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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't |
| Date | 2015-03-31 20:30 +0000 |
| Organization | ok by me, so long as it doesn't get out of hand |
| Message-ID | <bbvh40a.4@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | <551afd97$0$22315$c3e8da3$a9097924@news.astraweb.com> |
vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote: > So there I was, dual-booted into Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium playing > _Just Cause 2_, when the program exited with an exception. > "That's weird", I thought. "Maybe it was the graphics driver I just > upgraded to." > So I back-graded the graphics driver, and played some more. A few > minutes later -- Pop! goes the exception. > I was streaming on twitch with a bunch of friends looking on, and we all > agreed that JC2 just doesn't do this sort of thing. Clearly, there was > something odd about my machine. > After verifying the game cache in Steam, I started looking at hardware. > And hey, wasn't that weird that the ASUS monitoring app wasn't > registering any chassis fans? > So I looked -- and NONE OF THE CHASSIS FANS WERE SPINNING. > Booted to Linux, fans started spinning. > I'd seen a message over the last few days, whenever booted to Windows, > that the Core1 temperature was 80C. I'd only been playing > Elite:Dangerous, which didn't seem to mind the situation. Additionally, > I'd been a bonehead and not investigated why my machine seemed so much > quieter while booted to Win7. > The fix? Hard power cycle. Now the fans spin in Windows. > Now, about the subject line above, "Linux worked while Windows didn't". > These wintroll clowns are always talking about their hardware works > properly in Windows, but not Linux. Thus, I feel justified blaming > Windows for what is clearly a chipset driver failure -- after all, it's > a Windows driver! > Toodles. So Linux blows and Windoze doesn't?
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Linux worked while Windows didn't vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-03-31 13:03 -0700
Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-31 16:15 -0400
Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-31 20:30 +0000
Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-31 20:08 -0400
Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-04-01 02:18 +0200
Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-01 06:09 -0400
Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-04-01 00:11 +0000
Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-31 21:37 -0400
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