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[gimlet]

Hmm power switch is usually not on the same connector block as any kind of audio (except the "motherboard speaker" which should be labelled something like SPKR).

It should all have been diagrammed in the mobo manual, that thing is really worth a read...

[Gentlefish]

Yeah it's how I pulled the name

The actual name of the pins now that I'm home is called the "front panel connector".

[gimlet]

Page 1-25 of the manual, make sure you know where "pin 1" is (and/or make sure you orient it with the blank pin that's next to the power connector pins)

I assume it's an "ASUS H61M-E" not Acer?  If so there's a copy of the manual at http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/H61M-E/E9094_H61M-E.pdf

[Gentlefish]

Whoops. Yeah that's the one. Okay so I -did- have it plugged into the right slow. Must not have gotten it set proper.

[MaximumZero]

Well, guys, I'm back on the headset train. Still having issues. Traded my Xbox One Stereo Headset for a set of Turtle Beach XL1s (hey, you can't knock free, on either account,) and I'm still having trouble getting them to work with my PC. Yeah, I know they're both xbox headsets (and I know that I downgraded, but my boss had supposedly gotten these to work with his pc,) but I'm determined to make them work. I have all of the adapters necessary to make this work, but I'm still facing issues.

Problem: When I plug in the headphone and USB, they work fine as headphones. When I plug in the microphone cable, all hell breaks loose. Echoing and static are loud and dominant, no matter which mic jack I use. Wat do? I just want to yell at pubscrubs on TF2 and do silly things with vocaroo. Halp, internets!

[Carnwennan]

I play table top every week on Friday online, we use teamspeak for chat and Roll20 for maps and IC conversations and what have you. We've been doing this for a month or two now.

Unfortunately, I've moved into Uni halls of residence and, for some reason, they've decided to block all gaming-related websites for all students (this includes steam, which I'm not at all happy about since it means I can't play the games I payed for). They also blocked teamspeak, so I can't play with my friends. What I wanted to know was if anyone could recommend a proxy service or something that would let me get around the block.

[Carnwennan]

oops

[i2amroy]

Depends a lot on the exact form of blocking, and if you are using any type of "log in to access" internet (like most colleges use) then they will be able to tell that you are proxying around their block even if you do find something that will allow you to do so.

Which is the way a lot of things like proxies and for end up working as, they won't be able to totally stop you or see what you are doing, but they can certainly tell that you are doing something that they would probably disapprove of (and which may lead to punishments on its own).

My best advice would be to look around and see if you can find a restaurant with free wifi to eat at on Friday nights, or possibly look into setting up a gathering system with your phone (which may cost extra depending on your phone provider, model, etc.).

[gimlet]

There's a fair few cellular pay-as-you-go wifi hotspots now, and they don't cost an arm and a leg if you're not streaming video or something super-heavy like that.  Especially if it's once a week, there are (or used to be "pay per day").  Or yea your smartphone might have a plan, or a tethering option...

[Carnwennan]

proxies are a no-go then, that sucks but thanks for the help, both of you! I'll look around town to see if I can't find a place I can hole up at and not disturb anyone with my games of pretend.

I don't have a smartphone but I've been thinking of upgrading anyway, so if I can't find anywhere I'll get a contract I think. I think I can set something up as to not eat too much bandwidth on the phone...

Again, thanks for the advice!

[gimlet]

Just be careful spending a ton on a data plan with contract, you can find out it sucks and be locked in.  There are a few pay-as-you-go alternatives, and some like freedompop that apparently gives .5G/mo free if you buy a $50 hotspot, or Rovair $6-10 a day might have to buy a Verizon hotspot,  or t-mobile apparently has a $30/mo prepaid plan with "unlimited" data (I hear you get throttled after 5G, which is still quite a lot of data as long as you're not watching videos).

Lots of alternatives in here: http://lifehacker.com/5974761/how-to-choose-the-fastest-cheapest-and-most-reliable-mobile-hotspot-to-stay-connected-everywhere-you-go/all  although it's a few months old...

[Tellemurius]

Hell i was going to recommend a VPN to another network, they can't track whats in it and they sure as hell should not block that. If they argue you can tell them its a direct connection to home or work. My school stripped down most of the port blocking here and stuck with web filter as the system is already designed to throttle those that are eating bandwidth.

[i2amroy]

A VPN might work, I haven't tried messing around with one on my university network yet enough to know how it would work out with their system.

[Carnwennan]

I have to go through my Uni's VPN to access the internet, wouldn't that interfere with trying to get another?

[Aklyon]

Why does your uni route everything through a vpn in the first place? That sounds odd to me, though I'm probably looking at the wrong thing.