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

Friday 8th January, 2010 1 Comment

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 … [Read More »]

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Set-top box fried

Saturday 8th March, 2008 Leave a Comment

Bit of a drama earlier in the week – our digital set-top box got fried by its own power supply. I have a Topfield TF5000PVRtMPB (5000 Masterpiece) digital set top box and PVR, and apparently this model has a known problem where the power supply sometimes puts out a much higher voltage than it is … [Read More »]

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Thecus just keeps running

Thursday 10th January, 2008 Leave a Comment

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 … [Read More »]

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Withdrawal symptoms

Tuesday 18th December, 2007 Leave a Comment

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 … [Read More »]

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

Friday 14th September, 2007 Leave a Comment

download latest video drivers from ATI download DriverHeaven’s DH Mobility Modder.net tool and follow the instructions (as summarised here) uninstall current drivers supplied by IBM / Lenovo install new drivers – this step will most likely fail, but should at least copy the driver files to the computer unzip Mobility Modder zip file and run the … [Read More »]

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