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  1. michael baxter

    blocking an ip address

    It's not as simple as tweaking the firewall? Am I missing something?
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    Which SSD for £200?

    Thanks again MikeHiow, and you are right it was on offer yesterday (Today Only) I missed the offer :(
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    Which SSD for £200?

    Thank you both for the info. MikeHiow, I don't have a 6gb/s controller. Btw, is this the Vertex drive you mean?
  4. michael baxter

    Which SSD for £200?

    I'm in for a SSD, my budget is £200. Which are the best drives at the moment?
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    Newbies here. Hello to everyone.

    Welcome to the forums :)
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    Replacement 8800GTX - bad idea?

    My 8800GTX has failed .... I was thinking of replacing it with the same, which on the surface seems a bad idea. But... I have a bunch of exotic cooling parts that make it silent The card is more than capable for everything I do The replacement is £70 (refurb from OcUK) So, should I...
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    HDD Faliure on the way?

    I had a similar (if not the same) error with a new Samsung F1. I tried scanning with the Samsung HD utils, but it found nothing.
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    Tyres for a Quattro

    Gribs, ty for your suggestion, I'll look into that. Panthro, Cookeh, alas it's not an Ur Quattro or turbo, it's a 1990 Audi 90 Quattro 20V. If that's still interesting to you, I will put up some pics with pleasure. Has anyone got comment on Continental Premium Contact 2 tyres? (Kwikfit...
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    Tyres for a Quattro

    I'm getting an old Quattro back on the road after years of being in storage, and I need new tyres. Standard tyre size is 205/50 on a 15" rim (I'm not sure of width of rim). I have a budget of about £80 per tyre in mind, but I'm flexible on budget if there is good reason to spend more...
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    How do I set up Raid think its raid 0

    Wiki entry Two drives in RAID 0 configuration will almost double the bandwidth, although the latency stays much the same. RAID 0 is great for things like video editing etc, where there are large files involved. Using it for a boot drive wont provide significant improvements. What do you...
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    External Enclosures

    I've got a similar Akasa model, and have been very happy with it.
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    35mm photo developers?

    Thanks again, that's a very useful link, I am indeed close to Bangor......I'll check them out.
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    35mm photo developers?

    Thanks for the reply, I live in a cave (aka North West Wales). Somewhere local would be great, but I suspect it's unlikely. Are there any Truprint-style postal services available?
  14. michael baxter

    Best way to connect my monitor to the pc?

    You're welcome :)
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    Best way to connect my monitor to the pc?

    Here are the full options, take your pick based on the available connectors on your monitor and graphics card. In your case I'm guessing a DVI-DVI cable would be a good choice (because you're saying the monitor doesn't have a HDMI input). Btw, cheap budget cables are usually fine too, as there...
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    Best way to connect my monitor to the pc?

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    35mm photo developers?

    I have a few 35mm films from way back (about 8 years) which contain mostly snaps, but I notice there are few places that do photo processing anymore. Any suggestions on where to get them developed? and Are they likely to come out okay?
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    Gardening

    LOL!
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    Gardening

    Potatoes!!!!!! Btw, whatever you grow, you need to get the soiled prepared and dig in some manure/compost. If the land has not been used for a while, it maybe best to double dig (google it).
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    Front Panel HD Light Changed Colour

    Lol, well that's one way to solve problem! Btw, you should be able to just reverse the HD LED connection that goes to the MB, to get the same colour as before.
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