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Sony PlayTV Remote Play Not Working

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:26:49 +0000

I very rarely (never) write anything of any use on this blog but after spending an entire evening trying to get my PSP working with remote play for remote PlayTV viewing I thought I’d share my findings.

For anyone else that is having problems getting PlayTV working over remote play on PSP quite simply remove the 720p option from the PS3 display settings options. For some reason the PSP doesn’t like it and after a black screen for a few minutes a timeout error occurs.

Why the hell Sony don’t tell anyone these sort of useful facts I have no idea. I’m getting increasingly frustrated by Sony and their lack of support and informative tutorials for the Playstation 3. There’s no denying the PS3 is a great piece of kit but why the hell should I have to spend 6 hours trying to find an answer to a problem that shouldn’t be there? Do Sony do any testing at all on the stuff they’re releasing?

They’re pitching this technology as something everyone can do. They portray an illusion that it’ll just work out of the box and we’ll all be remote playing and remote watching PlayTV in minutes but the truth is that it’s actually quite a complex scenario that’s at play here and even the most tech savvy people are struggling to get this technology working.

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USB Toaster becomes a reality?

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:08:01 +0000

I joked about a USB toaster in a previous post but now it looks like my dreams have become a reality, or is it? I know one colleague at work that would die for a USB toaster.

Now all I need is a USB bread maker, a USB Butter Churner and a USB frying pan and I’ll be able to do a full English breakfast without leaving my desk. The I’d be able to become even more of a lard arse than I already am.

USB Toaster! Real Or Fake? - More bloopers are a click away

Isn’t USB great? What did we do without it?

USB tennis anyone?

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PC World Scratch/Crash Test Apple iPhone

admin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:45 +0000

PC World (Not us here at PC Whirled) have taken the trouble to do a scratch test and general user drop test to see how the Apple iPhone holds up to everyday use. It appears like it stands up to general wear and tear quite well. I haven’t got one but my first test would be to see how well it does when it goes skidding across a wet road at night, as my usual phone dropping occurs when leaving the pub and pulling out my house keys. The usual occurrence is the battery falling out and a few scratch marks on the screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czCCavcnNd8

If anyone wants to donate an Apple iPhone for me to stress test I’ll gladly give it a go…………..where’s my hammer.

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Apple iPhone Mobile Phone

admin — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:50:28 +0000

Everyone likes to have the latest piece of technology in their pockets, whether it be to impress the ladies or make friends and families envious because basically we’re all a bunch of egotistical, selfish, show off, bastards. So it’s no surprise that the current must have piece of mobile technology is the Apple iPhone mobile phone. If like me you can’t actually afford one or you don’t have trouser pocket space free then why not knit yourself one like the one shown on daddytypes.com

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Mouse Mat compatability problems

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:57:32 +0000

It’s a common myth that any old mouse mat will do but most of the input device issues reported to us can be traced to an incompatible mouse mat. A whole range of problems are caused by incompatible mouse mats the most frequently reported being:

Hardcore Pornography images randomly placing themselves in your temporary internet files directory
Being shit at online games
Right and left clicks alternating
Mouse tremble

So next time you’re buying a mouse mat make sure it’s compatible with the mouse you use.

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Video Technical Support Question

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:52:33 +0000

Sometimes explaining a technical support issue over the phone or via email can be difficult and for this reason we’ve started inviting people to post their technical support requests with video. It enables us to make a quicker diagnosis of the issue allowing the user to get back to their day-to-day PC routine such as, super poking people you vaguely know from the past on Facebook, watching endless hours of crap on Youtube and reading worthless dribble on blogs like this.

Our first video technical support question comes from SpaceHunk95@yahoo.cock who asks;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bYi7pFzTbQ

Basically, SpaceHunk95@yahoo.cock is asking,

“I’ve taken my PC to bits and spread it out over the table, turned it on and stuck a pen nib across two of the motherboard electro conductive tally whackers and all it does is make a continuous beeping noise. What should I do?”

Well SpaceHunk95@yahoo.cock, turn it off, put it all back together and stop f*@king about with it, surely you can find better things to do? Nice Spoktech 520 PSU though brother, I bet that packs a real punch!

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How To Turn Off Your Laptop - Dell Technical Support Call

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:22:56 +0000

Turning off your laptop can be very difficult………especially if you’re a retard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNPzgPhHeWQ

Now, who’s a silly billy then?

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USB (Universal Stick-em-in Bits) Explained

admin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:42:06 +0000

USB stands for Universal Stick-em-in Bits. It was developed as a way for all the extra bits we want to add on to our computers that the manufacturer hadn’t allowed for when they built the computer. It’s also handy for attaching additional hardware in preperation for when the internal hardware goes tits up, for example a backup hard drive.

My top 3 essential USB peripherals are;

1. The Shytech USB Toaster - We all get a bit peckish whilst we are working away on our personal computers so the Shytech USB Toaster is the answer to all our USB toasting dreams. Shytech have been pioneers of USB kitchenware add ons and are planning to launch the USB GFLMFGM or Universal Stick-em-in Bits George Forman Lean Mean Fat Grilling Machine in summer 2008.

2. The Crapware USB Laptop - A must have for all you computer nerds out there. It’s a laptop that runs from your USB port on your laptop or your desktop. Shit hot!

3. The Brabantia USB Bin - This Brabantia USB bin synchronises with your PC desktop trashcan and you can throw stuff off your real desk in it as well. Brilliant! It’s a bit pricey at £500 just like the real Bribantia bins and of course you’ll need authentic Brabantia USB bin bags as well.

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Part II of “My Icons Have Fallen Off My Desktop, What do I do?”

admin — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:05:09 +0000

Previously on PC Whirled (Not to be confused with PC World) I wrote an article on what to do when your desktop icons fall off. It’s a common problem and one we get asked about all the time. As a follow up I thought I’d let you know of some of the search terms people have Googled on the Internet who have the same or similar problem.

So here’s my top 10,

“my icons disappeared off my desktop” - Shitter mate, see my article.
“all icons disappear off of desktop” - All icons, damn those slippy desktops, try lying your monitor on it’s back.
“all my icons disappeared off my desktop” - Yep, join the club my friend.
“desktop icons disappeared” - Just like that, they’ve gone!
“desktop icons have discovered” - This is a new one on me, I’d love to know what. Drop me a line and let me know.
“desktop icons-lost” - They’ve just gone-a-wondering around my PC and got theirselves lost.
“fallen desktop icons” - Like fallen angels, they’re hiding behind the trashcan jacking up on web 2.0 juice.
“find my icons lost on pc” - They’re lost buddy, there’s no finding them.
“program fallen off desktop” - Whooa there, not just the icon the bloody program??? Pisser!
“why is my desktop icons going on and off?” - Why is they indeed, those darn icons are going discotastic.

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The Music Has left My Laptop, HELP!

admin — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:43:43 +0000

This is a regular support request we get here at PC Whirled and it’s not just unique to laptops. It’s a complex issue to trouble shoot as well with no single magic solution. Depending on the make of sound card you have installed or whether you’re using the onboard sound controller on your motherboard the answer is never straight forward.

The basics explained

Ok so, first of all it’s not the music that has left your laptop (we always have a good chuckle when we hear that suggested) it is of course the band that plays the music. Most people don’t realise that sound cards are actually powered by very tiny bands and the quality of sound card performance is dependant on the quality of the band resident on the card. In future posts we’ll talk further about this but for now you just need to grasp the tiny band concept.

The day the music died

We’ve all been there, you boot up your laptop first thing of a morning eager to dive into a heavy day of social bookmarking and tag cloud surfing and the usual windows startup music doesn’t play. “That’s odd” you think, “maybe I just didn’t hear it over the hard drive grinding noise”, so you try playing one of your mp3s and still nothing.

So, What has happened?

Well it’s quite simple really, overnight the band have decided to leave. There are many reasons why this might happen and we’ll look at some potential reasons along with some potential fixes in later posts.

A temporary fix

There are two possible temporary fixes,

Buy a new laptop and threw the other out. The new laptop will come pre-configured with new soundcard and therefore a new resident band.
Have someone sit by your side using a different laptop with working sound and instruct them to mirror your actions thus creating the missing audio

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