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[WTB] non-functional Logitech G502 RGB or NON-RGB

I<3LYN — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 20:50:14 +0800

I am looking for non-functional Logitech g502 RGB or non-RGB unit to replace my damaged casing.

CoD preferred.

Location: Cyberjaya

RM30

pm me.

broken fiber optic cable...

I<3LYN — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:27:18 +0800

my father broke the cable when he was trying to relocate the modem... he further damages it by yanking the core out where he thought it was a simple fix like copper wires...

I have no idea how to unplug the terminal from the modem.

[WTS] Asus EAH5850

I<3LYN — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 04:35:28 +0800

USED, RM120
Condition: still working fine
dealing method: shipping via poslaju

[WTS] Intel i7 930

I<3LYN — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:49:05 +0800

an used Intel i7 930 just the CPU alone without heatsink & fan.

the CPU is compatible with LGA1366 socket.

more info @ https://ark.intel.com/products/41447/Intel-...0-GTs-Intel-QPI

selling price: RM100

Warranty: none, is working fine.

[WTS] Kingston DDR3 1333Mhz 2GBx6

I<3LYN — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:39:28 +0800

Used rams.
Model KVR13N9S6/2 - 3pcs
Model KVR1333D3N9/2G - 3pcs
Letting go at a total of RM250 firm for all 6pieces.
Reason for sale: upgraded to 24GB
Dealing method: Bank transfer + free shipping via poslaju.

[WTB] Logietch Webcam C920/C922

I<3LYN — Mon, 15 May 2017 02:09:06 +0800

Item(s): used/new Logietch Webcam C920/C922

Package includes: the tripod and webcam

Price: RM200

Warranty: Not needed as long as it is in perfect working condition with unscratched lens

Neighbour's cat meowing/making noise 24/7

I<3LYN — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:08:57 +0800

How do I deal with it? my neighbour cat. worst of all I don't know who the cat belongs to, I just knew it is nearby.

I think it is a male cat, I have seen it came by to my house a couple times, making the same noise.

It is constantly making noise 24/7, I don't think it is horny since it is doing it for months.

It is not meowing or being horny (maybe it is? i don't know).

It is driving me crazy.

I even shouted "diam la stupid cat" many times, i dont think the master cares.

what should i do?

Xiaomi Router Mini with full Unifi support

I<3LYN — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:02:33 +0800

Warning/Disclaimer: It might brick your device if you don’t understand what you’re doing. I am not responsible for any things that happened to your device or you. It will be much easier for you if you had experience with linux commands and/or flashed a router with custom firmware before.

Xiaomi Router Mini is probly one of the cheapest dual band wifi router you can get in the market and it is very powerful device for its price. Luckily for me, i purchased it for only RM60ish including shipping from china, the promotion is already expired though.

First thing i realized when i got the Xiaomi Router is, it doesn’t work with Unifi due to non customizable VLAN tags on the official firmware which is expected due to I did some research before I purchase the device. Hence, I flashed it with OpenWrt. I was expecting OpenWrt to work perfectly with Xiaomi Router Mini. However, I soon realized i was wrong. After some tinkering, I found that not only wireless AC doesn’t work (unable to get the driver working), i am unable to get Hypptv (issues with vlan tagging but only for iptv specifically, PPPoE works fine) working as well.

After I failed to get it working, I tried PandoraBox as well but PandoraBox can’t even support vlan tagging correctly.

~~I was almost ready to give up... until i found a promising firmware by hiboyhiboyhiboy ( http://www.right.com.cn/forum/thread-161324-1-1.html it is in chinese if you can read)~~ . I've compiled my own version of Padavan firmware, you can check Files you need (to download) section for the link. It customized based on Padavan ( https://bitbucket.org/padavan/rt-n56u ). If you want, you can compile it from the source by following this guide ( https://bitbucket.org/padavan/rt-n56u/wiki/...wToMakeFirmware ).

Updates:
08 January 2016, I've compiled my own version of Padavan's firmware with minimum customization, with come with OpenVPN support and remapped the GPIO and some ports accordingly for Xiaomi Miwifi Mini router. It is compiled from latest commit ( ba454a7 )

Files you need (to download)
1. Breed bootloader
2. Custom Padavan firmware megablue edition v1

For those who had experience with flashing a router this is the short version or overview of the guide.
1. Gain access to the router console either telnet or ssh or web based console
2. Installing the custom bootloader - Breed
3. Boot into Breed, install the Padavan firmware
4. Do the basic configures and vlan taggings to get it to work with Unifi or Maxis broadband

Gain access to the router console either telnet or ssh or web based console
there are various ways to gain access the to console, I only show the easiest way that I found on ( https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/xiaomi/mini )

1. Connect to your PC to your router with ethernet cable
2. Power on and setup the Xiaomi router until it reboots and gets IP address 192.168.31.1
3. Log-in into the router and grab the value of the stok URL parameter (for instance: "9c2428de4d17e2db7e5a6a337e6f57a3")
4. Replace the <STOK> placeholder and load this URL in your browser or curl, this will start telnetd on the router:

CODE

http://192.168.31.1/cgi-bin/luci/;stok=<STOK>/api/xqnetwork/set_wifi_ap?ssid=whatever&encryption=NONE&enctype=NONE&channel=1%3B%2Fusr%2Fsbin%2Ftelnetd

5. It should spit out some wifi error code, that is ok, don't worry.
6. Replace the <STOK> placeholder, the current password and the desired root password and load this URL in your browser or curl, this will set the router root password

CODE

http://192.168.31.1/cgi-bin/luci/;stok=<STOK>/api/xqsystem/set_name_password?oldPwd=<CURRENTPASS>&newPwd=<NEWPASS>

It should spit out: {"code":0}
7. Telnet to the router, enter user root and NEWPASS chosen above.

Installing the custom bootloader - Breed
1. Now i assuming you have access to your router console/telnet/ssh.
2. This is the risky part, proceed with extreme caution as a broken bootloader could brick your router, the only way for you to revive the router would be 3. physically wire the TTL connection to rewrite the bootloader.
4. Download Breed for Xiaomi router mini ( http://breed.hackpascal.net/r802%20%5b2015...iaomi-mini.bin) .
5. Copy it to the root directory of a usb thumb drive (1GB free space is more than enough) with FAT/FAT32 partition.
6. Plug the thumb drive into the router.
7. at the console, type

CODE

cd /extdisks/sda1/

follow by

CODE

ls -l

you should be able to see the breed-mt7620-xiaomi-mini.bin
8. type

CODE

cat /proc/mtd

it will list out the partitions on the router flash chip.
9. look for "Bootloader" it should be listed as mtd1: 00030000 00010000 "Bootloader"
10. now dump a backup of the partition to your usb drive with following command

CODE

dd if=/dev/mtd1 of=/extdisks/sda1/Bootloader.bin

11. you should also create a backup for all other partitions listed with

CODE

cat /proc/mtd

as well, just name them accordingly.
12. now you’re ready to install the custom bootloader, type

CODE

mtd -r write breed-mt7620-xiaomi-mini.bin Bootloader

13. it should shows rebooting when the installation is complete.

Boot into Breed, install the Padavan firmware
1. download the custom Padavan firmware megablue edition v1 ~~and unzip it~~ (you dont need to unzip it, it is already in the extracted form)
2. power off your router, look for a pinhole at the back of your router, press and hold it with a pin, while holding the button in the pinhole, power on your router.
3. release the pinhole button when you see orange/yellow light is blinking.
4. open your browser (preferably Chrome) and type 192.168.1.1 into the address bar.
7. you should be able to access the Breed web interface (in chinese but i will guide you!).
8. Now select the second button on the menu it should says 固件更新
9. now you should be located at http://192.168.1.1/upgrade.html select 固件 and upload the custom Padavan firmware. it should look like this https://i.imgur.com/28pq86W.png
10. wait for the progress bar to complete, it should reboots automatically.
11. you might need to boot into Breed for the second time to reset the default settings for the Padavan firmware. to reset the settings, click the 5th button on the menu, the select Config 區 (公版). It should look like this https://i.imgur.com/oFjNtBm.png
click 執行 to reset the settings,

vlan taggings to get it to work with Unifi & Hypptv
1. now the router should be flashed with the the firmware, it should be accessible at 192.168.1.1 with username: admin and password: admin.
2. now we’re going to configure the basic internet and iptv (for unifi, if you’re using maxis broadband you need to adjust the vlan accordingly) .
3. Click Advanced Settings -> WAN
4. WAN Connection type PPPoE
5. Under PPP VPN client setting key in your unifi account username and password
6. Under Ports Isolation and VLAN Filtering
7. Choose IPTV STB Port: LAN2 (last LAN port counting from left to right)
9. VLAN CPU (Internet) VID 500
8. VLAN CPU IPTV VID 600
9. VLVAN LAN2 VID 600
10. it should look something like this https://i.imgur.com/Cxmstbg.png
11. click apply
12. now you should be able to access the internet and Hypptv.

while the rest of the router functions pretty much self-explanatory. i am too lazy to continue as the guide is already extremely long for my taste, There are a lot of things you can do with the Padavan firmware (google it for details)

Now enjoy better network performance with highly affordable price

OpenWrt and Hypptv setup

I<3LYN — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 19:37:55 +0800

Long story short, basically I flashed Xiaomi router mini edition with OpenWrt Chaos Calmer 15.05.

Got everything running rather quickly.... except for Hypptv. Been trying to get it to run for 4 hours, out of frustration, I did a setting reset and start over again. hopefully i didn't mess up other things that worked.

This is my VLAN tags

Port 4 is the WAN port, Port 0 and Port 1 are the LAN ports. (port 0 & 4 wasn't connected when i took this screenshot)

This is my HyppTV Interface

The set top box still fail to connect to the Hypptv network.
Can anyone tell me what i did wrong?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

periodic wifi latency spike

I<3LYN — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 05:31:14 +0800

I am using l7-n-r2000 router with v 1.07TM firmware. my pc wifi signal is strong .

However, I am constantly getting spikes to the router every few minutes or so when i monitor the ping to the router.

this is causing a lot of frustrations for me since i play online games quite extensively.

I tried a lot of ways (various drivers for my wifi adapters, checked possible p2p software running at the background, disable the automated nearby APs scan) on my PCs, but unfortunately none of them work.

May i know what is actually causing this? is it because of the router?

Packets lost & High latency

I<3LYN — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:38:16 +0800

This is what happen when I try to connect to AU server...

#1 the connection went through US before reaching AU....
#2 packets lost/ spike every 1~2 seconds on 4th hop.

Then I tried the default US server...

#1 heavy packets lost on 12-122-254-226.attens.net

What to do what to do?

Hardcore Barb Streaming! On-air

I<3LYN — Fri, 30 May 2014 17:02:21 +0800

My Hardcore EQ Barb Build

My HC Barb - DiabloProgress stats
http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/megablu...gablue/47674084

My Stream
http://www.twitch.tv/megablue

Feedbacks, constructive criticisms and random talks are welcomed!

Macbook Air SSD just died

I<3LYN — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 00:08:43 +0800

Question mark folder appears when I tried to boot it... and installation tool cannot find a disk when i tried to re-install the OS.

And the worst thing is... the warranty just expired (exactly) a month ago.

how much does it cost replace it? What options do I have?

P/S: SSD is so freaking fragile I took care of it very, very carefully. I never even shutdown the OS improperly before and got TRIM enabled the first day i got the machine.

[WTS] [WTT] Gigabyte GTX560 OC Edition

I<3LYN — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:39:22 +0800

Item: Gigabyte GTX560 OC Edition 1GB

Item condition: mint, it is a new card replaced from RMA for my GTX460 OC, it got upgraded, barely use it and never overclock before...

Warranty: Still have about 5 months, anything just claim from the local distributor. I am keeping the receipt as there are other parts on the list that i still own.

Dealing method: CoD (only if you're at Puchong) or Poslaju (buyer bear the risks).

Price: Please PM (negotiable)

Trade: willing to trade it for a good condition Sapphire 6870 or 5870.

Reason for sale: funding for upgrade.

PM or Leave reply.

Thanks!

Mini UPS

I<3LYN — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:14:20 +0800

I am looking for a budget mini UPS which provide 12v 2.0A DC power for like 12hours... is such product exists? With this + my laptop... i can still work and online for hours in case of a blackout

40" LED TV

I<3LYN — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:36:11 +0800

I have limited budget around RM1800... i am looking for a full HD LED TV which come with 2 or more hdmi port and my priority is picture/motion quality. Personally I prefer samsung brand... is there any recommendations? convince me with facts if you suggest other brands.

heavy packet lost on rainy season

I<3LYN — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:01:35 +0800

I used streamyx for almost 9 years and I had moved several times in various places at KL. I am a technical person & a gamer.

Since the very begging of streamyx experience... I has been very very very very frustrated with the heavy packet lost during rainy season. In some cases... packet lost will occur whenever there is a rain be it a rainy season or not. Lucky enough for me, it was all fine for almost 3 years (almost experience no disconnection or packet lost) at my current home. However, the problems starts haunting me again recently...

I know that a lot of non-technical persons wont even know there is a packet lost since the casual internet users don't even know how/or bother to check the ping/tracert. Hence, they don't even know what to complain to the customer helpline when their Internet connection has problems.

Bad enough for me, TM buried the fiber optic cables along the roadside for more than 2 years however they're yet to provide Unifi service at this area... for some reasons that I don't know.

I had tried to file countless complaints in the past with latency and packet lost logging, non yields any tangible results. It was either the person on the line was too dumb to understand what constant packet lost means... or they just fool around with me and refuse to open a case for me.

I tried writing to MCMC, nothing been done to improve the situation also....

I felt really hopeless...

Is there anyone with experience and successfully improved the situation... what and how you did it?

Android Mini Collectibles Design Contest

I<3LYN — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:51:44 +0800

The contest is managed by CUTOUT Magazine Malaysia.
Presented by The Taken Shop.
Here are some info to help you get started!

1. Contest Album (where your art work will be displayed): http://on.fb.me/s2FyC0
2. Prizes! http://on.fb.me/uZPXZt
3. The rules! http://on.fb.me/rLyrq8
4. Download the template! http://on.fb.me/sCTFnM

Monetizing your free (or paid) Android Apps

I<3LYN — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:03:47 +0800

As you may have already aware, I am one of the owner of The Taken Shop ( http://www.takenshop.com ). Our shop is currently selling some exclusive Android merchandise.

I am exploring the idea of creating in-apps advertising (affiliate actually) that rewards the app owner/developer for every successful sale (figures are yet to be calculated, but i think it will be a lot more than they can earn by just delivering impressions/clicks) they directed to us.

Please contact us or PM me if you're interested.

TM digging roads for Unifi caused bumps & potholes

I<3LYN — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:56:29 +0800

Should TM bear the social responsibility as a huge public listed company? They are earning big money (at least will be) but after they digged the roads. Most of them are just simply covered with thin layer of tar and easily wash away by rain after a few days... at my areas... the roads became seriously bad due to the deep potholes and bumpy filled up lines.