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I have an MX Revolution I stopped using a while back because the rubbery bits started breaking down. The textured grip on the right side deteriorated to a sticky mess and the rubber center of the main mousewheel is disintegrating. With some rubbing alcohol I removed the coating from the right...

Someone recently asked me to look at a malfunctioning HP G62. I am told it stopped working after it was dropped although there was no visible damage. The laptop power light comes on when it's powered up but the display does not activate, the HDD does not seem to spin up and start reading, the...

I'll try and keep this short. I've never really had a phone with a data plan which I'm fine with because I have easy access to the internet between home, school and work. There's wi-fi everywhere. Recently I bought an unlocked Blackberry Curve 8900 with wi-fi thinking I could use IM/Facebook...

I recently received a distressed blackberry 8800 which could possibly be brought back to life with minimal investment. I don't have a battery for it yet but I would like to test functionality if possible. When I plug it in via USB I just get a white screen with a "no battery" icon. Is there...

I just returned from a week away from my computer and found one of my two Samsung 226BW monitors exhibiting periodic episodes of backlight flickering. The monitor will work fine for extended periods and then begin flickering erratically for a while. I can see that the LCD is still functioning...

I'm about to upgrade the audio setup for my computer. I've considered getting an amp/passive speakers but I've decided to spend less for now. I'll spend about $250-300 on some active speakers now, get a USB DAC, headphone amp in the near future and perhaps later sell the active speakers for...

I have two LCD monitors running off a GTX 260 (with 185.85 drivers) and can successfully run them both on XP and Vista (recently installed Win7 for triple booting). I had the same issue when I tried the Windows 7 beta although I was able to resove it with some means I cannot remember and have...

I'm planning on buying two Seagate ST31500341AS drives in the near future, their infamous 1.5tb randomly crashing boondoggle. I am aware of the risk but the price and capacity is just too tempting. As far as I know there is a high failure rate but generally speaking they work fine when...

I recently built a second box from spare parts with the intention of creating a FreeNAS box to get some HDs out of my main desktop to alleviate heat and noise. I successfully installed FreeNAS but was unable to mount a couple NTFS drives with data on them. I was unable to do so and in...

I recently acquired a second Samsung 226BW (S) 22'' LCD monitor. I already have a C panel which has not exhibited the strange symptom my new S does. When you turn on the monitor, RTA is enabled, and when it is, this odd sort of patchwork image distortion covers the entire screen, with the...