Information technology, computing and related
Nehalem Core i7 / LGA1366 X58 upgrade Getting about that time so I’ve been mooching about looking for this years upgrades. Still not settled on my graphics card as the one I have (880O GTX) is fine and the alternatives from AMD and Nvidia seem to me a little too hot and noisy and relatively […]
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MS Entertainment Desktop 8000 I did comment on this a few days ago and thought I’d return briefly to offer my thoughts. Can’t comment on the greatly mouse movement and response sadly as I never did get it to work*, but from an ergonomic point of view it was really comfortable to hold, even for
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Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP review Here’s my short review of the Dell Ultrasharp 24″ Widescreen Flat Panel monitor… My god, it’s gorgeous! I want one! Courier arrived this morning and I was stood debating whether he’d need help – and he trots round the van carrying the box one-handed. Okayyy. Personally I thought it would be
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MS Entertainment Desktop 8000 connectivity It seems I am cursed, at present the mouse, as my Microsoft Entertainment Desktop 8000 isn’t working :( The Microsoft wireless laser mouse 8000 is simply not connecting… It is seen under control panel/mouse but that’s as far as it goes, there is no response to movement, wheel or buttons.
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Haggling for a Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP As I mentioned earlier, one of our 22″ Mitsubishi’s is playing up so after looking at the options I have settled on a Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24″ Widescreen Flat Panel monitor. I’ll comment on setup and quality when it arrives but for now this will interest you… Years of
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Netgear wireless Yesterday the (replacement) DG834N died. I’d turned it off to move it to it’s finally position, plugged it back in, and it curled up with power warnings. I was not happy. I was this close ‘. .’ to tossing it in the rubbish in temper, sod the warranty, but my wife commented that
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Netgear, I tell y’ Bless them, Netgear sent the replacement router. No base stand but that’s OK. Plugged it in, got to working… Slowly… For a few hours… … until it died. I have absolutely no idea what the problem is but: It’s not the DG834N range itself – when I originally bought one it
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Netgear problems After a rather stressful week, well frustrating rather than stressing, I am finally getting somewhere… Netgear WND3300 I had already sorted a returns for this router but while I was on the phone to support anyway I went through them with this one. Ideally it does need the matched USB card (pttt) but
Netgear problems resolved – more or less! Read More »