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NodeMobile Huawei E169 Error: “the device has been disconnected or is unavailable”

I’ve been using a Huawei E169 3G stick on my laptop to access Internode’s NodeMobile wireless broadband services for a while now. The other day I got an error saying “the device has been disconnected or is unavailable”. I’ve seen this error before, sometimes the USB port gets a bit confused and unplugging and re-plugging [...]

Set-top box fried

Dennis the Menace movie download Donald's Camera Dracula ipod Bit of a drama earlier in the week – our digital set-top box got fried by its own power supply. The Paper Chase trailer I have a Topfield TF5000PVRtMPB (5000 Masterpiece) digital set top box and PVR, and apparently this model has a known problem where [...]

Thecus just keeps running

I have a couple of Thecus N2100 NAS boxes (Network Attached Storage), which I use for bulk data storage and backup purposes. They are basically just hard drive enclosures with a built in computer to handle file serving requirements – not much larger than two 3.5″ hard drives. They have two drives so you can [...]

Withdrawal symptoms

Having major withdrawal symptoms at the moment – a Telstra tech cut our phone line yesterday afternoon while in the process of trying to fix a long running problem with our next-door neighbours phone lines. Unfortunately he couldn’t fix ours – we now have the same problem our neighbours do. Apparently we share the same [...]

How to set up an external widescreen LCD monitor with an IBM ThinkPad

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