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U Mobile Broadband : U Home 5G. Is this good?

tester1979 — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 15:10:44 +0800

hello all.

Need help.

Anyone using U Home 5G?

Trying to get an internet plan for 1 month. Need unlimited data, dcent speed and unlimited hotspot.
Was looking at Hotlink Prepaid or Umobile prepaid. But both have FUP limits.

Stumbled upon U Home 5G.

Just want to check with existing users if really is unlimited data without FUP.

What device that you are using? I don't have a 5G phone. Only 4G phone.
I wonder what is the highest speed that you can get on 4G phone.
Specifically, I may use on either iphone 6 plus or Huawei Mate 10 Pro.
Or should I be looking at buying a 5G modem wifi router. Or maybe just buy a cheap 5G phone to do hotspot.

Appreciate /K's help on this.

Thank you in advance.

Best public beach at Penang Island

tester1979 — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:15:46 +0800

Hi all,

Planning to go Penang around end of July.

Haven't been there for many years.

Anyone knows where would be a good location for public beach at Penang island?

I heard Batu Ferringhi is not bad.

Also, does anyone knows if there is tap or shower area or toilet to wash up after?

Thank you in advance.

Which is suitable? Starex, Alphard or Estima

tester1979 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:33:46 +0800

Hi car-sifus,

I am planning to rent a vehicle for 3 weeks in July/Aug this year.

There will be 4 adults and 3 children. We will have 4 large check-in luggages and 4 carry-on luggages.

Plan to drive from KL to Kedah at the beginning of the vacation and then from Kedah back to KL.

I have not been on any of the said cars before. So, between Starex, Alphard and Estima, which would fit us and our baggage?

Also, does anyone know any reputable companies that would rent out these vehicles? I am trying to search for car rental companies and mostly that have reviews are the ones with KLIA counters.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Upgrade HDD to SSD old MacBook Pro (13", Mid 2012)

tester1979 — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 12:34:54 +0800

Hi,

Can someone recommend which SSD brand that is relatively reliable and good performance?
Currently looking at SAMSUNG 870 EVO 2TB 2.5 Inch SATA III for about USD145

I am planning to change from HDD to SSD for my wife's old MacBook Pro (13", Mid 2012).
Was thinking of getting a new macbook pro for her but she said no need since she don't use the laptop often nowadays. Maybe once a week.
Boot up time is slow to my liking and opening softwares are slow too.

Anyway, I know that SSD will help with my issues above.

Just wondering if anyone would know a better performance or reliability for SSD compared to the one I mentioned above.

Thank you!

Need Help. Need High Speed Wireless Broadband

tester1979 — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:03:47 +0800

Hi all,

Need some advice. Tried searching the forum but could not find the answers I need.
Hopefully someone here can help.

I need high speed internet for about 3 weeks sometime around February next year.

I think I have narrowed down to what I need:-
1. at least 5 MBPS. The higher the better.
2. unlimited data would be best. But if not available, willing to pay to top up quota. I am thinking that I might end up using maybe up to 10GB per day.
3. I would like to connect multiple devices, at times, could be up to 6 devices at one time.
4. I am thinking that I need a broadband with router. Or maybe a prepaid cellphone plan with hotspot.
5. If really only option is prepaid cellphone plan with hotspot, I remember that there are devices(wireless modem/hotspot) which I could put the sim card and use as hotspot. Would appreciate if someone can recommend a good device that I could buy to use or maybe the telco would provide?

The last time I did this was about 3 years ago using Digi Prepaid and paying by the gigabyte per day. The real problem was reloading with prepard cards, sometimes it was too slow to update the quota. Plus the connection was not very fast and unstable, most probably due to the hotspot modem that I had.

Anyway, appreciate your advice and thank you for your time.

Thank you in advance.

Need Help. Driving License Renewal

tester1979 — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:28:28 +0800

Hi guys.
Need help.

I am currently overseas and by the look of things, I won't be back to Malaysia until sometime later when it is easier and safer to travel.

My wife's driving license is expiring in September and mine in December this year.

I don't have JPJ's mySikap portal accounts, so I can renew online through it.
It seems MYeG does not have that option now either.

Is there any other way to renew online?

If not, I believe the next best option for me is to mail my driving license my copy of my ICs to my relative in Malaysia and help me renew at Pos Office.
I remember that can be done without me there or without the need of passport sized photo.
Anyone renewed their license at post office recently? Can you share what documents are needed?

Thank you very much.

Not what I expected ---> 3 monitor setup with

tester1979 — Tue, 19 May 2020 18:33:52 +0800

update in post #31 : tried 3 monitors with 1080p

hi all,

been reading this thread(link) with interest but don't want to hijack that thread with my questions.

I am thinking of doing 3 monitors setup, re-using 2 monitors I have now: 27" 75Hz 1080p
I am thinking how annoying it would be if I get a 3rd monitor that don't match the 2 that I already have, specifically 27" 144Hz 1440p.
Thinking of using this new monitor as the center.

Should i just get 27" 144Hz 1080p?
Or just get the same 27" 75Hz 1080p?

Planning to play games like Path of Exile and CZ with 3 monitor setup.

I am thinking to get 27" 144Hz 1440p and use as center. And if the 3 monitor set up is annoying, i would just game on the center monitor only.

Just wondering if anyone has any opinions or experience doing this before I actually buy the 3rd monitor.

Or should I just go for super wide like 3440 x 1440p monitors?

Need advice : What can I do to reduce cost?

tester1979 — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:52:09 +0800

Hello everyone.
Been a while since I posted in lyn.

I currently am playing using my 2013 Lenovo Y510P with SLI.
Intel Core i7-4700MQ 2.4GHZ
16GB RAM
GeForce GT 750M x2 SLI

I have not been updating myself with the trend and HW specs the last few years.
Just been told that AMD chips restricts NVIDIA graphics card. Although recently heard that AMD chips are getting better and sometimes even better than Intel counterpart of the same cost range.

Anyway, I played around with some pc builder on a website and came out with the build below.
But it is somewhat above what I expected.
Appreciate it very much if I can get advice on what can I reduce without compromising on the performance too much. I have not idea if this is overkill for most of the games out there or if this is not very high performance. Or is this build worth the price and I should just go ahead?

I don't need monitor or peripherals. Just a new pc/CPU.

CPU

: (1) Intel Core i9-9900K Coffee Lake 3.6GHz Eight-Core LGA 1151 Boxed Processor ($479.99 EACH)Motherboard

: (1) MSI Z390 MPG Gaming Plus Intel LGA 1151 ATX Motherboard ($149.99 EACH)RAM

: (1) Corsair Vengance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 C16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit CMK32GX4M2Z3200 - Black ($179.99 EACH)Case

: (1) NZXT H510 Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case - Black ($69.99 EACH)Power Supply

: (1) PowerSpec 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply ($67.99 EACH)Video Card

: (1) Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC Overclocked Triple-Fan 8GB GDDR6 PCIe 3.0 Video Card ($549.99 EACH)2.5" SSD

: (1) Samsung 860 QVO 2TB SSD 4-bit QLC V-NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive ($224.99 EACH)Heatsink

: (1) Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED CPU Cooler ($34.99 EACH)Thermal Compound

: (1) Arctic Cooling Thermal Pad with 6.0W/mK Thermal Conductivity ($8.99 EACH)Operating System

: (1) Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - 1pk DSP OEM DVD ($149.99 EACH)
Total: $1,916.90

DIY - Remote Shutter Release for Fujifilm S200EXR

tester1979 — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:50:54 +0800

want to share with fellow S100 and S200 users on a well invested DIY to save some money and heartache.... :-)
hope you guys/girls find this useful.

i just got myself a fujifilm S200EXR and since I am used to wireless shutter release, i have been searching high and low for one that works for S200EXR.

since s200EXR does not have a built in wireless receiver, this made the searching even more difficult.

the only brand that carries wireless shutter remote for this model is JJC and it costs up to RM250 to get one.

luckily, a few days ago, i found stumbled upon a DIY project using RR-80 (Fuji's official wired shutter release for S100 and S200)

http://www.trafficshaper.com/RR-80/RR-80.html

i also found a fellow lyn member managed DIY himself a working shutter release

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry28741969

(credit goes to the people above who have made it possible for me to do a good DIY wired/wireless shutter release)

after reading those, I have decided to built a wired and wireless version myself. after spending about 30 minutes at Jln Pasar this afternoon to get the components I need and about 1 hour just now to build the wired/wireless shutter, finally the prototypes works flawlessly. time and money well spent :-)

but i think i may need to fix the infrared transmitter tomorrow. need to get a longer distance transmitter as the one i have now is very short distance.........

anyway, enough of my ranting. let's get on to business to those who is interested to build one themselves

from the pictures in the first link, i concluded on the basic circuit but with some modifications to accommodate some features that i want:-

How to check digi smart plan internet usage?

tester1979 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:22:23 +0800

hi all,

i tried to search in this forum already but can seem to be able to find an answer.

i just subscribed to digi smart plan and would like to track my internet usage.

called digi helpline but they are not that helpful.
i am a little shocked on the response that i got from the lady on the phone.
it seems that only digi broadband can check usage from the internet.
but for digi postpaid number, this is impossible.
the only way to check my internet usage is to call them but even then, the lady was not able to tell me.
she gave incorrect information that my usage is 215kbps. I told her that that is not even the right measurement of internet usage as that is the speed measurement.

anyway, i gave up on calling them and wondering if any kind soul out there that might know.
or if you could point me to the right direction or link, it would be very much appreciated.

i just want to check my usage.

thanks.

Mr DIY shop locations

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

Mr DIY shop locations

tester1979 — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:03:45 +0800

Hi people.

Appreciate your help for some info. Anyone know if there is specifically "Mr DIY" shop near your place.
For those who do not know, Mr DIY is a hardware shop that carries mostly items made from china at very cheap price.
Mr DIY is somekind of chain outlet selling hardware and household items.

I have identified 4 outlets but would like to know if there is more out there. Just feel like going to a new Mr DIY outlet today :-)

the one that I know:-

1) Mr DIY kuchai lama, at the kuchai entrepreneurs park
2) Mr DIY Jusco AU2
3) Mr DIY Pudu Plaza
4) Mr DIY Axis Atrium at Pandan

anyone else knows if there are other outlets ??

appreciate your help.

thanks.

updated list:-
updated list:-
1) Mr DIY kuchai lama, at the kuchai entrepreneurs park
2) Mr DIY Jusco AU2
3) Mr DIY Pudu Plaza
4) Mr DIY Axis Atrium at Pandan
5) selayang mall has mr diy at lower ground - izzizahari
6) chow kit @ 368 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, WP Kuala Lumpur - liez
7) dataran sunway, kota damansara - sunsuron
8 & 9) Puchong got 2 branches - Tmn kinrara & Bdr Puteri - stimix
10 & 11) metro prima kepong & sri gombak - mch2u
12) Tesco Extra in Seremban. - inoitu, ViLenG
13) Jusco taman equine - samantha88
14) Endah Parade, Sri Petaling (Carrefour) - AridEyes
15) One at Cheras...At Bandar Sri Permaisuri ..Opp HERO Supermarket.. - meerock7
16) behind jusco cheras selatan - felixwlchuan87
17) 1st floor, Pandan Kapital, Pandan Indah - evolutionize
18) Mr. DIY Bukit Mertajam, beside DIMSUM CITY - callmefifi
19) Mr DIY Sri Manja Square 1 - Petaling Jaya (PJS1) - superjoemanito
20) ss2 mall 2nd or 3rd floor - n0thing
21) all these are added by nOthing too. Some already mentioned above but this is from his list:-
- Mr DIY Sungai Siput, Perak
- Mr DIY Pudu Plaza
- Mr DIY Axis
- Mr DIY AU2
- Mr DIY Bukit Mertajam, P.Penang
- Mr DIY Cheras (Bandar Sri Permaisuri)
- Mr DIY Endah Parade
- Mr DIY Sri Gombak
- Mr DIY Kepong
- Mr DIY Jusco Taman Equine
- Mr DIY Kuchai Lama
- Mr DIY Cheras Mahkota
- Mr DIY Kinrara
- Mr DIY Raja Uda
- Mr DIY Sri Manja
- Mr DIY Taiping
- Mr DIY Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman
- Mr DIY Bandar Puteri Puchong
22) In Malacca : jusco ayer keroh - pdi_84, sporesan
23) dataran pahlawan 2nd floor - pdi_84
24) Taiping : old maybank building beside larut matang - kahjye
25) Tesco Extra Seberang Jaya - elv2k
26) Jusco Bandar Perda Bukit Mertajam - elv2k
27) Raja Uda Butterworth - elv2k
28) tesco kulim,kedah - lyod71, imranzero
29) Harbour Place, Pelabuhan Klang (LG) - wister
30) Batu 2, Kampong Jawa, Jalan Kota Raja, Klang.- inoitu
31) Bandar Permaisuri, Cheras. - inoitu
32) Mr. DIY @ Taiping and Pekan Parit Buntar - fainonline
33) ss2 mall in pj - JinXXX
34) Setia Alam Tesco - helven

- this list is compiled with inputs from people who reply this thread. I put their username beside their contribution. If I missed any please let me know and I will add you in.
- I personally have not gone to all these locations. So if you need further info, the best bet is probably to check it yourself or contact the person who contributed the location and depending on their graciousness, they may help you out with your question
- before you go ahead and start flaming this thread, or me or anyone who helped contribute the locations, this is not official Mr DIY hotline. just people in this forum trying to help each other out to know more of Mr DIY locations.

have fun "diy"-ing

tester1979's E510 journey - I'm a beginner in DSLR

tester1979 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:47:56 +0800

here is my first outing with my new gear....to KL Bird Park....

p/s - out of topic info.....for those who wants to go to KL Bird Park, got discounts if you show your mykad, RM15 instead of RM42. also, bring your Jusco card if you have one. Further discount of RM5. So, if you show both your mykad and jusco card, only pay RM10 for adult :-)

back to topic, I did not do any post processing on these pictures......dunno how to a proper one yet :-(
only resized, watermarked and frame......no crop.......

appreciate comments and advice.......personally, I think I have problem of over exposing my pictures....like the eagle head on pic 2...too white.....

Problem with thumb drive

tester1979 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:52:04 +0800

hi guys and girls....

My gf have a problem when using toshiba 4GB thumbdrive......

the thumb drive works very fast on Windows XP but when plug into Mac...its very slow...

plus recently....the files are corrupted.....

she copied from a Mac computer and then tried to open in Windows computer but the windows computer says the file is corrupted.

anyone knows if this is a problem with the thumb drive or is because need to format using the Mac computer?

thanks.

Is there cheap laptop but white color?

tester1979 — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:30:03 +0800

I am thinking of getting a white colored laptop.

Anyone knows which brand/model is available.

Budget is less than RM3500 but of course cheaper is better.

Not using for gaming. Only for travelling with office work and internet and some multimedia.

Thanks in advance.

p/s - I tried searching for the thread but none seem to have answers to my question. If there is a thread out there with answers already, do let me know and I'll close this one.

Thanks.

What is the normal price to install body kit?

tester1979 — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:02:46 +0800

I can't find any thread with the prices of body kit for reference. Do let me know if there is other threads already with reference for pricing and I'll close this one.

So I am creating this thread to ask the gurus here on the pricing.

I am thinking of getting body kit for Kia Carens II. I call up a shop and they quote me RM1000 for the body kit, installation and spray paint.

Do you think its worth it? If not worth it, what is the "usual price"?

The body kit is exactly like below:-

Thanks in advance.

GOOD NEWS to all Kia & Naza Car Owners

tester1979 — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:24:01 +0800

Hi guys and girls,

Thought that I should share this good news with all of you.

If you are the owner of Kia or Naza car/s, then you are in luck as Naza Kia Service centres are giving out massive discounts on parts and labor.

Not sure if this apply to all the authorize service dealers but definitly applies on the Service Branch.

I just got back from the branch in puchong to purchase some light bulbs and they really give the 40% discounts.

meaning if you do major service and it cost you rm1000 for parts and rm200 for labor......you only need to pay rm780 -- save rm420........

to confirm which service centres honour the discounts, try calling the customer careline at 03 2627 7666

p/s - I am not working for naza kia or getting any benefit from annoucing this to you guys/girls. just thought that I share this good opportunity with everyone.....

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Strut Bars

tester1979 — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:02:30 +0800

Hi all sifus,

Have some question about strut bars.

I am just wondering what is its function and do I need it for my kia carens?

thanks....

Which origin of car rims do you buy?

tester1979 — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:43:05 +0800

Hi guys and girls and GURUs out there!!

I am thinking of buying new rims for my ride.

I have been to a few shops in Klang Valley and found out that selecting rims could be very tiresome.

The shops owners tend to support the product they take in with the sole purpose of making sales.

So, I am just wondering which brand/country of origin rims should I buy.

Been scouting around and found out that most shops categorize the rims by made in Japan, Taiwan and Local (malaysia).

Some says Japan is the best because of the weight is light but some says they are not suitable for Malaysian road. They say locally made ones that are heavier but more sturdy and can stand more abuse due to the potholes.

Any gurus out there know if this statement is true?

plus the designs like Locally made JRD is not that bad.

Hope you can also state your reasoning when you vote in this poll.

Thanks.