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That by the look of it is a standard sata drive and the connectors will be the same as for a desktop. The four pins at the end aren't a power connector, the power connector is the other side of the sata connector (a similar design to the sata connector but wider). You could probably easily...

I've always found Malwarebytes Anti Malware to be pretty good, especially when run in safe mode. There is a free version of that.

Fingers crossed then:)

The keyboard problem mentioned in the updated BIOS was to do with slow keyboard response, keys repeating etc. If you have a key that appear to be sticking I'd be careful with doing a full BIOS update with that keyboard connected (it only happened once to me, but a bad BIOS flash is not a nice...

If it under warranty still I'd be tempted to explore that avenue first. Most laptop keyboards just connect via a ribbon cable directly underneath the keys so possible that is as simple as that coming loose. Most keyboards are reasonably easy to get, you'll probably see a video or two on youtube...

Don't usually get much choice, you could check to see if there is anything on your motherboards chipset manufacturer. I would hope that Alesis has a selection of drivers/firmware and a decent Q&A section. what's i doing? disconnecting..dropping out? Sound on Sound magazine has some quite good...

Well a couple of things to try first to get the ball rolling: Does it work in safe mode (hit F8 as you are booting up)? - If so it could be a driver problem, though the basic drivers running in that mode might not tax things if it is heat related. If it is a few years old I would imagine that...

Can you open the disc by double clicking or right clicking and exploring? Could be the Windows Hi lo filter thing in the registry, quite common in Vista and 7...

Wondering if any of the Seagate hybrid drives might give a decent boost, though they are a bit pricier than a standard drive.

Just had a quick look at the manual and can't see it myself, I think ECS used to have a section called motherboard intelligent tweaking or something like that. Oddly enough the features section on the website mentions the ACC control option. Perhaps it is enabled in a later BIOS update? Could...

Been a while since I unlocked a core, is it under the ACC menu?

A fine machine of its day:) If you just google Revox B77 service manual or B77 circuit diagram you should find the information you are after. Hope you get it working.

I'd imagine that just about all the large vendors allow you to download and purchase online nowadays. There are plenty of free options too, such as Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast, AVG. On a netbook I'd be tempted to go with the lightest which is probably the Microsoft one...

If it comes with a version of office bundled on the ARM version then that would be useful for some light use. Not sure what else it'll come with to add all that value, never paid anything on my phone for the usual social networking stuff etc. Still on the bright side...it might actually make...

Hmm, could be kind of cool if the speed is there and maybe if the opponents hit back (they looked like they were standing around like Tekken training mode!). Now if the adversaries are going to be punch bags how about making available character models to beat up...there are a fair few...