Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #197 – Remember Jak The Bomb?
John Monaghan joins us tonight to talk about fixing computers as well as gaming systems.
Announcements
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Repairs
- A Toshiba with a Cracked LCD Screen with spyware infestation.
- Computer with a weird problem, all icons on desktop didn’t worked, even if they where visible, fixed with a re-format
- “The Smartest man doesn’t know all the answers, but knows where to find them”
- Jak talks about using a leaf blower to blow the dust off a desktop. Use a 120mph
- A PS3 with a blueray drive problem, using the spare part KES 400A laser from ebay
- An HP Pavilion Desktop, with random error messages poping up, even after a re-install and a disk change (after a scandisk). Tried changing the motherboard with a Generic and it didn’t boot up, after it he tried with the Intel motherboard and the problem was fixed.
Topics Discussed
- Jak talks about the apps he installs on new PCs and recommends a website:ninite.com
- Talk about 8-track tapes, and LP disks
- Talk about how youtube bans some videos because they use copyrighted audio.
- Talk about the music business
- Internet is killing the TV, how much longer?
- Jak talks about his bad luck with the iphones, and other electronics.
Tips and Tricks
- Use a pencil to clean out contacts, not any solvent or anything
- Software: Use Auslogic Disk Defrag, and Ccleaner.
Emails and Voicemails
- Email by Jak himself, titled: Thermo paste is a problem: Use Arctic Silver 5instead of the regular thermo paste.
- Door to Door Geek: Recommends using SUPERAnti spyware and it’s Online Scanner and Steve recommends also using Malwarebytes
- Door to Door Geek: Question about password cracking, talks about a softwareKon Boot Jak uses Log in Recovery
- Door to Door Geek: Question about the files after doing a file check.
- Paul from little dog tech: Recommends Wix which is a flash based web creator, but careful you won’t have search optimization!
- Ernie asks what’s an estimated guess of income for having your own shop, Steve says about $300-500 daily if you’re alone.
- Larry points out several links to Uninstall the U3 partition from the USB drive.
- An article about Comcast trying to do their own hand at removing spyware/adware
- Monty (fat geek): Upgrading norton to norton 2010, antivirus and internet security
- Rod: About the 802.1 a(5.4GHz) and g(2.4GHz) standards (1, 6, 11 Non interference channels for G standard)
You can contact Jack via email and his website
Thanks and out! -click-
Notes by Luis Perez from GeekForce Guatemala
