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Problems with Be There routers and BBC iPlayer

Posted by Dave on August 19th, 2008

My ADSL 2+ connection is provided by Be (also known as Be There), and just recently I’ve been having major problems with Be’s own router, the Be Box, when connecting to the BBC’s iPlayer service. The Be Box turns itself off and on again within a minute or two of connecting to an iPlayer [...]

Using an external hard disk to boot an Intel Mac

Posted by Dave on September 15th, 2006

I ran into some problems trying to install Mac OS X on an external hard drive, to make a test clean install for booting up my Mac Pro. I was trying to use a drive that I’d previously formatted on a PowerPC Mac, and the Mac OS X installer disks that came with the [...]

LaCie Big Disk spinning down unexpectedly

Posted by Dave on March 20th, 2006

My LaCie “Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 500GB” (FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0) has recently started spinning down of its own accord. It will just suddenly spin down without prompting. Obviously, this is a bit of a problem.