Posted by kypoth-Alex on May 3, 2010 in
Hardware,
How To Fix ... My 13 year old Dyson DC02 recently had a major meltdown. I’m not kidding, there were sparks flying out the back and smoke filled the room (you know, that really acrid smoke you get when electrics go wrong). My daughter, who’s younger than the Dyson, was using it at the time and she was most upset as she couldn’t finish her chore and claim her wages (don’t worry, I’m not that evil, I honoured the deal. After deducting the cost of the motor, of course. No, only joking ;) ). Read more…
Posted by kypoth-Alex on Oct 11, 2009 in
Hardware,
How To Fix ... If you’re getting streaky lines on your printouts and you’ve tried the cleaning routine several times to no avail, then it’s likely that ink has dried in some of the printhead nozzles (so preventing the ink from flowing through the entire surface of the printhead). The hp d145 has printheads that are separate from the ink cartridges and they can be easily removed for cleaning / unblocking. My magenta printhead partially blocks (must be dodgy ink) if I don’t use the printer for a week, so I do this all the time and can assure you it’s a quick and easy process. It probably applies to other hp models with removable printheads but you might have to ad-lib on the pictures. Read more…
Tags: blocked printhead, Officejet d145, puppy
Posted by kypoth-Alex on Sep 13, 2009 in
Hardware,
How To Fix ... Although not strictly computer hardware related, without coffee could you do a days work? You could probably last a day without your server running, but where would you be if the coffee machine goes down? Read more…
Posted by kypoth-Alex on Sep 10, 2009 in
Hardware,
How To Fix ... Some things aren’t really worth fixing, and this is probably one of them. After all, I do have the spare one that came with it somewhere in the box. However, there’s a bit of a story behind this, and after all the hassle, it would have been defeatist to have put it in the bin. Read more…