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Pixel 6 repairs Malaysia

ronzo — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 16:40:44 +0800

Hi anyone know anyone doing repairs on Pixel 6 in Malaysia? Don't wanna send overseas for warranty repair.

Failure rate of PC parts?

ronzo — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:43:18 +0800

What kind of failure rates do you get with current PC parts?

This year I got a shop to assemble a new desktop. My parts list:

CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 3600 ( 6 Core / 12 Thread )
Cooler : DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 400 Pro Air
Mobo : GIGABYTE B550 AORUS Elite
RAM : PNY XLR8 16GB Kit (2x8GB) DDR4 3600Mhz
SSD : XPG SX8100 512GB NVMe PCIe Gen3 M.2 SSD
GPU : AORUS Master RTX 3060 Ti
PSU : FSP Hydro PTM Pro 750W 80+ Platinum
CASE : ZALMAN S5 ATX TG CASE BLACK

After using for a few weeks things became unstable. Freezing, auto shutdown, hang during bootup.

I brought it back to shop for troubleshooting and was told GPU faulty. It was sent to Taiwan for warranty repair and the whole process took over 3 months.

Then when the GPU came back and I tested, was unable to get signal to monitor.

Took it back to the shop and was told now the mobo is faulty.

All in all due to repair time and lockdowns my PC has been in limbo for 6 months.

I have been using PCs all my life and never encounter such high failure rate.

Anyone else having similar experience?

[WTS] Floor Depot Promotion Voucher from HomeDec

ronzo — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:46:40 +0800

Hi, I went to HomeDec 2012 and put RM500 deposit for a Floor Depot promotion.

However I'm no longer using it because my reno plans changed, so I'm letting it go for RM500, valid until 31 Oct 2013. I've checked with the salesperson and the voucher is transferrable. Please PM me with your contact details if interested, thanks!

The promotional prices include:

Solid Wood 5R Interlocking Flooring - 30% discount
K2N Super Engineered Flooring - 40% discount
Chamwood Flooring - 40% discount
Kronoloc Double Laminate Flooring - 50% discount

Fitting Floconect Profile - 10% discount
Installation Floating/Non-floating - 5% discount

FOC site consultation and measurement
FOC 10 years premier service warranty
12-months pricefix guarantee

Also included free wallpaper equivalent to the flooring sqft purchased.

More info on their range of flooring products:

Floor Depot website

How do I?

ronzo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:49:36 +0800

Hi I have a scenario and wondering if it is possible.

I have several broadband modems and providers. Is it possible for me to attach multiple broadband modems / handsets to my computer and use specific software only on certain modems / handsets? For example I want IE to only use modem A connection, FTP app to only use handset B connection, Firefox to only use modem C connection, utorrent to use handset D connection.

Is this possible?

Broadband performance & quality

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

Broadband performance & quality

ronzo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:22:02 +0800

Hello Tech Gurus,

What do you use to test the performance of your broadband service?

What measurements do you look for?

I'm guessing speedtest.net and pingtest.net are popular on the forum. Are there any alternatives or applications that do the same to test bandwidth, latency, packet loss, jitter etc?

Does anyone know any app to test real broadband usage like streaming video from Youtube or photo upload to Facebook? Something like Futuremark tests but meant for benchmarking your broadband provider?

Appreciate any advice