Forum Post: RE: XPS 420 Hard drive additions
Probably not of much use to the original person posting message, but, today, while working on adding a second CD/DVD drive, I noticed a section (Page 134 in Dell XPS 420 Owner's Manual) on Installing a...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Graphics Upgrades
Yea, I just ordered one too. I decided to go with the EVGA FTW w/ACX cooling. I just sell my old video cards to offset the cost.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8700 long shutdown/restart after A06 bios update
After power is applied, it just sits there, blank screen (not turned on). The power supply LED flashes. Then, when it fells like it, it POSTs and boots. I have made no hardware changes, at all. Do you...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: New PC - Would like to wipe the OS clean. Any advice would be...
"Refreshing your PC reinstalls Windows and keeps your personal files and settings. It also keeps the apps that came with your PC and the apps you installed from the Windows Store.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: My Dell insprion 530 boots into a very strange BIOS screen....
Reinstall the battery (right-side-up!. And if it's old, maybe time for a fresh battery too.
View ArticleForum Post: I need to have a DVI adapter for an Optiplex 9020 the short fat...
I have been looking for a DVI adapter for an Optiplex 9020 the "large" tower, but can't find anything that works with a 290 watts power supply.
View ArticleForum Post: BOOT MENU
into BIOS SETUP and check what are the settings should be they are all set to factory defaults is there anyone on this forum that has the foggiest idea on how to get into the boot menu at all like a...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help on restart
shesagordie -----Finally found a Windows XP Disc. I did everything that was asked so far, and the computer is still doing the same. Every thing is still as we left it a couple days ago.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help on restart
shesagordie -----Computer Still goes to Loading PBR for descriptor 2...done.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Game bought at walmart won't play
Did you install the game? Is it for Windows PC or some other platform? Is it an older game (perhaps for Win XP) that may need to be installed in comparability mode?
View ArticleForum Post: RE: New PC - Would like to wipe the OS clean. Any advice would be...
Easiest is to uninstall what you don't need. If you try to reinstall using the OS partition, you will still have the junk. If you get a disk from dell, you may still have the junk, and you would need...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Precision T5500 processor upgrade to engineering sample q7wj...
Agreed that changing the processor is not supported by dell but i have been doing that lately with my laptop and w/o any problems its working fine
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help on restart
----shesagordie ---------I also ran system Diagnostics on Processor, System Board, System Memory, System BIOS, Cables, , PCI Devices, Audio, Hard Drive (SATA Disc), USB, Video, Fan, Keyboard, Pointing...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Opti 9020s with Intel I217-LM nics causing network issues
We've got the same issue happening with Lenovo machines. We disabled vPro first, that didn't fix it. Then we unbound ipv6 from all the nics; That almost worked but some of the machines have on-board...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help on restart
Also when I try to load the Win XP reinstall disc it goes to a screen that says: File\Boot\BCD status: Oxc00000e9 info: An unexpected I/O error has occurred, What does that mean? and How do I correct...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help on restart
No, I'm Sorry you misunderstood what I was asking, I am not asking to reset 110 volt power supply.
View ArticleForum Post: T7610 stuck in standby mode.
The front power switch is blinking white so I guess it is in standby. Tried all keys and can't get it back. No picture on the display.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help on restart
I did not want to fry board, nor did I want to get shocked. But I did redo it. Now I'm getting : File\Boot\BCD status: 0xc00000e9 info: An unexpected I/O error has occurred.
View ArticleForum Post: (redirected) Alienware X51 Update Bios A14
I currently have an Alienware X51 R1 under A06 bios. I saw that there is a new bios A14. Is it recommended for me to upgrade to that? If so, can I upgrade straight to A14 from A06? Thanks!
View ArticleForum Post: (redirected) Alienware X51 R1 continuously beeps at startup
Recently, my X51 R1 suddenly restarted in the middle of a program (windows explorer) then it beeped continuously during boot and no image was displayed on screen. I have searched the net for similar...
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