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Comment on HowTo: Fix a Broken Netgear GS108 by Chris

Chris — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:54:43 +0000

Unbelievable! Yet another happy capacitor-replaced person here, and the symptoms were *exactly* as Nick stated above. 100 Mbit would connect and work fine. Connect it up to gigabit though, and throughput would be abysmal, in the 2-3 Mbit range.

My switch model was the GS608 v2 specifically, however after opening up the box through a couple torx screws behind the feet on the bottom, the exact same two capacitors were bulging with just a touch of brown corrosion on top. I found it funny that the ‘feet’ weren’t even glued and just unplugged (but stayed tethered!) almost as if they expected people would be pulling these apart to fix them There isn’t any indication that it has been opened even. Not only that, but there was a perfectly good quality capacitor right next to the two crappy caps!

Works beautifully at 1 Gbit now, with great throughput as it should be!

Comment on Totally Seamless SSHFS under Linux using Fuse and Autofs by race

race — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:36:13 +0000

This was a great right up, took me a little bit to get it right, but I finally got it and thank you!

Comment on Howto: Resize Your Own Watch by Holli Johnson

Holli Johnson — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:08:36 +0000

Thanks so much! This worked great for me….I couldn’t find a push pin, so I used my scrabooking “Piercing” tool to get the pin started out, a paper clip to push it out farther, and then a small pair of needlenose pliers to pull it out completely! Used a hammer to tap it back in, just like you recommended. I really appreciate you taking the time to post this helpful set of instructions!

Comment on Howto: Resize Your Own Watch by Bownze

Bownze — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:10:44 +0000

Thanks a million. Was able to resize my son’s Fossil watch I bought him for Christmas. Used an eyeglass screwdriver and the plastic handle of a second screwdriver to tap the pins out. Needed needlenose pliers to pull the pins free. Then used the plastic handle screwdriver to tap pins back in. Worked perfectly, and no stabbed fingers! Thanks!

Comment on Howto: Resize Your Own Watch by O Andreadis

O Andreadis — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:38:04 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to post this very helpful! Perfect!

Comment on HowTo: Fix a Broken Netgear GS108 by Nick

Nick — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:26:05 +0000

Another satisfied customer – my symptoms only showed themselves when the switch was connected to a 1Gb uplink, in 100Mb it was fine. When trying to function at 1Gb speeds the link state light flickers constantly and the network throughput is appalling with a massive amount of collisions on the network (couldnt autonegotiate speed/duplex ?).

Having inspected the PCB, the two capacitors featured were slightly bulged. despite doing a terrible job of removing the failed components, replacing the two capacitors sorted the problem (maplin part DT69A in my case) – another switch kept from landfill ! – thanks!

Nick.

Comment on Howto: Resize Your Own Watch by MRP

MRP — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:45:08 +0000

Very helpful, THANKS

One added idea is that the clasp as adjustment holes also, anyway my Citizen clasp had four holes and a spring pin. All I had to was pop out the pin, move it into the right hole and click, I was done.

Comment on Howto: Resize Your Own Watch by jimmy

jimmy — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:44:08 +0000

got fake rolex. only certain amount of links ca be removed. and its still to big. is there some kind of accessorie. to shorten more. please

Comment on HowTo: Merge Google Calendars Together by kst

kst — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:59:00 +0000

Another trick is to share the calendar with your other gmail account. Both calendars now have the same display of events.

Comment on HowTo: Merge Google Calendars Together by Angela Rose

Angela Rose — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:24:29 +0000

What if you want to combine two google account calendars together?