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DSL-520B

Reuben — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:59:34 +0800

Modem/router: D-Link DSL-520B

In the endless search for the ultimate Streamyx IP range...

I find myself stumped.

Can't seem to find the place to disconnect/reconnect easily within this modem's web config.

I don't want to set it to bridged mode because I have several computers connected to it and want it to manage the connections for me.

I used several DLinks before and had no problems finding it but am puzzled with the new layout.

Are there any custom firmwares I can use?

I'll be really pissed if there isn't a way

[addedon]December 1, 2008, 10:43 pm[/addedon]I also note their 24x7 support line is NOT actually manned.

They tell you to press 8 to leave a message but the button does not do anything...

Ugh!

[WTB] Website Design Services

Reuben — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:22:12 +0800

I am looking for a website designer that does NOT use pre set templates to make a clean, professional website for our Advocates Association.

Content for now is quite simple and we haven't fully decided on the Site Map yet but wish to have a pool of freelancers and their respective portfolios before deciding on who to prepare the drafts.

Tentative date of completion is about mid January but no later than end of January.

Budget is modest but we don't seek a very complex site for now though some CMS or even a nicely done Wordpress is needed for posting news articles and updates.

Please do pm me or post here should you be interested. Many thanks.

Lowyat Spamming me with Topic Notifications

Reuben — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:24:15 +0800

Just got a slew of topic notification replies for the same post.

Something's up!:

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Blackberry Bold Review

Reuben — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:43:33 +0800

Taken from a blog I co-post:
http://www.soleenstrategies.com/myblackberryworld/index.php

Right, a pretty overdue Blackberry Bold review which has been probably done to death but I'm finally comfortable in writing a review after using it for several weeks and given time for problems to crop up.

I'll keep it more based on personal experience rather than the Bold's features which have been overdone already.

Pros:

* Amazing screen, crystal clear and probably the best screen on a mobile phone at this point in time
* A lot more responsive with the faster processor than the Curve and the extra memory seems to help with running more programs at once (especially IM applications which hung constantly on my Curve).
* Camera is clearer than the Curve although technically the same.
* Rock stable (see proviso in Cons later) and has not crashed for more than 2 weeks
* Great connectivity options with Wifi, 3G, EDGE and GPRS.
* Call quality has improved on the Curve
* Speaker quality is also decent now so you can actually listen to music without headphones (not great but hey, sometimes you just want some background music and not have crappy tinny sound coming out).
* Price has dropped from initial estimates during the offer period it was in the low RM2000s and now it's in RM2499 from Celcom though I believe there are some discounts available for new accounts. Makes it more compelling to go for the Bold instead of the initial estimate of RM2800.
* Looks extremely sexy
* Updating the OS took a lot shorter (maybe about 15 minutes instead of the half or hour or more on the Curve).
* In my opinion the best Blackberry out at the moment

Cons:

* The OS (version 4.6.0.126) is pretty flaky out of the box which crashed repeatedly, had immense battery issues (certain days it would die within one afternoon), and constant 'hangs'. This OS is shipped by default in both Celcom and Maxis Bolds. This to me was a very bad thing as it gave people a bad impression of the Bold especially since it's only a minority of users who know how to upgrade their BB OSes. Staff from the telcos also seemed to be generally oblivious to this. Upgrading to the current 162 build (which is not even available from Celcom/Maxis' website but a third party site (crackberry.com) solved al these issues.
* Battery life is slightly worse than the Curve with 3G on. On light use, with 3G on it can last about 2 days without charge but on regular use it would fall flat in about a day or so. It will definitely last the day and it's still decent considering the power packed in the device. Running the media player is also extremely battery consuming.
* Browsing experience has improved with better support in displaying websites in its intended nature but still sluggish in loading as compared to the Iphone despite the 3G speed. Still decent enough for general usage but it's not too fun to use.
* Media functions have improved but still not as intuitive as the Iphone's. Also codec support is still not all-encompassing with divx files being a hit or miss. In most cases you would still need to do encoding conversions. Processor still not powerful enough for full sized DivX/Xvid videos. This may be just a hardware limitation on phones in general at this point in time rather than a flaw.
* Default Headset quality was poor with a tinny sound on music though it was comfortable on the ears.
* Youtube does NOT work on Celcom's network. Unsure about Maxis' network but unless you are going through wifi, Youtube is confirmed as non-working. Celcom is working on a resolution and they are not the only telco experiencing this problem. This is a Network issue rather than a Bold problem but really disappointed me as I really wanted to youtube while I was waiting for things.
* For some reason I didn't really like the leather at the back as I was also afraid of scratching it with my fingernails and kinda became sticky with my sweaty hands a lot faster ;P Minor quibble.

Conclusions

The Bold is a gorgeous device and I absolutely love it. To me, it epitomizes what communicating is about merging e-mail, sms and phone calls into a neat little interface with a minimal learning curve. However if you were looking for a lifestyle multimedia device, then the phone will probably disappoint in this regard when compared to the Iphone though it has done a decent job at it.

It has covered all the previous weaknesses of the Curve and improved on it but there is still room for improvement on its Media functions.

Also the Telcos should be more proactive about updating their OS versions on their phones or at least inform people of this option. People expect their phones to work out of the box and mind you that most people will not update their OS versions so their experience is impaired on what is essentially a great phone.

[LFGroup] Lonely Level 54 Warlock

Reuben — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:51:00 +0800

Was looking for some people whom I can play with around my level range on Frostmourne?

I'm on the Refer a Friend program so I would have to tag along my friend's char for the triple exp until 60 (played time 1 day 18 hours ftw)

Timotei (Undead Warlock)

Looking for Beta Testers for ping lowering service

Reuben — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:33:27 +0800

Beta WoW Boleh Ping Service (Free Trials)

This service works on the same principles as Gamepath and Lowerping.

Please refer to here for help on finding a good IP range for WoW.

We are looking for testers for this (no payment required).

Please post your interest and support of such a service.

We are now using a local datacentre which should give more consistent pings to the US servers regardless of where your WoW server is located.

Optimizing your Streamyx Connection

Reuben — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:39:14 +0800

Just thought that for those of you are not familiar with finding a good TM IP range...

have written a guide for you all to peruse.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/803577

Optimizing your Streamyx Connection

Reuben — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:34:00 +0800

I know there has been many talks of this but I have not seen a good guide on this in human language .

Anyway since I have written one for my service, thought I'll share it here:

This guide is only applicable to Streamyx users.

1. Introduction to the Problem

[center]Not all Streamyx connections are created equal.[/center]

You can be experiencing extremely slow speed and poor performance while the guy next door is blazing away at max speed.

Why is this the case?

Streamyx spreads its connections over different routers. This is done automatically on TM's side. However certain routers may be overloaded or faulty or subject to an attack or under maintenance.

Our task here is to find a way to get to those functioning, wonderful (at least relatively) spankingly fast routers!

2. What is an IP Range?

IP addresses (often shortened to IP) are the internet's version of addresses. Instead of a real world address:

QUOTE

Mr Lim's Personal Computer
No 24, Jalan 20/9, Paramount Garden,
46300, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
[PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A JOKE]

which is meaningless, we get assigned addresses in a numerical format.

For example:

QUOTE

124.82.115.32

You can find out what your IP is (which changes everytime you reconnect to the internet) by visiting http://www.whatismyip.com/.

An IP range (as how we define it), is a range of addresses. We find that with Streamyx, the most important digits to look for in an IP address are the FIRST TWO DIGITS.

QUOTE

124.82.115.32

It is suspected that each router governs an IP range and everyone on the same IP range goes through the same router.

In human language:

[center]"The first two digits of your Streamyx Internet Address determines which router you go through."[/center]

[center]As long as these first two digits are the same (which means you are within the same IP range), all performance within that IP range will be the same.[/center]

So for example if you are unsatisfied with your speed/performance on 124.82.x.x, you will have to find an IP that does not begin with 124.82, but something else like 60.54, 124.13, 118.100, etc etc. and then retest and evaluate if it's a good one (see Part 4).

3. How to get a new IP Range

There is unfortunately no easy way about this. This is assigned on TM side and for our purposes is more or less random.

The only way to get a new IP is to disconnect and reconnect your connection and then recheck what IP you are on (you can do so by surfing to http://www.whatismyip.com/ if you forgot). We do find that different times of the day gives different sets of IP ranges.

However some tips:

1) Do not disconnect and reconnect too fast in rapid succession

Do it in perhaps of intervals of 5-10 seconds, taking breaks in between. If done too fast, TM blocks you from connecting for a few minutes, and increases this time with every subsequent attempt. Take it slow and steady.

2) Be patient

It is not uncommon to try 10-20 times until you find the desired IP range you want. Be patient and stay at it.

4. Evaluating an IP Range - Yay or Nay

Now that we know what is an IP range, why it is important to find the right one and how to get new ones, let's find out how to evaluate if an IP range is good or bad!

We will use a free program called Pingplotter for this which may be downloaded here.
This program traces the path of your internet connection all the way to its intended destination and reveals any problems in the route.

After installing Pingplotter, start up the program. Under Address to Trace:, put bbc.co.uk. Set the trace delay to 1 second, and Samples to Include to 1000. Click on TRACE and let it run for a minute or two.

We are testing bbc.co.uk as BBC is a renowned UK-based news site which we have identified as being closely equivalent to European connections. Replace bbc.co.uk with yahoo.com or www.harvard.edu (must include the www) to test US connectivity. Google.com can be used as well but we have been informed (unconfirmed) that there are certain agreements that have been given to prioritize Google traffic.

There is a lot of information coming out of pingplotter, but we shall only focus on two statistics:

1) The AVG Ping which means average ping (the time it takes for a packet to reach to its destination) Lower is better
2) The PL% which means packet loss percentage (the packets that do not reach their destination and get lost) Lower is better

Below is a sample ping report generated from Pingplotter. You do this by clicking on Edit and then Copy as text (statistics only)

[pre]Target Name: bbc.co.uk
IP: 212.58.224.131
Date/Time: 18/9/2008 7:52:15 PM to 18/9/2008 7:54:35 PM

Hop Sent Err PL% Min Max Avg Host Name / [IP]
1 139 0 0.0 0 0 0 mygateway1.ar7 [192.168.1.1]
2 137 77 56.2 7 233 19 [219.93.218.177]
3 139 0 0.0 6 83 8 [219.93.218.101]
4 139 0 0.0 6 19 6 [58.27.107.41]
5 139 0 0.0 23 109 25 [219.94.12.21]
6 139 0 0.0 29 216 38 [203.106.253.225]
7 139 0 0.0 28 251 39 [202.188.126.132]
8 139 0 0.0 29 205 30 [58.27.103.97]
9 139 0 0.0 28 175 30 [58.27.103.121]
10 139 0 0.0 222 339 223 [203.106.86.86]
11 139 0 0.0 304 513 317 bbc-gw0-linx.prt0.thdoe.bbc.co.uk [195.66.224.103]
12 137 40 29.2 314 320 317 [212.58.238.153]
13 139 57 41.0 316 345 318 bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131][/pre]

I have highlighted in red the parts that i want to focus on. This was taken from a particularly bad day and on a particularly bad IP range.

The AVG ping is 318 ms which isn't too bad. In general you want a ping that is below 400.

However what is bad here is the loss percentage which is at 40-50 %. This means for every two pieces of data you send, only one gets through! This affects the speed of bandwidth sensitive apps such as video streaming and downloads. In extreme scenarios, even surfing becomes laggy.

Generally you don't want any loss at all though a loss of less than 10% should be still good enough for decent performance.

Keep on trying new IP ranges till you can find one that has the lowest loss and a decent ping.

LOW LOSS + LOW PING = WIN

A low loss is more important than a low ping!

So even if an IP range has a fantastically low ping, but high loss percentage, then that IP will not be as good as one with a higher ping and a low loss percentage.

Hopefully now you have found a good IP range! Don't get disconnected if you want to retain it!

Source: BolehVPN Troubleshooting Guide

Link Tag Behaviour

Reuben — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:16:58 +0800

Current situation: when you click on the "http://" button at the top, it prompts you to enter the url and then the description of the webpage.

I find this a bit interrupting when trying to compose a full sentence and then linking part of it. Interrupts the flow.

Suggested amendment: You select the text that you want to hyperlink and then press the url button which prompts you to enter the url you want the word to link to.

I believe this is much more intuitive.

Small niggling thing but just bugged me Please post your thoughts on the issue!

DDoS Attack on TM

Reuben — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:53:39 +0800

Over the past few weeks loss has been pretty bad on many IP ranges to certain routes especially international ones.

Also I notice that my servers in Cyberjaya have been experiencing intermittent connectivity. I was told by the DC people that they were being DDoSed attack.

Yesterday, my website hosted in TM also went down for a few hours and when I called IPServerone, he too told me that TM is being DDoSed to the point it even affected local routing. He said this is rather common during the run up to Raya.

I'm just wondering, is this why our routing lately has been so lossy? I have submitted a report to TM which has been escalated to Level 2 but as of yet have not received any word.

Can anyone confirm that a DDoS is actually happening on TM? It used to be only at night with loss rates creeping to 30-40% while in the day it was in the single digit numbers. However, now it seems to be perpetually bad unless I manage to get on the 60.54 IP upon which all my troubles disappear.

BolehVPN TF2 Online Open Tourney WORK IN PROGRESS

Reuben — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:05:10 +0800

BOLEHVPN TF2 ONLINE OPEN

Entry Fee:RM30.00 per TEAM to be paid to my personal account

Maybank Account
REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
511234055767

CIMB Account
REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
11012001269058

Prizes: All money collected from entry fees will be used to fund the prizes. The entry fee will not be used for other purposes.

1st Prize: 50% of total entry fee amount collected
2nd Prize: 35% of total entry fee amount collected
3rd Prize: 15% of total entry fee amount collected

The entry fee is just to make things a little more exciting and make sure there is something at 'stake' to make things competitive so don't expect much great prizes right now at this point in time. Also don't want the initial cost to be prohibitive .

Depending on the success of this tournament, we may in the future include further prizes inside with sponsorship. We'll see how it goes.

Rules adapted from Game Sync's (STILL WORK IN PROGRESS JUST WANT TO GAUGE INTEREST FIRST). Rules still not completely adapted from league format to tournament format.

Tournament format (still undecided)

1) Roundrobin
2) Elimination
3) Swiss Style tournament

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[WTS] Team 16GB High Speed USB Thumb/Flash Drives

Reuben — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:37:26 +0800

Item(s):

16GB Team Group Supreme (U100) USB Disk

The Supreme (U100) USB Disk is the ultimate embodiment of refinement, fashion and data mobility…

For the Supreme (U100) USB disk, TEAM once again incorporates premium fashion design concepts by using aluminum alloy for the casing and a smooth imitation leather coating for an extra touch of refinement. The patented rotating cap design is a thoughtful touch to avoid the problem of missing caps.

Up to 5-6 X faster than your regular USB pen drive!

Excellent pricing, only nominally more expensive than your regular thumb drive!

Capacity 16GB
Color Gold
Interface USB 2.0
Power source DC 5V
Reading / Writing Reading:20~33MB/Sec ; Writing: 6~21MB/Sec
*Note:Speed may vary due to host hardware, software and usage
Dimensions 71.6mm、23.15mm、9.13mm
Hot Plug Yes
Weight 17g
Storage time ＞10Years
Other Support battery saving mode
Warranty 5Years

Price:

RM200.00 firm

Warranty:

5 years

Dealing method:

Shipping to anywhere in Malaysia: RM10.00

Bank in to

REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
Current Account
511234055767

OR

REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
Current account
11012001269058

or

COD at Noble Internet cafe (near Rafi)
(many ffkers so on case to case basis)

Noble Bounty Sdn Bhd
34-1 Jalan 28/70A
Desa Seri Hartamas
50480 Kuala Lumpur

Location of seller:

Kuala Lumpur (where products are)

Contact method/details:

Amin: 019 6272889
Reuben: 013 8119120

Age of item:

Brand New

Buyers

14 Units only!

Stock on hand

1. Reuben
2. Amin
3. kepco
4. Asy7678
5. onephatcow
6. Baha
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

[WTS] Zotac G92 8800 GTS 512MB

Reuben — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:17:15 +0800

Item(s):

Zotac G92 8800 GTS 512MB

See review:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/G...8800_GTS_512_MB

8800 GTX performance when OCed

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Package includes:

Video Card
Installation CD
TV cable (?) (not sure what you call this)
DVI to VGA adapter
Power connector
Box
Warranty sheet (2 years warranty bought in Nov 07)

Price:

RM500.00 (not inclusive of shipping)

Warranty:

About 1.5 years left. Expires in Nov 09

Dealing method:

Online bankin to my bank details

Maybank Account

REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
Current Account
511234055767

CIMB Account
REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
Current account
11012001269058

or

CoD in Kuching, Dua Puluh Sen Supermarket, Jalan Mendu

Location of seller:

Kuching

Contact method/details:

SMS: 013 8119120
E-mail: reuben.yap@gmail.com

Age of item:

Bought in Nov 07
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Item(s) conditions:
Good, sticker slightly peeling but otherwise great.
Fully tested

Picture:

Taken from TechPowerUp (left my USB cable to my phone cam at the office)

Reason for sale:

Got a pair of ATI 4850s to Crossfire

Malaysian CS1.6 Server

Reuben — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:33:05 +0800

Special thanks to Azfer for subscribing with us at BolehVPN

Just to let you guys know that there is now another dedicated CS1.6 server for Malaysian/Brunei peeps

Server Settings:

66 tick
Speex Voice Quality 5
AMXModX

Ini Macam! CS 1.6 Server: 202.71.97.81:27017 (Public)

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/644784

Feel free to drop by!

CANCELLED Gigabyte Motherboard P35-DS3R

Reuben — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:30:42 +0800

Taking this off as the RMA was NOT new they just repaired it and I haven't had time to test it so I don't want to sell a potentially defective product.

Apologies for the hassle.

Picture:

Item(s):

Gigabyte P35-DS3R
Brand new with all packaging/cables/manuals (got it from RMA return)

Please pm me if you want to bundle this with my Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 2.13 ghz (used) and I can give it for a good price. I have overclocked this processor with my old P35 board with no issues up to 3.2 ghz. It was cooled very well and stability tested when I took it out so there should be no issues.

Neoseeker review:

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware...rlake_p35-ds3r/

QUOTE

Overclocking

Since you already saw the numbers all over the charts, there is no use being coy - I managed to reach a quite satisfying 3.5GHz on the Gigabyte P35-DS3R, air cooled!

Its probable that I could have reached a faster processor overclock - after all, I know that the E6400 I've used has reached 3.64GHz before - however I was interested in maximizing the FSB performance. As you may have read in my previous reviews, the Intel platform is limited by the ammount of information that can be pumped through the aging FSB design.

Intel is well aware of this, that is why the P35 officially supports a 1333MHz FSB - and intel will shortly be releasing 6000 series Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors that will be "designed for" a 1333MHz FSB - in reality, all this means is that they will have a lower maximum multiplier, and they will be guaranteed to work with a 1333MHz FSB.

XBitsLabs review:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboard...a-p35-ds3r.html

QUOTE

As for the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R mainboard that we have reviewed today, it is one of the first solutions on the new Intel P35 chipset to appear in the market and certainly deserves your attention. It is a good alternative to iP965 based mainboards. It supports widespread DDR2 SDRAM, but at the same time offers better consumer features and specifications. Moreover, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R did very well in our CPU overclocking tests and performed at a very high level in nominal work mode.

Price:

RM290.00 inclusive of shipping anywhere in Malaysia

Excellent value! Please don't expect to be able to bargain much further as the price is pretty low already.

Warranty:

Will have to check on this and see what is the warranty period left.

Dealing method:

Bank in to

Maybank Account

REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
Current Account

511234055767

CIMB Account

REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
Current account

11012001269058

Location of seller:

Kuching/KL
I can ship to KL with no problems at no additional charge.
If you are in Kuching, I can CoD at Dua Puluh Sen Supermarket at Jalan Mendu in the evenings.

Contact method/details:

HP (SMS): 013 8119120
E-mail: reuben.yap@gmail.com

Age of item:

Brand new return from RMA

Reason for sale:

Had already bought a new motherboard with Crossfire support while waiting for this RMA.

[WTS] Paypal Funds USD1 = RM3.40

Reuben — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:02:33 +0800

Item(s):

Current Stock: USD0.00

Price:

RM3.40 per 1 USD

No bargaining no matter how much you buy. It is my prerogative to decide how much to sell for. If you don't like it, that's ok

Dealing method:

Maybank Account
REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
Current Account
511234055767

CIMB Account
REUBEN YAP WEN WUI
Current account
11012001269058

Contact method/details:

SMS: 013 8119120
E-mail: reuben.yap@gmail.com

Reason for sale:

Can't be arsed to convert this.

We are reputable sellers who aren't going to pull a fast one We have our reputation at 60 verified on Paypal and our Account type is Premier

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You may view our main business' thread here which is on its v2 and we have dealt with thousands of people mainly through VPN sales and other items such as graphics cards, coolers and RAM.

Fantasy Artwork

Reuben — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:51:12 +0800

COMMISSION A ORIGINAL WORK POSTER / PICTURE / POSTER SET TODAY!

Max is a budding freelance artist from Celestial Order with massive talent but not earning a lot. I took a look at his artwork and decided it needed to be given the recognition it needs!

I'll give you a taster first (he'll be handing me more samples of his artwork later).

This is a screen from Sins of a Solar Empire (NOT HIS WORK). As you can see it's not very impressive.

Now watch what he does to it!!!!!! This is his OWN drawn portraits. Not taken from anywhere else.

This is his full set which he is still working on as a hobby:

See Milla Jovovich? He based that pic on her.

Frankly these pics blew me away and everyone else who saw it and I would love to see more of his works and put them into prints! But we need some support to get it into print form and I want to gauge interest before I start sourcing for printers.

Don't need to talk about price yet, but just want to see if you guys would be ready to ask him to draw something (fantasy related) or a set of pics and I'll help him distribute his prints to you all!

Please do post your interest in commissioning him to do a poster or something where we will share the cost and sell you the prints! Price has not been decided yet (nothing LOWER than RM30-RM40 (depending on sizes) though these are going to be original pieces) but just let me know if you are interested first!

He is also flexible enough to do other kinds of graphics like websites and all sorts of media. He's a really really nice guy (too nice) so I will be helping him screen people out for him.

Taken from blog:
http://bolehvpn.net/blog/?p=48

Blackberries (updated)

Reuben — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:31:22 +0800

As far as I know the main advantage of Blackberries are push e-mail and the keyboard layout.

Aren't there other phones that do this?

What's so special about the Blackberry?

I am thinking of getting a Blackberry but a bit appalled at the monthly cost of it but it seems many in my profession use it. So really wondering is this more of a herd mentality or is there something really special about the Blackberry?

Anyone in the know? Also suggest some alternatives?

BolehVPN Hosted Game servers

Reuben — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:14:32 +0800

BolehVPN Game Servers

If you wish to host a game server with us for a monthly fee, do let us know. We do have spare capacity.

Our prices are very competitive and special offers for long term packages and we offer extremely low pings for Malaysian users.

Please pm us with the game and number of slots you require. You can expect to pay approximately RM8.00 per slot for a 66 tick server on a BASIC setup.

Quad Core CPU
4 Gig of RAM
Local IDC

Hosted Game Servers

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SMART Failure

Reuben — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:36:32 +0800

Please post HELPFUL suggestions.

The default position is to RMA which I would think everyone would know how to do this but I was wondering if there really is an issue. Please answer only if you know.

So I left my computer on overnight (there was no rain or lightning) but when I turned on the monitor I was greeted with a warning:

[attachmentid=405901]

The Hard disk is brand new. Probably about hrm 2 weeks old? No jerks nothing, just sitting in my computer.

Downloaded Lifeguard Diag and SMART status shows that Re-Allocated Sector Count is failed at value 134 threshold 140 worst 134 warranty 1

[attachmentid=405900]

I then performed an extended test which completed without incident after 3.5 hours.

I then decided to verify it with the quick test since SMART still showed the FAILED status and got this error:

QUOTE

06-Quick Test on drive 1 did not complete! Status code = 04 (Unknown failed test element), Failure Checkpoint = 96 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 1!

Confused why the extended test passed while the quick test failed.

AHCI mode is turned on in BIOS and Windows boots up fine (albeit with the error).

My other drives are reported to be fine.