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Battery life of wireless doorbell by Ziggy
What is the approximate battery life of the receiver of a wire free door chime? For the sake of argument, let's say the unit is used very little and the receiver does not have a light. {Here are some sample products from Argos http://tinyurl.com/2sb3r9}
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January 25th 07 04:17 PM
by kony Go to last post
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Hardware problem by Maurice Batey
Looking for a good newsgroup to help me diagnose a weird hardware problem with my 3-year old desktop. If this is not it, could someone recommend one, please? (Inconsistent symptoms, but machine always locks up within 4 minutes of cold power up, regardless of which operating system is being...
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November 6th 07 05:40 PM
by Maurice Batey Go to last post
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On-Board Sound or Sound Card? by Halmyre[_2_]
I've just bought an Asus motherboard which has on-board sound (SoundMAX ADI AD1986A). However, I'm scrapping an old PC which has a PCI Creative SB Live 1024 card - would this give a better quality than the on-board sound? -- Halmyre What in Swansea are going on here?!
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December 3rd 07 08:02 PM
by CBFalconer Go to last post
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WIll I be OK with an AMD64 3400+? by Emperor's New Widescreen
I am about to buy a new system and I am lookinig at an AMD64 3400+ mainly cos I think it will use a bit less power than an Intel option. Am I likely to have any regrets? Are there any issues I should be aware of. I am not a gamer, just a surfer, biggest CPU usage will be stuff like video, ie .wmv...
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February 24th 06 09:09 PM
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disabling a computer for security purposes by Perdition
I'm looking for a method to quickly disable a computer without having to handle the hardware such as physically removing a heatsink. The method should be a valid failsafe which can be executed quickly. A possibility would be through BIOS or a script to disable the heatsink or something else...
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June 2nd 06 12:43 AM
by John McGaw Go to last post
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Wi-Fi Ranges by Neil[_2_]
So, I was at the local sandwich shop last night, and I noticed I was able to pick up a signal from a local T-Mobile hotspot, which I have an account with. It was only one bar out of five. But I was able to connect to it and surf the web without any problems. I then looked up the hotspots in the...
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January 10th 08 11:46 AM
by Neil[_2_] Go to last post
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Is this HD on its way out...? by Kenneth
Howdy, About three weeks ago, when I tried to open a file on a 250 gig WD drive, I got the error "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." Based on what I read about that error, I decided that my best bet was to re-format the drive. After the format, I put it back into service, and...
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December 19th 07 12:19 AM
by CBFalconer Go to last post
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Is the keyboard hot pluggable? by Peter Olcott
Can the keyboard be safely unplugged, and plugged back in with the power turned on?
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January 15th 08 08:56 PM
by Franc Zabkar Go to last post
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Page File size - I've been thinkinig. by Lord Turkey Cough
Was wonderinig what to set that too, I set it a while back to 10 gig :O) reason being I have piles of spare disk space so I thought "I might as well make use of it!!" Any I returned to the issue recently as I was a bit concerned about performance. More page file needed I thought :O| However upon...
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October 31st 07 01:18 AM
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Building a new PC. Any comments on these parts? by ShadowTek[_5_]
It's time for a new build, and I'd like to keep costs under $400 or $500. I've made a few selections from NewEgg, and I'll be glad to hear any comments or suggestions anyone has. I'll start off by listing what I currently have: Motherboard: MS-7093 (v1.X) M-ATX Mainboard It's a micro-ATX socket...
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September 30th 09 07:16 AM
by Stefan Patric[_2_] Go to last post
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Replace magnetic with optical by Radium[_2_]
Hi: Why do hard disc drives use magnetic discs? Since non-volatile flash RAM chips are not yet feasible for HDD- substitution, why not replace the magnetic platters with optical ones that use 400 nm lasers to write, read, erase, and re-write data? Optical platters using 400 nm lasers would...
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April 13th 07 01:46 PM
by Paolo Gaiardelli Go to last post
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Grinding Power Supply? by PawsForThought
When I first start my computer, there is a grinding/vibrating noise that sounds like it's coming from the power supply. It's not a constant noise but rather it comes about every 10 to 15 seconds. Once the computer is warmed up, the grinding noise goes away. I was hoping it was the case fan so I...
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October 9th 03 04:33 PM
by kony Go to last post
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System freezing up by ruthlezz_1
Help! My system freezes up periodically and I cannot figure out why. It seems to happen most often when playing games on the internet. I am running: AMD XP 2800 Barton w/ 266 fsb Biostar M7NCD MOBO PowerColor 9250 256MB Video Card 512 MB RAM PC333 Windows XP Pro SP1
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January 4th 07 10:57 AM
by James Brown Go to last post
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Seagate Hard Drive question.. by atec 77
lynx wrote: G'day all. I'm hoping that someone can shed some light regarding noise with a Seagate drive. I have just purchased a ST3250820AS 250gb SATA drive. (info he- http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,761,00.html ) This drive is supposed to...
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September 25th 06 03:00 PM
by Gary R. Schmidt Go to last post
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Broken motherboard or CPU? by [email protected]
I had to remove the water cooling kit from a Socket939 machine but the CPU came off with the water cooling CPU block because of the sticky paste while the lever was still down, it looks like the pins are not broken or bent and fits in again with the old heatsink on top of it. Result: 1) Turn on...
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July 29th 06 01:20 AM
by Logan Go to last post
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Random Access Tape? by [email protected]
In article , Carl Pearson wrote: Howdy, Group, Been having a conversation with this guy regarding tape vs disc. He asked if a hard or floppy disk was more like a tape recorder, or a record player. Neither. A tape recorder...
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December 4th 05 11:03 PM
by Steve O'Hara-Smith Go to last post
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Raptor or SCSI - Which is going to perform the best? by Marc Brown
The question isn't as pointless and rhetorical as it may seem. A friend of mine can't get over the cool factor of his shiny new Raptor. I, on the other hand, have been investigating SCSI as my storage platform of choice. In both cases, gaming is the target application. In researching SCSI...
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September 30th 04 12:46 AM
by Ron Reaugh Go to last post
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I was hoping somebody could help me with this problem... by Vassago
I was hoping somebody could help me with this problem... Last night I left the computer running as it was backing up a DVD. This morning I found the PC on with the monitor on stand-by and the DVD-RW Drive open. I turned the monitor off and the on again hoping it would start but no luck. I turned...
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May 11th 04 04:27 AM
by Cainman Go to last post
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Faulty fans: dust or bearings? by S.Boardman
I have a MSI KT Ultra motherboard (VIA KT333 chipset) and an Athlon XP 2100. Normally this pc is running SETI 24/7. However, recently, on the occasional reboots, the alarm sounds because one or both of the fans are either not going round, or too slowly. Sometimes the CPU fan just takes a while to...
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October 16th 03 10:34 AM
by S.Boardman Go to last post
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How do I compare CPU speed versus number of cores for performance? by Danny D'Amico
How would you compare dual-core 1.5GHz versus quad-core 1.0GHz for performance? (Windows 8, touchscreen) My sister asked me whether it's better to get the ASUS X200CA-HCL12050 or the Dell Inspiron i3135-3750slv inexpensive $300 laptops. Looking at the specs, the main difference seems to...
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February 7th 14 11:17 PM
by charlie Go to last post
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