Scoboblio

I know this is a serious convo, but that had me in stitches

I guessed that it was this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4223938.stm

An absolutely class car 355's on the back! That's some serious width!

History (as in FSH )

edited because I'm a muppet who doesn't open links before he replies

Going by my very basic knowledge a T88 would need much larger injectors to match, hence an aftermarket ECU to trim them back, not to mention get round the trickery that the stock ECU performs to run the sequential system I think a couple of people on here have put on large singles when their stock tubbies have died, but left the standard injectors / ecu until they could afford the extra layout. I think it would just about run safely if you left it at very low boost and didn't nail it.... but a T88

WOW so it's fair to say it'll beat my j-spec TT off the lights? Love the exterior of that car, but to be honest I think the interior is horrible!

I'm currently (well not RIGHT now), driving a Rover 216, surely that's worth a bit of abuse?

Thanks dude

I just thought Bat = at least a pound, leaving 20p total, which is then split between the bat and the ball to make it an even £1 between them = Bat £1.10 ball 10p

Great stuff mate, thanks very much!

Thanks for the replies guys, used a "spare" CPU in the new mobo today and it worked fine So a new one is on the way! Hey at least I've got a newer motherboard now with support for a better processor and RAM Regarding the original problem with re-installing XP, my dad has just pulled one out of the bag with a new, unused legit copy of XP home I can use So should hopefully all be sorted by tomorrow night.

Already been said, but very sorry to hear this and hope you find another job soon

The PC isn't under warranty, It's a couple of years old now I think. I was hammering the PC copying files to my iPod, dowloading, browsing etc etc when it completely froze - no keyboard / mouse response, desktop was still displayed but that's it. Had to power it off and when attempting to reboot nothing happens - no BIOS load, no POST etc etc, the monitor comes out of standby for a couple of secs and then switches off again - that's it. I've tried resetting the CMOS using the motherboard jumper and it had no effect. Today I've replaced the motherboard and it's made no difference So my next thought is a burned-out CPU. Does anyone know if a motherboard with no processor in it will load the BIOS on startup? Or do my symptoms seem consistent with a knackered CPU?

See above mate, apparantly MS have stopped retailers supplying an XP CD on PC's where it is pre-loaded. Thanks for the replies guys, however I'm still confused.... I know that my slave drive will be fine, but I don't want to lose the data on my primary drive with the OS on it unless it's 100% necessary. Once I've replaced the MB I will have no XP CD, only the master CD's I created when I first powered it on. Will I be able to reinstall XP from these with a different MB to the one I had to start with? As for the suggestions of "install XP pro" etc, that's a good idea, but I don't want to get into A: buying a legal copy, or B: Going illegal, when I've bought a perfectly legit PC with XP installed. By not supplying me with an original XP home CD, it seems to me like I'm actually being encouraged to beg / borrow / steal an illegal copy of Windows, just to get up and running again!

That sounds like a very good idea John, I had no idea that the "master" CDs created when I first set up the PC would be good for wiping my a**e on and little else.... surely they should do the same job as an XP CD!

Thanks for the info mate, looks like I'll be digging around for a copy of XP home then. Why the hell don't MS let retailers supply the disks any more? I can't be the only person stuck in this situation, do they expect me to buy a new copy of XP or a new PC because my motherboard's broken? Or maybe to re-format both my hard disks? Sorry for the rant but this has really got to me... when I bought my PC I bought a licence to XP yeah? So where's my f**king CD?

Right, this is really annoying me now :thumbdown On Sunday my PC crashed completely and now won't even load the BIOS when I boot it, running a few tests confirmed that the motherboard was dead After ordering a new one I was told that because it's a different manufacturer / chipset, that my hard drives would not be recognised as bootable and I'd need to repair Windows XP (home) in order to stand any chance of actually retaining my data. Thing is, the PC was bought from a highstreet store, and despite considerable pressure they wouldn't give me a Windows installation CD. So what am I going to do? Because the PC crashed unexpectedly I now have no Windows XP bootable recovery CD. And my motherboard is so old that I probably won't be able to buy another one exactly the same as the old one. Any suggestions on how to get around this?

Classic!

Aha I see Thanks Nic

Okay I'm fairly sure this is a stupid question.... but here goes. On ride height adjustable coilovers, how is the height adjusted? I.e can they be changed on the car? Do you have to take the wheels off? Are they top adjustable so you can do if from the engine bay? I've not got coilovers BTW, but always been curious about this.

definately done it what a horrible feeling.... I got around it by admitting to sending it straight away..... then again it was all over a month later, suppose you didn't want to hear that Good luck dude.

We can't see the pics dude, you have to host them on the web somewhere because right now you're pointing us to your hard drive!

I agree, may be wrong but it seems like right now a lot of able bodied people are just sitting around waiting for a miracle.

It wasn't as if this was a suprise attack..... FFS they sat and watched the bloody storm coming across on the weather map! I know it's a large affected area but for people to now be stuck in this type of situation is ridiculous for such a rich country. Who was it who said any society is only 3 meals away from anarchy... looks like they were right.