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New Year, New Services!!!

Happy new year from Southern Cross.Fireworks

Sorry we haven’t posted anything for a while but we have been very busy preparing a range of new exciting new services.

These new services include:

On-line file storage – access your files from anywhere & share them on-line!

Data Recovery – accidentally deleted a file? we have the power to get it back!

Telephone Systems – economical & extremely versatile VoIP and ISDN systems!

VHS to DVD Transfer – new hardware and software provides excellent quality!

More details on all of these services will be coming soon!

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This Summer Please Remember 2 Things…

ThermometerDogs Die In Hot Cars!

Computers Die In Hot Rooms!

This summer as temperatures rise into the thirties low twenties if we’re lucky, spare a thought for your computers.

Computers generate a lot of heat, much like a car engine,  if left to its own devices a computer will generate so much heat that it will break down.

To stop this from happening all computers use a cooling system, usually comprising of fans and heat-sinks, designed to keep a cool breeze blowing through the machine.

In the long term overheating can cause permanent damage, in the short term the symptoms are extremely annoying.

Symptoms May Include:

  1. System Crashes
  2. Lockups
  3. Random Reboots
  4. Extremely Slow Performance

Steps you can take to prevent overheating:

  1. Ensure all vents on your PC/ laptop are uncovered and not clogged up with dust
  2. Leave at least 2 inches around your PC/Laptop for good air flow
  3. Avoid leaving your computers running in rooms with no ventilation

If you still have any of these symptoms after performing the steps above then chances are that  your cooling system needs maintenance. These are much easier to fix than a burnt-out processor or motherboard so if you have these symptoms contact us ASAP!

Lift Off

Day one of the new Southern Cross Computing website. Jason has worked very hard on the new website over the past month or so, and we are all very proud of the result.

Jason and I have been testing the “live” version and have, of course, discovered a few gremlins along the way ! We have hopefully sorted out most of them now, but please let us know if you find any more, including any dodgy grammar and spelling !

We are now looking forward to seeing our Web Design and Multi-Media sites on line – more bandanna-scratching work for Jason, but they will be well worth the effort I’m sure.

If there’s anybody out there reading this, then please let us know what you would like to read about in this blog, because it will get very boring if it’s just the ramblings of the three of us !

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The Socross blog is now live and kicking, stay tuned for news, hints & tips and of course humour from Mike, Hilary & Jason at Southern Cross Computing