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My Nvidia 8500GT VGA Fan Broken

After 2 years plus using this MSI Nvidia 8500GT graphic card, finally is sick, where the VGA fan is broken.


Luckily my motherboard has on-board video, temporary i’ve removed  the graphic card, and use the built in display.  This is the advantage of buying a motherboard with built in display, in case anything happen to graphic card, u can still use your PC.

Tomorrow need to look for new VGA fan, see whether this card can run or not…

March 8, 2010 - 12:44 AM No Comments

Watch PPStream On Ubuntu 9.10

Since PPStream didnt release client for linux based, thus we can only watch it through totem plugin.

Run below command from terminal to install:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:portis25/cnav
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 27F5B2C1B3EAC8D9
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install totem-pps

To run it, open Totem player, then open ppstream online watching page–>http://kan.pps.tv/

Select your movie. click the “Open in client player” link.



Drag it to your Totem Player playlist, and u r done.

In order to play it directly from browser, then u need to install GreaseMonkey add on. Then, install this script.  Once finish, u can directly play through browser.

Via LDCN – 使用 totem-pps 在 Ubuntu 下完美地观看 PPS 电影
February 22, 2010 - 10:10 PM No Comments

Upgrade Neonode N2 OS

I’ve been using this cute little phone for few weeks. As a phone, overall is better than my previous Toshiba G900.  Moreover, i’ve upgraded the N2 OS from version 2.1.552.2 to 2.1.552.5. (* did not notice what is the changes in newest version..)

Anyway, in case u need to replace the 1GB storage to higher capacity, u need to install the OS. Below is the guide of doing a clean installation on new storage card.

Resources needed:

Neonode N2 OS  and manual, where u can download at www.neonode.com.

First, turn off your N2 and connect it to your PC through the USB cable, backup all your files.

*It will act like a removable drive.

Second, run the Nero.exe program. Click “Change”.



Select your desire languages.

Then, click “Advance”. U can see there are 2 option, “clean installation” and “Format SD”. For upgrade OS only, choose “clean installation”. Whereas for new storage card, click “Format SD”. After formatted SD, u need to run the Nero.exe again for installation.

Once finished copied the files to your N2, your N2 will start installing the OS.

December 25, 2009 - 1:59 AM No Comments

Google Public DNS

Search Engine Giant- Google has launched their free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service. The DNS protocol is an important part of the web’s infrastructure, serving as the Internet’s phone book: every time you visit a website, your computer performs a DNS lookup. Complex pages often require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading, so your computer may be performing hundreds of lookups a day.

By using Google Public DNS you can:

Google Public DNS IP addresses are as follows:

  • 8.8.8.8
  • 8.8.4.4

Detail configuration instructions.

Other DNS:

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December 5, 2009 - 12:08 AM No Comments

Windows Vista BSOD Error 0×0000C1F5

My friend’s Compaq SR5252AP desktop PC having this Blue Screen On Death (BSOD) error code of “0×0000C1F5″ when booting after some update issue on his Vista OS. For u guys info, this desktop is designed for Vista OS, thus only Vista drivers are available to download. PS: This PC only comes with 512MB, which is not enough to run Vista smoothly…



Causes:

  • $TxfLog file is corrupted
  • Clfs.sys driver (Common Log File System driver) fails to fix $TxfLog file corruption
  • Common Log File System or CLFS is the logging system used by Windows for creating high-performance transaction logs. It is accessed by both user-mode and kernel-mode applications. Its driver file is termed as Clfs.sys.

Solution:

  • If you have installed more than one hard disk into the system, you should simply remove the disk on which the $TxfLog file is damaged and doesn’t contain Windows Vista.
  • In case you are using only one disk in your system, you can restart the system using an earlier operating system (like Windows XP or Windows 2000) installation disc and use it reformat the hard disk to reinstall Windows Vista. You should restore your lost data from your previous backup.

Since my friend’s recovery manager is not working, thus no choice but to delete the partition and reinstalled new Vista OS…


November 18, 2009 - 12:50 AM No Comments

P4M266A+VT8235 Window XP Drivers

P4M266 is one of the famous chipset that support DDR ram for socket 478 processor when DDR was first introduced in the market.

Features:

VIA® ProSavageDDR™ P4M266A Chipset
- Supports 400/533MHz FSB
- S3 Graphics ProSavage8™ Integrated Graphics core.
- Supports DDR200/266 SDRAM.
- Ultra fast 266MB per second V-Link between NB and SB.

VIA® VT8235 Chipset
– Integrated Direct Sound AC’97 audio.
- Dual channel Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 master mode EIDE controller.
- ACPI & PC2001 compliant enhanced power management.
- Integrated USB 2.0 controller.
- Integrated LAN MAC.

Download Drivers Here:

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October 26, 2009 - 9:14 PM No Comments

Compaq Presario C748TU Window XP Drivers

HP-Compaq has a model of laptop – Presario C748TU which is specifically designed for Windows Vista. Thus, they do not provide drivers for Windows XP along with the package. You will have to download and install it seperately. However, if you try to install driver for Windows XP, you might face compatibility issues, and hardly to download the drivers.

This model of Presario has an audio controller that supports the high definition audio. You need to have Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio installed on the computer before installing the audio driver.

Download Drivers Here:

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October 25, 2009 - 12:24 PM No Comments

Riger DB108-WL Wireless Router Modem Tweak

Regarding this Riger wireless router modem,  through internet, i found out that other than the default username “tmuser”, there is also another hidden username “tmadmin” where it comes in full access control.  This username is for advance user because a lot of features are available to play around.

I did mentioned that hardly to save settings using “tmuser” username. But when using “tmadmin” username, no more such issue. Cheer! haha.

October 15, 2009 - 10:03 PM No Comments

Setup Riger DB108-WL Wireless Router Modem

For Streamyx Combo Wireless@Home package, the wireless router modem given is the Riger DB108-WL.




To setup this wireless router modem is simple. Plug in everything in the box and power ON the device.

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October 15, 2009 - 12:37 AM Comments (2)

Installing Linux using USB Flash drive

Previously, i’ve posted the installation of Window XP using USB flash drive. This time, we move to install linux using USB flash drive. To create bootable Live USB drives for linux is much more easier, thanks to UNetbootin.It is a great tool that  allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. Tools that we required:

  • UNetbootin
  • USB flash drive with more than 1GB storage
  • Linux ISO (optional)

Linux ISO is optional because it can be download through UNetbootin if u do not has the image file.

1. Download & install UNetbootin. Plug in USB flash drive and run UNetbootin.

2. By selecting Distribution, when we select desire linux distro, where it can automatic download the respective ISO.


If we already downloaded the Linux ISO, we can select Disk Image and browse to the ISO file.

3. Job completed once finish compile data to usb drive.

August 29, 2009 - 12:09 AM No Comments

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