Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by KHS

Desktop unable to start up

KHS — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:44:28 +0800

Hi, I just assembled my desktop and it is unable to start up.
When I press the power button, i can hear the optical drives turning off and on over and over again and there is no display on the screen. Apart from the power supply and optical drive, everything else is new.
Here are my specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200
2X 1GB Kingston DDR 2 800 Mhz RAM
WD 320 GB HDD
Asus GeForce 9500 GT Magic
Asus M4A78 Plus Mobo
CoolerMaster Extreme 460W PSU

Hope someone can help me here, this is really frustrating.. Thanks

USB and audio playback disconnects and reconnects

KHS — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:39:53 +0800

Hi, I need some help here. When my CPU load reaches 100%, i often hear the USB disconnect and reconnect again.
And it will cut off my audio when i'm listening to songs..
Assuming it was the power supply, i switched from a 300W to a 460W but this problem is still present..
Is there a fix for this? This problem appeared a few months ago and it is very annnoying
Thanks

tiles view in xp

KHS — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:31:44 +0800

i really really need help here

a few months ago, my windows keep showing icons in rows of 2 in tiles view instead of the usual 3... can someone help me solve this problem? this is really driving me crazy as i need to scroll more thru a large page

i think the reasons for this is that the grid size is somehow bigger than the default, is there anyway to configure that?
thanks

tmnet limiting live messenger transfer?

KHS — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:01:40 +0800

since the so called "upgrading exercise", when i transfer files to my friends via live messenger, the upload speed sucks.. only 4~9KB/s when i supposed to get 30 KB/s usually on a 512/256 package

what the hell is wrong with tmnet nowadays, uploading things = warez/piracy???
i tried every damn ip range and its still crawling.. only HTTP downloads/uploads are fast.
now, they limit this limit that... instead of promoting broadband, my as well call it narrow band....