Forum Post: RE: dell inspirion 570 fan issues
If the power light is solid white and the computer is not responding— The display may not be connected or powered on. Ensure that the display is properly connected and then turn it off, then back on.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Installing SSD in XPS 8700
mrmcswell The Silverstone Tek 3.5-Inch to 2 X 2.5-Inch Hard Drive HDD SSD Bay Converter, Silver (SDP08) should be fine for the 2.5" SSD. The XPS 8700 hard drive bays are 3.5", you can find the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help with Maxxaudio pro
Video helped a little, but being Windows 7, it made it more confusing. I did learn some things that I'm sure will help in the future. It showed how to show the Stereo mix device, and I plugged in my...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Installing SSD in XPS 8700
Ok, thanks Bev. I will order the Silverstone Tek Bay Converter for my SSD installation. I also need an SATA connector cable, preferably one that is about 10" long so there is not a lot of dangling wire...
View ArticleForum Post: Video Card Upgrade Possible?
Hi i have a dell xps 8700 Intel Core i7-4770 Quad-Core Haswell up to 3.9 GHz, 32GB Memory, 4TB 7200RPM HDD, Radeon HD 7570 1GB. I don't know how large my psu wattage is or if I can fit this graphics...
View ArticleForum Post: xps 9000 blue screen crashes
ive been having blue screen crashes and freezes on my 4 year old xps 9000. i reinstalled windows and am up to date on critical windows updates. full scan on my dell shows no errors. ive tried using...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Installing SSD in XPS 8700
mrmcswell As long as the SATA cable has locking latches and straight connectors, like the OKGear 10 in SATA 3 Cable UV Blue Straight to Straight cable, it should be alright. Bev.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Monitor stuck in black screen power save mode
Of course I did. No luck. Dell diagnostics always says "everything's ok". DriverTuner says the same. Everything seems to be updated. Changing the video cable does not solve it. I cannot believe that...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Monitor stuck in black screen power save mode
Yep, similar problem. In my case, the power saving does not start during pc work, only if I leave it for the set-time of sleep mode (e.g., 1 h). Setting the sleep mode to "never" solve the problem...
View ArticleForum Post: Internal microphone noise Inspiron One 2020 Windows 8
I've just bought an Inspiron One 2020 and attempted a Skype audio conversation, but there was so much noise in my microphone that the others could hardly hear me. I'm using it in my home office, which...
View ArticleForum Post: How to add additional RAM beyond the Mobo's capacity.
Hi I have this Laptop Vostro 2520 Vostro 2520 BTX Processor Intel®Core™ i3-2328M (2.2GHz) Memory 4GB Shared Single Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz currently it has 8 GB installed, and as per the manual this is...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Keyboard has no num lock key
Blame Mike Dell. Not the idiot he hired. This problem has ruined my evening and I also cannot figure out how to get Num Lock on/off. I will go to my old key board -but this is outrageous. Plus, the new...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Keyboard has no num lock key
I feel your pain. This is happening to me RIGHT NOW!! DELL!
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Motherboard Compatibility. Precision 670.
Hello again Bernie, once again I sincerely thank you for your time and thoughts, however Ships in the night so to speak. I leave the UK in two weeks for a three month visit to my future retirement home...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8500 to TV does not work with HTML
No, I did not. Thought I looked at Display but not certain. Will look again and see. Thanks Toots22
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dimension 2400 Freeze Up @ Boot
Not sure if you've moved on but I had the same problem too. what happened to me was the bios was freezing right on the last part of the POST check and the status bar would hang on bios. The B and C...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8500 to TV does not work with HTML
Checked Display and found no mention of external monitors. Can you direct me to this option? Thanks Toots22
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dell Dimension 1100 desktop will not boot up
How do you check if the hard drive is recognized in the system setup (BIOS)? When I hit F2 for setup utility one of the things it shows is BIOS Version: A01. The power button on the front of the...
View ArticleForum Post: alienware aurora r4 graphic card upgrade help
hi guys need help i currently have an alienwar aurora r4 desktop and was looking to upgrade my graphic card it is currently a gtx 660 but was looking for better but not quite sure on the specs etc i...
View ArticleForum Post: Dell OptiPlex 3020 wont boot the Windows 7 DVD
This machine arrived working perfectly fine, I installed everything on it I needed and we were putting it into use when it started giving BSOD errors. I took the machine and booted from the Windows 7...
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