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Hi, Please can any (UK) Tek-Tipper tell me the correct connections between the BT431A plug (goes in the wall phone socket) and the RJ10 connector that plugs into the line jack on the modem? Gracie was working on a client's computer recently. The client's modem cable had been cut and joined...

First, what I know (or think I know), then the question about what I want to know: Here in the UK, the phone cord connects into the wall socket via an RJ11. The other end of that cord connects into the phone via a connector resembling an RJ45 but with only 6 contacts rather than 8. A Modem...

One of the plastic panels on my PowerMac 8600 has some broken lugs. Please can anyone tell me which plastic (e.g. PVC, polystyrene, ABS etc) these panels are made of so that I can select the best type of adhesive to re-attach them? Best regards, Pete W. If you can keep your head when all...

My computer is a 1.7 GHz Celeron running Win98 SE. My hard drive (40 GB) is partitioned into four, #C, #D, #E & #F. When I open Windows Explorer, the tree diagram (i.e. the left-hand sub-window) shows the Windows folder on #C expanded. I usually want to explore one of the other partitions...

What's a good way to extend the ADB cable when the tower-cased Mac is on the floor under the desk and the keyboard, mouse and monitor are on the top of the desk? I've never seen either an extension ADB cable or a back-to-back socket to connect two cables end-to-end, do they exist? (I hasten to...

I recently bought a second-hand (I guess that's the only sort there is nowadays) 8500/180. Got it home and connected monitor, keyboard & mouse and powered it up. No boot chime, no video! Opened up the machine, PRAM battery present. Consulted troubleshooting crib-sheet. 'Reset the CUDA...

I have just ghosted my (XP Pro SP1) disk contents to a new HDD, and it all seemed to go well enough, but now,when I boot, I can put my password in and all seems normal, but then this error message comes up A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer...

Gracie and I bought a couple of second-hand monitors some time ago. They are Hitachi 19" models with five BNC connectors for the inputs. One of them came with a cable with 5 BNC plugs at one end and a three-row 15 pole D-type connector on the other. I think these units might have been used...

I'm trying to get this 8600/200 working. It came to me with no RAM or VRAM. I've obtained some VRAM but have encountered an unexpected snag with the RAM. The machine takes 168-pin DIMMs and I had some of those in stock (only 16MB but I thought they'd be big enough to test that the machine...

I've built myself a new computer based on the MSI-6339 Mobo. The connections to the case internal loudspeaker have got me puzzled - I can't get any beep on POST even though the machine is fine. I've downloaded the Mobo handbook and followed the connections specified therein. The labels...

I have a Performa 5300 whose display has started to lose red. It usually seems to be OK when I switch on but the red goes after a minute or two. Please has anyone else seen this problem and solved it? I assume that a similar problem could arise with either of the other two colour channels...

I have been checking over a Mac SE4/20 which I acquired second-hand. It's still got the original 800K floppy drive and has System 7.1 installed. When I set View to show a folder by Name, by Type, by Date etc, the 'Last Modified' dates are not displayed properly, it just shows a comma followed...

Hi, I originally posted this and some other questions in the 'General Printer Discussion' area but I got no response. I hope that I shall be forgiven for repeating part of the post here. I have borrowed a LaserWriter Pro 630 printer from a friend who has recently acquired it second-hand...

A friend has lent me his LaserWriter Pro 630 so I can get an urgent printing job done; my own PLW NT has 'fallen over'. He has only recently acquired the machine second hand and has not used it himself. There are no User Instruction manuals. I am proceeding by trial and error but it would...

My interest is in reviving and putting to work older Macs discarded by other people. I have a couple of StyleWriter II printers which aren't working. Please can anyone tell me how to gain access to the inside of the StyleWriter II case? Best regards, Pete W.

My interest is reviving and putting to use older Macs discarded by other people. I have a Performa 630 with an internal modem; when I connect to my ISP, I can hear the modem dialling-out. I also have a Performa 5300 with (presumably) the same type of internal modem. When I connect with that...