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Homegroup setting problems

Xehanort — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:25:58 +0800

Hai guys
I have set up homegroup for easy file sharing between my laptop and my home desktop
the home group setting is the same for both pc
but i cant access desktop pc files from my laptop !!
i have tried create new homegroup but no use

want to install ram

Xehanort — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:57:06 +0800

as shown in my sig, i have 2x1GB corsair 667Mhz ddr2 ram (VS1GB667D2) installed & i want to add more ram
i want to add 1GB ram but i cant find this type of ram anymore
my mobo now still left 2 slot for ram
it is possible to use kingston 1GB PC5300 667Mhz ddr2 ram instead ?

my pc harware temperature

Xehanort — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:26:04 +0800

hai, all sifu
my desktop ( shown in sig) cpu idle temperature is around 53C, heavy load temperature (play intense games) is around 75C, using intel stock cooler
i have cleanned all dust inside casing
is this temperature consider normal?

brightness level cannot be increased

Xehanort — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:07:43 +0800

today i just installed win7 pro x86, using my Uni msdnaa account
now i dual boot vista home premium & win7 pro on my laptop, dell studio 1555
everything goes fine, but brightness level cannot be adjust to higher level
eg. my normal brightness in vista is 45
and the brighness level become the highest brightness level of my laptop after i installed win7
now i cant adjust it to brightness level that higher than this level

cpu usage high when run facebook games

Xehanort — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:12:42 +0800

my laptop is dell studio 1555
when i play facebook flash games like restaurant city, pet society..etc in battery mode, cpu usage will be around 70% and the games very lag, this problem occurs in both balanced & power saving battery mode
only in high performance mode then no problem occur
i have tried update flash player to newest & also change back all power option to default but the problem is exist
anyone here know the cause & solution, pls help me, im really appreciate u guys:)

laptop cannot be booted up

Xehanort — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:34:25 +0800

my dell studio 1555 cannot be booted up normally even though there is hdd sound indicates it is started to boot
instead, it just show black screen
i forced shutdown it by press & hold the power button after awhile
after that, i tried again & no more problem
is it just random problem?
these few days my laptop almost 24/7 operates & sometimes heavy BT downloading
will tat damages my hdd & cause it cannot be booted up ??

I can't download from megaupload using firefox

Xehanort — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:31:10 +0800

hey guys, im using firefox 3.5.3 & whenever i want to dl from megaupload, the following msg appears:
"C:\Users\Aemon\AppDate\Local\Temp\<random name>.rar.part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read. Try again later, or contact the server administrator"
but if i use IE dl same thing from megaupload, it works
pls help me! appreciate urs helping!

Ubuntu on Dell Studio 1555

Xehanort — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:56:56 +0800

is it safe to dual boot it with vista?
i have no experience about ubuntu/linux and wanna learn it
is there anyone else who have installed it in this laptop, can u guys give some opinion?
thanks

visual C++ 2008 question

Xehanort — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:25:49 +0800

no matter how i install it
it will auto install at C: & i cant change its install directory
which make the directory become untidy & messed up

visual C++ 2008 question

Xehanort — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:00:18 +0800

no matter how i install it
it will auto install at C: & i cant change its install directory
which make the directory become untidy & messed up

cant use google!

Xehanort — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:25:21 +0800

i now study in University & connect to Internet using hostel LAN port
just now i try search something using google & get this message
is it means my laptop infected with virus, spyware or etc?
yesterday i still can search normally
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my call of duty 4 alwaz ask me to run in safe mode

Xehanort — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:43:29 +0800

i recently got my laptop & wanna play cod4 on it
i try copy & paste entire save file from my desktop (win xp)
at 1st it is ok, but now whenever i run it, it asks me to run in safe mode everytime & i have to adjust setting everytime
it is very annoying, i dun change anything on my laptop
pls help me!

cannot copy image to usb drive

Xehanort — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:56:05 +0800

i recently got a sandisk cruzer micro skin 8GB usb drive
whenever i tried to copy my anime disc image (around 4GB) to it
the system alwaz said "the disk on destination is full" but my usb drive is empty!!!!

dell window 7 free upgrade

Xehanort — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:28:11 +0800

i bought it on 7 July from All IT lowyat & my system should be eligible for free upgrade
but why the website said my system service tag is not eligible
is it bcoz my studio 15 is got by All IT b4 26 June from dell
what can i do to get the free upgrade?
pls help me!

gears of war for pc

Xehanort — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:41:16 +0800

i borrowed this game from my fren recently
i play it in highest setting in 1440x900
but the max fps is restricted to 60 only according to fraps
sometimes i find the fps not stable
drop from 60 to 40+fps when engage battle then rise back to 50+
is it normal to my rig ( as shown in my signature)

haddisk enclosure

Xehanort — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:19 +0800

i have a western digital 500GB hdd & i wanna use it as external hdd
which shop in lowyat sell 3.5 hdd enclosure?
e-sata or usb is ok for me since my mobo has both ports
which brand is reliable?

samsung monitor problem!

Xehanort — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:50:53 +0800

normally, windows will auto shut down my monitor after 20 minutes idle
and i just need to move mouse to make it resume
but starting Sunday, it takes extremely longer time to resume, more than 3 minutes
i only removed a suspicious failure harddisk tat time
wat should i do? i kinda nervous when my monitor only display black screen even though i have try hard to make it resume

samsung monitor problem!

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

samsung monitor problem!

Xehanort — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:01:05 +0800

im using samsung syncmaster 943nwx monitor
normally windows will auto shut down my monitor after 20 minutes idle
the monitor can quickly back to working state if i wanna use again ( less than 10sec)
but starting yesterday, the monitor takes kinda longer time to resume its previous state (more than 1 mnutes)
i never do anything yesterday besides remove a suspicious failure hdd tat cause my windows failed to boot up several times
should i insert window cd to repair it? or just send the monitor to factory?

monitor problem!

Xehanort — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:06:15 +0800

hai guys
normally windows will auto shut down my monitor after 20 minutes idle
the monitor can quickly back to working state if i wanna use again ( less than 10sec)
but starting yesterday, the monitor takes kinda longer time to resume its previous state (more than 1 mnutes)
i never do anything yesterday besides remove a suspicious failure hdd tat cause my windows failed to boot up several times
should i insert window cd to repair it? or just send the monitor to factory?

FURTHER INFO
today the monitor cant even display other hardwares are ok coz i heard the windows startup sound