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Need help with my laptop's screen

luqman98x — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:55:15 +0800

Hi,

My laptop's screen acting weirdly after I accidentally push the laptop (in a bag) falling off from chair to the ground.

The screen initally works fine after the laptop boots up. However, after few minutes, the screen starts acting weirdly (pics are in attachment).

What is the problem and how I can fix this?

And, plz don't troll.

[URGENT] My father blacklisted by Maxis

luqman98x — Tue, 31 May 2016 12:21:12 +0800

Hi, i'm asking on behalf of my father...

I know that my dad & myself are stupid because we ignored this problem for about 2 years.

My father just realised that he has blacklisted by Maxis after a redONE agent told my father that he had blacklisted by Maxis (since 2013) way back in 2014. At that time, he ported his Celcom number to redONE (with RM50 fee because he is blacklisted).

My father was subscribed to Maxis Broadband (you know, that mobile broadband) since 2010 until he terminated the service in 2012. He terminated it at a Maxis shop.

What should my dad do? He scared that he need to pay a huge amount to Maxis because of this.

Debit card question.

luqman98x — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:12:49 +0800

Do my father need to call bank for enabling online purchases using his debit card like credit card? He wanna buy a semakphone online.

Streamyx SNR margin issue

luqman98x — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:19:46 +0800

As per title, will changing the long RJ11 cable (I have this for years) that ran from wall socket from upstairs to splitter at downstairs helps in fixing SNR margin?

/k, recommend me a smartphone below RM700

luqman98x — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 18:28:42 +0800

Dear /k,

I'm looking to buy a phone below RM700. Please suggest the good ones... any brand expect Samsung & Vivo.

I might trade in my current Zenfone 5...

Should I make report to TM?

luqman98x — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:28:08 +0800

My dad's Streamyx 2 Mbps line is down around 2 pm today. I think I gonna wait for few hours...... and line is up around 5 pm.

When I noticed the line was up, I went straight to modem and I've see the SNR & Attentuation stats are abnormal unlike before.

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Before the downtime (it stayed like that for months)

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Should I make a report to TM? The line isn't DC yet since 5pm. My home is around 1.5 km from DSLAM cabinet.

EDIT: Lots of errors that I've never experienced before....
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Question about new TM cabinet near my house

luqman98x — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:55:10 +0800

At the cabinet there is a sticker that writes WBU VB5020 (WBU = Wakaf Bharu, as this cabinet connected to central office at Wakaf Bharu, maybe) The sticker is there after TM guy pulled fibre cable to the cabinet.

My question is will Unifi service available at my area soon?

Gov might open up internet market

luqman98x — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 08:47:41 +0800

SOS
Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak said Putrajaya may open up the Internet service provider market to allow prices to be determined by market forces.

Salleh said this when asked about how he plans to deal with the Internet services being rolled out by providers that have not been very affordable.

"In most countries they allow open market competition to determine the prices. Closed markets, monopolies, or cartels, never benefit the consumer.

"So we may have to open up the Malaysian market and allow market forces to decide the cost of the Internet.

"It works in Europe, so that may be what we will need to do in Malaysia. That is what globalisation is all about anyway, a borderless world," he told Malaysiakini in an email interview.

Salleh emphasised on the need for affordability, reiterating that it would be useless if better Internet speeds are offered at cost that is beyond consumers' reach.

Several Internet service providers have begun rolling out high speed Internet, with at least 20Mbps, but prices have been in the region of RM170 and upwards.

In a related matter, Salleh said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is aware of issues faced by consumers of ABN Xcess, a digital cable provider which is reportedly facing financial difficulties.

He said MCMC is dealing with the outages and service disruptions by ABN diligently and has resolved 121 out of 122 complaints against the company.

"Action has been taken against ABN, which includes a warning for failing to resolve consumer complaints and issuance of notice for immediate rectification plans.

"MCMC will also be assessing its performance for the year ending 31st December 2015," he said.

ABN has been in the spotlight as it secured a RM450 million loan from Bank Pembangunan Negara, which is wholly-owned by the Finance Ministry.

Question: Is this related to TPPA?

DiGi domestic roaming

luqman98x — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 19:50:32 +0800

Did DiGi partnered with Celcom for domestic roaming at certain places?

Pic below (look at the bottom of the screenshot).

Streamyx having issue?

luqman98x — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 10:58:28 +0800

Is streamyx having issue now? I can't connect to the internet even tho dsl led & internet led is on... rebooted modem several times but problem is still there.

Need URGENT help 4 fixing my gf's laptop

luqman98x — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:41:00 +0800

Hi,

My girlfriend send me her laptop (Acer Aspire E1-410 to be exact) and asked me to fix her laptop black screen of death a.k.a won't boot up.

I have tried:
- Torn the laptop apart for few hours and reassemble it back
- Removed the CMOS battery for few hours and reinserted it back.
- Followed several tutorials on the internet to flash BIOS.
- Reseat RAM
- Reseat HDD

But the laptop still stuck with black screen (display won't turn on, checked with flashlight). Laptop still turns on, fans are spinning & HDD is spinning. Windows still not boot at all.

I don't know what to do now......

Is there any hope to repair it by myself before I ask her to send her laptop to repair shop?

This website crashes Safari and & reboots iPhone

luqman98x — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:11:43 +0800

SOS: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016...-anyones-iphone

Following the fun users had with the “effective power” iPhone text message bug, people have been sending a link to users of Apple’s Safari browser that will crash their iPhones or Macs.

The link, which is simply crashsafari.com, overloads the default browser with a self-generating text string which populates the address bar. After about 20 seconds or so it will force an iPhone to reboot, while significantly heating up as the smartphone tries to handle the code of the site.

A similar thing happens on iPads, which also has Safari, while even Android devices running Chrome heat up and become sluggish. Rebooting the iPhone or quitting Chrome on an Android device clears the problem.

Desktop and laptop computers are also affected to a lesser degree depending on how much processing power they contain. The site will cause Safari on a Mac to crash. Chrome on a Mac and PC also becomes bogged down.

The code of the website appears to generate an ever-increasing string of characters, which becomes harder and harder for the browser to load, likely resulting in a memory issue and forcing the reboot of the device.

As with the effective power text message bug, users have started sending the link disguised by URL shorteners with tempting text to get iPhone users to click on the link and crash their smartphones.

For the immediate future, iPhone users should be very careful about which shortened or obfuscated links they click on, should they be forced into rebooting their smartphone. One of the shortened links has already been clicked over 100,000 times.

Should the worst happen, it appears that smartphones will behave normally after a reboot.

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My laptop ran into issue.

luqman98x — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:58:24 +0800

Hi,

I have overclocked my laptop's GPU (AMD Radeon HD8670M) using Sapphire Trixx. It is running fine for 2-3 days. I have bought fan cooler to cool down the laptop.

When I was playing a game, suddenly a bsod appears with "thread stuck in device driver". After my laptop restarts, Windows prompts me for installing GPU drivers. I clicked at yes/ok then i restarted Windows.

But, there will be a popup that says "Your system settings has changed. Please restart your computer to take effect." at EVERY startup. I fixed this by simply reinstalling the driver from AMD website.

The question is:
1. Why this problem happened?
2. How do I prevent this from happening again?

Really?

luqman98x — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:36:54 +0800

The mods are strict wohhh

Need some info on colour blind test.

luqman98x — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 21:28:10 +0800

I gonna go to a driving school tomorrow. I need to take colour blind test. Can /k members explain why and how?

What is this?

luqman98x — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:04:25 +0800

I was browsing Maxis website for roaming charges and i got this pop up message... why? Could someone elaborate for me?