Spline Spirograph From G'MIC

Just a test animation made with this new filter.

 

 

Your B450M AORUS Elite Will Not Boot-Up - The Simple Fix

A new motherboard, a new build and yet the Gigabyte AORUS B450M will not boot or POST if the power supply switch or power cable had been turned off at any time.

I spent a lot of time investigating this. The only way to get it to start was to remove the lithium battery and jumper the CMOS reset pins.

I found this is a common problem and tried people's solutions but none worked. I thought it was power-related.

What Did Work

In the bios settings go to 'Power' and look at 'AC BACK'. The options are:

Memory  - This didn't help

Always On - Select this one.

Always Off - What I always use but not here.

This assumes the many other bios settings are workable

I've been building computers for a long time and 'Always Off' had become automatic. It's for a power outage and having a machine re-start itself can scramble the file system. 

Gigabyte is based in Taiwan and the boards are made in China. Is this a political problem? These boards are designed for gamers and over-clockers and have far too many bios settings and options that could destroy components 😀 

Maybe 'shutting-down' and 'power outage' got lost in translation? I have not seen this problem before and the solution works but now the computer is started from the power supply switch not the front panel. I'm guessing if the power supply had no switch then plugging-in a mains cable would start the computer. It's obvious these boards have a bios problem.

If you have new info on the AORUS no boot issue drop a comment below.

proof of concept

The idea was runes around a rotating transparent sphere intended for larger animated content.

I did more investigation of rotating virtual spheres and discovered I was over-thinking parts of it and under-thinking other parts of it.

 

For the geeks this is how it is done.

Gimp Warp Transform Animations

 Gimp has an easy way to make simple animations.

Check-out the Warp transform tool :)

Warp transform using the 'Chekharda' font by Evgeniy Agasyanc. It was  rebirthed by Skinnyhouse at Gimp Chat.

Fire On The Horizon By Stick Figure - 4d Fractal Animation

 

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Investigating Fractal 'Embossing'

Some of my Mandelbulber fractals have a kind of surface 'embossing' and 'printing'. I've never known why...up to now.

In a roundabout process I discovered some materials can completely destroy this embossing, I found the embossing is caused by the amazing surf fractal in a hybrid mode fractal that includes 4 other fractals.

As result I made some materials that enhances the effect.

Simple Minds - Waterfront (1989 Remix) - 4d Fractal Remix

Hand Of Fate Glass Vignette

An animation in webp format that goes back to something a made a few years ago. i call it the 'hand of fate' effect.

Totemic Dub Detour