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Replacement motherboard
Im after a suitable replacement for this mothboard, i ordered it from dabs but in the last few days they have changed the date when they would get any stock in whioch is getting annoying as ive ordered the other bits eg case, ram, hard drive, dvd drive and im missing the board, is there a suitable replacement or do i wait…
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Fed up with my Sony Bravia TV.
I have a 6 month old 40" Sony Bravia KDL 40T2800, and i'm absolutly fed up with it. Why? Well, first off, let me say the TV is in perfect condition, there are no technical faults with it, as an engineer has checked it out. The problem is the quality of the picture. By this i mean that when watching certain types of…
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Help wanted, windows not picking up connections to any network
Hi i am hoping some of you computer wizards out there can help, my husband got an acer laptop last week which had windows vista home basic installed, at the weekend it started to freeze and yesterday he installed vista black. Today he cannot connect to broadband, unless he has the router into the computer, any help greatly…
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ipod repair in the north west area?
Hi there, I have an ipod classic 30gb. The socket where the earphones plug in is faulty and the music comes out of one or neither ear piece intermittently. Took it back to the apple shop, but because it's no longer under warranty, they don't want to know. Only interested in giving me 10% against it on a new ipod. Just…
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Printer review wanted - HP CP1515 laser
Link to Product: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF05a/18972-18972-3328060-3328070-3328070-3422465.html Just wondered if anyone has any experience with this product and whether anyone knows of any generic toners for it. I like the sound of it and trust HP but I want to get a printer that has reasonable running…
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Best value scanner?
Hi I'm about to purchase my first scanner and know nothing about them! I'll mainly be using it to scan receipts - so don't need anything too flash! What sort of price range am I looking at? How cheap could I get one for? Will it work with a laptop? Cheaper to buy online or from a store? Thanks!
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New PC/Mac for web surfing and photo processing
Our laptop is on its last legs (keeps randomly shutting down, possibly due to overheating). I would like to get a new desktop (we don't really need a laptop as it will live in the spare room permanently). I am thinking that given our needs, and because I like them, maybe an Apple machine would be the way forward? Nearly…
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new broadband very slow when on Yahoo Mail??
hi, i recently switched to 10 meg virgin broadband from the free Sky broadband. Overall its a big improvement, but now, every time i log into my Yahoo Mail account, it slows down to the point of stopping. yet its fine on other sites. I had no probs checking my mail when with Sky. Any suggestions how i can fix it? thanks.
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IE problems and how do i fix?
Hi when I tried to log in to MSE today an IE message appeared on the screen saying "restricted sites,warning,signing into this site may mean other can see what you have said"It has never happened before,so what's going on?Also when posting today it all seems a bit weird when I quote someone or try to edit my posts.Could it…
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How to change title of an MSE thread?
I have an old MSE thread and wish to change the info in the title to make it a bit clearer what the thread is about. I have looked at the FAQ's, but can't see how to do it. Is it possible? How do I do it? I have tried to edit the thread title through 'advanced' on the edit facility. It changes on the actual post, but it…
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PC Upgrade help required
OK so the answer is buy a new PC but I'm skint so I'm looking for help. My daughter has a Dell Desktop that I want to add some memory to and also put a wireless card in it. Until recently I was using a Linksys router/receiver for her to access the internet. I've now signed up with sky so I want the desktop to receive the…
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Cannot open files from data DVD - invalid file type error
I have a data DVD which I need to retrieve some files from. When I put it in my DVD drive, autoplay runs fine and the file structure shows up fine. There is a mixture of Autocad drawings, Word documents, pdf's and jpeg's. None of the files will open. The Autocad and Adobe files give 'invalid file type' errors, the Word…
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Mac Powerbook - extra USB ports?
I have a Mac PowerBook G4 which only has 2 USB ports, one i use for my mouse and the other has my Lacie hard drive in it. Neither of the USB ports are powerful enough to run external things i have ie an electrical drawing pad, external hard drive etc I think the USB ports on the newer Mac laptops have enough power to run…
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Vista not booting
Hi Techies Got a problem with vista not loading(not my laptop)gets to the load bar and then nothing just a blank screen :confused: did get it to load once and remove 298 malware items but on reboot it failed .It gives me options when i swtch it on and tells me that there was a hardware failure, safe mode , last known good…
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service pack 3
hi when my computer updates to windows service pack 3 after it has installed i lose one of my user accounts on my computer, the account appears but all the documents and settings are lost the only way of getting them back is doing a system restore does anybody have any ideas how i could solve this problem? thanks
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Free digital camera
I've just found a new free online photography magazine that is giving away a Olympus compact camera to every 100th subscriber. It's called Photo360 and I think the first issue is out on Friday. www.photo360mag.com
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Digital Radio BBC7 Reception Problem Today
Any one else having problems with BBC7 this morning? The reception is very poor but other channels seem fine. I'm in Berkshire.
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Dvd Vcr combi recorder - with Freeview?
I've been trying to research a combi recorder, and am very confused:confused: Basically I want a straightforward model which will convert our old home videoes to dvd, and also to record tv onto dvd (and play any of our old video tapes, of course). I notice that most combi's have Freeview, but we already have a Freeview set…
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Best value PS3 80GB
It seems the 80GB PS3 is consistently priced at £300 across the board although some companies will chuck in a game with that. Does anybody know of any better deals? Or does anybody have any insights into whether the price will drop after Christmas (as it has already come down a fair bit since its original introduction)? It…
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Yet another virus problem!
Hi Hubby was searching the web yesterday for new games to play and managed to get a virus despite having avast up and running. I ran Malwarebytes anti-malware and it cleared about 22 trojans etc! The desktop is still affected though - it's showing all the programme icons but on a background of multicoloured squares. I've…
