Re: [WISPA] OT computer issue
Cold solder joint some where. Phil On Friday, February 21, 2014, Heith Petersen he...@mn-wireless.com wrote: I have a long standing customer that recently bought a PC from best buy. He kept telling me he would lose signal from his Air Router. So he came to my office and I set him up with a Pico station. Worked good at first then failure. So I talked with him at night. His PC couldn't see the Pico 10 foot away but his phone and laptop were on it all the way across the house. The room where this PC is in gets cold at times, but when he turns up the heat it starts to work. Geek Squad said there is nothing wrong with the box, but if he takes a hair dryer to his PC wireless starts to work after it warms up wireless starts to work. Bad Motherboard? heith ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] OT computer issue
Geek Squad said anything holds absolutely zero weight when troubleshooting. Just get a PCI or PCIE card with wifi and slap it in. Or a USB adapter. Charge labor for the install, too. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Phil Curnutt pcurn...@gmail.com wrote: Cold solder joint some where. Phil On Friday, February 21, 2014, Heith Petersen he...@mn-wireless.com wrote: I have a long standing customer that recently bought a PC from best buy. He kept telling me he would lose signal from his Air Router. So he came to my office and I set him up with a Pico station. Worked good at first then failure. So I talked with him at night. His PC couldn't see the Pico 10 foot away but his phone and laptop were on it all the way across the house. The room where this PC is in gets cold at times, but when he turns up the heat it starts to work. Geek Squad said there is nothing wrong with the box, but if he takes a hair dryer to his PC wireless starts to work after it warms up wireless starts to work. Bad Motherboard? heith ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] OT computer issue
On 2/21/2014 1:53 PM, Heith Petersen wrote: I have a long standing customer that recently bought a PC from best buy. He kept telling me he would lose signal from his Air Router. So he came to my office and I set him up with a Pico station. Worked good at first then failure. So I talked with him at night. His PC couldn't see the Pico 10 foot away but his phone and laptop were on it all the way across the house. The room where this PC is in gets cold at times, but when he turns up the heat it starts to work. Geek Squad said there is nothing wrong with the box, but if he takes a hair dryer to his PC wireless starts to work after it warms up wireless starts to work. Bad Motherboard? Does it have an external antenna? Sometimes those connectors break; it looks like it's attached but it's not making electrical contact. I had that happen on a Buffalo client bridge. Futzing with the antenna fixed the signal. Since temperature can make things expand or contract, that could be where the loose connection is. If it's a laptop with an internal antenna, never mind... but if it is the kind whose back can be unscrewed, WiFi is usually on an easily replaceable mPCI card. -- Fred R. Goldstein k1io fred at interisle.net Interisle Consulting Group +1 617 795 2701 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] OT computer issue
yeah, we will get him one if need be. I have not had that issue before, just thought it was funny to fix it with a hair dryer From: Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 1:05 PM To: WISPA General List Cc: Heith Petersen Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT computer issue Geek Squad said anything holds absolutely zero weight when troubleshooting. Just get a PCI or PCIE card with wifi and slap it in. Or a USB adapter. Charge labor for the install, too. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Phil Curnutt pcurn...@gmail.com wrote: Cold solder joint some where. Phil On Friday, February 21, 2014, Heith Petersen he...@mn-wireless.com wrote: I have a long standing customer that recently bought a PC from best buy. He kept telling me he would lose signal from his Air Router. So he came to my office and I set him up with a Pico station. Worked good at first then failure. So I talked with him at night. His PC couldn’t see the Pico 10 foot away but his phone and laptop were on it all the way across the house. The room where this PC is in gets cold at times, but when he turns up the heat it starts to work. Geek Squad said there is nothing wrong with the box, but if he takes a hair dryer to his PC wireless starts to work after it warms up wireless starts to work. Bad Motherboard? heith ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
