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Bought a 3G modem from him. Received it and it's in 100% working condition. Thanks!

BUMMER!! So I've just been doing some research on this monitor and found this thread on the Official Dell forums:- 2407WFP-HC Ghosting/Shadowing issues... Apparently this happens on all "-HC" monitors. This is indeed very sad! So now I'm not sure what to do. From the video it doesn't look ...

Thanks! Gonna see if I can check out some 24" LCDs at rAge. But I definitely wanna get the 24".

Hi guys, Not sure if this should go under off topic or here. Althought it is a HDTV. Well I need to get myself a new monitor. My 19" CRT is starting to die on me. So I was thinking 24" widescreen LCD - the Dell 2407WFP-HC. Anyone got this LCD or know of someone who has? Or know if there ar...

A newish British series called "The FoneJacker" - pretty damn funny. Here's the wiki . Check it out. Funniest skits are:- How much you selling your PSP for? 42MB Internet Service Providings the Servicings. Do you have Joovc Doovde Player? Your monies need to be pressed and steamed How much...

Even though Seagate are a little louder than some other drives...ONE HUGE reason I stick with Seagate is because of their 5 year warranty. I've had 2 hard drives that have failed in the past 4 months. Both were about 2 years old....went to StoreGate...got them swapped out for new drives....no proble...

Hi, I am going to be upgrading my PC soon and need some advice on what new power supply to get as I'll be upgrading my graphics card and not sure how much power it needs and my total system usage. System Specs currently:- Pentium D 930 3.0GHz 768MB DDR2-533 RAM ATI Radeon 9550 1 SATA HDD 1 IDE HDD 1...

I am still using AGP. I want to buy a new AGP card. New directX 10 AGP cards have been released, Radeon 2000 series (apparently, these cards rival and better most PCI cards). Does anyone know where I can buy in SA? No one seems to stock. Is SA still a backwater country? Someone change my mind. Also...

Thanks for the tip Jesus!! I'll be sure to rush out and purchase a new copy to use just for one weekend.

Lock it up dude...this is becoming all too "illegal".

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OK, so I've found out the Steam backup keeps your username and CD-Key details. So I can't use my recent backup of steam with the new PC, I will have to install from scratch and update from scratch. If I create a new user account and use an "alternate" CD-Key, will I be able to install Stea...

Well they are, but I suppose I can disable the disable the ad-hoc profile to the main computer and just create a new ad-hoc profile between the two computers. Um another question I have about Steam. I've already got a recent backup of my Half-Life 2 from my laptop, with all the latest patches and al...

Thanks for the replies. The only games I want to play are UT2004, Doom 3, Quake 4 and Half-Life 2. Nothing else. Can anyone answer my Q about the Steam issue? Should I get another Key and register a new username? Does Steam keep a database of all the illegal keys out there, and blocks them from onli...

Hi, This might seem like a dumb question (and I’m wording it in a dumb way), but I thought I’d ask and get some input. So I’ve got the original CD/DVDs of a few games. UT2004, Doom 3, Half-Life 2, Quake 4. All bought and originals and all installed on my laptop. Now I’ve got another machine that is ...

Hi Rayne, That's what I'm trying to get mine to say them. Ultra DMA 6. So I'm not sure if it's a hardware issue....or if it's a software issue. That's what I'm trying to figure out. As I said, my desktop also says the same thing, UDMA-5, when my motherboard and HDDs supports PATA-133, and I'm using ...

I haven't had the same problems as you have had, but I've found MSN 7.5 particularly slow in some cases. I'm using 7.5.0324, and especially when I'm webcaming with friends and family overseas, it sucks up alot of resources. My PC Specs are P4 3.4GHz, 1GB RAM, Radeon 9700. MSN has crashed on me a few...

I see this under Device Manager -> Primary IDE Channel -> Advanced Settings Tab.

But I also downloaded and installed AIDA32, which tells that that this drive supports Ultra DMA 6, but Ultra DMA 5 is currently active.

Let me know what you come up with?

Thanks,
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Hi all, I wonder if anyone can assist me in my quest for SATA150 speeds on my new SATA hard drive, cause I’ve been searching high and low on the net for some kind of help on this matter. I’ll try and give as much information as possible. I’ve recently purchased a new Seagate 300GB SATA hard drive (S...

Anakha56: I tried that, same thing. So I went out and bought a AC/DC adapter and it still doesn't work. The drive requires 5V. The AC/DC adapter does 4.5V, 6V and so on. So I first set it to 4.5V and plugged it and and the light on the HDD casing came on, then plugged it into the PCI USB 2.0 port, a...

Looked in device manager and there was no exclamation point. Plus I re-installed the drivers. I couldn't find updated drivers, so I just re-installed the same drivers I got when I bought it. I've come to the conclusion that it is a power problem, as it works on a P3 desktop at work and a friend's P4...

Hi, I wonder if any of you have come across this problem before. I recently bought a 2.5" hard drive with a USB 2.0 encasing which is USB powered. I plugged it into my desktop to format it, but it didn't show up under Disk Management. It did say found new hardware, installing drivers for device...

Thanks for the mass of replies guy!! (this thread has got a little bit out of hand) I have a Creative Nomad 40GB and I'm using a wireless FM transmitter, but it only works on one frequency which is 107.7 FM and there is also some hissing in the background and it gets worse when I get into JHB, so I ...

Hi, I'm new in the market to purchase a new CD front loader for my car. I'm looking for one that has an AUX-input in the front of the dash so that I can plug in my external MP3 player as well. It would be nice if the front loader can play MP3 CD as well, but it's not necessary. I was looking at the ...

Hey,

This is a shoutout to all Peugeot 206 Owners.

Check out this website and register:- http://www.peugeot206club.com/

It has some good info and a great forum.

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Mine glows a blue LED for USB 2.0, and red for USB 1.1.

Plus WinXP says something like "you are plugging in a USB 1 device into a USB 2 device, this will not be as fast as USB 2."

no kidding MS.

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Any ideas?

Could it be that I use the memory stick alot on USB 1.1 ports sometimes, and swopping between the USB 1 ports and USB 2 ports that the memory stick might have become damaged?

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