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RMA tracer ballistix

slash — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:05:40 +0800

Have a pair of crucial tracer ballistix.
2x1gb pc6400

seems like 1 stick cannot be used. inserted individually (into all slots) or both, pc wont boot
if i use 1 stick (the working one), pc can boot.

previously, i keep trying both sticks till the pc was able to boot.
but after last night's blackout, and 1 hr of trying, i've given up. using 1 stick now

so how do i rma the spoilt stick?

zzzzz sound from speakers

slash — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:22:36 +0800

Occasionally, the zzzzz sounds will start to appear. Come thru the speakers. If i off the speakers, can trace the sounds to the power supply.
After a few minutes, the sound will be gone. Later on, will come back again.

Is this due to the electrical lines in my house? Or the power supply is faulty? Would an AVR help? (Does AVR have power conditioning?)

PSU blow?

slash — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:02:08 +0800

During the day, the electrician came to fix the gate. in the process, he had to shut down the power for the whole house.
Dunnoe what he did to the electric panel, but my problem starts after he turned back the power for the house.

Now everytime i switch on the wall socket, there will be sparks from my PSU, and a sound of course, and then the power will trip.
Tried it 2 times, same thing happens.

I'm thinking the psu is a goner now, with all the sparks and smell of something burnt coming from it.
But i'm wondering what went wrong? All other electrical stuff connected to that socket is still working. Why only the psu affected?
Could it be the electrician did something to my wiring?

Activities to do at a company trip

slash — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:24:53 +0800

What activities can be done during a company trip ah?

Need some suggestions!

Recommend me a wireless router

slash — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:03:36 +0800

Which brand/model should I buy? Preferbly have 4 ports too
Belkin or Linksys? Currently have WRT54GL in mind.

Free Upgrade?

slash — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:18:07 +0800

I've only ever had a 10day trial. Thanks to free passes from a forumer here.
So today, I logged into my yahoo mail to check the spam that I receive. Found 3 mails from blizzard.

Mail No. 1

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

So it seems somebody was able to access my account. Can't remember what password I used. Does Blizzard require WoW passwords to contain a capital letter and numbers?

Anyway, mail no. 2

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

Sweet. A free upgrade!! Not that I have time to play. Work till 9pm almost everyday.

And the last mail

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

Oh well, back to square one. Account frozen somemore. Haha. Wonder who will go through all this trouble just to get my trial account.

PC hangs when Lan cable is plugged in

slash — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:51:42 +0800

When I on the modem and plug the lan cable into the NIC, whole pc will hang.
How to solve this problem???

Windows just wont boot

slash — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:27:18 +0800

Home pc, with basic hardware
Mobo: Foxconn P4M800P7MA
Intel P4 3.06Ghz
512 mb KVR ddr2
1 cdrw, 1 160gb harddisk
1 D-Link network card (DFE-530TX)

The story:
One day I was surfing the net as usual. Suddenly pc autorebooted. When windows loaded up, a message popped up, saying new hardware detected. I checked and found out that it wont recognize the network card now. Even when I point it to the drivers, it just wont install.
So I shutdown the pc, waited 5mins, then booted it up again. Now it wont load into windows. It will boot till the screen where you choose safe mode, last known, or boot windows normally. Regardless of any option that I select, it will hang after I press enter.
For safe mode, it will stop at the step as shown in the pic below.

So whats causing the problem? Winxp gone wrong? Reinstallation of winxp the only solution?

Problem number 2
Bought a new harddisk and tried reinstalling winxp on the same pc. Winxp cd will boot, and the windows installation 'blue' screen will show up. After it has loaded all the drivers and stuff, the next step will be a reboot. But for my case, it will just hang there. Tried out using other harddisks on the same pc, the problem still persists.

So whats causing the problem of winxp not being able to install? Cannot be harddisk cause i bought a new one. Cannot be ram cause I swapped the kvr for a Tracer. So is it the motherboard? Could it have somehow got damaged when the pc suddenly rebooted in story 1?

PC as media center

slash — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:59:49 +0800

So far most of the threads I've gone through are about HT, which can be/are/has to be pretty expensive to build.
How about using the PC to enjoy music and movies?

So instead of a projector, which lcd/lcd tv would you recommend? Which 5.1 or 7.1 speaker set would you recommend? Which sound card would you recommend? So on and so forth. Get my drift so far? Haha.

Display problem

slash — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:43:09 +0800

2 days ago, I shut down my PC, then unplugged everything from the wall. Went on a trip to Malacca, came back, plugged everything back to wall socket, then proceeded to boot up the pc. Heres where the problem is. No display on the monitor. PC can boot into windows (press windows key + U + U, pc will shutdown). Monitor is working (tested on another pc). I took another monitor and connected, still same problem. Blank screen. Even the POST screen also not showing.

So the problem is with the gfx card? Using Colorful 8600GT Ultra. Cant test on another pc, cause all using agp mobos.
Any way to solve the problem, other than having to RMA the card?

Previously installed patches from MS update

slash — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:36:51 +0800

Ok since I cant fix my winxp not booting up problem, I've reinstalled winxp.
The harddisk now has 2 winxp (1 new, 1 old, not working).
The old winxp has all the patches from the MS update site. Is it possible for me to copy those .msi files over to the new winxp folder, and let it update? Cause I dont want to redownload all over again. Plus this will lag the housemates.

The patches are in C:\WINDOWS\Installer right?

Winxp wont boot, pc keeps restarting

slash — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:46:23 +0800

My pc was working fine. Then I went to update winxp. Had 2 updates. 1 was a security fix, the other was to scan for worms or something. After the update, it prompted for a reboot. So I did. Then the problem starts.
Just before the part where the winxp logo shows that winxp is loading, the pc will restart. This happens no matter what option I choose (safe mode, last known, normally).

What caused this to happen, and how can I solve it?

7390 users

slash — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:47:03 +0800

Wanna ask 7390 users. Any problems with your batteries? Mine cant seem to last a day now. When it reaches half bar, it drops to 1/4 pretty fast.
I used to be able to go 3 days before I need to recharge. Wonder whats wrong. Got the phone in April only.

HP Blackbird 002

slash — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:07:25 +0800

I'm sure many of you know DELL bought over Alienware. Similarly, HP took over VoodooPC. While DELL has been quiet since the takeover, HP+Voodoo has been busy (from reading the founder of voodoopc's blog.

And they have recently released a new pc, named Blackbird 002. Quite simply, its a stunning pc!! Check it out at http://h20435.www2.hp.com/# .
It looks beautiful and I'm sure performs superbly. I would kill to own that pc.

ntvdm cpu has encountered an illegal instruction

slash — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:49:20 +0800

Ok... After installing a new hsf, i started up my pc and this error msg greeted me.

Is it a virus?

DVD drive suddenly wont work

slash — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 04:33:20 +0800

after a reboot, my dvd suddenly wont work. It does not appear under My Computer, and in device manager, it says windows cannot load the device driver. driver may be corrupted or missing.

So i uninstall the drive, then scan for hardware. Same problem occurs. How to solve it? I just installed winxp a few hours ago only...

PC wont bootup

slash — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:07:53 +0800

Yesterday, Tenaga guy came to cut power cause 2 mths never pay bill. So went to pay and power restored at 6pm. Now my PC has a wierd problem. Whenever the power cuts, or someone off the mains suddenly, the next time I turn the PC on, it wont boot.

I've tried taking the battery out, clearing CMOS, taking everything apart and put them back 1 by 1, and it still wont start. Without the RAMs, there will be beeping sound. With rams, gc and harddisk, also wont boot.

So what is the problem? I've been having this problem for a long time. Last time simply take out part by part and put them back, somehow it works. Now this method cannot work. zzzzz Farking hate this pc.

Hamachi

slash — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:46:17 +0800

Anyone using Hamachi? Cant get it to connect. Always stuck at fetching peer and network lists... Then after sometime, it will reconnect, and get stuck there again.
How to solve this?

For a newcomer to the game

slash — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:39:12 +0800

For a newcomer to the game, which realm should I create my character on?
Looking forward to joining a guild and enjoying end-game content. However, I dont think I will get to lvl 60 that fast, as this sem my workload is higher.

Moreover, if I do get to 60, would those in current guilds still want to run the lower instances with me?