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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST VPN through Pi

    Hi, I was wondering if any of you knowledgeable people could help. I'm out the country for a couple of weeks, and I was entertaining the idea of creating a raspberry pi vpn tunnel. So when I'm in this foreign country, I could tunnel through to the raspberry pi still set up in the UK and...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Windows 10 and AMD

    I tried over the summer and Ive just tried again with the new AMD drivers, still no luck getting them to work with windows 10. After upgrading and installing everything, and a clean and fresh install of the newest amd drivers (HD8970) and a restart, Its giving me an error saying the drivers...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Laptop Keeps Scrolling

    Hi, Having problems with my laptop (again....not impressed with this one to be honest). Everytime I open a new web page it automatically starts scrolling up to the top of the page, if I try scroll down it will just keep rapidly scrolling back up until I press pgup then pgdown. Opening up...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Replacement laptop case

    Sooo, looks like my daysack isnt that well cushioned underneath as I must have dropped it down a bit hard and the front right corner of the laptop has cracked, its nothing major (I think where the screw inside...screws has broken so it doesnt screw anymore, if that makes sense), as well as a...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Right graphics card?

    I bought my pc last year and it had problems with the graphics card. I finally managed to send it back and got told it had been replace last month, Ive just been looking at it though (having a problem with a game, thinking it should run better than it should) and Im not sure if the card is the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Raid

    Recently replaced my laptop which broke on me with a new 17" vortex iv, managed to get the hard drives back from the insurers so now Ive got 2 hyper x ssd's, and a 1.5tb drive plus a couple of other external drives. So seem to be getting a bit of a pointless collection.... Anyway, question is, I...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST iomega ext hdd keeps disconnecting

    Ive got a fairly new 1.5tb usb3 hdd (iomega prestige I think), the other day I think it got stuck copying some files and I shut down the laptop but had to hold the power button to shut it off instead as it got stuck turning off. I think thats what happened and probably broke it but I cant...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Activating Assassin's Creed Brotherhood on steam

    Ive got a dvd version of AC:B, its also available to buy on steam. I was wondering if I can activate it on steam at all? I think I did this with skyrim but I cant really remember. BTW, 50-75% off all assassin's creed titles today. Thanks
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Making optical drive external

    Im planning on taking the optical drive out of my laptop to replace it with a hdd, just ordered an internal caddy for the hdd, but does anyone know what sort of external case will fit the bluray drive? Its the Sony BD-5730S 6x Bluray writer. I dont know if its an ide or sata connection (believe...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Graphics card constantly on

    My gt580 seems to be constantly on and the fans going pretty much all the time. I thought it was supposed to revert to the inegrated graphics option when heavy gpu work wasnt needed? Ive checked with Optimus Tools, and its telling me that the nvidia gpu is on, but even when im not doing anything...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nvidia optimus in fedora 16

    Ive been trying to get linux onto my laptop, first tried ubuntu which didnt work, not sure why I just couldnt get onto the desktop on the live cd (until I used reduced graphic mode or something) and couldnt install it (not that I particularly like it so not too bothered). Then went back to...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST wireless driver download anyone?

    Ive just stuck windows onto my ssd, unfortunatly the wireless isnt working and there arent any drivers for it in my sales section. I also dont have my drivers cd as im abroad at the moment so dont particularly want to phone pcspecialists with a mobile. Would any one mind uploading or sending me...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Microsoft virus scanner

    Ive just updated windows 7 and it seems I mow have a virus and spyware scanner :wacko: Is this new? Not something I really wanted tbh.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST external ssd's

    I really wish I had got the 17" vortex so I could have had an ssd as well as a hard drive and bluray. But I wanted a smaller screen so no eating my cake :) Nvermind. Instead Im looking at getting a smallish external ssd to stick my games on. I want a usb3.0 connection though and looking around...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST updating gtx580 drivers

    Hi, Is it ok to update the graphics drivers (gtx580) from the official nvidia site? It mentions that it should really be done from here but the drivers section for my laptop doesnt seem to have anything. Thanks EDIT: just thought I would mentio that because of my job I cant actually call tech...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST vortex II 3g?

    Just received my vortexII today, pretty happy with it, which is good seeing as it cost more than my first motorbike.... I noticed it had a sim card slot in the battery area, and the manual says its for a 3g something or other I think, I'm assuming this sort or replaces a dongle? I can't get the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST updating to a 3d screen?

    Ive recently ordered a vortexII 15" laptop with a pretty high spec. I recently noticed on the forum that pcs are releasing a 3d version for the nvidia gtx580 sometime later this month or next but only for the 17 inch. I would have been interested if it was 15" :) I was wondering if its possible...
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