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PC turn on for a few seconds and turn off

troggs — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:08:11 +0800

Hi sifus,

Recently I got a problem with my PC. It turned on but, after a few hours it will turn off. So I try to change the PSU plug and reconnect the PSU connector and then it seems to be working fine.
Last two days, it only turned on for a few seconds and turned off. The motherboard light still turned on.
Is the motherboard at fault here or the PSU? I check the motherboard for any bad caps but can't found any. Is there any solution or suggestion?

MY PC Spec:
Asus P8Z68-V
Intel Core i5
Asus Radeon HD 6670 1GB
8GB RAM
AVF 750W PSU

HELP Desktop problem!

troggs — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:19:31 +0800

This morning my college got power outage. After the power back on, my PC, monitor & speaker won't turn on even the electricity was up and running again.
I took my speaker to my friend's room hoping that it just the plug at my room that was faulty, but it won't turn on too. So, I confirmed that it was a short circuit. I changed the PSU on my PC and it seems to work just fine.Lucky it was not the motherboard that was at fault. The problem is I think the monitor fried. If, I bring it to repair shop, how much does it cost? Would I able to repair it on my own?

Trying to find a distro for my laptop

troggs — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:53:49 +0800

Hi guys, this past week I try a few linux distro on my laptop.
Archlinux - Try for a few days until I decided that it need a lot of configuration and I don't have time for it
Eg, X,wireless,etc

Crunchbang - This distro is so awesome. Lightweight and low on resources. Unfortunately, I can't keep my wireless chipset working.
I tried all the possible solution from crunchbang forum and debian.

Right now, I'm trying to install fedora on my system. Any heads up guys?

[WTA] Building a budget PC

troggs — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:32:03 +0800

Hi guys, I need help in building my own PC. I need it for programming & photoshop.
Budget is around 2k - 2.5k
This is the part that I could think of at this time.

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB
Intel Core i3 2100
Kingston Value Ram 4GB DDR3
Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse

Can suggest me a monitor( preferably > 20' ). Also if can connect to console etc. xbox is a plus.
I need it for my work and assignment. Thanks in advance.

( WTA ) Upgrading Internal Hard Disk on Laptop

troggs — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:24:48 +0800

Hi, I want to upgrade my laptop internal hard disk preferably around 1 TB.
Can anyone guide me on :

What is the best internal hard disk I could get?(the price too)

Where to send my laptop for upgrade?

my current laptop specs:

4GB RAM
320 GB HDD
intel core i3
Ubuntu 11.04

Thanks in advance