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Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't

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On 2015-03-31 4:03 PM, vallor 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.

Just before you waste any more your time, you should know that Just 
Cause 2 is one of the worst games I've purchased in the past few years. 
It's shockingly bad, especially the parachute side missions.

-- 
Slimer
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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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