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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #165 on: January 10, 2013, 03:32:45 pm »

I suppose tablets are the same kind of tech, but I wouldn't call it a computer really ;)

As to the question, have you tried hitting the speakers or resetting it? Does the sound change if you plug in headphones of any kind?
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« Reply #166 on: January 11, 2013, 12:21:01 pm »

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1470389&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=CMCw9uXdvbQCFYp_Qgodhz8A3w
its small but it will work with all of the latest technology and its Buffalo and they are a really good company.
This was a waste of money. Had no range whatsoever. Could rarely detect the neighbor's router, something that's at the very most 10-15ft away, and only for a second or so before it lost signal. [/isnothappyandhopesTigerdirect'sreturnpolicyworkshere] >:(

I was looking maybe something like this, although with this particular one, I do not know if I have a PCI-e slot for something like this. Maybe this, which specifically states a 400 meter range, since I know I have a spare PCI slot.
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« Reply #167 on: January 11, 2013, 03:25:32 pm »

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1470389&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=CMCw9uXdvbQCFYp_Qgodhz8A3w
its small but it will work with all of the latest technology and its Buffalo and they are a really good company.
This was a waste of money. Had no range whatsoever. Could rarely detect the neighbor's router, something that's at the very most 10-15ft away, and only for a second or so before it lost signal. [/isnothappyandhopesTigerdirect'sreturnpolicyworkshere] >:(

I was looking maybe something like this, although with this particular one, I do not know if I have a PCI-e slot for something like this. Maybe this, which specifically states a 400 meter range, since I know I have a spare PCI slot.
oh, well hell would i know you would be borrowing internets :P
pci would be fine just it adds a little work to the cpu. You should search for a MIMO wireless adapter as that would increase your range and bitrate.

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« Reply #168 on: January 11, 2013, 03:25:49 pm »

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1470389&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=CMCw9uXdvbQCFYp_Qgodhz8A3w
its small but it will work with all of the latest technology and its Buffalo and they are a really good company.
This was a waste of money. Had no range whatsoever. Could rarely detect the neighbor's router, something that's at the very most 10-15ft away, and only for a second or so before it lost signal. [/isnothappyandhopesTigerdirect'sreturnpolicyworkshere] >:(

I was looking maybe something like this, although with this particular one, I do not know if I have a PCI-e slot for something like this. Maybe this, which specifically states a 400 meter range, since I know I have a spare PCI slot.
oh, well hell would i know you would be borrowing internets :P
pci would be fine just it adds a little work to the cpu. You should search for a MIMO wireless adapter as that would increase your range and bitrate.

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« Reply #169 on: January 11, 2013, 11:02:32 pm »

I knew of one of my classmate that had a similar contraption with a very large, like 20*15*3cm antenna housing that can detect wireless network of our school's library with a slant range of about 400 meter and the target network inside the building. However he still got frequent disconnects. Too many interfering networks from the dormitoriy blocks that's also in the antenna's beam.

And I bet things like this, beyond its purpose, is also violating a RF emission control regulation or two. Not that anyone would care, at least for now.
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« Reply #170 on: January 12, 2013, 01:25:50 am »

I knew of one of my classmate that had a similar contraption with a very large, like 20*15*3cm antenna housing that can detect wireless network of our school's library with a slant range of about 400 meter and the target network inside the building. However he still got frequent disconnects. Too many interfering networks from the dormitoriy blocks that's also in the antenna's beam.

And I bet things like this, beyond its purpose, is also violating a RF emission control regulation or two. Not that anyone would care, at least for now.
was it a cantennna?

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« Reply #171 on: January 12, 2013, 04:20:19 am »

Probably not, and it looked more like one of those panel antennae commonly used in public APs. And it came from an online shop.

Did I mention the university's main office is also in the beam, and is closer? No wonder that thing's almost useless - too much cross-network interference. There must be hundreds of them.
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« Reply #172 on: January 12, 2013, 06:29:56 am »

I suppose tablets are the same kind of tech, but I wouldn't call it a computer really ;)

As to the question, have you tried hitting the speakers or resetting it? Does the sound change if you plug in headphones of any kind?
I have restarted it several times, and if I plug in headphones it doesn't even do anything. The sound keeps coming out of the speakers.
Didn't try a factory reset tough. Mayby taking the battery out would help, but I have no idea how to open it so I can take the battery out.
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« Reply #173 on: January 12, 2013, 10:49:10 am »

Minor audio issue. When ever I plug headphones into my desktop (front or back, using both headsets and pure headphones) I get a fairly audible feedback noise through said headphones, which grows more prominent when I move the mouse. I had thought it to be feedback from my wireless mouse or CB transmissions, but the problem persists with a wired mouse in a different house. I've muted the microphone input without improvement.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #174 on: January 12, 2013, 10:54:46 am »

I suppose tablets are the same kind of tech, but I wouldn't call it a computer really ;)

As to the question, have you tried hitting the speakers or resetting it? Does the sound change if you plug in headphones of any kind?
I have restarted it several times, and if I plug in headphones it doesn't even do anything. The sound keeps coming out of the speakers.
Didn't try a factory reset tough. Mayby taking the battery out would help, but I have no idea how to open it so I can take the battery out.

If a factory reset won't work, then it's probably time to find your invoice.

Minor audio issue. When ever I plug headphones into my desktop (front or back, using both headsets and pure headphones) I get a fairly audible feedback noise through said headphones, which grows more prominent when I move the mouse. I had thought it to be feedback from my wireless mouse or CB transmissions, but the problem persists with a wired mouse in a different house. I've muted the microphone input without improvement.

Try a different headphone, reinstall soundcard driver, and try again.
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« Reply #175 on: January 12, 2013, 10:56:11 am »

Done both already.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #176 on: January 12, 2013, 11:07:32 am »

Dust off your motherboard, maybe boot into an Ubuntu live CD and test your sound in that.

Anything beyond this is likely hardware-related.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #177 on: January 12, 2013, 11:11:57 am »

if this is integrated this close to expected, the integrated audio really sucks and usually is the first thing to die on me.

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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #178 on: January 16, 2013, 01:51:37 pm »

so after getting over my paranoia i installed thunderbird and I'm just wondering i also have kaspersky 2013 do the anti-spam settings kick in automatically or do i need to install a plugin for thunderbird to gt kaspersky to do its job ? 
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #179 on: January 19, 2013, 08:10:12 pm »

this computer is dead bro, how old is it? also do you remember how much memory was being used up?
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