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    Alternative software for Mecer UPS

    For anyone interested, I contacted the ViewPower tech support & asked them about a Linux ARM version, and they said they never heard of Mecer, and I should contact Mecer instead. Interesting that ViewPower comes with the Mecer, but they haven't heard of it...
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    Alternative software for Mecer UPS

    Has anyone succeeded in getting a Raspberry Pi UPS monitoring app to replace ViewPower? I have been running the HTML5 version (i.e. no Flash) of ViewPower on a PC, and am happy with how it works, but I can't dedicate a PC to this 24x7. Otherwise, is the interface spec. available? I could take a...
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    MWeb EMail down?

    This morning I can't get into my MWeb email. It says Log in failed. After trying multiple times, I thought I was hacked and clicked the fogot password button. I was SMS'd a new password, but this also doesn't work. I then tried to log into the MWeb support site, and this does work, using my...
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    Test your broadband speed, rate your ISP, win great prizes worth R5,000

    Ping 4ms Download 9.96Mbps Upload 4.74Mbps MWEB
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    Request Specific phone number from Vodacom

    I went to Vodacom today to ask for a number and they said it was not possible, even though the number is not in use. This definitely was possible a long time ago - 20 years ago my company requested and got sequential numbers when we ordered a bunch of phones. And I knew of companies whose...
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    Post Office charging Customs Handling Fee on Imports

    I order little gadgets from China about once a month. Up to now I've only been charged import duties and/or VAT once or twice. I wouldn't mind paying so long as I know the rules. I assume I'm normally not charged because the packages are small and low value. So today I received 3 switches...
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    OVHD Decoder: no signal crazy problem

    I gave my friend my OVHD decoder some months ago. She has been using it with a DSTV dish with no problems, but then one day it said there was no signal. She borrowed a neighbor's DSTV decoder and that worked on her dish. We took the decoder to ElSat and they got it to work from a DSTV dish. But...
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    Asus Fonepad 7 cracked screen repair cost

    I bought this for my girlfriend a few months ago, for R1,500 from Dion Wired. It was a great deal - it is a phablet with dual SIM + SD card slot, and works great as an Android tablet. And then she dropped it, from table height onto a carpeted floor, and the screen cracked. It still turns on and...
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    Cheap no name brand CCTV cameras, DVRs and their internet software

    Is this a good place to discuss this? If not, where can I go? There are lots of no name brand CCTV systems which seem to work ok, but each one has its own problems. For example, the one I just got has a very unreliable playback function on the PC software: it is difficult to get it to play...
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    NextBook 10.1 Windows Tablet: How to get to BIOS?

    The hardware clock is wrong. Windows apparently syncs its clock with the hardware clock at regular intervals. (This is pretty stupid, since it is also configured to sync to an internet time server: this guarantees that the Windows time will jump around. Is there a way to tell Windows not to do...
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    HD PVR Power Consumption

    I have an old Pace HD PVR. It is always very hot; I assume that means it uses a lot of power, and now that I run everything from a UPS, it probably runs down the batteries unnecessarily. Does anyone know if the new HD PVRs use less power? I thought of switching to a plain decoder without a...
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    Does USB OTG on Windows Pro Tablets work the same as regular USB?

    I'm looking for advice from someone familiar with USB OTG: I'm looking to replace PCs with low-end Windows Pro tablets. They will need to talk to a USB printer and keyboard. The new WinPro tablets are coming out without a USB port, but they have a USB micro B port, which on a phone would be...
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    Zest T1 GPS very bad in High Accuracy mode?

    I've had my Zest T1 from Afrihost for a while now and am generally very happy with it. But I've tried Maps a few times now, and it is way out, and also jumps around. It pops up a box asking me to connect to WiFi for better results, but I don't have WiFi in my car. I also wanted to see how...
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    DSTV: How to connect an old SD PVR to an HD dish

    I have an HD dish with 2 coax cables that go to a splitter box with 4 output cables that are meant to go to an HD PVR. But I have an old SD PVR with 2 inputs. Can I connect the 2 cables from the dish directly to the PVR? Or do I need to choose 2 of the cables from the splitter? Or does the HD...
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    HTC 8X WP8 uses up airtime without being used!

    A few weeks ago I got an HTC 8x for my friend on an MTN top up contract. I tried to convince her to get a Samsung Android phone, but she insisted on the HTC. 3 weeks later & she's ready to toss it out. The 100 minutes of airtime gets used up in 2 weeks. She topped it up with R25, and a few hours...
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