petedk

Lenovo Ideapad 330S

I will try. I'll let you know how it goes

Thanks I'll have a look at the power settings later when I get 10 minutes to myself. My hard reset is holding the power button down for about 20 seconds with the charger disconnected. I actually checked BIOS and drivers for updates before I upgraded, but as the shop installed a new version of Windows maybe I should check again. I stood next the guy for for about 2 hours (I hate when they start changing too many settings) and later when I came back he told me that it would be some time and that he could send the laptop to me. Later, he told me that he had installed a new version of Windows ( together with quite a bit of software that I never use.)

I shut it down via Windows shutdown. When I try to power on , nothing happens unless I do a hard reset.

I wanted to upgrade my laptop by replacing the hard drive with an SSD card and add more RAM and at first planned to do it by myself, but as I had it with me when buying the components I asked the shop to do it for me for 500 Baht. Surprisingly, it took them nearly all day and they re-installed a new copy of Windows plus extra software that I don't need. Anyway, now whenever I start it up I have to do a hard restart, otherwise nothing happens. Any ideas as to why? and what I can do about it. I don't want to spend a whole day going back to the shop just yet.

1. Fully loaded with stone! I watched lorries on a building site near here and when they carried stones or mud they were only half full. 2. Lost its brakes. I hope they find them soon so that the authorities can check as to why they didn't work. 😁

This is an April fool's joke, right?

So suddenly we won't see these huge adverts for soda water any more. I am sure the breweries spend more on promoting soda water than they actually earn on selling it.

I just tried pb.org and as another poster says it leads to a website about a baptist church. But this one works for me : https://thepiratebay.org/

Someone must have informed the police.

I know. I was being sarcastic as these pubs really annoy us. Girls outside screamming and shouting all night long.

It's only places like 7-11 that can't sell alcohol after midnight. Pubs near us are open to 6 or 7 am.

I thought I read in another report somewhere that microbreweries would be allowed or maybe it was just a suggestion.

Why are they facing legal action? The Chinese gamblers near us have a gang of about 10 Thais who all speak Chinese and work as drivers/security guards. At first I thought they were Chinese, but after a little altercation the other evening one of the drivers screamed at me . "I am Thai. This is Thailand" about 20 times. I don't really care about their gambling and prostitution, but they disturb us in many other ways and we often talk about reporting them.

According to Google it is in Nakhon Sawan. The video basically doesn't show anything as it is so blurred and shaky.

Boat accidents or mishaps with foreign tourists are becoming a regular occurrence here. Thai operators are to relaxed regarding maintence and saftey issues.

Don't give up. Just move to Thong Lor.

I retired 2 years ago and since then I have been asked for copies of EVERY page in my pasport when doing my tax returns in order to prove that I have been here more than 180 days.

Uhm... what about respect for law enforcement among Thais?

The media get all their information from the authorities. It's easy to be a journalist in Thailand.

This is crazy. Why always go after the foreigners? There are often groups of Thai people smoking marijuane while sitting utside a restaurant very close to our house causiing either to get a free smoke or closing the windows to keep the smell out. The local win motorcycle guys sat openly smoking it on the street the other day. I guess foreigners have money. 😁

I have just deposited cash into my account as I do a couple of times each month. I presented bank book and pay in slip They didn't ask for passport or ID.

No card withdrawal is great. It means you can use your mobile banking app to withdraw cash at an ATM. I have used it many times.

I am surprised the police even bothered to go to the mall.

I have no idea, but surely a few thousand baht on top of the air fare and hotel expenses isn't much at all.