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Repaint Myvi RM2.5k

vater — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 18:52:57 +0800

Yo.
Looking to repaint a 10 years old Myvi (same colour as factory, metallic paint). Was quoted RM 2.5k for exterior and interior.

Is the price worth it or I'm being chopped up.

Vios driveshaft problem?

vater — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 23:38:50 +0800

Hello ya all.
Just some background info. I am the owner of a Toyato Vios, year 2004 (1st gen), mileage around 170k km. Car had served me and my family well over the years, no major problems what-so-ever.

Recently, while I was driving, I’ve noticed that the car would vibrate while I was accelerating (foot still on the gas pedal) from 90-110km/h. More than 110km/h, the vibration would be gone. There is also no vibration while coasting from 90-110km/h. The vibration ONLY comes when I’m pressing on the gas pedal.
Just to narrow down the potential issues:
- Engine mounting: Replaced mid-last year
- Wheel alignement and balancing: Just recently done (in hopes that the vibration would go away, alas to no-avail).

From reading online, noticed that the potential issue may be with the driveshaft. Hence, I would like to ask for opinion from the sifus here. What could be the problem with my car and is it worth the money to fix it?

Also, any recommended mechanics around? KL / PJ / Subang/ Kepong is fine, as long as there are trustworthy. My car was fully serviced at Toyota SC throughout the year.

P.S. Not really planning to sell the car at the moment. Had suggestions from friends and family to get rid of it, but grew attached to it over the years

Help me with my future computer spec

vater — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:34:42 +0800

Hello fellow Lowyat forumers and Merry Christmas to you all

As per topic, I need some help with this PC building stuff.

Currently I'm using:
CPU: Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz
Mother Board: Intel D945PSN
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 7300 GS
RAM: 2 x 1GB DDR2

Monitor: About 16 inches - It's those old fat ones. Not gonna change it

So yeah, I would like to get a new com to replace this one.
I'll use it for gaming most of the time, games like Skyrim and Battlefield 3.
I would like to in a sense "future-proof" the com that I'll be getting lol

I talked to a friend of mine before this and he recommended

CPU: Intel i5 3.3GHz
Video Card: GTX560 vs HD6950 1GB (which is better? and...what's the difference between asus, sapphire and all those stuff )
Mother Board: I was told to get one which fits the CPU..?
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Casing: ???

So far, planning to reuse disc drive and HDD.

Thanks for you time.

UniPack Question

vater — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:28:02 +0800

Hello there,
Anyone know if is it possible for a current subscriber of TM Supercool Unipack to switch the service to another address? and is there any penalty/fee for this?

No display on monitor.

vater — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:04:05 +0800

Hello everybody.
Recently my PC hang on me and I did a hard reboot.
The problem is...now I can't get the PC to work properly.
When I turn it back on everything seems to be going on fine (fan works, the usual noises and stuff, no funny beeping noise)
But... there won't be any display on the monitor. It's stated the monitor is in power save mode. Then it goes blank after awhile.

The windows start up sound will also play when I leave the PC alone for some time but still no display...
Any idea what may be causing my problems?
Hope you can understand. Not too good with these computer stuff lol.

My PC spec:
Intel Pentium D @ 2.8GHz
Intel Desktop Board D945PSN (I think...)
2GB DDR2
NVIDIA 7300GS