...you see people dropping explanations and advice left and right all the time... honestly, just read through those kinds of posts... most of the time they're talking about stuff like "System Restore," which you can actually cap at, say, 5% of your drive instead of letting it hog 100%... plus, there’s always a ton of digital junk piling up that you can just clear out with something like CCleaner...
A computer can track you down via an IP address, sure, but if you want pinpoint accuracy, it needs more specific data—like the info coming straight from your smartphone if your GPS is turned on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System
Electricity itself isn't going to mess with your WiFi frequencies, but if you've got a phone line running parallel to a power cable, your router might pick up interference through the jack. Most modern setups use switching power supplies for everything—your PC, your router, etc.—which usually have enough built-in components to filter out that electrical noise or any little sparks from the grid. As for actual WiFi interference? You’re more likely looking at something like a microwave oven or even just the smartphone sitting right next to your PC when it pings the network...
mistydrifter82 said:The thing is, I don't really have a "provider." I'm working out on a ship where they just give us an Ethernet connection... there's zero Wi-Fi. Since I'm basically a total sloth after pulling a 12-hour shift, I'd much rather just crash in bed and scroll on my phone. Plus, I've got this hunch that the connection might actually feel "faster" on my mobile than on my laptop..
So, my only real move is to set up some kind of local router in my cabin to broadcast that connection as Wi-Fi...
Using Wi-Fi is probably just gonna be way slower... there's no way it'll beat a hardwired LAN cable.
"Hey, you'll need to switch that existing primary partition over to a logical one before you can move forward."
...Basically, what's happening is you're trying to squeeze another primary partition onto the same hard drive... but since you need a "logical partition" to make room, you've gotta flip that first one into a "logical p." instead. ...Bottom line is, you can only have one primary partition sitting there at a time.
I’ve got a hunch there might be some electrolytic capacitors in there that are starting to go... unlike the other components, those things actually age. Try setting the antennas horizontally on both units and make sure they're perfectly parallel to each other... that should give your signal a decent little boost. A crappy connection could also be caused by interference... maybe even from neighbors or people in your own house using stuff like tablets or smartphones that they just picked up recently.
Larry Ortiz5 said:Honestly, I think a trip to the repair shop might be unavoidable—you’re probably looking at having a technician solder a new chip onto the motherboard...
😢.... so yeah, there's no socket on that board to just pop it out 🤦...if you want to swap it, you're gonna have to track down a specialist service center that actually handles this kind of work....
Nicholas Miller6 said:No luck. Same thing happening. The fans are spinning up and everything seems to be running, but there’s just no signal reaching the monitor, and I’m getting those two beeps right at startup. I read online that I might be able to fix this using a USB drive or a disc, but I could really use some details on how to actually go about doing that..
You can't have the power supply plugged into the rig when you do this. Like, yank the power cable out of the wall first. Wait about 15 seconds for the capacitors to fully drain, then mess with the jumper. Once you put everything back together, give it a shot to see if the BIOS will actually boot... though honestly, I wouldn't hold my breath.
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...man, even after seeing that warning, you still went ahead and flashed the BIOS 😢 ..maybe there was an issue with the old version? This newer one might have actually helped you out: 1.Improve CPU compatibility. 2.Improve DRAM compatibility. 3.Support secure boot for AM3 CPU
...now it looks like you're headed to a repair shop, assuming they can even fix this mess.....
Would any random USB WiFi dongle with an external antenna do the trick, or maybe something like this? http://www.nabava.net/bezicni-adapte...0mbps__3846761
Go into your Control Panel, hit System, then open up Device Manager... if you don't actually have Bluetooth on your rig, just go ahead and delete that "Bluetooth" entry. Then, head over to the sound settings, right-click, go into properties, and try hitting "Update Driver." Just let Windows hunt for the updates online by itself. (If there’s an issue with your hardware—like if the sound device shows up with a yellow warning icon—you'll know something's definitely wonky)
Yeah... and you aren't limited to just one, either. You can make as many partitions as you want and just pick whatever sizes feel right. I remember the last PC I picked up that had a massive hard drive—it was set up with a 200 GB C: drive for the system, a 600 GB D: drive specifically for video, a 100 GB E: drive for music, and then the rest was an F: partition used as a backup for all his documents. 🙂 Look, there’s one big silver lining here... when the system crashes and you have to go through a fresh install, you can just wipe the C: drive. Everything sitting on that second partition stays completely untouched. It's a lifesaver. Just a heads-up here—you really shouldn't be cluttering up your desktop with actual folders. That’s not how it works. You want to keep those folders tucked away on your other hard drives and just leave shortcuts on the desktop instead. It keeps things way cleaner.
...on my end, I have to hit the Z key just to select "Yes"... since the layout won't be properly set for an American keyboard until after the system finishes booting up, I was being a little extra cautious about it...
Hey, is your BIOS version up to date? I think I saw somewhere that older BIOS versions can actually cause some headaches. Also, I’m not even worried about whether the card itself is the v2.0 model or not—just do me a favor and look into it.
...I mean, I highly doubt you actually captured every single BIOS setting... we're talking like 20 different screenshots there... and that's assuming you even used the "Y" key to save them all. You should probably track down someone who actually knows their way around this stuff to take a look...
nimblestag32 said:Why don't you try checking your IP address first, then go ahead and run CCleaner to clear out all your history and cookies? After that, just give your router a quick reset and check your IP again, and you should find that you've been assigned a completely different one...
..Look, even if you reset the router and flip the IP, you’re still going to show up in the same state and probably the same city.
Just a heads-up though—when you heat that electrical tape, it tends to get all gummy and lose its grip. If you can, try to grab some 2-3mm shrink tubing. Slide it onto the wires before you make the connection, then slide it over the joint once you're done
( Honestly, if you swing by a local electrician, they usually have a couple of 4cm scraps lying around from when they were installing ceiling lights 😁 ))
..Well, you solved one part of the puzzle... now if only you could ditch those biases too...
"Radiation? Just stick some plants in a room with Wi-Fi for a while and see what happens? And what about cell towers? It won't hit you immediately, but in the long run........ Look, I'm not risking it, and if anyone else wants to, be my guest."
...As for me, I’ve had a little basil plant sitting just about a foot away from my Wi-Fi router for three years now, and it's doing just fine. If you're actually worried about radiation, go talk to the retirees who spent their entire careers working on transmitters up in the Appalachian Mountains, Mount Rainier, or Castle Rock near high-intensity microwave fields. Don't buy into the hype from people trying to peddle "radiation shields" for your phone using fake data. Honestly, the biggest dose of radiation you'll face—at least 1000 times stronger than everything else you deal with in daily life—is hitting your skin from the sun followed by checking your phone. Any sensor will tell you the same thing.