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Dear everyone,
My mother has been driving me absolutely crazy with all the questions—how, why, who’s at fault, and so on and so forth.
Basically, she’s getting older, and since she used to be the picture of health and never felt the need for a flu shot, things have taken a bit of a turn lately.
She went from being this incredibly vibrant woman to feeling like a walking medical clinic.
Her kidneys are struggling, so she’s having to go in for dialysis twice a week now.
Because of that, she falls into a high-risk category, not just because of her illness but also because she's a retiree.
Naturally, panic set in, so she rushed over to the local clinic to ask about the vaccine, only to find out they were out of stock. They told her it wouldn't arrive for another month. I tried to tell her to hold off and check with her primary doctor instead, but even he didn't have any on hand.
So, my mother heads to the pharmacy to ask about the shot, and the pharmacist gives her this coy answer, saying she needs a prescription from her family doctor first. Once she got the prescription, she went back to the pharmacy, paid for the vaccine herself, and then went straight to her doctor to get the shot. Now, doctor, she asks, why did I have to pay for this when I'm entitled to a free vaccine? And the doctor just says: because you bought it yourself.
To make a long story short, the issue isn't really about $32, it's more about her constantly nitpicking me and making me feel small. Is there any hope for her to get a reimbursement for that money, considering she should have been exempt from paying under two different criteria (as both a retiree and a serious kidney patient)?
Thanks so much,
wearyraven41 said:Hey everyone,
I'm dealing with an issue that feels like it might be hardware-related.
Basically, when I power up the PC, I can access the BIOS just fine. I can hang out in there for maybe 5 or 10 minutes without anything unusual happening. CPU temps seem to stay around 60 degrees.
However, if I don't enter the BIOS, the machine just keeps restarting before it even gets a chance to attempt loading Windows. It enters this endless loop—just shutting down and rebooting over and over again.
I tried disconnecting the SSD, and I actually managed to reach that black screen stating no bootable device was found once, but after a reset, it went right back into that power cycle loop.
The system is about 5 or 6 years old... running an i5-3350p.
What should I look at replacing?
Thanks.
Look, I recently opened my rig up to pull the GPU and blow out some dust, etc. Everything seemed fine when I put it all back together and plugged everything in. Then today, I picked up some new speakers, a mouse, and a keyboard. Suddenly, total disaster. Blue screen. I couldn't figure out what went wrong. After hitting that blue screen five times in a row, I started retracing my steps in my head. Before I decided to tear the whole thing apart again, I tried unplugging the keyboard, mouse, and speakers, then redistributed them across different USB ports, and suddenly everything worked perfectly. Maybe you might have misconfigured something too?!
Paul Hayes45 said:Greetings,
I currently own this particular Samsung TV model (it isn't a Smart TV), and I'm wondering if there's any way to bridge the gap between it and my smartphone or laptop—for instance, to stream something from YouTube directly onto the screen.
Would it be feasible to simply plug a Wi-Fi USB adapter into the set to establish a connection? 🤷
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Personally, I just watch movies on my Samsung TV by hooking up my laptop with a five-meter HDMI cable. Maybe that's an option for you?!
Richard Ruiz9 said:So, tell me—is the connection there just as fast as a hardwired LAN setup? And how does it actually hold up during gaming? Does it tend to drop you from the server mid-match?
I suppose it really all comes down to how many people are active on the network while you're playing, along with whatever bandwidth you're paying for. In my house, for instance, I’ve got two laptops, a desktop, and then everyone’s phones are constantly pinging the router.
Once everyone jumps online at once, there isn't any game that won't experience some kind of lag or hiccup. 😁
It's one thing to just browse the web, but it's an entirely different story when you're trying to stream something on YouTube or catch a live sports broadcast (to say the least).
If you get this, you shouldn't run into much trouble. You might find that second option more appealing, but honestly, I think raw speed is probably going to be more important for you.
That's about it.
Richard Ruiz9 said:Hey everyone, I'm not sure if there's already a thread for this, so please move this if I'm wrong.
I'm looking for some advice. I need to connect my PC via Ethernet, but I'd need about 8 or 9 meters of cable to make it work. My issue is that I'd have to run the cord all the way down the hallway. Since I keep my phone in the hallway and my computer in the bedroom, I was wondering if there's a way to connect both the PC and the phone to the modem at the same time without having to move either device. Can I connect the computer to a separate secondary modem, or am I stuck running a cable through the entire hallway? Also, I'm a bit confused about UTP cables—what does "Cat" actually mean, and which specific Cat rating should I be looking for? If anyone has dealt with setting up a computer network before, I’d appreciate any insight. Thanks!
I'm not entirely sure why you'd need that much cabling in the first place. To be fair, ten years ago, a hardwired connection was pretty much my only option too, but nowadays, I think your best bet would be to just grab a wireless adapter for your computer. I don't really see why you'd want to move anything?🤔
I have something similar set up at my place and it works perfectly fine. The distance from my modem is roughly 8 to 10 meters.
https://www.amazon.com/network-adapters/s?k=network+adapters
Laura Chase5 said:Hey everyone... I've got this video sitting in an .iso format, and it’s clocking in at about 6 GB. My problem is, I’m trying to burn it onto a standard 4.7 GB DVD. Does anyone know how to pull this off? Is there a way to convert it using some software—maybe turn that .iso into a playable DVD structure? Or I don't know... I'm open to any advice you can throw my way. Thanks.
You can find all sorts of tutorials online, but here is my take
1. Open the ISO with a program and just extract the contents (you might try searching for Alcohol ISO
2. Then open the actual movie file using Shrink DVD
3. From there, you should be able to compress it down to fit on a 4.7 GB disc
There are plenty of guides available on sites like VideoHelp if you need more detail.
Jonathan Mendoza17 said:It’s usually F2 or F10. You might need to hold down the Fn key, so try Fn+F2. The Esc key should also do something. It usually tells you what to press on that initial splash screen right when the laptop boots up, if you can catch it in time.
And just as an aside, the hard drive shouldn't have anything to do with the BIOS. The BIOS is located on the motherboard, so it really ought to function even if there isn't a hard drive installed at all. Have you checked if that drive works on another machine? You could always plug it into a desktop. As for the freezing, I suppose there are quite a few different reasons why that might be happening.
I've tried everything you suggested, but the hard drive just isn't responding the way I described earlier. It doesn't move at all. What's really bothering me is that I can't get into the BIOS. Does that mean I need to reset the BIOS, or does it mean the BIOS itself is dead?
So, here's the situation:
Shortly after updating Windows 7, the whole system just freezes up. Everything stops responding.
My first instinct was to just grab my hair and wonder if my hard drive finally kicked the bucket. And, it looks like it did. I had about 500 GB of everything on there, so I tried everything to save it.
Basically, I pulled the HDD out and tried connecting it via a cable to a new PC just to see if I could migrate the data. But nothing. It’s dead. So, I went on YouTube to see if anyone knew anything, and I found this guy who swaps the PCB on a dead hard drive with one from a working drive to bring it back to life. Since I have an identical second laptop with the exact same HDD, I figured I’d give it a shot. I was hoping maybe a chip on the board had just fried and this would revive it. But no luck.
Now I'm stuck on something else. Why can't I even get into the BIOS? I've tried every key combo—F-keys, Delete, all of them. It's a Samsung laptop. Getting into the BIOS was never an issue before this. Do I need to reset the BIOS, or is that dead too?
Does anyone else have any ideas? 🤦
thx