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Friday, August 31, 2007
I'm so cheesy, I make the French and Italians cry.
~NickChoo
Right you do....
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Learning to hold a conversation is like learning to breath; once you know, you just do it!
Right you do....
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Learning to hold a conversation is like learning to breath; once you know, you just do it!
~Vijay giving me counseling sessions
Haha but the hard part is getting there, no?
LOL at Creative
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Today I got my Creative Zen Micro back from RMA. Vijay knows a guy who knows a guy who's in the Creative company. My Micro has been experiencing head jack problems, the audio only appeared on one side of the earphones and becomes heavily distorted with heavy static noise. I searched thru forums and found out that Creative had problems with the early batches of Micros and this was one of them.
So excited I was to get it back thinking I had my "study companion" back but sitting down and powering up the gadget, I found that the problem was still there! Heck, this unit was there for about a week and the problems is still not fixed. Ugghh...so "putus stim" man...
Then I got home and searched for a solution and to my delight found some guides to repair my unit. So being an engineer...ahem...and trying to act macho...ahem....I chose to take the risk and do it myself.
Ingredients:
- Creative Zen Micro mp3 player
- Micro philips screwdriver
- Tesco flyer
- Soldering iron (optional)
- Good amount balls to pry the player open
First thing I had to do was to pry open the player. I was trying to be really careful so that I don't destroy any last hopes of fixing me player. Getting the interface and casing apart was a bitch, had to exert some force to push it out. My palms was sweaty and fear of screwing up is in the air~
Done! My player disrobed :D
The mainboard...naked..and we don't need that
This is what I'll be fixing
Or more precisely, screw the board off the casing and this is what I'll be fixing
Next step, tear a small piece of paper from a Tesco flyer and fold it to six layers..
....and place it on the metal casing of the headjack and screw it back on
Another guide says to solder the points connecting the headjack port to the board but I was lazy and went with the folded paper solution. If ever the problem resurface, I'll probably solder it then.
And that's it. Reassembled the player and tested the player. Worked like magic. The audio was clear on both channels and no static distortion present.
I officially fixed my own player!
Wohoo! Now that was self empowering :D I'm listening to it while I construct this post. It only took 30mins for me to fix this while the dudes at Creative held on to my player for a
week without getting it fixed...another example of "if you want it done, do it yourself". Now I'm thinking of getting some good IEMs or in-ear-phones, like this.
I referred to these sites for the guides to doing this right, in case anyone else is facing the same problem.
Now that it's fixed time to head to the library with a new set of songs and study! Hopefully :x
week without getting it fixed...another example of "if you want it done, do it yourself". Now I'm thinking of getting some good IEMs or in-ear-phones, like this.
I referred to these sites for the guides to doing this right, in case anyone else is facing the same problem.
Now that it's fixed time to head to the library with a new set of songs and study! Hopefully :x
The only thing is, these 2 clips fell out...any I have no idea where they belong. Hopefully the player doesn't die on me later D:
Interesting
Monday, August 27, 2007
Basically testing out the new blogger video function.
Two videos pops sent me. Kinda interesting I suppose. Oh well have fun.
Parrot Fish
Sunday, August 26, 2007
So Calvin "baba" Chow, Ah Hua and his girlfriend Amy, and Addy Chan all went over to Addy's girlfriend, Yen's house because her kitchen is the best equipped.
The parrot fish I've been told wonderful stories about
Parrot fish is a reef fish and comes in many colours, including purple and green. Really different from your average market fish. I was told it's even more colourful when alive. I think I've seen this fish while vacationing in Redang before.
Baba told me to start taking pics and this is almost everyone
Girls doing their thing..Amy on the left, Yen on the right
The girls told us to leave the kitchen and let them handle everything. So what did the guys do?
Watch tv and camwhore.
Macam old men talking business while their wives toil in the kitchen
Then we camwhored for abit
And the food was ready!
Better view of our beloved fish
We ate and ate until there was nothing left
A little souvenir of the parrot's beak haha
Watch tv and camwhore.
Macam old men talking business while their wives toil in the kitchen
Then we camwhored for abit
And the food was ready!
Better view of our beloved fish
We ate and ate until there was nothing left
A little souvenir of the parrot's beak haha
The fish was great, flaky and is best stimmed. The meat is extraordinarily white. Certainly different.
Some stuff about this group of people. The guys are all my classmates in the same major. The all have girlfriends and the girlfriends all know each other and they hang out together. I call them the couple club. Whenever they get together they would call me along, sometimes I feel like "tiang lampu" haha but their girlfriends are also very friendly. They all know me by name. See, why can't some girlfriends be like them *cough*
Off-topic
My autumn desktop set up. Mighty smexy (smelly+sexy) I must say~
Some stuff about this group of people. The guys are all my classmates in the same major. The all have girlfriends and the girlfriends all know each other and they hang out together. I call them the couple club. Whenever they get together they would call me along, sometimes I feel like "tiang lampu" haha but their girlfriends are also very friendly. They all know me by name. See, why can't some girlfriends be like them *cough*
Off-topic
My autumn desktop set up. Mighty smexy (smelly+sexy) I must say~
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