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[SOLD] SAMSUNG 2233SW 21.5" LCD

gigohlo — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:59:47 +0800

<Sold to kelving99>

Item(s): SAMSUNG SyncMaster 2233SW 21.5" LCD Monitor (Partially Faulty)

Package includes: Monitor itself, Power cord, DVI Cable

Price: RM100 Nego

Warranty: Nil

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: Subang Jaya

Contact method/details: PM me

Age of item: > 5 Years

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Item(s) conditions: Physically 90% Good

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Reason for sale: Every now and then (maybe 3 months once), a symptom will appear. And these symptoms appear for a day or 2, then disappears - So I decided to change
Noticed symptoms are:
- Power on/off button not working
- Screen will auto adjust to highest brightness. If you adjust it back down, it will adjust itself back to brightest again
- Screen flickering every 5 - 10 seconds once.

Buttons "down", "refresh" and "auto" confirmed not working during symptoms

Speakers no surround

gigohlo — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:07:40 +0800

Hello gurus out there. Not sure whether this is the right thread or not. I apologize 1st if its the wrong thread

Anyway, I have 2 x 2.1 audio speakers. I just bought 1 new one, so my old one is a spare. Since its still good, I didn't want to put it to waste, so I decided to still use it - as the rear speakers for my rig. I just placed the 3.5mm jack into the black port of my sound card and hey presto! I have rear speakers!

From windows, I can test that the rear RL/RR speakers works fine thru the config wizard. But somehow, when I play music and videos, my rear speakers doesn't seem to be outputting any audio. Anyone knows why?

Thanks in advance

Microsoft office 2007 activation

gigohlo — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:49:38 +0800

I have this original Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Home Use Programme that I got from my company a few months back.

Before this, I have activated it over on my old PC which has XP running in it. Then just recently I changed computers and I freshly installed the MS office here in my new computer which runs on Windows 7. Since my printer does not have the drivers for vista nor Windows 7, the easiest way to print things was to virtualize XP (using virtual box) and install my printer over there. Then to read MS office files, I installed my original MS office 2007 there (in virtual box) too.

Now, it prompts out (in virtual box) that I have activated my MS office too many times already. This I understand because its only fair to only have 1 original copy activated at one time. So my question now is.. One day if I decided to reformat computer again, will I encounter this problem? If I do, what should I do to be able to reactivate my original MS office? Through the phone?

Thanks a bunch in advance

X10 Module

gigohlo — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:46:51 +0800

Hi,

I'm working on a project involving the cp290 X20 module and I aim to control the X10 module using vb2005. The problem I'm facing now is that I'm not able to send out "Direct Commands" using VB. I can obtain the correct ACK messages but I cant seem to send out "Direct Commands". Either that or I'm doing it wrong

Anyone here has worked with X10 devices? I need your help and pointers on successfully sending out the commands. Thanks in advance!

[WTA] How hard can it be to Upgrade/change GC?

gigohlo — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:26:51 +0800

Hello sifu sifus out there

I have a problem with an Nvidia 9500GT graphic card that i just purchased yesterday.

The story goes like this:
My sister has a computer that was running on a Leadtek Nvidia 7800GT previously. Then one day her graphic card decided to KO. Luckily for her, her rig mobo has an on-board GC. Thus, she was surviving on her on-board GC for a month.

My rig runs on a MSI Nvidia 6600GT and when her 7800GT broke down, I tried to put her GC into my rig to test whether the GC is really KO or not. As expected, her GC wasn't working on my computer e.g. my monitor did not output anything.

Just a day back, I helped my sister purchase a Gigabyte Nvidia 9500GT for her comp. I plugged it in, and her monitor did not have any response. So, to test, I plugged the 9500GT into my rig and to my surprise, it did not work too! My monitor did not have any output.

I even tried to plug my 6600GT into her comp after that and the results were the same. Monitor did not output anything.

BUT, when I brought the 9500GT to my friends house to test (He was using an ATI GC), the GC works!

There are a few questions I would like to ask:
1. Certain mobos can't support certain Nvidia GCs?
2. Or maybe driver problem? (but I always thought that Nvidia drivers support any Nvidia GCs, just that if we use the wrong driver, we just can't optimize the GC's true performance)

Any advice on this matter? Thank you in advance

2 routers with both DHCP enabled?

gigohlo — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:31:09 +0800

What happens when i have 2 routers connected to each other and both of the having DHCP enabled? One of the routers is a modem rouer.. and the other is a standalone router. Will it clash whe giving IPs?

Fast-Forward while playing games

gigohlo — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:11:59 +0800

Ok. my computer has this problem since the day i got it.. whenever my comp is switched on for too long, and when i decide to play a game without rebooting my comp, the gameplay seems like its fast-forwarded.. so far.. it only happen on games like Warcraft 3, Need for speed: Most wanted, Prince of persia: sands of time and XIII.

the last 3 offline games will b in total fast forward.. gameplay.. everything.. jus imagine playing need for speed wit everything fast-forward and the bullet time is fast too.. for warcraft3 game, during online gameplay, the game would b jerky... but scrolling thru the map wud b super speed.. for example, u bring ur mouse up to scroll up.. the next thing u will see is the up most top of the map everything moves like u are watching the replay of a game fast forwarded

but there are games like LOTR: battle for middle earth and splinter cell: chaos theory that has no problem at eventho my comp has been switched on for a long time. everything runs smoothly.

anyone knows wats wrong wit my comp? i've tried upgrading my gc drivers already.. and overheating is not an issue coz i've checked the temperature while this things happen.. seems ok..

heres my computer specs:
AMD athlon 3800++ dual core
MSI K8N SLi MoBo
some cheap ass power logic casing which i got for 100 bux
2 gig rams (1x1gig + 2x512meg)
128mb DDR3 MSI nVidia 6600GT
80gig + 80gig HDD

[WTA] 6600gt sli

gigohlo — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:23:17 +0800

guys, need some tips~
i currently have a 128mb DDR3 MSI nVidia 6600GT and im thinking of buying a second gc to play SLI..
now, i wanna ask.. do i need anything special to play SLI? any special software? need better psu? or better cooling system? other than having the sli bridge tht comes bundled with the mobo itself of course..
and another thing.. shud i buy second 6600gt or shud i jus buy a new gc like 7300gt (which is so freaking cheap rite now )