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Hi All When I turn on my plasma tv first thing in the morning, whether I use remote or switch on the set, I get no picture but sound is fine, I hear the back of the tv clicking and I have to try about 6 attempts then it comes on and stays on with no problems. almost like when a car warms up...

Hi all I bought my house a few years ago which had an integral garage conversion and just needed a skim of plaster, on plasterboards and a few other minor jobs to be completed. Before completion the owners decided to decorate and just put up some textured wallpaper to make it look nice...

Hi all Thanks for the replies, I replaced the switch which was very easy, £30 from main dealer, very pleased as it passed mot test this afternoon. Very much appreciated. Steve

Hi all My brake lights on my nissan serena 1998 gx have stopped working, checked fuse which is fine the bulbs are 21/5 and have tried a spare and that does not work only the side light element within the bulbs work. However when I turn the whole bulb around and touch the contacts both...

Hi Mick Thanks for the response, sorry didn't get back to you earlier, the boiler fires up as normal but sometimes hot water.sometimes not. Cheers Steve.

Hi All Mother in law has an Ariston A24-MFFI Combi boiler, central heating is fine but hot water is working intermittently, is this a faulty dhw flow switch, as far as know there are no error codes coming up on the led and boiler does not lock out ? Any advice would be truly appreciated...

Hi Thanks for the replies, have tried your suggestions but still doesn't delete history or temp folders. Did a disk clean up also ?

Hi all For some reason I cannot delete my browsing history, I go into Control Panel - Internet Options - checkbox history, temporary folders and click delete, but nothing, even after restart. Any advice would be truly appreciated. swmi-acoustic

Just for the record, squeaking turned out to be propshaft, it was on its way out but was replaced (from scrappy). £50 instead of £400 from dealer.

Thanks Dave M for your reply I will do this at the weekend. Much appreciated Semi-acoustic

Hi all Thinking of purchasing a creative soundblaster 5.1 sound card but have heard of problems loading drivers in vista, I had one in my old computer and found it brilliant obviously with a different operating system. checked creatives web site and forums, hence my post. I have a Philips...

Hi all Managed to get online via an ethernet cable plugged into the router and pc was then able to access wireless settings and reverted back to channel 11, disconnected ether cable and can now all nis well. Thanks all for your time and patience. semi-acoustic

Hi all Sorry for the late reply, I have a netgear wireless router connected to a desktop with vista, I have unfortunately changed the channel from 11 to 13 on the netgear settings page and cannot access it again or go online, please any advice would be truly appreciated. semi-acoustic

Hi all I have a netgear wireless router DG834G have had it for years, no problems until a couple of months ago, I sometimes have to click on the internet icon 10 or more times to connect if I am lucky. I have checked the main power light is on,solid green The ADSL light is solid green...

Hi All I have a clutch fluid leak, it runs down the rubber hose where it enters the slave cylinder, it is a hydraulic system. My question is will I need to replace the slave cylinder or is there a washer or seal of some sort which can be replaced. Unfortunately there were no workshop...

Hi all My speedometer needle behaves very erratically on most journeys for a few minutes and then returns to normal, I suspect the Vehicle speed sensor may be at fault but where is this located ? Also I tried to check the actual cable from the rear of the gauge but was unable to access the...

Hi namsag, BingoBongo, Took casing off, no sign of soot or loose insulation anywhere ? seems as though boiler is working overtime. I checked the condition of the hi and lo stats and the base of one of them looked corroded like when a dead battery is left in a torch for a year, I gave...

Hi all I have a Thorn Apollo 15/30b boiler which has been working fine until a couple of days ago The boilers outer casing gets extremely hot and seems noisier than normal, I did replace a double rad a couple of months ago but made sure I bled all rads. I am going to do a drain down...

Hi all I had a Gorenje gas hob model gns 66w fitted a few years ago I have recently noticed the burners were not sufficient enough to heat food etc and were not staying alight, I first of all thought it was simply air in the system and left them on for a while. This did not solve the problem...

Thanks Dave M I will give it a go, the computer is only a few months old and I do have Norton 360 running. Thanks again Semi-Acoustic