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Asus Mobo startup issue cannot POST

kevyeoh — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:37:39 +0800

Gais, just sharing an issue which has haunted me for almost 1 year with a gap in between no issue and it returned. Finally I manage to find workaround to prevent this issue but I never really get the rootcause.

What is the issue:
PC cannot POST and right after boot up, the White LED at Mobo will light on permanently with 1 long beep and 3 short beeps. If check for troubleshooting tips, the White LED is referring to the GPU related issue.

What I did to troubleshoot:
- Swap GPU
- Swap CPU
- Swap PSU
- Swap RAM
- Change Display Cable from HDMI to DP and also change new DP cable

When all the above did not work, I go to Asus and got an RMA replacement approved. Then I got my new Mobo and after that the problem disappear for a few months (maybe 4 months plus or so?)
Then the issue come back and I cannot boot up my PC again, so I request for RMA again and Asus again approved my RMA.

So now I got my 2nd mobo replacement, and unfortunately this time, the issue start to appear faster instead of waiting a few months.

And thankfully, I manage to find a workaround now that will help me continue to use my PC. Basically every time after I shut down my PC, i need to completely turn off the power (either from PSU button or just off from 13A power plug). If I do this, the boot up issue no longer appear. But the moment I leave my PC connected to power after shutdown, this issue will come back again.

So now it has been this way, every time i shut down my PC, i have to completely turn off the power supply as well. It has been working stable like this for months.

https://streamable.com/n20b8u

Display Issue - QLED white light at Mobo

kevyeoh — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:05:55 +0800

Hi everyone, I need help here. So here's my problem and it started today. my PC was running fine easily past few weeks.

It started with white LED at mobo showing and there's 1 long beep followed by 3 short beeps then nothing at all, PC cannot boot to Windows. Black screen only. From google, it says it's related to graphics/VGA problem. So I started my troubleshooting.

- Remove GPU and reinstall the GPU > Same issue
- Change GPU to old 1070 GPU > Same issue

Then I bring to PC Shop 1st time and strangely when plug in everything works as normal. so I came back home and setup my PC again and then basically same thing happen again, white LED, the beeeps and nothing happens.

Then I bring to PC shop again 2nd time and now after reboot a few times, manage to show this white LED issue at PC shop. The shop technician help to troubleshoot and find out that when consistently not plugging in display cable, the white LED will appear with the Beeps. But when he start to plug in display cable, the computer will boot up smoothly without white LED even showing.
He did this consistently via GPU and also via Motherboard display port (to try check if it's GPU problem). The thing is, both GPU and also the motherboard, whenever no display cable connected, then it will have white LED and beep.

So the PC shop technician suggest to me that maybe it is my cable issue.

So I came back home. Try using my old cable (this is a less than 1 years old uGreen DP cable), same issue. White LED -> beep.
Changed to another different DP cable (original Dell cable) and still same issue. Then i try to plug in to motherboard display and same issue.

But then suddenly after a few times, suddenly now my monitor can display BUT this time, the white LED and beep still happens, but my PC proceed to boot up as normal. And even as I am using my PC now, the white LED still turn on at the motherboard.

I have tried using 2 different Gfx, 2 differrent cables.

Can I now assume it's motherboard issue?

P/S: i have tested with another monitor. Same issue now. White LED light up. Beep as well. But manage to boot into windows too.

NAS solution for streaming movies

kevyeoh — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 14:04:57 +0800

Hi peeps,

Today I have a Sony TV and for now I am using my USB to connect to the TV and then use my TV app to playback the movies.

My home is also fully wired for LAN/network internet connection. I am thinking of having NAS and then maybe can use my TV to access via network and play the movie from streaming to my NAS.

Is this possible? If yes, can anyone suggest which one is easiest for me to plug and play or with the least setup knowledge possible assuming I am not that tech savvy when it comes to setting up networking.

Currently I am just using a network switch to connect to all my rooms for LAN connection, basically it is also just plug and play.

Thank you!

Good Interior Design for Penang

kevyeoh — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:47:22 +0800

Just sharing my review for those who needs Interior Design service in Penang. I purposely hold my review until I really confirm this guy is really good only I write here.

Design Phase:
I started engaging Songsong Design based on referral from friends and we met up first and basically I told him the idea that I wanted. Basically my house is a double storey terrace. He also visited the house to get measurement. Then we go through a rough idea on what I wanted for my home overall. After a while, he showed me the first proposal of the design. What I recall is for ground floor, I am very happy with it but for top floor room, basically I rejected all of the design and ask him to change. He duly obliged and redo the design and after that only looks so much better. During this period, if I have any small changes that I wanted, he will definitely redo for me and also provide his suggestion to me based on his experience. As I don't have much experience in home deco and renovation design, basically I listen to him most of the time as long as the visual/outcome fits what I wanted. I really appreciate most of his thoughtfulness and suggestions because if he just continue to accept what I want, then I think the outcome will not be good because as someone not experience in reno, most of the decision I made will be purely based on aesthetic and not practicality so this is where he step in and provide his expertise and opinions. I remember going through many changes especially my home office room design but in general I think we took about 2.5 to 3 months to finalize the design. Once the design is finalized, he will help to source for quotation for me and from my side I also get some quotation from friends and roughly compare. I find that his pricing is also quite ok and I cannot really complain much.

Renovation Phase:
This is the part where I felt happy I engaged with ID because I realized there is so many interactions between different teams here. Wet work, aluminium, plumbing, electrician, carpentry and others. All of the works conducted here need to be coordinated and I am sure if I had done it alone, it will be very messy and gone haywire. So basically my ID handles all of this. There will be mistakes or something missed out and he will ensure all these are fixed. The only part I remember where I got very frustrated is the delay. The carpentry team got people left and ended up understaffed so my renovation got delayed because of this. But otherwise, all the workmanship is satisfactory and the outcome of the renovation is almost very similar to the 3D drawing during the design phase.

Post Renovation:
This is the reason why I hold off my review first because after the renovation is completed, there were some water leaking issues and it took quite a while to be solved but eventually it ended up as nothing major and as of today, I can say that whatever issue there is post renovation, my ID is responsible enough to make sure he asked his people to come and fix the issue even after I have made full payment. This is where I appreciate most because it shows responsibility and trustworthy.

One more thing, my ID is a super responsive and patient person, nice guy here so I am pretty sure you will be happy when you deal with him.

I think he is not that active in social media but you can see some of his works here:
https://www.instagram.com/songsongdesign/

Sharing is caring. Note: I did not earn anything at all from this, my review is purely voluntary on my own. Cheers!

What to do if TNB did not issue bil?

kevyeoh — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:56:43 +0800

Hello...i have a weird problem here...it seems that TNB guy who is supposed to come to my house to read my meter and issue the bill...stop doing so for 2 months already.

Usually by 30th or end of month, I will get my electricity bill but now missed for May and June also.

For month of May...i need to keep on chase and follow up until June 15th only someone come and read my meter and issue May bil. The problem is, my bil become expensive because the usage also counted in additional 15 days in June, and end up i need to pay more due to higher amount charged for higher block of electricity usage.

Now June, also start to miss again. I already submit email help to TNB careline but the response has been slow. At first ask me take picture of my own meter. After that wait 1-2 more days and after i follow up, ask me to provide my phone number and now wait again...

Imagine now i have to chase and follow up for my TNB bill...what else I can do to escalate and complain this issue?

Thank you

Fake grass for dog

kevyeoh — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:15:55 +0800

Hi dog lovers,

i need help. I adopted a puppy for nearly half year already and prevoiusly the puppy was inside my house but since he has already grown up now, I no longer allow him to stay indoor and he is at my front porch area now. I have a small lawn area and previously I planted pearl grass but now almost all died already because my dog pee haha...

So now my dog loves to dig and really gives me headache, basically i need to sweep my front porch area once or twice a day, or maybe more. I have tried to discipline him but I am not around all the time so usually my discipline happen after he dig so i think it's not working. i cannot monitor and only discipline him when he is digging.

Anyway, above is out of topic. My main topic or help needed here is anyone got recommendations for fake grass to install for dog so they cannot dig anymore? are all fake grass the same? So far i ask briefly, seems like i need to decide on the grass length only. But was never told if there are different quality or those who can withstand dog digging and damaging the fake grass. I tried to google, most article says can work for dogs. and should be able to last long.

Just wondering if any other dog owners here have fake grass installed and can share experience.

Thank you!

Spare parts availability- is that consumer right?

kevyeoh — Thu, 04 May 2023 12:23:01 +0800

Gais... not sure if anyone expert in consumer right.

My situation is like this. I bought an item relatively new and just a few months old. Still got warranty also. Somehow due to carelessness I accidentally damage the item cosmetically. Basically it is a speaker and speaker grill damage. I send to service centre and was told can try to order but most likely no more spare part avaialble.

Is this something I can lodge a report to any place because vendor fail to provide spare part replacement? Consumer tribunal? Or kpdnkk?

Thank you. Feel sad item so new but cannot fix.

USB3.2 pendrive slow transfer speed

kevyeoh — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 00:12:52 +0800

Dear sifus,

today just bought Kingston DataTraveler Exodia pen drive...and it seems that the max transfer speed I can achieve is only around 8MB/s... but when i try on my old USB3 external hdd, they seem to be way much faster.
Any idea why this is like this?

I bought from a reputable PC shop so i believe this should be original and not fake...

Most comfy way to sit on floor

kevyeoh — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:05:56 +0800

Gais...say now I wanna sit on floor and preferably can have something to lean on like a nice sofa chair...but without the legs so it is like sitting on the floor...

i'm thinking of bean bags but any other suggestion? bean bag kinda hot if you plan to sit long time on it.... at least that's what I was told...

any inputs?

thank you!

iPad difficult to charge after long time discharge

kevyeoh — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 18:22:52 +0800

I just want to rant here...for older ipads especially....i got this issue before but now after i go for biz travel for 1 week and forgot to charge...i left 2 of my ipads and they completely discharged...

now very hard to charge back again...apply ipad really sucks on this point.

on one ipad (newer one)...totally blank screen....

on ipad mini (older version)...battery icon with one red line blinking non stop...

really damn frustrating ....

Dog bone for chewing

kevyeoh — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:44:12 +0800

Gais... i have a puppy with me and i bought a chew bone for him. The problem is the bone seems to break easily into small pieces and dirty my floor.

Is there any good brand to recommend where it wont break into flaky powder or small pieces? And stay together... say like a lollipop?

Thanks!

Setting up home network with WIFI and LAN

kevyeoh — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 20:01:31 +0800

Dear experts,

So I moving to a new place and currently doing reno. I have already allocated each room with LAN wire connection upfront so now I am wondering how should my connection works.

Assume I am getting Unifi or Time. So how do I share my connection to the LAN ports (total 6 ports) and also I plan to have wifi mesh as well.

So from router, do I connect first to wifi mesh? then Mesh how do I setup the connection to all the LAN ports that I have?

Kinda noob here, appreciate inputs and suggestions which is kinda more to plug and play type rather than need to do a lof of technical settings.

Thank you!

Do you still use AVR Automatic Voltage Regulator?

kevyeoh — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 23:45:14 +0800

Gais...for some stupid reason, i just damaged my own AVR. Now i'm thinking if i should buy a replacement AVR or just power socket extension.
Thinking back long long time ago, the reason i started using AVR is when I was using the super old sensitive Altec Lansing speaker and without AVR, i busted a few speakers before.
But nowadays, do we still really need AVR?

Actually my AVR is not connected to my PC..it is mainly for my old Altec Lansing speaker.

Beaming Wifi Signal to other house

kevyeoh — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:46:10 +0800

Hi all, I'm thinking if want to share wifi with neighbor who is probably like a few houses away from the same road, is it possible to beam the wifi signal and share wifi connection?
Anyone got such experience and also will the connection be stable and also have good ping?

thanks!

Choosing the right fan

kevyeoh — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 18:29:52 +0800

Dear sifus, I never realized for case fan, actually there are differences. In the past, I will just probably choose the fan based on size and see which one prettier (Eg. got LED light nice color. )

But now for example this Noctua fans, while i understand air flow, what is the static pressure referring to? Can anyone help to explain in layman term or explain in another way what it means?
Assuming if I want to add the fan for my PC casing, which one should I choose?

https://noctua.at/en/nf-a12x25-performance-...f12-and-nf-s12a

Many thanks and hope to learn something here.

Setting up HTPC with Atmos

kevyeoh — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:48:42 +0800

Gais...i've tried google but i cannot really get the answer or confirmation so trying to ask here.

If I want to setup HTPC with atmos capability, do i need newer gfx or actually if I have old Gfx it will work too? As long as the connection is via HDMI?
Or actually it is not related to gfx and I just need to setup via Windows sound setup?

Basically what I have now is 12th Gen Intel proc, old Asus 1070 gfx card.
The rest i not yet buy, eg. mobo.

Assuming if I have a video file with Atmos, if I play via VLC, will it work if I connect my HTPC to an Atmos enable soundbar?

Thanks!

Duration of complete renovation

kevyeoh — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 16:15:32 +0800

Dear experts here,

Can anyone help me confirm to give an estimated time required to do a full renovation for a double storey house?

This include wetworks and also full carpentry works for all room (4 rooms), living room and kitchen.

Initially my ID committed 3 months but now 6 months (by mid Dec) and not sure how fast can complete. I am almost certain will delay.

Thanks!

Ceiling mount for rear speaker

kevyeoh — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:47:13 +0800

Gais...i'm planning to get this Sony rear speakers - SA-RS3S.

What type of ceiling mount will work? Kinda noob here and not sure from the ones i've seen at shopee/lazada, which one will work.

thanks!

[WTS] Asus Strix 1070 Graphics Card

kevyeoh — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:42:54 +0800

Item(s): Asus Strix 1070 graphics card. Used.

Package includes: Card itself only.

Price: RM 499 final price Black Friday sale! Either I sell at this price or I just keep and use later when I setup my 2nd PC. Will consider top up if swap with 3080 Ti or 3090.

Warranty: None. It's a used unit but I only use for casual gaming and never overclock it.

Dealing method: Prefer COD. You can test on the spot until satisfied only buy. Postage can be considered but at your own risk.

Location: Penang

Contact method/details:PM me
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Item(s) conditions: No known issue. Never overclock also.

Picture: As attached.

Reason for sale: I keep wanna use to build 2nd PC but now decided to sell if price is right. Been keeping this card past 9 months after I ugpraded to 3070. Collecting dust... 2nd PC still will setup but not so soon...

Specific game having issue on audio and video

kevyeoh — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 11:41:42 +0800

Hi experts,

Last week my PC starting to have this issue and seems to be particularly Valorant game only with this audio glitch and also video glitch.
I am attaching the video for both audio and also video during gameplay.

I have tried other games like WWZ, FIFA 22 and they all worked fine. Updated all drivers as well but issue seem to be the same. I have reformat my PC and reinstalled Windows from fresh and also same issue as well.

What else can I try to troubleshoot? Or just give up on this game

I tried FURMARK, and Heaven UNIGENE benchmark and they looks ok also without any artefacts found on the video so i don't think it's the graphics card.

https://vimeo.com/741324717

https://vimeo.com/741324498