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    Possible line splicing and internet theift.

    Luckily they they sent an engineer out for free but initially the ISP wanted to charge for the engineer service till I kicked up a fuss and said that I would leave if the issue was not resolved, I have only ever had a top tier tech talk to me twice in the last 10 years of having ADSL/Fiber, the...
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    Possible line splicing and internet theift.

    Thanks for your reply mjslakeridge, I could understand if it was hardware related like a patch panel and 2 lines had gotten crossed accidentally but I'm guessing this would have all been done in some kind of virtual switch with software controls like a VLAN setup but I'm not an expert on that...
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    Possible line splicing and internet theift.

    Hi, just to update you, I managed to get the problem rectified in the end, from what was explained to me, there was an upgrade done at the BT OpenReach exchange and they managed to duplicate my "Broadband circuit Service ID" to someone else's connection so both modems where fighting for the...
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    Possible line splicing and internet theift.

    Hi, thanks for getting back to me, digging up seems like a lot of work but there are service/manhole covers for communication cables where someone could patch in, there's also distribution points where 4 pair of wires inside a single cable come in and get distributed to each home/apartment (1...
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    Possible line splicing and internet theift.

    Hi, this is my first posting for help and I hope it's in the right section, if anyone has any knowledge on the subject it would be much appreciated. A couple of weeks ago I was getting a lot of drop outs and finally my line went dead on the 11/10/16 now here's the weird thing the fiber and the...
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    a tough choice

    On paper the Gigabyte looks better but I've had more stable results with the MSI. But it is a close call.
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    Soldering a ExpressCard slot in a laptop motherboard

    There is an additional controller chip and support components required for the Express Slot to function. So without the additional support electronics it will not work.
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    Are old server cpus good for every day use?

    no problem
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    Are old server cpus good for every day use?

    Just check your mobo can support it, $51 inc postage is a good deal for a quad core cpu running at 3.16 GHz. Main difference(s) being: 1333 MHz vs 1066 MHz FSB 4 Core vs 2 Core 12MB vs 2MB Cache 3.16 GHz vs 2.13 GHz CPU Speed 45nm vs 65nm Lithography 95 W vs 65 W TDP
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    Laptop will not boot from usb

    try enabling legacy USB if that is available in the BIOS.
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    can i use 12v battery while charging??

    That should be ok, its just the initial shock load
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    can i use 12v battery while charging??

    momentarily you would but if you could power the inverter with a heavy duty power supply and have the battery in the middle then power would be uninterrupted because all items are in constant circuit. as soon as the power cuts the battery is in circuit to take over and carry on running the...
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    can i use 12v battery while charging??

    The problem is during the switch over phase you will loose power momentarily, even if you build a relay interface to throw the system over from mains to inverter you will suffer a momentary blackout of around 100ms, you could supply a constant 12v to the battery and the inverter from a heavy...
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    jbl pebbles speakers not working with dell / windows 7?

    As long as you have windows update enabled you should have the latest drivers for the USB audio device and therefore the speakers should work on your device, the speakers you have will even work on a WinXP machine because the USB audio device profile is standard from the XP era onwards, I would...
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    jbl pebbles speakers not working with dell / windows 7?

    It could be your usb ports do not supply enough power, so as the video says you may have to connect it to a mains usb charger for extra power then use the aux cable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lv719b_3UcY#t=119