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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...

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...

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 ??

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.

I need to replace the ribbon cable on the Acer 3020 touchpad. It seems obvious where one end goes (the motherboard) but how is the cable connected to the touchpad end. The underside of the touchpad has like plastic layers on it to cover the underside. Anyone ever replaced such a cable ?

Have just changed the DVD/CD drive in Acer Aspire 3023 Laptop. Have put in a Sony drive but when I try and play DVD it is jerky. Why would this be ?

The drive works perfect but having put it all back together , the touchpad doesn't work at all. Any ideas ?

Have now removed the drive from this laptop. Do I need to replace the drive with the same or very similar. I'm told that laptops can be very 'choosy' when replacing with a different model of drive ? Any ideas on this and also where would be the best place to source a replacement ?

Does anybody know how to replace the CD/DVD drive on this laptop ? Can't figure out how to take the case apart.

Potterton Suprima boiler fires up then goes off after 1min. Solid red light and a green flashing light. It will sometimes fire re-ignite itself but not for very long or just not at all. Have changed the overheat stat and temp sensor but no luck. Do you think the pcb needs replacing. If the pcb...

Potterton Suprima 30 boiler ignites and runs for about 5 mins then goes off. I get a red solid light and a green flashing light but the boiler then does nothing. Could the temp sender be faulty or the overheat stat need replacing ?

Candy 1000 Sprint progresses through the wash cyle but when it comes to the rinse/spin cycle it does nothing. The washer will not spin at all. It will wash then empty then just sit. Any ideas? Checked the brushes but they have plenty on them !

Have a Potterton Suprima 30. 9 years old now. When turning boiler on to heat water it fires up but then goes off after about 2 minutes. The red led on the panel lights up (not flashing). Thats it. Pressing the reset button does nothing. It just clicks, green light flashes. When releasing the...

When I close the door and switch on the power there is no light coming on and no power. When I take the door switch off and have a fiddle with it and then re-fit it it seems to cure the problem. Do you think the door switch is faulty. The machine is now approx 9 years old. Apart from this the...

My WD62 washer dryer switch does not function properly. When trying to perform a wash it will fill up with water then just keep clicking. The switch will rotate so far then stop. The drum does not move at all during this time. Also anyone know how to clean the filter out on this model ?