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30 August 2004 at 5:12AM in Techie Stuff

Fix It! - Hardware

How do I upgrade my computer?

Make your computer last longer before upgrading

Connecting Sky, VCR & DVD to TV?

Laptop won't come on

How do I dispose of old PC?

TFT flickering

*How to clean laptop screen?*

*Dead pixels on Aldi Medion 17"*

* Full of info:-Hard drive needs cleaning up*

*PC Fix it/Tune up Utilities software*

*Unable to defrag my computer*

* Computer will/won't shut down*

* Memory leakage*

Links do not work below this line

Help with my iPAQ

Win 98 error message on boot up

Kernel memory

Why this noise when I switch on?- Computer

Primary drive 0 not found- on new Dell

PC problem - monitor won't come on

Floppy drive problem

USB memory stick thing

Computer screen not working

A modest upgrade?

Help, USB ports damaged

PC speakers popping

New hard drive can't find modem

Is my hard drive dead?

Help with Tiny wireless keyboard and mouse

Memory-what have I got?

USB problem

RUNDLL error message

VHS to hard drive/DVD advice wanted

HP Scanner, please help

Startup problem

Harddrive problem

Adding second hard drive

USB pen with XP

How do I change keyboard from US layout to UK?

Help-I am unstable!

Getting picture from monitor to display on TV?

Wanted fast! 12v to 240v converter

My PC's playing up, please help

How to fix a laptop?

Computer memory...2x256 or 1x512?

Where do I dump an unwanted broken monitor?

Formatting hard drive

I'm leaving now.....I may be some time

Is my hard drive dead and other such questions

LCD gone dark. Any ideas?

Hard drive buffer

Torgwen..........

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Fran Posts: 11,280 Forumite

1 October 2004 at 7:30PM

Buy It! - Hardware.

Advice on buying a new pc

Buying Dell pc

Dell Laptops

*Pentium 4 or Celeron?*

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Cheap base unit

gps - on a laptop

Modems

Best gaming laptop

Which memory stick?

SATA 160/200Gig 8Meg Cache drives? Where from?

ajp 5600p laptop charger power supply advice

Mobile Athlon/Mobile Celeron - pro's & con's

TV for use with PC

Pocket PC

Lost laptop power lead

Need BT voyager 10 modem

Noisy Dell!

17 flat screen monitor - which one?

Laptop or desktop

What computer & digital camera for beginner

Best memory for my Dell C840?

Ipaq- what is it?

Which computer for a small business?

Laptop processors

Motherboard graphics card compatability

Laptop batteries

AMD or Pentium?

Advice for new laptop please

Colour lazer printer

Cheapest/Easiest way to home network

Firewire-what is it

Faxes without a fax machine

New computer buying help- DVD/CD drives

Need a new keyboard

I have some computer hardwares for sale

Hunt for cheap USB Flash Drives (pen) 256 or 512

What do I buy? - Computer

DSL Modem problem

All in one pc's

TFT monitors-best place

My computer just blew up

Cable broadband wireless router

Which Motherboard

TFT monitor that will connect to a vcr

Free software and cheap computers

New pc

Torgwen.......... ...........
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