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Weird Laptop Screen Blank Prob

stan16 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:05:15 +0800

Oh no, this stupid problem is back to haunt me.

My laptop screen will suddenly blank out randomly while using. And the laptop is not even responding to any input after that, not even Num Lock, not even Caps Lock. But surprisingly, it only happens when I use the A/C power directly. I dont face any problem when I use the battery. And this problem has gone away for quite a few months already, now suddenly came back. What could be the problem? The A/C power "hole"?

Really need help urgently. I rely on it to do my assignments...

I've tested a few thgs here, just in case you were wondering:
- Not LCD Problem : Connected it to external monitor, still same thg, goes blank randomly.
- Not Graphic card problem: Already tried disable the graphic card, but also the same thg happens.

(Additional Info Posted In reply to ROOT)

when i press the power button and off it, then on back, usually, the display will come back again as usual. but suddenly, it will go blank again. (SOMETIMES, it might not even boot up the bios, just the fans running very noisy. then i press the power button off it, give a little knock somewhere, then it will be able to on again.)

and there's nothing in the background. so i dont think it's the lcd problem. it's not even responding to keyboard/mouse inputs, not even a simple caps lock. i usually try caps lock or num lock to see whether it is actually responding or not, depending on the light status.

(System Specification)
- Windows XP SP2
- Intel C2D T5500
- nVidia GeForce Go 7600 (256MB)
- 3GB DDR2 RAM
(2.5 years old laptop, Techdos GL30)

Autoshutdown & GPU

stan16 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:25:17 +0800

GPU overheat will auto-shutdown? My screen suddenly go blank and then after that, my CPU will process sumthg, then the whole thg is off already. I searched the error log oso no system error. Happen quite alot of time already (i think got 10 lah).

1 thing I noticed is that the GPU temperature always more than 83 Celsius when playing games (not FEAR also... CS, FIFA, or AOE only mah...). Temperature is at around 65-75 Celsius during normal usage. (Eg MS Word, Firefox, MSN, etc). Is this temperature normal? I suspect it "auto-shutdown" becoz GPU tempearature too hot..

How to keep it cooler? I already have a notebook cooler.

Graphic Card: nVidia GeForce Go 7600

Missing RAM?

stan16 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:27:24 +0800

Just noticed a weird thing today, when I check the Windows Task Manager, the Available Physical Memory + System Cache IS NOT EQUALS to the Total Physical Memory!

(Screen Shot Attached Below)

I've 1GB RAM. In the screen shot I still have abt 366MB RAM available while System Cache is consuming abt 448MB of RAM. So where's the "missing" 206MB of RAM??? Total = Available + System Cache right/no?

Integrated Graphic Card

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

Integrated Graphic Card

stan16 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:20:45 +0800

Just curious wana know, among these 2 integrated graphic card, which one is better (ie performance):

Intel Graphic Media Accelerator X4500M HD or nVidia GeForce 8200M G? (X4500M HD capable of up to 386MB of shared memory while 8200M G capable of up to 256MB of shared memory)

home networking

stan16 — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:02:40 +0800

Personal equipment
Modem & Router: TM Net ADSL 2/2+ (comes wit streamyx in a box package)
Firewall used: ZoneAlarm

Problem details
Problem description: I set up a home network connection between my desktop and my laptop, both connected to a DLink Fast Ethernet Switch as in the instructions from microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/n...ng/default.mspx

after i restart both the laptop and desktop, the problem arise. If my desktop can access the home network, my laptop can't access. Then i restart both machines again. The next thing i knew, the laptop can access, but the desktop cant access. What is the problem???

should i resolve to using network magic instead of losing sleep over these problems?

Transfer file from PC-2-PC & share streamyx

stan16 — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:46:40 +0800

Broadband provider
ISP/package: Streamyx Basic 512kbps

Personal equipment
Modem: TMNet ADSL Modem 2/2+ DB 102
Switch: D-Link 10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch DES-1005D

2 questions from a noob here:
1) How do I create a home network from my desktop to laptop, both in which are connected to the D-Link Ethernet Switch. I would like to transfer files from the laptop to desktop and vice-versa. After I on the switch, I tried to ping each other's IP address, and it works. So how do I create some kind of an "interface" for me to transfer files?
2) Izit possible for me to connect both the desktop and laptop to Internet at the same time?

I am using the TMNet ADSL Modem that comes together with the "Streamyx In-A-Box" package. And I connected a switch to the ADSL modem, and both the desktop and laptop are connected to the switch via an Ethernet cable. Both desktop and laptop using Windows XP Service Pack 2.

can't detect dvd/cd drive

stan16 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:11:43 +0800

Help!

All of a sudden after using the emergency eject button now windows can't even detect the only dvd/cd drive in my laptop!!

What should I do?

should i switch from tmnet prepaid to streamyx?

stan16 — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:47:45 +0800

Hi..

I'm currently using tmnet prepaid actually.. I'm thinking of getting broadband. With all the hype around WiMax i was hopeful for a good service at reasonable price. But then... Recently i heard the government ask all the 4 WiMAX tender to cooperate with each other! Which means that no competition which means... No good service!!!

And with the recent streamyx super duper deal promotion, should i go n get streamyx or shud be more patient and wait for WiMAX towards the end of the year or 1st quarter 2008???

TM Nut wants 18.1 bil. profit n stremyx 1mil. user

stan16 — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:14:31 +0800

Okay.. I don't really know whether i hv posted in the correct forum or should i post this under real world issues. (Mod, if you wana move this thread, plis do so)

Hv u guy read newspapers yesterday n today???

Yesterday came out news that Telekom Malaysia is targeting a 18 billion profit for financial year 2007 up from 16.1 billion in financial year 2006.

And then today....

QUOTE

Telekom Malaysia and TM Net Sdn Bhd expects its braodband customer base to hit the 1 million mark this year from 915000 as at the end of February.

Isn't it not too long ago we hv a thread here calculating the over-subscription rate of streamyx 1:30? N that was using the subcriber base of 600000. Now they wana the base to go up to 1 million, without upgrading their facilities??? So, the over subscription rate would go up to 1:50!!! WTF... No wonder our connection is getting slower n slower nowadays...

windows restart after connecting to msn messenger

stan16 — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:50:42 +0800

okay. basically, only recently i have this prob. Windows restart itself after i'm connected to msn live messenger. Last time no prob. Don't really noe wats the cause of the prob because lately i installed quite a number of new programs.

the error is BAD_POOL_HEADER.

Technical Information:

***STOP: 0X00000019 (0X00000020, 0X84110610, 0X84110820, 0X0A420001)

dual boot winxp n fedora core 6

stan16 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:01:49 +0800

izit possible for me to do a dual boot windows xp and fedora core 6?

I heard that fedora core 6 got sum problem n can't dual boot with windows xp?

izit true?

BIOS problem?

stan16 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:47:44 +0800

How come sometimes I on my laptop it will hang in the BIOS there and Windows doesn't load up? Izit the problem with the BIOS (which I don't think so), or my Windows is unstable? Juz reformatted it 1 and a half months ago...

how to do critical review?

stan16 — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:49:55 +0800

how to do a critical review? anyone can explain? i need to do a critical review for malaysian studies n pass up on monday...

how to change name?

stan16 — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:05:10 +0800

can I change my nickname? If I not mistaken, I'd saw sumone do tat b4.

2.5" External Hard Disk connects to 2 USB port?

stan16 — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:03:49 +0800

Just bought a new external hard disk.

But 1 thg I dun understand, how come the hard disk comes with a wire that connects to the external hard disk itself and then splits into 2 in the middle so that it connects to 2 seperate USB port in PC?

Perhaps to transfer files faster? Sigh... I don't know.

how to clean off my hard disk?

stan16 — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:17:16 +0800

Hi.

I would like to reformat my whole pc fully. Installing back the OS is easy. But, then, how to clean off (throw away everything) my whole hard disk before installing the OS again?

I want to install the OS fresh from the start, just like the way when we bought a brand new pc.