Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by warkel

Changing to 3rd party modem/router

warkel — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:32:18 +0800

Would changing my unifi modem make my internet speeds any better?
Also, does it make more sense to get a modem and a router separately, or should I get a 2-in-1 modem/router?

RAM for iMac

warkel — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:30:58 +0800

Hi guys!
I have an iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011).

I currently only have 4GB of RAM installed and my iMac is slow as hell.
According to Apple (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205040), my iMAC can support up to 16GB of RAM.
It has 4 SDRAM slots which can accept a max of 4GB each.

Also, according to the same webpage, I should purchase RAM which is following these specs: PC3-10600
(1333) DDR3, 204-pin, SO-DIMM.

Hence, I did a search on Lazada and found this: http://www.lazada.com.my/kingmax-4gb-ddr3-...66-1786983.html

Is this the correct RAM that is compatible with my iMac? Everything seems right, only that the description on Lazada says that this is a notebook RAM, but I am buying this for an iMac.

Just hope a Lowyat Tech Guru can confirm this before I spend some cash. Thanks!

Dualshock 3 Servicing

warkel — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 09:16:56 +0800

Hey guys,

I have 2 Dualshock 3 controllers.

One of them has gone crazy, sometimes it just spams a random direction without any input.

One of them is fine except for the analog sticks which over time have become sticky and corroded.

I feel that these issues shouldn't warrant a complete replacement of the controllers but instead is a serviceable/reparable problem. I asked the Sony people if they could fix it for me and they said no, but does anyone here know perhaps of an alternative place that may be able to fix my controllers?

Thx in advance. Happy Long Weekend! (Sad... today last day)

Tech Hypermart

warkel — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:01:49 +0800

Hi all,

In case you are thinking of buying from Tech Hypermart. I just want to say DON'T.
I recently purchased a Lenovo from them online. Although Puchong is very far from where I live, I decided to make the journey to save on courier charges.
I was happy to receive the laptop and checked it in good condition. However, after bringing it home and using it for less than a day, the Lenovo laptop emblem began to peel off.
Although the issue was only cosmetic, I was quite upset that my brand new laptop had this small defect.
Thus, I contacted the shop via email to identify whether I could bring it back to the shop or I'd have to send it to Lenovo directly.
Via email correspondence, I was told that I could bring it back to the shop and that they are open on weekends so I can exchange it then.

Thus, today (Saturday), I returned to the shop with the laptop to be exchanged.
However, upon reaching the shop, I was told by the staff working there that day that they would NOT accept the laptop.
They said that despite the email exchange that I had with their weekday staff, they would not accept it, quoting "I don't know who this person who talked to you was".
When I asked if the manager could contact one of the weekday working staff to identify who may have been the contact person, he refused.
He said it was my fault for not getting the contact of the person I was dealing with within Tech Hypermart. I argued that the person I was in contact with signed off as "Tech Hypermart" and I showed him the email conversation. Also, how could he not take responsibility for the word of his subordinate?
After a 15 minute long argument, I was able to get him to accept the PC to be sent in on Monday. This was hugely disappointing to me as I was told previously that I could just bring it in on Saturday and get it exchanged on the spot. As mentioned previously, Puchong is far from where I live.
Anyway, I asked for his contact number and name so that on Monday I could make reference to him and avoid a repeat of the issue I was facing today. This is where he became even more irresponsible and refused to give me his name nor contact number. When I pressed further he just started saying "I don't work here". This coming from a guy who was obviously the manager of the shop sitting at a desk in the shop and ordering all his staff around. When I asked him what he was doing then- answering TechHypermart calls, ordering staff around, and sitting in the office desk, he said "none of your business".

Guys, do NOT buy from this shop EVER.

this is the peeling 'sticker'. it's not a big deal, but it's sakit hati since this is BRAND NEW.

email correspondence:

youtube video of the manager who "doesn't work here"
[YOUTUBE]e2xA987B1sk[/YOUTUBE]

**UPDATE**

Hi guys, an update to this event: I have received my new laptop and 2 of the staff have apologized to me. The manager has not apologized to me. But that's ok for me. However, I still would not purchase anything from them again due to this negative experience nor would I recommend anyone else too.

Despite their apologies, I wish for my bad review to remain online so as to remind them to treat their customers well. Hopefully, they can slowly work to get positive feedback so that it may outweigh this negative event. Since I made this complaint, I've been hearing from many others on how they were treated poorly as well. This tells me that they've been treating their customers badly all this while, it's just that none have made a public complaint thus far. I hope that after this complaint, they will change for the better.

Another matter though is that they have filed a privacy complaint to the YouTube video I uploaded. This means that after 48 hours, the video may be removed if it is indeed in violation. As far as I can see, there is no information in the video which mentions their full names. Do I need to take action to ensure this video is not removed? Or if it is to be removed, where else can I upload this online? What do you all recommend I do?

Here's the YouTube notice:

This is to notify you that we have received a privacy complaint from an
individual regarding your content:

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Video URLs: http://youtube.com/watch?v=e2xA987B1sk
The information reported as violating privacy is at 0_01-0_45

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We would like to give you an opportunity to review the content in question
and remove any personal information that may be used to uniquely identify
or contact the complainant.

You have 48 hours to take action on the complaint. If you remove the
alleged violation from the site within the 48 hours, the complaint filed
will then be closed. If the potential privacy violation remains on the site
after 48 hours, the complaint will be reviewed by the YouTube Team and may
be removed pursuant to our Privacy Guidelines
(http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_guidelines). For content to be considered
for removal, an individual must be uniquely identifiable by image, voice,
full name, Social Security number, bank account number or contact
information (e.g., home address, email address). Examples that would not
violate our privacy guidelines include gamer tags, avatar names, and
address information in which the individual is not named. We also take
public interest, newsworthiness, and consent into account when determining
if content should be removed for a privacy violation.

If the alleged violation is located within the video itself, you may have
to remove the video completely. If someone's full name or other personal
information is listed within the title, description, or tags of your video,
you can edit this by going to My Videos and clicking the Edit button on the
reported video. Making a video private is not an appropriate method of
editing, as the status can be changed from private to public at any time.
Because they can be turned off at any time, annotations are also not
considered an acceptable solution.

We're committed to protecting our users and hope you understand the
importance of respecting others' privacy. When uploading videos in the
future, please remember not to post someone else's image or personal
information without their consent. For more information, please review our
Privacy Guidelines http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_guidelines.

received racism on sc

warkel — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 16:39:28 +0800

i was presumably playing against an australian guy today and he made quite a few racist comments. i've already reported him via the standard in-game 'report player' feature, but i've searched the web and apparently action may not necessarily be taken. do you guys have any ideas how i can take action? i attached screenshots of the message log here. he uses the phrases "blow all of them [referring to asians] to hell", "white power", "cheap asian tactic" etc.

Region Codes

warkel — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:31:54 +0800

Hi,

I've been searching lowyat forums for answers to some simple region questions but the information seems to be rather fragmented, spread across many different threads, so i was hoping that this could be a thread specifically for codes. anyway, this is what i've been able to figure out so far, pls comment on whether they are correct:

The PS3 Console's Region:
1. No matter what region your PS3 is, you can access any playstation store by creating different PSN accounts.
2. You are restricted to play BluRay/DVDs from YOUR REGION only. There is no way around this yet.
3. You can play any PS3 game of any region. But you are restricted to your region for PS2, PS games.

The PS3 Game's Region:
1. Depending on which region, you will have access to different download content. (i'm pretty unsure about this statement)
2. Aside from the manual, every region has the option for english.
3. Sometimes different regions have different content because of censorship. (again, i'm unsure about this)
4. It is because of statement 1. that region 1 tends to trade for a higher price because it has the greatest access to DLC. (unsure)

Here are the regions according to country, I only stated the more notable countries:
1 - US, Canada
2 - Europe
3 - Southeast Asia, HK, Taiwan, South Korea, Macau
4 - Australia, NZ, South America
5 - Russia, Africa, South Asia
6 - China

Wikipedia - DVD Region Codes

So yea, pls comment and let me know whether what I'm saying is right. Thanks

Portforward help

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

Portforward help

warkel — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:55:43 +0800

Hi, so i want to set up utorrent to port forward on my com.
so i went to portforward.com and followed the instructions.
why is it that it still does not forward?

i am using a 3com crwer100-75
the following image should explain my current situation:

Error 80710723

warkel — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:25:33 +0800

Hey guys, i was hoping that someone would know how to stop this PS3 error from occurring. it seems to happen to me very often and it's starting to get kinda irritating.

through some searching on lowyat i managed to find out at least what the code means:
80710723 - Possible Port Error - Try opening ports , TCP port: 80, 443, 5223 and UDP port: 3478, 3479, 3658. or add Ps3 to DMZ

i'm not really very tech smart, so i would really appreciate it if someone could give me an idiot's guide to fixing this.

edit: i'm using a 3com 3CRWER100-75 router

bioshock challenge rooms

warkel — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:17:37 +0800

hey guys, any idea when the challenge rooms for bioshock will come out?
I can't find them on the playstation store.

PSN IDs

warkel — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:48:59 +0800

Hey guys, i thought it'd be nice to have a thread where everyone just states their PlayStation Network ID so we can connect to each other and play games....(like UT3 )

K, so format should be like this:

PSN ID: warkel89
Online games played: RFoM, COD4

Cheers

DualShock 3

warkel — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:38:37 +0800

I'm selling off my Heavenly Sword so i decided to play it today.

Upon putting in the disc, i was prompted to update my game to Heavenly Sword 1.10

Apparently the patch gives Heavenly Sword rumble features.

Damn, really want a dualshock 3 now.

Anyone know where to get one here in msia?