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My mate has a Medion PC. the CD/DVD Writer only reads DVD movies but not PC CD Rom disks or Music Cd's (originals). Device manager does not appear to show any problems. Took the drive out of the tower, disassembled it, cleaned the laser and put back in the tower. Still no difference. Could the...

You should be able to connect your 360 to the router by means of an Ethernet cable. That is all you need. You would only use the wireless card in the pc to connect to the xbox if you had a wireless adapter in the back of the xbox. Wireless adapters are £60 so a cable connection with ethernet is...

I assume the TS400 you mention is a Menvier TS400. I have one installed by Homeguard Security in Leeds. 0800 281 462. They have engineers all over the country. I have number of an engineer in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire who works for Homeguard if you need it as it will be cheaper than phoning...

Sorry everyone..............I activated the timer by mistake when trying to add another couple of minutes to the cooking time. There is a timer that sets the cooker to come on whilst you are out. And i'd activated this somehow !! Shan't say what the mrs called me !! :oops:

Just used electric cooker to cook a pizza and the cooker just lost all power. The lcd display works on the front but there is no power to the cooker element or the grill element. The fuse hasn't tripped in the fuse box. Any ideas ? Do you think I need to look for a new cooker. It is now 10...

Engineer replaced the external bell box and now all is well !! :lol:

Will scraping it wreck the plaster on the ceiling ? Might just be a good idea to leave the parrot to it ! Heh heh. :lol: Thanks for that useless piece of advice noseall. Heh heh !! :lol:

Have performed system test on final exit, all pir's and the external box. External box supposed to sound and flash for 15 secs to show it's working but it doesn't. The panel beeps and flashes to show final exit and pir's are working ok though. Alarm is now 12 years old. Never been a minutes...

When you open IE7, try maximising the page then closing the window using the menu bar( top left). Click FILE then EXIT. Now click on your IE7 link on the desktop and it should now open as maximised window. If this does not work...

Anyone know the best way to remove polystyrene coving. My parrot has been nibbling it and it now looks shabby ! Time to remove I think ! :lol: :lol:

Hi, I have a Menvier TS400 alarm system fitted. It's now 11 years old. Everything on the system works except the external bell/strobe. Any ideas what the problem could be ??

Hoptpoint washing machine has just started to make a knocking noise when it spins on high speed setting. Splinters of plastic found in the drum also. What could the problem be ??

I assume it works off the electric. How would I know if it has a battery ?

Have a Creda gas hob and the ignition doesn't work when the button is pressed. There is no 'clicking' at all or spark. Just changed the ignition unit but no luck. Any ideas what it could be? Model No. is 42347.

So to put my mind at rest then...........if they are supplying a replacement cable then surely it must be removable somehow ? I forgot to ask when I ordered and couldn't be bothered to phone back as it took 30 mins to get through and it aint' a cheap phone call !