Recent content by haroldj97

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    PC Specialist Lafité II Laptop - thoughts?

    I have been using an Acer C720 Chromebook running full Windows 10 for the past year at college and it has been a pretty decent laptop to say it is fairly low spec and shouldn't run Windows. However because the display is starting to develop light spots and I am starting to get more into software...
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    Dell Inspiron 1525 very long POST

    After removing the charger and battery and putting them back in, the date and time is still set correctly. Couldn't seem to find a setting in the BIOS to set no HDD present but did try previously physically removing the hard drive which did nothing to the POST time. Not sure what it is however a...
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    Dell Inspiron 1525 very long POST

    A friend has given me a Dell Inspiron 1525 to fix which takes ~5 minutes to POST (get past the flashing white line). When it does, it gets to the Windows Vista moving green bar and then reboots and goes back to the long POST again. When trying to enter the BIOS or boot screen, it also takes ~5...
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    Chromebook for College

    I started college on Monday and since the subjects which I have taken are mostly theory based note taking subjects, it was recommend to bring a laptop into college to speed up taking notes in class. I currently have a Dell Inspiron 1545 but is 4 years old, bulky and too heavy to carry around all...
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    Nexus 7 (2012) not charging

    Might try that. Is there a cheaper dock that the geniue asus one since it is £40?
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    Nexus 7 (2012) not charging

    About 6 months ago my Nexus 7 2012 tablet stopped charging. On some days it would charge a couple of percent in 24 hours. After looking on forums, I decided to buy a new battery to see if it would fix the problem. My tablet charged perfectly fine for the next couple of months and lasted longer...