Recent content by phoenix

Sheer talent. I'm special. :-P Seriously though, my guess is that it happened when I was wrestling with my CPU cooler. About the image noise....it's the best I was able to do with my 'phone. :o

Thanks to a number of bent pins in my CPU socket, I have been running my RAM in single channel mode for a good while now. Do any of you know whether running my machine this way will damage components, or otherwise lead to instability? How great is the difference in system performance running in...

Greetings Which are the better institutions through which to learn proof-reading by correspondence in South Africa? Seeing as I am asked to check documents from time to time, I think that if I am to sign up to learn something this year, proof reading is something I know I shall use at work...

Greetings Since this past weekend, I have barely been able to use my Samsung P3110. If I may resort to anthropomorphic terms, the touch screen vacillates between not responding to my input and hperactivity: it opens apps on its own without my finger being even close to the screen. Do you think...

I need your advice please. It looks as though my old [I have had it ever since I got ADSL and was on a 384k line with a 1Gb cap.] DLink 2640U is to blame for my slow/missing internet [by slow I mean that the line speed was less than what I pay for.] connection over the latter part of the year...

Greetings! I have been saving up to build myself a new PC [as a belated birthday present], and as I shan't be needing two desktop computers ["This room's only big enough for one of us!" :-P ] , I am wanting to sell what I have and put the money towards funding its successor. What do you think...

On offer for Xbox 360 owners this month are Gears of War: Judgement, and Terraria. While the latter can be downloaded, I have found that GoW sits at 0% for a while before a message to the effect that the game could not be downloaded appears. Have any of you encountered similar problems at any...

Given these steep requirements, I would expect the game to look nothing less than spectacular. http://www.pcgamer.com/the-witcher-3-system-requirements-announced/ Is your computer up to the task of running this game? How much are you prepared to dial down the prettiness factor to make it...

G'day It's been a while.... I started up my PS3 this week, and loaded the Playstation Store to see what is new. All I got was a blue screen and some menu options along the top of the screen. Pressing buttons on my controller elicited no response from my console. I tried a fix online that...

Well this is all very inconvenient! I was stopped by two thugs on my way home [I was in Beatty Road], who insisted that I hand over my cellphone and empty out my pockets for them. Naturally, I obliged. Thankfully, they were not at all interested in my debit card, but helped themselves to the...

So....the soft ear-protector bit on my headphones are looking rather the worse for wear these days. I am looking for a pair of headphones to replace them. My budget is R400 tops. Suggestions please? Thanks

How many Android gamers do we have here, and what are you playing? I upgraded to an LG Optimus L5 at the end of last year, and have finished the free versions of Angry Birds Space and Star Wars, and am busy with a "match-3" type game or two. I would have Puzzle Quest 2 on my L5, but my screen...

Hi I bought an MSI GeForce GT 630 from a Canal Walk store during my recent holiday in Cape Town. Upon my return home, I disabled my onboard graphics on my Gigabyte B75 motherboard, and plugged in the card. Windows 8 Preview installs Microsoft's VGA drivers, and nVidia's software asserts that...

I'll be flying to Cape Town on the morning of the 23rd, and leaving on the 27th. We will be based at the Waterfront, and leaving on the 27th. PM me if you want to pop by and exchange notes. [Whether it is in the reception area of my hotel or somewhere on the waterfront.] I still don't know what...

Possibly the most important news you have been waiting on this year. Were you one of the lucky ones who received a thirteenth cheque, and what are your plans for it? In a departure from the cut-down bonuses I have received over the past two Decembers, this year I was pleasantly surprised to...