misadventures

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Hardware issues I had while running Windows 8.1

2016-02-13
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A while back, I experienced all manner of issues. Errors I saw were:

  • UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP
  • INTERRUPT_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
  • IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

  • KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR

Interestingly, Linux didn't give a flying fuck and never even hiccuped once. This is why I initially thought I had an issue with Windows 8.1. Go Linux go.

I rebooted into some specialized memory testing to prove I had memory issues.

I was working on building an entirely new system and had started with a case and power supply replacement. Apparently I had damage to my earlier power supply, because all my issues magically went away.

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Creating a custom .mclt (Lower Third)

2015-08-07
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RESULT - giving up. I have no idea what .mclt files are, how to customize them, how to make them, or where to get them.

Trying to figure this out took such a long time I needed to spin off a new page.

  • 2015-08-07 - I emailed the ManyCam help desk for information.
  • 2015-10-10 - They never replied.
  • 2016-02-08 - Giving up.

  • 2017-06-22 - I see they have some sort of "create effect" feature on their website, but that creates a .mcv file. Perhaps this is a new feature of a newer version of manycam.

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Windows 8.1 cannot see a USB stick.

2015-05-15
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During my recent Linux distributions experimentation, I noticed a few times that Windows 8.1 would no longer "see" a particular USB stick I was using. It would appear within the device list, would test correctly but would not appear in the left-hand pane in explorer.

I learned that this was because one or more of the distributions I was testing would, for unfathomable reasons, prep the USB stick strangely.

Why Windows wouldn't just offer to format the stick is unknown to me.

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