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Forum server settings changed

by xantia_v6 » 07 May 2024, 19:01

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Due to excessive server loading caused by some badly behaved 'bots' (automated content collectors), I have changed the anti-ddos settings on the site to be much more aggressive.

This has had the desired effect of reducing the server loading from 100% to about 10% (the other 90% was coming from just 8 IP addresses located in China).

There may...

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I have been keeping an eye on the server performance, and the every 5 minutes same addresses would flood the forum with requests for a few seconds before getting blocked again.

In the last hour they seem to have got bored and gone away.

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PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

by GiveMeABreak » 09 Dec 2023, 17:48 » in Diagnostics

PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

The following will cover most basic equipment, but will exclude later systems & Tech.

PSA Electrical Diagrams Introduction - Function and Constitution of Codes
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Coding of Functions
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Component Coding
PSA Electrical Diagrams -...

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09 Dec 2023, 17:48
Citroen, DS Automobiles and Peugeot Official Part Number Requests

by GiveMeABreak » 15 May 2021, 13:55 » in Citroën
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Please make all your Citroen , DS Automobiles or Peugeot Parts Requests on this thread

This thread is only for donating members who wish to request official part numbers or Parts Diagrams.

Please don't post technical queries or ask 'how to' questions here. Create a thread in one of the main Citroen / Peugeot Forums for these queries....

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71 is bolt M6 x 1mm x 20mm (part no 692395 @ £1.46).
18 is the clamp, part no 1714R4 @ £10.73
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05 May 2024, 17:57
Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

by GiveMeABreak » 24 Jun 2020, 17:01 » in Useful links
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Just for members to be aware that airbagteam.com based in the UK are offering a 10% discount to FCF members on any of their services.

The FCF does not endorse any company directly, but thought this would be of use to members.

Full details of their services and the discount can be found here:

Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

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Re the 407 door seal issue and airbag warnings, after a few days of rain and testing with the hose, I gave up as water was still pooling on top of the bottom door seal and then running inside the car.

My solution was to put a few holes thru the seal with a leather hole punch tool which seems to allow the water to exit (the door seal gets squashed...
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07 Mar 2024, 23:42
Important Information concerning access to PSA parts data

by xantia_v6 » 19 Mar 2020, 04:19
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As some of you may already have realised, PSA (Citroen, DS Automobiles & Peugeot) have this week (from 16/03/2020) decided to close off free access to parts information.

The public version of PSA's ServiceBox, which is the official source for parts and information has had a freely accessible parts system for registered garages, and individual...

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Please note: This Thread is now Locked.

Please Make All Your Citroen or Peugeot Parts Requests Here

All parts requests from this topic have been moved there.
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14 Nov 2021, 07:21
New PSA Heritage Parts for Classic Cars

by GiveMeABreak » 11 Oct 2019, 16:18 » in Citroën

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Parts for Classic / Older Citroen, Peugeot Renault Vehicles

This may be of interest to Members with older vehicles where getting parts is a struggle and for those not already aware of the site.

PSA are embarking on a project to provide some supplies of original and re manufactured parts for older vehicles and classics, and have made it a...

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I'm trying them for anything showing up as NFP now.
Sometimes hit lucky.

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24 Jan 2020, 16:49
Revised Easydiagnostics Discount Procedure

by GiveMeABreak » 03 May 2018, 17:22

Please note that there is a new procedure in place for members wishing to take advantage of a 15% discount off products from Easydiagnostics.

The old discount code that was entered into the checkout is no longer valid, as a result of the code being propagated over the Internet.

After discussions with Jim from ED today, we have agreed a new...

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03 May 2018, 17:22

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BXCF DOWN

by citronut » 07 Jul 2010, 08:06

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here is what comes up when trying to go onto the BXCF

is it something to do with the server tinkerings last evenning TEA HE

phpBB : Critical Error

Error doing DB query userdata row fetch

DEBUG MODE

SQL Error : 1194 Table 'phpbb_users' is marked as crashed and should be repaired

SELECT * FROM phpbb_users WHERE user_id = -1

Line : 136
File...

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no need to apolagise Xac i now the sort of time and eforts you and Jim put into this for use all, i was only letting you know (like you didn't all ready know)

kind regards
malcolm

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07 Jul 2010, 18:29
Outage 20/04/10

by Xaccers » 20 Apr 2010, 07:31

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Sorry about that this morning.
The webserver decided it wanted to update the VMware tools, which gave it a new network card with no settings.

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At least with us running the server directly we can get on and sort the issues (or rebuild if that's needed) without having to wait for 3rd party techs to come up with excuses.

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25 Apr 2010, 14:55
GMT/BST - Time to change the clocks!

by Xaccers » 30 Mar 2010, 08:31

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If you've noticed that your forum time is an hour out, go to your profile and scroll down.
Change the time setting to GMT or GMT+1 depending on the time of year.

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You know Xac, in all the years I've been so-called admining these forums, I was never aware of that setting :roll: :twisted:

Thanks for that!

We'll need a reminder again when the clocks go back :lol:

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30 Mar 2010, 10:20
Lolingram.

by G4EIY » 10 Feb 2010, 16:55
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Hi folks,

Sorry to be a bearer of sad news.

I heard a week ago that Laurie passed away early in January this year.

He had been ill for just over a year.

Regards
Brian

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I was sorry to hear that Lol had passed away, it was only last year that he bought my XM to take to France shame he didn't have much time to enjoy it he was a nice man and looked quite fit at that time.

My condolences to his family.

RIP Laurie

Tony Day
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18 Mar 2010, 22:27
Planned outage 03/02/10 7:30-8:30 - completed

by Xaccers » 03 Feb 2010, 18:58

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I'm going to move the servers back to the more powerful machine at 7:30.
Hopefully there won't be much of an outage.
I'll need to use the maintenance page for a while before hand and take a backup of the database.
It will be quicker that way, as rather than copying the virtual server file across (20GB, approx 30 minutes to copy)
Instead I can back...

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Completed with minutes to spare :)

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03 Feb 2010, 20:25
Outage 01/02/10

by Xaccers » 01 Feb 2010, 20:26

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Sorry about the prolonged outage today, I was stuck on a train heading back from london with no phone signal so I couldn't get on to resolve the issue.

There may be one more outage a bit later while I test things are ok.

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I spent so much time on the forum server issues a while back, everything else just went out of the window... My poor kids for one
You know things have gone too far when the kids hide behind their mother and the dog growls at you when you walk through the front door. :D :D

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Last post by Paul-R
02 Feb 2010, 12:14
Planned outage 28/01/10 - between 20:00 and 00:00 - complete

by Xaccers » 28 Jan 2010, 12:36

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Jim very kindly dropped round the UPS last night so tonight I'll be connecting it up to the server and testing.

This means there will be a few outages this evening from 8pm

Hopefully there will only be two, one for connecting the server to the UPS, and another as a test power outage.

Once everything is working, I'll update the thread title to...

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Excellent :D

Jim, did you get a self test passed email last night?

No, unless it got tangled up in the mailserver spamtrap. It's mighty fussy in what it lets through :twisted:

I'll check the logs as soon as I'm home...

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Last post by CitroJim
29 Jan 2010, 08:41
Server reboot for 23:59 26/01/10

by Xaccers » 26 Jan 2010, 23:33

Unfortunately I have to reboot the host server tonight at midnight.
Services should be restored by 00:15
Appologies for the short notice!

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26 Jan 2010, 23:33
Server Crash: 08 January 2010

by CitroJim » 08 Jan 2010, 06:25
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We had a couple of server crashes; one last evening at 19:30 and another this morning at 06:00.

Webfusion were aware and had problems. One crash later (that i did not see) corrupted both the FCF and BXC databases.

Luckily a low-level repair on the affected table worked and we're back in business.

I have very recent backups should it happen...

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Xac

At the risk of teaching grandad....

I have in the past encountered a good many UPSs that have failed to do their stuff when needed. Leaving aside those where users expect the UPS to keep a PC running for hours or it's under-rated:

- The batteries in UPSs tend to need to be replacing every couple of years - test off-line with a spare 'load'...
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26 Jan 2010, 10:53
More Server Crashes

by CitroJim » 09 Jan 2010, 17:51
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I'm aware that the forum server is now throwing it's toys with a bit of worrying regularity.

I'm busy investigating why. It looks like a memory leak in IIS7 stemming from a known issue between it and PHP.

As a temporary fix I'll be setting the IIS worker threads to recycle on a regular basis to clear down the memory they are holding.

I have...

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Jim, you are probably aware that the forum was down at around lunch time today - didn't take a note of the precise time though, sorry.

No, blissfully unaware. I was near Evesham at the time...
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Last post by CitroJim
16 Jan 2010, 15:20
Issues with PM's??

by KP » 16 Jan 2010, 09:34

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Trying to send some PM's and they seem to queue up in my outbox.

Is this normal behaviour as im sure they used to go straight to sent items??

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Trying to send some PM's and they seem to queue up in my outbox.

Is this normal behaviour as im sure they used to go straight to sent items??
They stay in your outbox until they have been read after which they move into your sentbox.

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Last post by DickieG
16 Jan 2010, 09:40
Forum Bank Balances

by CitroJim » 04 May 2009, 11:58

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As at Close of Play on Saturday, the forum financial affairs are in good order :D

Bank Balance: £172.32
PayPal Account: £123.83

Many thanks to everybody who has contributed and futher contributions, despite the healthy nature of the balances, are always very welcome.

Your contributions assure the long-term future of both the French Car Forum...

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Thanks for the help,
money sent 21 50 monday 4 1 2010.

REGARDS MALCOLM

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Last post by savoy
04 Jan 2010, 22:01
PM mail system ok?

by MikeT » 29 Oct 2009, 12:21

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I have three PM's sitting in my outbox (earliest one sent on 12th Oct). Either they've not been picked up yet or the system's missed them I assume?

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Problem found :D :D

The new forum mail server is a bit cleverer than the old one..

If the forum sends an email to an invalid address the mail server returns a bounce result code to the forum and it seems phpBB2 does not quite know how to handle it and takes the default route of doing an electronic shrug, sulking and issuing a debug message that...

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Last post by CitroJim
22 Dec 2009, 17:26
The New Forum Server is On Line!

by CitroJim » 17 Dec 2009, 06:07
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The migration to the new forum webserver went successfully this morning :D :D

All is now back to normal. Please let me know of any funnies you might see as some small bits of fine tuning may be needed over the coming days.

Let's hope it lasts longer than the last new server did :lol:

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Webfusion say it has a bigger Internet pipe than Kevin Bloody Wilson's mouth Adam, so that may be one reason for the speed.

Looked at Aussiefrogs the other day. It was so slow here as to be almost unusable. Maybe as you say, relaxing in the QLD sunshine whilst ours is running around trying to keep warm...
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21 Dec 2009, 20:05
Forum Webhost Failure 10 December 2009

by CitroJim » 11 Dec 2009, 20:29
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Following a very successful migration of the forum its new home on Tuesday morning, the new server that I had carefully tested and configured months before the carefully planned migration failed on Wednesday.

After many calls to the host (Webfusion) they admitted that our webhost server was down to be migrated to a new datacentre in Germany and...

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Good news :D

The new server is all ready to go, appears good, so we will be moving to it tomorrow morning. As said, I'll be doing it in the small hours.

You'll know the migration has been successful as the spotty favicon will be replaced by a double chevron...
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Last post by CitroJim
16 Dec 2009, 19:11
Xantia "snow mode"

by sirrah09 » 13 Dec 2009, 19:02

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I have recently acquired a mint 1998 Xantia V6 . . . I was looking for a 2ltr but this one was just too much of a deal to let go by. The car, which I bought on internet sight unseen, is magnificent and a thorough check by a citroen specialist mechanic has confirmed that there are no issues. On the down side I have the challenge to persuade my eco...

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Its a pity that the auto adaptive thingy doesnt have a driver selection option or better still, given Citroens flair for innovation, voice activation so you could just turn on the ignition and croon eeeaasy boy or shout go baby go!! and Bob's your uncle :wink:

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16 Dec 2009, 05:27
The FCF is Dead, Long Live the FCF

by CitroJim » 16 Sep 2009, 12:38
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At long last, the FCF (and BXC) are both in the process of being rebuilt on a new, dedicated server. In the process, both forums will be upgraded to the latest phpBB3 forum software and the forum databases will move from under my stairs to the dedicated server.

The old webserver proved unsuitable for the upgrade and also proved resistant to...

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Good luck Jim. :)
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Last post by Paul-R
07 Dec 2009, 22:55
Approaching 200,000 posts!

by DickieG » 06 Dec 2009, 09:51

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Looking at the front page of the forum just now I see that the total number of posts is now at 199,902 :shock: who will post for the magical number?

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And the honour of making the 200,000th post on the FCF is held by Colin (Admiral 51) who posted at 19:57 on the 6th December..

Here's to the next 200,000 posts :D

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06 Dec 2009, 20:00
Forum Outage 19/20 November

by CitroJim » 20 Nov 2009, 07:15

It was due to a very poorly announced move of the web server to a new datacentre. It has now moved and is on a new IP address.

It is back up but is a bit of a mess. I expect more outages..

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20 Nov 2009, 07:15
Forum Outage Tues. Nov. 3rd 2009.

by myglaren » 03 Nov 2009, 22:32

Some of you will have noticed that the forums were inaccessible during the late afternoon and early evening today.
This was due to to a problem with our web hosts and beyond our control.
Fortunately they managed to remedy the error fairly quickly and access restored at approximately 19:00 GMT.

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03 Nov 2009, 22:32
Database Cleanup and Forum Migration

by CitroJim » 04 Jan 2009, 20:09

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In preparation for the migration of the forum to phpBB3 software, we will shortly be embarking on an exercise to clean up the forum memberlist database so that we take a nice clean one across.

The move to phpBB3 will be made as the current phpBB2 software is no longer supported, particularly for security patches, and phpBB3 will offer some nice...

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Host one on Photobucket, make sure it is less than 120 x 120 pixels and less than 6kb, you can use imaging software such as The Gimp or Irfanview to reduce larger images, also I think Photobucket now can deal with it too.

I really appreciate with this forum.

Thank you.

view for free system

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Last post by adsenoile
20 Aug 2009, 20:03
Formu Outage: 27 June 2009

by CitroJim » 27 Jun 2009, 19:39
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Sorry for the very long outage :oops: My internet link died and I was away in Somerset at the time.

I returned home ASAP to fix. Whilst it was down I took the opportunity to do my yearly server maintenance, most of which involves removing it to the workshop and blowing an unbelievable amount of dust out...

Hopefully all will now be OK..

Again,...

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Ross - the short and curlies are probably just chest or armpit hair.

I'm one of those unfortunate types with excess body hair (although discussions of back waxing are probably best left for another thread! :shock: ) and these sources can look rather similar...

Glad the Forum is fixed. :twisted:

One of my colleagues when I worked shifts was...
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Last post by Xaccers
28 Jun 2009, 11:37
Preview of the new FCF!

by CitroJim » 20 Apr 2009, 15:20

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I have done a test conversion of this forum as the next stage in the migration from our present phpBB2 sotware to phpBB3. I created the test Forum from the backup I took early on Sunday Morning.

You may have a look at it here but please bear in mind that it's only for test and comment and NOT for use although you are welcome to make test posts to...

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Very pretty.

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05 May 2009, 20:53
Another Forum Outage 17 April 2009

by CitroJim » 17 Apr 2009, 14:54

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Sorry for the outage around lunchtime.

Webfusion had a few issues. Webfusion are our Webserver hosts.

VPS Connectivity

Created: 17 April 2009, 12:41
Last Updated: --

Some customers may be experiencing connectivity issues to their VPS.

Our engineers are working on getting this resolved as soon as possible

Webfusion thanks you for your...

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Bet its too much time on facebook and youtube....

:oops: :oops: :oops:

Unplugging the router to plug her hair dryer in ? :D

I heard a story a while back similar to this. It involved a dear old lady cleaner who was cleaning the floor in an ICT Engineers office containing a domain controller and she couldn't find any spare plugs...........

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20 Apr 2009, 17:18
Forum Outage 15 April 2009

by CitroJim » 15 Apr 2009, 16:37

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Sorry for the forum outage this afternoon.

The router needed a reboot. All Ok Now...

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No need to apologise Jim we are all grateful for what you do for us fellow enthusiasts :)

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Last post by KP
16 Apr 2009, 11:13
Short Forum Outage

by CitroJim » 31 Mar 2009, 00:12

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Sorry for the short outange near midnight local time. This was due to an extended power fail and I needed to shut down the system after the system ran on UPS power for 45 minutes and the batteries were near-flat.

Not long after the system shut down, the power returned :roll:

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I thought it was our computer :lol:

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Last post by vince
15 Apr 2009, 22:53
Forum Hosting Fund ... 50p per month

by ellevie » 20 Jan 2009, 11:05

Full balance sheet:

If you have made a payment and have not received an account number please contact me at forumfund@bxclub.co.uk with your payment details.

Many thanks,
David

Welcome to the Forum Hosting Fund
Please revisit this announcement regularly as the information will be frequently updated.

Jon who has been generous to a fault in...

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20 Jan 2009, 11:05
Recent Poor Forum Performance

by CitroJim » 12 Jan 2009, 20:26

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Many of you will have noticed the forum was a bit off-colour last evening and most of today.

I cannot tell a lie, it was I. I did something silly on it :oops:

So well did I wreck it, I had to call the host Tech. Support line and have them give our server a very firm talking to. They did and all seems good again.

Part of it it still broke with...

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So, the white clip came off the server and it went down - then couldn't rise up again?

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Last post by addo
12 Jan 2009, 20:55
Where have all the old announcements gone?

by CitroJim » 04 Jan 2009, 13:33

Into a new sub-forum called Forum Archive right down at teh very bottom of the Index Page!

This Archive is a final resting place for old time-served announcements and any othjer ephemeral or time-expired posts. Posting ito this area is restricted to Mods and Admins.

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Last post by CitroJim
04 Jan 2009, 13:33

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