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Problems: Dell Inspiron 17R Special Edition (7720) Laptop with Nvidia GT650M Graphics Card.

  We purchased this laptop at the end of November 2012. All was going well – until I happened to notice on the Dell product support pages that the BIOS had been updated several times from version A08 which came installed. Following the upgrade to BIOS version A11 we have experienced problems with the GT650M disappearing completelyContinue Reading

New Supermarket for Holt

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Security Shield 2012 – Yet another annoying waste of time…

I have seen recent cases of computers being infected with this irritating piece of c$#p. In one particular case the rogue program had the ability to change it’s name and re-install again, even after supposed removal. Another was able to prevent the user from downloading the software required to successfully remove it. If you suspectContinue Reading

Asus P6T7 WS – The Latest Updates

The radiator works more efficiently on this new water cooling loop layout (as opposed to previous schemes http://chillpcs.com/liquid-cooled-asus-p6t7-ws/2011/ and http://chillpcs.com/asus-pt-ws-i-gb-vengeance-mhz-quad-sli-gtx-watercooled/2011/ ) I have dropped the processor speed down a little and added in an extra 12GB of memory – which takes the total system memory up to 24GB. Full Spec (as of June 2012):- Intel i7 975 Extreme processorContinue Reading

Norfolk – Say Yes! To better broadband

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Problems: Dell Inspiron 17R Special Edition (7720) Laptop with Nvidia GT650M Graphics Card.

  We purchased this laptop at the end of November 2012. All was going well – until I happened to notice on the Dell product support pages that the BIOS had been updated several times from version A08 which came installed. Following the upgrade to BIOS version A11 we have experienced problems with the GT650M disappearing completelyContinue Reading