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by toygua
Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:19 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: two routers on same network
Replies: 9
Views: 8022

Re: two routers on same network

well i think i am on the same page as you. I have read about a wok fi antenna and cantenna in the last few days doing research. The problem is that, when the wok is attached to the usb, how is it connected to the computer? And the laptop that i have does not have a 2.0 usb port. It does have a netwo...
by toygua
Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:49 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: two routers on same network
Replies: 9
Views: 8022

Re: two routers on same network

well there is a straight line of sight of two people look out the windows, they also have a place where you can walk out, lol sorry i dont know what they are called but its a place where apartment buldings have sliding door and you can walk out and there is like 10-20sq ft of room outside to place b...
by toygua
Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:34 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: two routers on same network
Replies: 9
Views: 8022

Re: two routers on same network

well one of the router is netgear wgt624 and the other one is a trend net tew-452brp. well i wanted to have a home network. the set up i believe is kind of simple. I want to share an internet connection for my family. We have rooms that are at the same side but on the opposite ends of the building :...
by toygua
Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:01 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: two routers on same network
Replies: 9
Views: 8022

Re: two routers on same network

how should i configure the 192.168.?.? address to get the two routers connected together?

so far i think that i will need to have both routers using same wep key and same ssid

what else would i need?
by toygua
Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:12 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: two routers on same network
Replies: 9
Views: 8022

two routers on same network

Hello everybody, i have two routers, about 300 ft away from each other and two floors apart, i have a 14db corner hawking antenna connected to one router, and i want to configure both routhers to be on the same network, any idea on how to do this? And i have not had internet set up yet. So i want a ...
by toygua
Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:37 pm
Forum: OFF Topic (ie: nothing about computers)
Topic: upconverting dvd players
Replies: 7
Views: 4567

Re: upconverting dvd players

so do you mean that a computer can upscale the signal for tv? Ideally the resolution that I want is 1080i what my hdtv can support
by toygua
Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:27 pm
Forum: OFF Topic (ie: nothing about computers)
Topic: upconverting dvd players
Replies: 7
Views: 4567

Re: upconverting dvd players

is there any kind of equipment that can upconvert all the input sources that go into the machine?
by toygua
Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:23 pm
Forum: OFF Topic (ie: nothing about computers)
Topic: upconverting dvd players
Replies: 7
Views: 4567

upconverting dvd players

Do upconverting dvd players have the ability to upconvert video that is plugged into its "input", if it has one? What i mean is can an upconvert dvd player upconvert video not on a dvd, and if not, can you tell me what kind of equipment could upconvert any kind of input video though the a/...
by toygua
Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:46 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

If you cant get the PS out, then yes remove the drives, some of the HP, Compaq systems you can remove the entire cage that houses the drives which is nice and easy. :drinkers: Yes i do see a cage but the screws that are holding it in are like, neither philips head or the straight one, not sure what...
by toygua
Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:39 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

i just tried to remove the old power supply from my hp system and there is literally no room to take it out, Ill try to get a picture but it is horrible!! The dvd and cd rw drive are literally next to the psu. And it looks a lot smaller than the psu from my broken emachines computer. Should i try to...
by toygua
Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:41 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

is there a difference between the atx and matx?

and if its atx, it can only be replaced by atx or does it matter if a matx is used to replace it?
by toygua
Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:36 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

The power supply is dead or the motherboard has bad capacitors. I only say bad capacitors as a likely culprit because around the time you bought that PC motherboard manufacturers were using cheap capacitors. http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=5 If you don't see any of this the the power supply pr...
by toygua
Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:24 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

noob question, but what are the capacitors used for?
by toygua
Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:22 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

Ahhh!!!! lol, i just have had another computer that will not boot again. This time it is an older computer than the emachines one; about 2 years older than the emachines computer which is around 3 years old. Yesterday morning, The computer had worked as it should have like the last 5 years and then ...
by toygua
Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:48 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

i was trying to make sure about what type of hard drive enclosure to buy. I found that the 80 gb harddrive was DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra), what does this mean? Is it still a IDE drive and will enclosures saying IDE compatible work with this hard drive?
by toygua
Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:00 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

do you mean that the hard drive died? so it would not be wise to try to make an external hard drive from the dead computer?
by toygua
Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:56 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

how about the different types of hard drives. IDE and etc.. do they require different types of enclosures and how do i find out what type my hard drive is?
by toygua
Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:26 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

can you explain how to set up the external exclosure? and i still am not able to remove the hard drive from my dead computer, seems to be screwed on and i removed the semi-large screw to the case holding the hard drive. There are several more screws covering the case of the hard drive. And for the w...
by toygua
Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:06 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

lol i guess i tried to say too much in one post last time. I read about hard drive enclosures in which you can place a hard drive into this case, and when you connect the cables, etc. Then you can use it as a portable hard drive via a usb 2.0 cable or firewire depending on which type of enclosures y...
by toygua
Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:41 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: computer flickers but will not turn on
Replies: 40
Views: 22659

Re: computer flickers but will not turn on

alright guys, i have been away for a while. So here is what's going on. After reading numorous reports of how the emachines t2682 died in 2-3 years and it is not clear which parts need to be replaced, I started to look for a cheap computer. I saw a best buy newspaper for a compaq sr5010nx windows xp...