Forum Post: XPS 8700 continually turns itself on and off
Brand new XPS 8700 straight out of box and styrofoam, trying to start it up for first time. No modifications or anything non-standard attached (and in fact repros with just the power cord connected and...
View ArticleForum Post: How do I add mSATA drive to XPS8700 and use as Win 8.1 boot drive?
I have bought a 256GB mSATA SSD and would like to install Windows 8.1 on this and use it as the boot drive for my new XPS8700. I thought that this would be trivially easy, but I am not having much...
View ArticleForum Post: Dimension 9150 OS Install
I've set SATA Operation to "RAID Autodetect / AHCI", "RAID Autodetect / ATA", "RAID On", and "Combination" all returning the same issue. I have managed to read the 2 drives on another PC using USB to...
View ArticleForum Post: DELL ALIENWARE X51
I have a Alienware X51 and it run an HDMI cable to 47inch tv. Today I decided to upgrade my video drivers from the website. After downloading and installing the driver my display went bye bye. What can...
View ArticleForum Post: Video/Display Gone X51 Alienware
I updated my video driver on my X51 and now I have now display. How to fix it without any display?
View ArticleForum Post: My Microsoft Outlook Program
When I bought my Dell Desktop I had Microsoft office preloaded onto the system. I decided to buy Microsoft 365 but then deleted the programs and cancelled the membership. Now I click on Microsoft...
View ArticleForum Post: Upgrade Power Supply
A while back I got a response from Bev (which I have saved), regarding upgrading the power supply of my Dimension 8400 for a newer video card. The info I didn't supply was that all my drives (two...
View ArticleForum Post: Dell Inspiron smells like something crawled up in it and died
It smells like hot unwashed be-hind. Not trying to be funny. I only want to be descriptive. I was thinking something crawled under the house and died. But no, it's the computer sitting on the floor....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dimension 9150 OS Install
Have you tried updating the BIOS to the latest version?
View ArticleForum Post: XPS8700 headset audio no sound from flash media on websites
I edited this text since I better understand the problem with audio. I can hear the audio from flash content such as videos on youtube via teh dell speakers, but not via the headset. And I want to be...
View ArticleForum Post: does my dell 8700 (with Nvidia Geforce GT 720) have DVI-D dual link?
I want to be able to connect a 2560x1440 monitor to it and need the graphics card to have DVI-D dual link. Theres no info on the nvida site for this new graphics card.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dell Optiplex 755 CPU Problem
Thanks for the reply, I have purchased a Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz/6M/1333 Dual-Core Processor SLB9K. I was told this will work and I sure hope so after already buying two others that will not...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: My Dell XPS 8100 Will Not Boot Up!
This could be a bad power supply or motherboard. The :PSU is cheaper so we usually recommend you try that first. This model takes generic power supplies available anywhere. If you're new to computer...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Optiplex 760 USFF - Bios problem.
Yes, using a bootable flash drive with the Dell diagnostics.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8700 continually turns itself on and off
Hi Cruiserone, Did you call Dell, because that's where I would start for a brand new system.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: DELL ALIENWARE X51
Hi Rlabat, Roll back the driver to the previous version, or use system restore.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8300 video card upgrade wanted
One more thing how does this one look http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125502&cm_re=Gigabyte_GTX_750_Ti-_-14-125-502-_-Product
View ArticleForum Post: RE: My computer R4 can not connect the internet
Hi Chenfeng2320, Is the model an Alienware Aurora R4? What is the operating system?
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