked, defo the psu. Thanks for the help mate.
Those cables are annoying, but even with a modular psu the cables need to go inside!
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yeah but ive only got 2 molex strips in my tower atm nice and airy :)
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same problem here ... cant play ET have to buy cpu
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DELETE HAX
Launch slac (no etpro) ;)
Some bad cvar in your config.
my new pc is fucked too, so im on my old pc ..bad times :<
u still like your 5770 card ?
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yeah, all my stuff is under warranty so np
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jonge, nu gaat ge net spele & fucked ge u pc

timing, gg
ik heb die gewoon opgezet en die ontploft :/
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You are probably running ET on a higher resolution than ur desktop res. Use r_mode 4.
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