So, that's why the wireless isn't working well

Rob Williams · 12-25-2012, 04:28 PM

http://i.imgur.com/F1yGP.jpg

Seen this on Reddit.

DarkStarr · 12-26-2012, 01:58 PM

twas bluetooth but still, what kind of company pulls this trickery?

madmat · 12-26-2012, 02:10 PM

Dishonest companies.

Tharic-Nar · 12-26-2012, 05:57 PM

Should see some of the stunts pulled by USB chargers and car power adapters. Horrendously dangerous devices - no filtering, no regulating, no fuses. It's not just people being stupid and buying cheap adapters, though that doesn't help, it's companies supplying high value devices with these dangerous adapters.

With the above, you've been duped by a fake antenna, that's not so bad. At least it wasn't a power charger that overloads the battery and starts a chemical fire and burns down your car/house.

Yes, I have a big gripe with power adapters/converters...

RainMotorsports · 12-27-2012, 11:47 AM

Some people have serious issues with buying anything that doesn't have a big adjustable external antenna. Guess they wanted to dress up to solve those fears

Its a bluetooth adapter, meta-material antenna's are standard equipment aren't they?

12-25-2012, 04:28 PM	#1
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12-26-2012, 05:57 PM	#4
Tharic-Nar Techgage Staff Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,152	Should see some of the stunts pulled by USB chargers and car power adapters. Horrendously dangerous devices - no filtering, no regulating, no fuses. It's not just people being stupid and buying cheap adapters, though that doesn't help, it's companies supplying high value devices with these dangerous adapters. With the above, you've been duped by a fake antenna, that's not so bad. At least it wasn't a power charger that overloads the battery and starts a chemical fire and burns down your car/house. Yes, I have a big gripe with power adapters/converters... __________________ PSU: Corsair 1000HX - Case: Thermaltake Xaser VI Full Tower - CPU: Intel Core i7 2600 @3.8GHz - Cooler: Thermaltake FRIO - Motherboard: ASUS P67 Sabertooth - Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP Arctic 1600 - GPU: 2x AMD Radeon HD 5870 - HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB 6Gb/s - Audio: ASUS Xonar DX + Corsair HS1 USB Headset K/B: Corsair K90 - Mouse: Corsair M60 - Monitor: DELL U2410 - Speakers: Corsair SP2500 - Headset: Corsair HS1A - Mic: Blue Yeti USB Microphone - I need Fiber to fix my Irregular Bandwidth Syndrome -

12-27-2012, 11:47 AM	#5
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