2016 ~ Amits IT Blog (Latest Technology News)

Fix an LED Monitor

This is a story of how I was able to fix a broken and long forgotten LED monitor. This is a cheap LG monitor, but I’ve seen this method work on other brands of monitors and I think it is a pretty common problem.

Common Monitor Brands:
LG Monitor
Philips Monitor
Asus Monitor
Acer Monitor
Asus Monitor
Samsung Monitor
Lenovo Monitor
Dell Monitor
BenQ Monitor
ViewSonic Monitor
AOC Monitor

These monitors cost around $200 new, which was a pretty good price at the time. I think the original warranty covered them for a year or two. What ever it was, it failed shortly after the warranty expired, which is typical for many electronics.

I’ve seen several of them fail in the same way, first it starts blinking on and off for a few seconds until it warms up, then works fine. After a few days it starts taking a few minutes to “warm up”, then finally it never stays on and just blinks on and off forever.

After replacing it and forgetting about it on a shelf for months (years?) I wondered how hard it would be to get it working. I did a little googling and found a site where someone said the capacitors in the power circuit often fail and simply replacing them cured the problem. Capacitors are cheap, so I thought, “why not?” and gave it a go.

This monitor wasn’t hard to break in to. First, remove the screws holding on the foot and the back and pop the side clips apart with a screwdriver.

Then there are four screws holding on a cover over the circuit board.

Then you can see the circuit boards. The board on the left is the power board that takes in AC line level voltage and converts it to various voltages to supply the logic board and the back lights. On the right is the logic board that takes the signal from the computer and controls the LED.

Here is a closeup of the section of the power board with the capacitors that will be replaced. It’s hard to tell from this picture, or even in real life, but a couple of them are bulged a little. This is normally a sign of a bad capacitor when the top bulges and sometimes splits. Usually it’s very obvious, but it was very hard to tell with these, so I wasn’t even sure if this would fix my problem, but I tried anyway.

Here are the Capacitors I removed. To find replacements, just look on the sides for the voltage (v) and capacitance (uf) rating, then search for replacements on mouser.com or some other electronic component site.

If you look close you can see these two capacitors are bulged a little. I probably could have gotten away with just replacing these two, but like I said, capacitors are cheap and replacing them all at once is easier than replacing one, put everything back together, test it, take it back apart, replace another one…

Here is a new capacitor next to the two that are bad. Can you tell the difference?

And like magic, after soldering in the new capacitors, and screwing it all back together, I have a monitor that works like new!

Have you repaired a monitor using this method or any other method? Let me know below!

Good luck and happy soldering.

Fix an LCD Monitor

This is a story of how I was able to fix a broken and long forgotten LCD monitor. This is a cheap LG monitor, but I’ve seen this method work on other brands of monitors and I think it is a pretty common problem.

Common Monitor Brands:
LG Monitor
Philips Monitor
Asus Monitor
Acer Monitor
Asus Monitor
Samsung Monitor
Lenovo Monitor
Dell Monitor
BenQ Monitor
ViewSonic Monitor
AOC Monitor

These monitors cost around $200 new, which was a pretty good price at the time. I think the original warranty covered them for a year or two. What ever it was, it failed shortly after the warranty expired, which is typical for many electronics.

I’ve seen several of them fail in the same way, first it starts blinking on and off for a few seconds until it warms up, then works fine. After a few days it starts taking a few minutes to “warm up”, then finally it never stays on and just blinks on and off forever.

After replacing it and forgetting about it on a shelf for months (years?) I wondered how hard it would be to get it working. I did a little googling and found a site where someone said the capacitors in the power circuit often fail and simply replacing them cured the problem. Capacitors are cheap, so I thought, “why not?” and gave it a go.

This monitor wasn’t hard to break in to. First, remove the screws holding on the foot and the back and pop the side clips apart with a screwdriver.

Then there are four screws holding on a cover over the circuit board.

Here is a new capacitor next to the two that are bad. Can you tell the difference?

And like magic, after soldering in the new capacitors, and screwing it all back together, I have a monitor that works like new!

Have you repaired a monitor using this method or any other method? Let me know below!

Good luck and happy soldering.

I get green screen when watching videos, I get sound no picture (Mozilla FireFox)

SOLVE: Try to disable the hardware acceleration in the Flash Player.

>>To disable hardware acceleration in Flash Player:

♦ Go to this Adobe Flash Player Help page.
♦ Right-click on the Flash Player logo on that page.
♦ Click on Settings in the context menu. The Adobe Flash Player Settings screen will open.
♦ Click on the icon at the bottom-left of the Adobe Flash Player Settings window to open the Display panel.

♦ Remove the check mark from Enable hardware acceleration.
♦ Click Close to close the Adobe Flash Player Settings Window.
♦ Restart Firefox.

So here is the ranking of all the Assassin’s Creed games so far. All the 9 games in the main series so far have been ranked from the worst to the best. So here we go:

9. Assassin’s Creed Unity

Unity was launched in 2014. Expectations were very high from this because of the great success of AC Black Flag. Although the game had stunning visuals and interesting assassination missions, the biggest problem was its optimization. Unity had a lot of bugs, glitches and it looked broken. Ubisoft released a 40GB patch for it which is the biggest patch in gaming history. Despite that, issues continued to occur in the game. Another problem was that the French people were speaking in a typical English accent. AC games are known for their accuracy and that’s why this mistake from the developers should not be ignored.

8. Assassin’s Creed Revelations

Revelations was the concluding part in the most loved Ezio trilogy. It was expected to unveil answers to various questions. But what we got was a mess. There were no gamepaly innovations from Brotherhood. The story had some loopholes. The send off to Altair and Ezio was disappointing.

7. Assassin’s Creed Rogue

Ubisoft released AC Rogue and Unity on the same day. This strategy failed miserably. In AC Rogue, you took control of Shay Cormac. It is a direct sequel to AC Black Flag. It wasn’t able to match Black Flag. In this you play the majority of the game as a Templar, which looked interesting but in the end it disappointed all the fans. There was nothing new in it. It was completely rushed, looks like the developer’s weren’t interested in developing it. AC Rogue doesn’t have an identity of its own. It had the shortest story in the series with just 6 sequences.

6. Assassin’s Creed

This was the game that started it all. It had a weird AI and repetitive missions, but you have to look at the time when this game was made. It was revolutionary. Altair was loved by the fans. This genre was like a breath of fresh air.

5. Assassin’s Creed III

This 2012 release is called as a let down by most of the fans. The combat was great and more brutal in AC III. The characters were also interesting. It was the first AC game to introduce naval combats and animal hunting. However, the protagonist Connor was boring and unlikable. The story was disappointing, but this game was a big step for the franchise.

4. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

Syndicate was really a good game. The combat was interesting and redefined for the franchise. The two assassins were lovable and a sense of humour was also added to the plot. There was an absence of Multiplayer mode which was quite surprising. The graphics were great and the setting of Industrial Revolution period was a fun to play. It is a shame that the poor performance of Unity has badly affected its sales.

3. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

Brotherhood was released in 2010 and it was a sequel to AC II. The game had a big open world and interesting missions. The visuals were good. The option of calling your fellow Assassins to your side was a new gameplay feature. It introduced Multiplayer mode for the first time in the franchise.

2. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

Some fans could be enraged after seeing this epic game not on no. 1 spot. It is because AC IV was an excellent pirate game, but not an excellent Assassin’s Creed game. It had elements of Assassin’s Creed. The game is a total gem. The story was great, the setting of the life of piracy injected a much needed freshness into the franchise and there was a great scope for explorations. The level designs were nice. It received a lot of critical acclaim.

1. Assassin’s Creed II

This was literally a no-brainer. AC II is so far the most loved AC game. It is the base of every AC game. AC II was a masterpiece. The storytelling was phenomenal, the setting of Renaissance towns was a joy to explore and it gave us the most charismatic Assassin Ezio. It introduced a new combat, gameplay was enhanced and many fun features were added. This game was released in 2009 and broke all sales records at that time.

So do you agree with our list? What are your favorite AC games? Do you have a different opinion? Do let us know through the comment section.

CMD Command "PING" shows GENERAL FAILURE (FIXED)

Problem

When you are typing on your CMD like this:

ping google.com -t
or,
ping 8.8.8.8 -t

Does it shows like this:

General Failure
General Failure
General Failure
General Failure
General Failure
General Failure

Then How to fix it ?

Yea I know you had done already possible thing that you can do. You have already checked your windows firewall settings, uninstalled and re-installed your network driver. But can't figure it out and getting the same error message as stated above. Okay it's time to get it a shot.

I am sure you are using Antivirus right ?
AVG or McFee or Symentec Norton !

I have tested it with Norton and believe that others will also have the same problem.

It's Antivirus Firewall problem. Somehow it blocked your Lan network allowing to use internet by your browsers. Awkward right ? I know !

Just go to your Antivirus >> Network >> Firewall Option >> Advanced Settings and Then Click on "Firewall Reset"

Okay Now TEST ping using CMD >>>>

OMG ! It's working Right ????

Haha yea, Enjoy pinging your desire site and Have fun !!!

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Windows "Open With" doesn't list a Browsed Program

Problem: When I right click on a file, Open with>Choose Program, a list comes up of available programs to use. When I click on Browse and find the program that I want to use, and click Open, that particular program doesn't appear on the Open With screen. In the past the program that I browsed, used to appear under Other Programs, and I would be able to open my file with that program. Has something got corrupted in my registry? Why am I unable to get any program appear on the screen so I can choose it and open the file with that program?

Solution:
This solutions (compiled from several posts in this thread) worked for me:

It was about another program, but it's not important (Photoshop.exe, for opening *.jpg/ jpeg files).

Go to RUN, then type Regedit , Hit Enter [Enter to the Registry Section]

The problem was that the corresponding --Default-- string from the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Photoshop.exe\shell\open\command pointed to a non-existent path (because I deleted its folder before and re-installed the app in some other place).
(The key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Photoshop.exe\SupportedTypes [suggested as a possible solution to this problem somewhere in this thread] wasn't there, anyway)

I just had to edit the Default string from the above mentioned key to point to the correct location, and that's it!

Important NOTE: If you can not edit this registry keys here or don't understand what to do, Just DELETE the folder "PHOTOSHOP" from Application section. Then Re-Install your Program. That's it, It will surely appear in your open with section now !!!

Photoshop appeared in the Open with programs list at the next right-click on a *.jpg/ jpeg file; I didn't even have to browse again for it - it just appeared there, because it was already in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications registry list and now it had a correct path in the Photoshop.exe\shell\open\command key...

Hope it helps anyone! If have more questions let me know !!!

League of Angels II - Rune Socketing Guide

DON'T PLAY ANY GTArcade Chinese company game. They are shitty chinese people who will give you Pain only and will Loot your money by Thieving.

With the release of Duality Runes, the Relic system in League of Angels II has become even more intricate. Many new strategies have emerged, and some players might need a little guidance to get them started. Learn all about Runes and Socketing strategies in this comprehensive guide!

1. Rune Types

ATK, HP: Two of the most basic stats and essential to every hero. These determine how much damage a hero deals and how much damage that can take before they are defeated, respectively.

DEF: Another basic stat that determines how much damage a hero will take from attacks. Under certain situations it might be preferable to keep DEF low so the hero takes more damage to build Rage quicker. Moira is one such hero.

Agility: Determines how fast a hero can attack. If agility is high enough a hero can even attack twice in 1 round. When two or more heroes get full Rage at the same time, the hero who has the higher agility will cast their ultimate before others.

END: Endurance reduces the chance a hero will be critically hit. For example, Aphrodite’s Stun skill is not effective against heroes with very high END.

Dodge: Determines the the chance a hero will avoid enemy attacks. Dodging an attack will not generate any Rage.

CRIT: Chance for attacks to deal additional damage.

Hit: Determines the chances a hero will hit their targets. This stat is compared to the target’s Dodge stat to determine the outcome.

2. Rune Socket

Which Rune is appropriate on which Hero?

First, ATK and HP runes are must-have for all types of Heroes. Generally, DEF rune is also suitable for all Heroes, but players can decide whether to have them according to the specific situation.

Rune strategies for each Empire:

1. Tempest

♦ Lucas & Alecta: Crit and Hit Runes are recommended. Lucas is known for his deadly Crits, and Alecta is a great assassin who focuses on single target damage. These 2 Runes can increase their chance to kill enemies even faster.

♦ Kay: Agility and Dodge. Kay’s passive skill increasess her Agility and Dodge rate by 20%. So with these 2 Runes to provide more stat bonuses, Kay is able to cast faster than enemies and paralyze the enemy with the highest ATK successfully.

♦ A’ishah: Dodge and END. These 2 Runes help A’ishah to survive longer in battle so she can continue healing others.

♦ Moira: Agility, Hit, and Crit. Moira is an AOE Hero, so she gains Rage faster than others. With Agility Runes, she will gain speed advantage throughout the whole battle. After Moira is augmented to +4 and higher, she will get a new passive skill that increase Crit and Hit rate of the team by 10%. Therefore, Hit and Crit runes make this bonus even better.

2. Celestial

♦ Theresa & Huxley: Crit and Hit (also Agility on Theresa). The key is to make a 1-2 combo, with Theresa attacking first followed immedaitely by Huxley. Theresa will weaken specific targets, then since Huxley targets 2 enemies with the lowest HP, he will attack 2 of the 3 enemies that Theresa just attacked. Use Agility Rune and Relic with Agility stat to adjust Theresa’s Agility to be a slightly higher than Huxley’s.

♦ Liz: Agility and END. Liz is the only Support Hero that can add Rage. Once Liz casts her ultimate, other Heroes can follow up with theirs as well. Use Agility Rune to let her attack faster and END Rune to let survive longer and support other Heroes.

♦ Thera: Dodge and END. Same reasons as A’ishah.

♦ Rei: Crit and Hit. Crit Rune will benefit Rei’s passive skill, which increases Crit by 10%. Hit Rune will increase Rei’s chance to stun enemies.

3. Midas

♦ Lydia & Aphrodite: Crit and Agility. Aphrodite’s normal skill and ultimate skill are focused on Crit. Plus, she can stun the enemy if she Crits. However, the stun can only perform for 1 turn, which means, if the enemy casts faster than Aphrodite, the stun will not be effective anyway. That’s why we pick an Agility Rune to make her cast faster. Same reason to Lydia.

♦ Athena: Agility and END. Athena increases 22% of damage dealt by the entire squad for 2 turns. We need to make sure Athena casts this skill faster than DPS heroes, otherwise this buff will only be effective for 1 turn in fact.

♦ Flora: Crit and Dodge. Crit will increase the amount of HP restored. Flora returns Rage per round, which makes up for lack of Rage caused by Dodge Rune.

♦ Pamela: Crit, Dodge, and END. A Relic with the stat that absorbs damage as HP is preferred. Agility is not that important for Pamela, especially when battling with Heroes like Moira who has ATK buff for the first 2 turns. In a defensive position, Pamela can absorb damage to restore HP, decrease enemies’ Rage, and drag the battle to the third round to gain an advantage.

After reading this comprehensive guide on Runes, we hope players can take advantage of the potential of Runes and discover new strategies. Log into League of Angels II now and customize your Heroes and Relics like never before!