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Advice building PC ..... internal Audio CD cable (4pin) is it important?
Hi folks, Currently I am fretting a little over my new PC build. Motherboard is in, CPU done etc .... now I am doing the rest of the internal cards ie Gfx Sli setup + TV card. I am leaving most of the cable connections till the end and only doing the ones that are critical or become awkward because of the installation of…
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I think I need a digitiser?
i need to connect an old camcorder and also vcr to my pc or laptop what's the cheapest way please?
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DVD Burner querie please
Ive just bought another dvd burner to work alongside another one and they are both the same brand but differant models, the problem i had was when i went to burn a back up with the new burner and at 8 speed it took 19 mins so i tryed again with the older one and it took 8 mins at the same speed etc, so i took it back to…
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Laptop Help Please!!
Laptop Help Please!! Hi Guys Just turned on my laptop and it is not powering up Screen is black except for top left hand corner it says: CPU SPEED = 1500MHz Inter Processor Update Rev 020h Complete L2 Cache: 1mb installed Checking Boot CD-ROM beside the word ROM there is a flashing cursor Any thoughts to get up and running…
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aol broadband
hi can anyone give me some advice me and my sister have both got wirless laptops but the problem is we have to take it in turns to use the net is there anyway we can both use the net at the same time ?
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Sky+
Hi. We are thinking of stopping sky because we are cutting back. We have a sky + box and want to know if we can still use its functions and if not, is there a way that we can because we have paid for it and are a bit naffed that we can't use it's record facilities etc for the free channels that we will have left.xx
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What do you think of this mp3 player
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/PROD/291/375/-/1102020/-/Product.html?searchtype=genre&add=1102020 do you think it will be ok/ it is for my hubby to use when he is on his push bike.
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How do i allow pop ups?
I'm trying to look at Big brother website C4, but i can't see the moving pictures of the housemates at the top of the page. I'm using my new laptop you see and i'm on Windows XP home edition. I'm used to XP proffessional you see.
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Sat Nav....advice needed
Hi I need to buy a portable sat nav system. I know next to nothing about them and any advice would be welcome. I have a budget of around £250, been looking at Tom Tom and Navman but need some proper advice on which is the best value for money. I will only be using it for driving in this country. So if anyone out there can…
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Need help. URGENT. Can't find anything!
I just typed one of these but it has disappeared. I am a newbie and having problems locating threads I was contributing to yesterday/day before etc. There must be an easy way - there is surely!! I see that I have been thanked five times but don't know what for, except one post, and don't know how to find out what the…
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Student PC
Hi, I'm back off to uni this year and my younger brother has stolen my PC. A friend has found me this for £370 inc Vat and Delivery: Dimension 8300 Pentium 4 3.4GHz/512k/800FSB 2048MB (4x512) Dual Channel DDR400 500GB Total HDD's 250 GB EIDE Hard Drive, SATA (7,200 RPM)250 GB Hard Drive, SATA, RAID (7,200 RPM) 16x DVD…
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mac address?
Hi I have noticed that people when changing broadband provider are having to get a "mac address" from their current provider. Can anyone tell me what a mac address is and why you would need one if changing provider? Many thanks Sue
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Freeview Aerials
HI I wanted to put free veiw box in my sons room but do not have a built in ariel there, is there a strong portable that can pick it up the channels, I have tried his normal ariel but not good enough. Also my loft ariel which goes to the lounge room down stairs picks up free veiw on a tv that has it already installed but…
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voyager modem 105 same settings as netgear dg834g (aol)
Hi there, I posted earlier about trouble connecting to aol through netgear router. As I can connect through voyager 105 I find it a bit confussing as to why router doesn't work. aol live help are sending me another netgear as they think this one may be faulty, but all lights on router are lit ok (power dsl) user name and…
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Lost Pics
Hi my kids have been playing on my computer and somehow deleted my pics and some files, how can i get them back, they have deleted everything, in the recycle bin it`s empty where could they have gone, any help thanks in advance jamesy
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OE compression
When closing OE I get the message, "To free up disc space, OE can compress messages" Does this mean my e-mails are not actually deleted when I delete them? Is there any advantage to this, apart from the obvious and why can't I remove the deleted message that I am assuming are cloging up my disc space? If so how would I do…
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e-mails something to do with US Stockmarket
is anyone else getting weird e-mails that are something to do with US stocks and shares? I had some a while back then loads, then nothing for ages now 1 most days for the last week, can anyone shed any light on them?
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problem with plantronics audio 90 skype headset
HiI have the above headset and everytime i try and make a call via skype I soundlike a dalek to the other person.I have tried changing the settings under volume but to no avail.When I listen to music etc through the headset it is fine, but when I talk it is not so good even when I do the "Test hardware" under "sound and…
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DAB help please!
this is my first post, not quite sure if this is the right place but maybe someone can help me i have a DAB radio it was working fine and I could get all the stations I wanted then overnight it said on its display 'service not available' l left it for a few days tried again, same thing, :confused: went away for a week…
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Wanted: Cheap computer speakers
My speakers have just blown and are now all distorted so need to get some new ones. Does anyone know of any decent offers on them at the mo? I need semi-decent ones as I play music almost constantly but would rather not spend much more than about £20
