Forum Post: Dell DM061
Hi, I'm a new user here at Dell but I have an extremely old PC and I want to ask something... Can anyone tell me if my desktop can accept any Intel Pentium G20XX processor? Or if cannot what is the...
View ArticleForum Post: Dell Inspirio 660 - HD Died and in removing it I pulled a loose...
Only two months out of warranty and without warning or symptoms of any kind the hard drive bit the dust. Had lost of back-ups, about 8 TB to be exact, plus redundant back up on Blu-ray Data Disk.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Adding ram drops frequency issue
Fair go mate, I did not expect a sarcastic reply about this. I was only trying to convey that the person I purchased the ram off was genuine and that the ram I got from him tested as 800mhz speed.
View ArticleForum Post: GPU for optiplex 960 SFF
Which GPU should i buy for my dell optiplex 960 SFF? (PSU - Max power output - 235 W )
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Upgraded Graphics card for XPS 8700
The one I linked does have a display port as you have seen. The HD 7750 is no longer in production since AMD has replaced these cards with their R7 series. It's hard to find them anymore at a...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dell DM061
The Dimension 5150/E510 motherboard has a Socket LGA 775 and does not support any Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad processors, only Socket LGA 775, P4 and Pentium D can be used. The Pentium D945 is the maximum...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: System Thread Exception Not Handled. iAstorA.sys
I have notice that in device manager - DVD/CD-ROM drives are showing that 'Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Adding Hard Drives to Optiplex 3010
Thanks for your help. It does not help when I want to do a software RAID of drives and makes more difficult troubleshooting. It should be possible for me to take out the processor and drop it into...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: dell isnspiron 546
Hi Pontiacgp, The Inspiron 546/546s uses DDR2 at 800 MHz clockspeed. The minmum memory which can be installed is 1GB and maximum of 8GB.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Inspiron 3647 Boot Order
Immediately at the Dell logo screen, starting tapping the key once a second until the One Time Boot menu appears (if the computer boots to Windows turn the computer off and try again).
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Adding ram drops frequency issue
Probably not a very helpful comment but - in general, all sorts of things can happen when you mismatch ram, the safe bet is to go with identical sticks rated at the same speed.
View ArticleForum Post: My dell inspiron zion 400 won't wake up
I have a dell inspiron zino 400 and the light stays yellow like its in sleep mode....please help me wake up my computer.. tried unplugging it to reset and unplugged printer.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: I can not log on my screen window
Please restore to an earlier date in safemode. The methods at the windows forums are too complicated, restoring to an earlier date in safe mode worked best for me. Fixing The User Profile Service...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8700 Front USB Port Issue
From what I can tell so far the behavior of the front USB ports has changed and seems to work as expected, but the card reader does not function properly. When I insert a SD card it is recognized but...
View ArticleForum Post: Del optiplex 760 running slow
I'm having problems with computer running slow, Tried re-installing windows 7 and Dell diagnostics but it never shows results..Have tried downloading update drivers to change the bios but still no...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8500 HD7770 3 monitors
To get three monitors working with the HD7770 card, you need to connect one monitor through DVI, one monitor using an HDMI to DVI adapter and one using a DisplayPort to VGA adapter according to the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dell Optiplex 960 Missing Drivers. Windows 7 AMT-SOL and PCI...
Note when installing drivers ensure they extract and install and not only install. I have noticed that many of the chipset drivers only extract... See here for an example, the video at the bottom:...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Need help need drivers for video windows 8
If the above driver does not work, you can run it in compatibility mode for Windows 7. Also if you go to Windows Update (on the Desktop via the Control Panel) then you should be offered a video driver...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Regression in OptiPlex 9010 BIOS A16
Once a machine has a Win8 Released BIOS running on it, downgrading to a Pre-Win8 Released BIOS requires removing some unique functionality and security enhancements that are only present in a Win8...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Thinking about upgrading, Dimension 8400
There are also other considerations such as the cache and FSB and also the speed of the RAM which are also faster in the new model. Also energy efficiency has improved as you mentioned meaning the...
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