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    Vaillant Ecomax 828 fault

    Hi, I have now ordered replacement NTC1 and NTC2 which were £15 each and will fit them tomorrow when they arrive. I also plan to reseat the PCB connectors and check that they don't have anything to do with it. Hopefully that will resolve the problem so i don't have to pay Vaillant £230...
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    How to restore C drive to original settings before recycling

    Hi, As mentioned above, boot from the windows 98 disk and then type the following at a DOS Prompt: format c: /u That will do an unconditional format which does not leave undelete data. That would make it blank beyond where most people could get anything from it. If you want to go...
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    Recovery of Files from 'Damaged' hard disk!

    Indeed ;) Jon.
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    Vaillant Ecomax 828 fault

    Hi, Many thanks for your reply as it does clarify things. I'm glad you were amused but all i have been able to do is reach a couple of potential problem areas. As always i may have gone a bit too deep but having read the FAQ before i posted i included as much detail as possible, i have...
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    Missing fingers incident.

    As an apprentice i saw a few dodgy things happen that shouldn't Firstly someone start a large metalworking lathe with the chuck key in it which flew through the roof and then re entered the far end of the machine shop. Another idiot who continued to use fast traverse on a milling machine...
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    Recovery of Files from 'Damaged' hard disk!

    Hi, Firstly i'm glad that you got most of your data back. The last disk i had recovered cost £2500. Most people i know that back up data are the ones that have lost data, personally i'm beyond CD\DVD but can't justify LTO etc, with HDD space being cheap i just have an old machine with a...
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    New built PC, fault finding

    Hi, Disconnect the Hard Drive and any other IDE device and see if you get any video output when you try to boot, it may take a while but may come back with no bootable devices found, if this happens then it's most likely that the IDE cables are reversed. Jon.
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    Gainsborough Electric Shower no heat!

    There is an excellent site relating to showers in the UK, unfortunately i can't remember it. Bit of digging and here goes: www.shower-spares.co.uk www.showerspares.co.uk www.showerdoc.co.uk One of them will definitely be able to help diagnose and supply the parts. Jon.
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    fishy smell when using shower

    The fishy smell can also be related to electrolytic capacitors breaking down, however you need to get this professionally investigated. DO NOT USE THE SHOWER!!! Jon.
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    Vaillant Ecomax 828 fault

    Hi Guys, Firstly i'm glad to have found this site and apologise for my first post being a question. I doubt there is much in this forum that i can answer but plenty in others hopefully. As above i have a Vaillant EComax 828E which has developed and intermittent fault. I had the boiler...
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