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ED E · 25-12-2012 01:38PM

Gonna guess its a really small DC barrel pin, one for my dropad broke too.

Are you sure its broken, is it like visually f'cked or does it just appear to not charge at all?

Tea_Bag · 25-12-2012 01:49PM

pics attached. sorry for the size, its straight from my phone.

i put a 20c coin next to it as a size comparison, but it doesnt do it justice. its a really small pin. thinnest ive seen.

the charger is fecked. the socket pin on the transformer is forced into the actual transformer. like it was stood on, by a really strong heavy boot or something.

Headshot · 25-12-2012 02:07PM

hmm been looking thru all my plugs and dont see anything that might suit that

Iv been reading that this would also do the job, so here's hoping someone has one

ED E · 25-12-2012 02:07PM

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8732458/DSC_0605.jpg - Large!

You can see the state of the transformer in the background, had to smash it open and resolder the terminals.

Note to self, china pads are cheap for a reason.

Headshot · 25-12-2012 02:16PM

I found this but unsure is it the right size. I have a usb mains charger too afaik
Its a cable that has a mini usb and other connector on it

glynf · 25-12-2012 03:10PM

May be try this fix Tea_Bag, looks like the positive part is not making connection due to the yellow cap:

Headshot · 25-12-2012 03:37PM

My dvd drive is on its last legs. The nearest computer store to me would probably be pc world in limerick but im gob smacked at the prices they charge

Squeaky the Squirrel · 25-12-2012 03:44PM

Happy xmas everyone!

Brought the dog for a walk with just a t-shirt on earlier, thats not right.

Squeaky the Squirrel · 25-12-2012 03:45PM

Headshot wrote: »

My dvd drive is on its last legs. The nearest computer store to me would probably be pc world in limerick but im gob smacked at the prices they charge

Say it 2 declan and hell get it dropped 2 a more realistic price

Andy!! · 25-12-2012 04:18PM

So should I uninstall BF altogether or is it safer to move it to another drive, and how would I go about that?

thewheel2.0 · 25-12-2012 06:53PM

Merry Christmas boardsies. I'll never forget 2012 as the year I finally started earning a wage so I could build my PC. My other half even went out of her way to get me the Boards T-Shirt they were selling a while back, shes the best

Thanks for the great advice throughout the year!

Squeaky the Squirrel · 25-12-2012 07:00PM

Andy!! wrote: »

So should I uninstall BF altogether or is it safer to move it to another drive, and how would I go about that?

Steam mover?

marco_polo · 25-12-2012 07:07PM

Andy!! wrote: »

So should I uninstall BF altogether or is it safer to move it to another drive, and how would I go about that?

You can use the mlink command, simply move the entire BF3 folder to the new HDD location and then create a directory link in the original SSD location with the same name, pointing at the new HDD folder. Everything should still function as normal.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/create-symbolic-links-hard-links-and-directory-junctions-in-vista-with-mklink/

So if you had moved a directory called BF3 already from c: to d: something like this would do the trick.

C:> mlink /d BF3

\BF3

challengemaster · 25-12-2012 07:42PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3pQi09ANH0

FlyingIrishMan · 25-12-2012 07:50PM

Got my first taste of Windows 8 today, absolutely horrible. Where the heck is the start button?! Perhaps after a while one might get used to it, but after half an hour on it I don't like it, I couldn't find stuff easily so I'll just stick with Windows 7.

Squeaky the Squirrel · 25-12-2012 08:51PM

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Got my first taste of Windows 8 today, absolutely horrible. Where the heck is the start button?! Perhaps after a while one might get used to it, but after half an hour on it I don't like it, I couldn't find stuff easily so I'll just stick with Windows 7.

Start8 is what you'll need for a start button, $5.

They actually have a sale on at the minute with all their software.

http://www.stardock.com/holiday_sale/software.asp

Tea_Bag · 26-12-2012 02:51PM

sorry lads dinner called. I'm gonna RMA the whole thing. thanks for the help.

did everyone have a good dinner? I had duck starters and lobster thermodore for mains. not very traditional, but I don't like turkey, and the ma doesn't eat ham, chicken is too boring, so it's a compromise

bloody tasty though

got a Lithuanian friend over, so not only did I drink far too much, but I've been woken up with a can of beer at 10am to start all over again. god I love Christmas.

also, happy birthday Isaac Newton!

ShadowHearth · 26-12-2012 06:23PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

sorry lads dinner called. I'm gonna RMA the whole thing. thanks for the help.

did everyone have a good dinner? I had duck starters and lobster thermodore for mains. not very traditional, but I don't like turkey, and the ma doesn't eat ham, chicken is too boring, so it's a compromise bloody tasty though

got a Lithuanian friend over, so not only did I drink far too much, but I've been woken up with a can of beer at 10am to start all over again. god I love Christmas.

also, happy birthday Isaac Newton!

we had duck too lol.

and yeah, we lithuanians can do that to you!

I personally dont have a balls to drink like used to and the way my lithuanian friends can.

NTMK · 26-12-2012 06:25PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

got a Lithuanian friend over, so not only did I drink far too much, but I've been woken up with a can of beer at 10am to start all over again. god I love Christmas.

Did he kick your door in again :pac:

Tea_Bag · 26-12-2012 06:44PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

we had duck too lol.

and yeah, we lithuanians can do that to you! I personally dont have a balls to drink like used to and the way my lithuanian friends can.

5 cans, 2 glasses of champagne, and 500mls of vodka later, and he's sleeping like a baby on the couch. :-)

i svekatyela (sic)

NTMK wrote: »

Did he kick your door in again :pac:

ha not this time. he's called some Latvian girls over so the night is still young.

Eboggles · 26-12-2012 06:59PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

ot this time. he's called some Latvian girls over so the night is still young.

And you're posting on the PC Building & Upgrading forum while there's loads of drunk Latvian girls in your house.

You've got your priorities right :pac:

ShadowHearth · 26-12-2012 07:00PM

Eboggles wrote: »

And you're posting on the PC Building & Upgrading forum while there's loads of drunk Latvian girls in your house.

You've got your priorities right :pac:

thats what i thought too... not cool man, not cool.

Tea_Bag · 26-12-2012 07:41PM

Meh, I roll mad deep yo.

ShadowHearth · 26-12-2012 09:13PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Meh, I roll mad deep yo.

I think you should just hand in your "man card" m8.

Tea_Bag · 26-12-2012 11:39PM

but bro, I lift!

Headshot · 27-12-2012 12:54AM

God I ****ing despise Eircom. I never hated a company as much as I hate Eircom.

glynf · 27-12-2012 02:50AM

Eircom suck donkey balls, I know that sounds like a cheap shot but they do. They actually expected me to have a line installed so they could then check whether or not it was usable for broadband. Their own broadband ffs.

Naturally I suggested a few orifices they could insert their service, and went
with a wireless broadband provider as there were no other options. Tbh I was expecting a crock but its been excellent so far-we have it over 1.5 years and its been down for more than a day twice, 7Mb down & 1Mb up, also low ping (usually sits between 15-30ms most days) which is brilliant for gaming.

Have you tried any of the local wireless crowds? Munster broadband seem to be well thought of, and cover south Tipp by the looks of it.

challengemaster · 27-12-2012 02:57AM

glynf wrote: »

Eircom suck donkey balls, I know that sounds like a cheap shot but they do. They actually expected me to have a line installed so they could then check whether or not it was usable for broadband. Their own broadband ffs.

Sounds like eircom alright

In fairness, BT and eircom (same lines) used to be perfect for gaming. Regularly had <20ms to Irish servers. Then they rolled out their "Super awesome fast" packages >7Mb and it all went to shít. Packets going through amsterdam to get to the UK, packetloss, huge ping... probably fixed by now

They've always been shít in terms of customer service though

glynf · 27-12-2012 03:17AM

Not the first thing to get lost passing through Amsterdam in fairness

The service used be good alright, I'd guess what they have invested in their infrastructure cannot keep pace with the increase of people & mobile devices online.

tuxy · 27-12-2012 05:06AM

challengemaster wrote: »

Packets going through amsterdam to get to the UK, packetloss, huge ping... probably fixed by now

They've always been shít in terms of customer service though

I guess thats what was happening yesterday, I had much lower pings to Netherland and Germany than UK. It's usually ok, sub 100 anyway but not great.

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