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    Gaming Tales of Symphonia released on Steam

    ...and is apparently a broken PS3 port with reports of as much as 4 DRM types in play causing a whole mess of bugs and issues. ToS fans everywhere are outraged. Here's an (extensive) article about the problems it faced: PCGamer. On the bright side, Durante released a pre-alpha fix for the...
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    Apple Unlocking iPhone 5C, EE

    My friend bought an iPhone 5C second hand to use abroad,but it's locked to EE. I called them up to see if I could get it unlocked, and they told me that since it's not registered under my account, I'd have to use a third party to unlock it. Does anybody know any reliable phone unlocking sites...
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    Hardware Faulty Laptop (water damage?)

    Just posting this to confirm my suspicions and gain any helpful advice. Got a laptop from a colleague that had been left by an open window. UK has had some fairly wet weather so inevitably some water got on the laptop. They tried using a hair dryer at the vents to remove any moisture, but it's...
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    Hardware Question about surveillance

    Background info: I've just discovered that someone set fire to a wooden stool outside my front door. This is the fourth event of vandalism to my front door this month (they started with just breaking off and stealing my doorbell and it went up from there). Whilst we know who it was, we can't do...
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    Apple Should I get an iPhone 5?

    Thought this might be an interesting question to ask, especially since I've been thinking about it for the last couple months. Should I get an iPhone 5 when my contract is up next month? A little background, I've been looking at 4G phones for the last year (well, LTE... Still too early for 4G)...
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    Hardware BSoDs and Network issues

    OK, I just got a call from my brother that he's been having a lot of issues with his computer. Blue screens and network issues, specifically. Specs: Q9550 CPU, HD 4870X2 gfx, 1kW Tagan PSU, a whole load of HDDs, Arctic Freezer 7 cooler, CoolerMaster Cosmos 1000 case. ASUS MoBo, but I can't...
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    Gaming Freezing issues

    My friends computer has an issue where it would randomly lock up. The entire system just stops responding. Mouse freezes too. Seems it happens more often when playing civ 5. Need to track down why. Currently we think it's due to faulty RAM, so we've got memtest running. Any ideas? Additional...
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    Apple iPhone 4 help

    Ok, I've been given an iPhone 4. It has a cracked LCD so half the screen doesn't show. Also no matter what SIM card is put in, it shows No service. What she wants (and I'm trying to do) is to get it working again as a normal phone. Screen - the touchscreen works and the software works, but from...
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    Gaming Looking for headphones

    Ok, I'm getting an iPod for Christmas. Yet to decide if it'll be a Nano 6G or Touch 4G, but I'm leaning towards the Touch. I need some new headphones to go with, and I'm a little stuck in finding a good set. I've currently got a cheap pair of neckband Sennheisers, which are awesome, but they...
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    Question about prefetch

    In the last week, I've had a few calls from "Windows technical support" saying my computer (of which there are five in regular use, but they couldn't tell me that) has been sending them error messages related to corrupted files and malicious programs. Said files and programs are apparently...
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    Hardware Need a new ADSL modem router

    As in the title, my old Belkin N1 Vision ADSL modem router finally died, so I need a replacement. Searching online using iPad and my newly acquired 3G data plan (£40 per year, unlimited data) is a little hard on the eyes this late at night, so I'm asking here to get a bit of help. My needs...
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    Hardware Question regarding CPU fan

    Ok, this is a quick and easy question. Situation: The fan for the HSF of my brother's computer has "flown off". Needless to say, he can't put it back in, so he needs a replacement fan. Fortunately it's simply a matter of getting a new 120mm fan and clipping it into place. Question: Since most...
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    Android Android + PS3

    I encountered a strange bug(?) last night. Whilst playing Disgaea 3, I plugged my HTC Desire HD into my PS3 to let it charge. A second later, the phone completely crashes. Lesson learned - don't use the PS3 to charge your phone. Out of curiosity though, has this ever happened to anybody else...
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    Gaming Question on HDDs

    This is mostly a question out of curiosity at the moment, although someone has asked me about it when trying to design a computer for him. As to his purposes - I shan't even guess. As for me, well it was an interesting question and I realized after a quick search through the usual Windows...
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    Gaming Websites unavailable

    Is it just me, or are Google and Wikipedia both down? GBATemp, YouTube, Byond, The Escapist and several manga sites all load up as fast as normal, but I can't seem to access Google (either the Firefox redirect or the normal site), Yahoo, eBay, Amazon or Wikipedia. Thinking back, it's not the...
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    Gaming Next generation of Intel?

    I just received the latest CustomPC in the mail and only a few pages in and I see information on the successors to the Core i generation - Sandy Bridge (E). Apparently due for release early next year (late next year for the E version) Sandy Bridge CPUs will have all the controllers (including a...
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    Gaming Broadcom 4322AG WiFi problems

    I've had the problem for a long time but just learned to deal with it. Description as follows: Between 10-50 minutes after turning on my HP Pavillion tx2550ea tablet laptop, it will no longer work with HTTP traffic. MSN/Windows Live Messenger still works, but HTTP won't work, at all. Also, the...
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    Gaming Display problems

    I'm posting here to see if any quick ideas can help fix things for me. Firstly, this is a brand new Acer Aspire 5740M laptop, with a fresh install of Windows 7. Naturally one of the first things to do is run Windows Update. I installed a few other things whilst waiting for Windows Update to...
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    Gaming Drive tray won't open/close

    It's 1am and google searches just aren't helping me. Too many similar problems but with different symptoms/causes/fixes. I got a RRoD 360 from a friend of a friend a few hours ago. Did the X-Clamp fix, and it worked fine. Didn't even need reheating, but I did it anyway. Fans pointed at CPU, 10...
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    Gaming Xbox360 Arcade, E19

    Another Xbox360 passed on to me, fraught with signs of people having a go, nicking a screw or two, then passing it on. Basically, first problem I had with it - on button would flash repeatedly, then the red/green ROL would flash alternately. Did a lil research, discovered it's due to the DVD...
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