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@VeryPC - Al - I know it's too early but I gotta get this in before anyone else does "May the fourth be with you !! "

I was looking in the main body the original post of this thread and was thinking , god where the heck is that link, am sure I found it last time Obviously in his signature in the small print - Double Doh !!

Lipstick taser !!!! -->

Instead of sweets - can I have a fleece - that way if I don't win I can at least stay warmer this coming winter

Where is the thread that you subscribe to so as to get updates on VeryPC competitions etc so I can check and make sure I get notifications etc

Contains swearing in the below youtube video before anyone plays it !!! His name just reminded me of Al from South Park the movie lol

Disconnect cmos battery for a few mins and re connect and try again Also burn the latest bios update to cd and try and update and also run latest diagnostics cd on ram and hard drive. Maybe even manufacturer hdd tests and memtest86+ diags

Any damaged usb ports ?

^^ Double that !! ^^^

Shouldn't that be 802.11ac FinAL Revision 2 and not draft. Otherwise doesn't that indicate that the standards on how you make and deal with all the tea / coffee and mug in and mug out requests are not standardised which means there is most likely lots of issues / bugs / errors / faults on your part??

WilFi - almost like WiFi 802.11Lazy ??

@VeryPC - Al and his wolfpack : The Hangover - Wolfpack! (Blood Brothers) - YouTube LOL

840 evo 250gb £98.79 : Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5 inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories M550 256gb - £121.19 inc. VAT ( direct from crucial ) @Arthur - I am assuming the 840 evo I linked to is the correct one ? If so then the 840 evo is cheaper and faster

I presume it is the M550 you have gone for : http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listmodule/SSD/~M550~/list.html

I would re-install windows 7 with SP1 and ensure that the latest AHCI / chipset and other drivers are installed

I would say replace RAM Module with a decent memory module ( crucial / Kingston etc so not Hynix ) Replace the cmos battery with a new one Try and power up and flash the bios via cd I would say Only other thing is the power supply you are using , is it definitely the correct power supply that outputs enough wattage to charge and run that model of laptop Only reason I ask is that we had a model of T410 that had similar powering on issues and it turns out it needed a higher wattage power supply and NOT the standard 65w 20v jobby What do you think @ICTDirect_Dave or @Arthur

Very good point

Windows and or OS X ( Apple Mac OS ) --> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avid-Technology-Inc-9910-65064-00-Sibelius/dp/B005FCW42K Presume what I have linked to is the correct piece of software ?

I'm the same ref makes no sense in batch with the FOR i%% etc, prefer vbs or powershell etc

Looks like I just opened a can of worms then, Can I get a VeryPC Fleece please lol

Al @VeryPC Is it just me or does he look like Harry Styles from One Direction ( Harry Styles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) I presume that is actually a photo of Will Meally ??

You got the stocktober star prize ( the PS 4 ) so you can't enter LOL You've just been schooled haha @X-13 Only kiddin !!!

You got the star prize last time - any chance I can get the star prize this time around, as I could use that i5 machine !!! If not then at least will hopefully get something nice !!! Put me in as well , just in case you didn't see my post earlier @VeryPC

I'm with sky and there SR102 or whichever model it is seems to be ok on wireless although it is only 2.4ghz so have disabled Wireless on the sky router and use my AEBS to deal with wireless and if I need to transfer any large amount of data over the network I plug all the devices into the AEBS hard wired which is gigabit AEBS ( Apple Airport Extreme Base Station ), the one I have is the 5th gen so dual band ( 2.4 and 5ghz )

elsiegee40 or anyone else - I have seen these for quite a few years but was just curious what makes are the better ones to get ?