Forum Post: How to secure heatsink?
Hi, I have a Dell Dimension 2350 and recently had to get a new bracket to hold the heat sink, yet I'm not sure how the silver latches are attached? Thanks in advance.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to secure heatsink?
Lalmaha The procedures are on pages 26/28 here: ftpftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_dimension_desktops/dimension-2350_user's%20guide_en-us.pdf Bev.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS A2010 Beep Codes
Reboot and press F2 to open BIOS setup. See how much RAM is reported in BIOS and compare that with how much is installed. Then boot to Windows and see how much RAM Windows recognizes and compare that...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Understanding Dell's Choice of Partitions
UEFI is a replacement for the old BIOS ... it enables many features long-overdue at the hardware level. UEFI is required for pre-installed Windows 8.x, as it supports Secure Boot.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: I have a brand new xps 18 and the start button won't work...
Have you plugged it in long enough to charge the battery? According to the manual you must plug it in the first time and allow it to charge 4-5 hours
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS A2010 Beep Codes
BIOS setup: Installed Memory-2048 MB Usable-2032 MB Windows memory: Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2 GB Total Physical Memory 1.98 GB Available Physical Memory 1.09 GB Ran Dell Memory Test from...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dual Video Card
I am a programmer and need two monitors to be able to display different images (for example: I need Excel on 1 monitor and programming language on the other. I have a brand new system for Best Buy.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Vostro 430 trying to install 4TB storage HD but only getting...
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View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dell inspiron one HDMI input with usb sound output
Yeah i just updated my video driver, still no difference. Can u recommend me a good replacement for powerDVD? Thanks for your help
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Setting up a RAID 1 configuration
RAID and non-RAID on the onboard/Intel RAID controller (available only on desktop model) are not compatible, so you would have to reinstall in RAID mode. Alternatively, you could use the OS to...
View ArticleForum Post: Dell Inspiron 660 Memory Upgrade
Hello, My computer came with 8GB of RAM and today i went out and bought a 8GB stick of RAM from best buy but the computer will not detect it, The Power light flashes Orange. Its 8GB PC3-12800 DDR3 and...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: T7500 onboard LSI1068e Controller and fan speed/heat issues
Hello? Anyone? Please help? This thing is running hard drive temps up to 120F today. Could someone at least tell me where the temp sensors that control fan speed might be?
View ArticleForum Post: Optiplex 745 sff Graphics and Power supply upgrade
I was looking to upgrade my graphics card to have an HDMI output. i was looking at this card http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3488645&srkey=p450-5451 and i...
View ArticleForum Post: well i see what i have a dell shelf ornament
bought a dell all in one computer had nothing but problems from start and they replaced hard drive mother board and tould me over and over it was program problems well warrenty ran out and it quit so i...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Inspiron 518 motherboard compatibility
Someone is selling refurbished 518 motherboards on eBay.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8300, out of warranty, HDD, motherboard failures
My 8300 died just 3 days ago, mobo and both hdd are gone. Previously I had problems with incompatibility with modern GPU's. Had to use stock one until this bucket died. Conclusion is easy, this was my...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Graphics card upgrade
Your best bet for this system would be to get the low profile R7 240 HERE. You will need to change to the low profile brackets that come with it.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8300, out of warranty, HDD, motherboard failures
Hard drives aren't lasting as long as they used to: last year, two drives I bought for relatives back in 2010 began to fail, although I was able to image them to new units.
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