@Drakaen391 Pins #2 and #4 can be used to input power without usb power or run devices with usb power so you have two to choose from. There are even more grounds.

Pins # 1 and #17 are 3V power outputs. I used those instead of the 5V because they would run the fan slightly slower which meant quieter fans as I didn't like the noise.

A little update about this situation.

I've contacted my ISP and i can't seem to switch out the modem. They sent me some firmware updates, which also didn't help. The solution they offered me was, buying an external WiFi adapter or hookup a router to the modem. Both options are out of the question for me.

But now something I can't put my head around. As said previously most of times i get speed under 1 Mbit/s, but as soon I transfer files over to the pi by SFTP i get much better speeds (atleast 5 Mbit/s stable). This proves there is nothing wrong with the signal or antenna in my case.

@kevinshope You could disable the onboard Wifi from the rpi-config utility, reboot and then re-configure to make sure that it's the Wifi dongle that's getting used all the time.

@silicongraphics

Hi, no I never found a way to do this except using a type of Cron job to pop the machine into sleep at a specified time every night, just in case I forgot to press the power button on the machine to put it into standby or manually shut down ES. The Cron thing I tested about 6 months back but I cannot remember if it fully worked. I will pick it back up at some point in the near future as I've not played with the machine for a while.

If anyone has any idea how I can make ES obey the Ubuntu OS sleep settings while sat on the system select menu that would be awesome.

@akafox we were talking about the x86 build running on a PC, which if left on 24/7 consumes too much power and the system fans will keep running. The screensaver just dims the screen so isn't applicable here. Having ES obey the OS sleep settings would be good if you forgot to press the power button on the machine to sleep, shutdown manually via ES or whatever. I know with a Pi you can just leave it on 24/7 because of low power consumption, and this is fine, but using a PC there is a different requirement.

Cheers