Category: Gadgets / Hardware
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This PC can’t run Windows 11
I downloaded the PC Health Check application to make sure my new machine could run Windows 11. My confidence was high, as the specs of my machine were pretty good: Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X RAM: 64GB However, when I ran the tool, to my surprise, I got…
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Samsung UE46ES8000 wifi suddenly not working
I’ve got a Samsung UE46ES8000, which I bought back in 2012. It’s usually fine, works faultlessly. Suddenly, the wifi stopped working. If I went to the network settings screen it would constantly fail to pick up ANY wifi networks (not even my neighbours) I reset my router (just in case) – no avail. Eventually, I…
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Returning my iPhone5
So, I’ve had and used my iPhone5 for around a week now, and I’ve decided to exercise my right to return it. Why? Lightning cable By far the biggest disappointment Apple have ever dished out.Fine, if there’s some technical reason to change the connector, then do it. But do so in a gracious manner, and…
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MacBook Pro with SSD – Hanging / Crashing when using Windows 7 & Parallels
Just a quick blog to see if anyone else out there is experiencing hanging / crashing when using: Macbook Pro OSX Mountain Lion SSD (256mb Crucial CT064M4SSD1) Parallels – Windows 7 Guest OS Only started noticing the problem since I installed the SSD Every now and then, the whole system will sort of freeze. Won’t respond to…
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Apple store rip off
Same product $49.95 on the US Apple store, £69.95 on the UK store
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Installing Onavo removes Personal Hotspot option on Three
I tend to use the personal hotspot (tethering) feature on my iPhone every week or so (while out at meetings, it’s handy to connect laptop if there’s no wifi available) Recently, I stumbled across Onavo Essentially this compresses mobile data before it’s sent to your device, to reduce your data usage, and speed up your…
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Dell Latitude E5500 – Windows was unable to connect to <network name>
Having taken delivery of a new E5500, we configured the machine (not that it took much effort, as it came with none of the usual “crap” that is pre-installed") and attempted to connect it to our WiFi in the office. Every time it returned “Windows was unable to connect to CrocusWiFi” Our network is nothing…
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iOS 4 Supports multiple Exchange Accounts
With the release of iOS 4, you can have multiple Exchange accounts set up to push Mail, Contacts and Calendars to your iPhone. I already have my personal email set up as an Exchange account on my iPhone, which works great, however, at work, we use Google Apps for Mail (and calendars etc..) Currently, I…
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Dell E6400 Screen Flicker – Caused by display cable?
Last week, I started having trouble with my Dell E6400 Notebook. There is an intermittent “flashing” on the screen – kind of a “solarising” of the colours, and flickering – it also displayed as “split screen” – split horizontally, displaying the same image top and bottom, but at very low resolution. See flickering / solarising:…
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Fitting a backlit keyboard to a Dell E6400
Both of the Dell E6400 laptops I’ve owned came without the backlit keyboard (first one was stolen in Ibiza) So, both times, I have retro-fitted a backlit keyboard. The process is simple, and I’ll show you how below. They don’t need any drivers – they light up when you press a key, and dim to…
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iPhone replacing “Xx” with “Fx”
Every time I text my girlfriend, and put two x’s at the end like this: Xx My iPhone feels it necessary to replace it with “Fx” Apparently the software learns what you want after a certain amour of corrections, however after literally hundreds, my iPhone still does it!!