Forum Post: RE: Dell XPS Fan/Heat Sync Question
Terrific! Thank you Osprey. Much appreciated. I'll give that a shot and report back. If it solves the problem, I'll make sure to note that you answered my question. Thanks again!
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8700, GTX 970/980, Black Screen on Boot
I do disagree with that above. When I purchase a PC, I expect it will abide by certain standards and that it will be compatible with 'standard' pieces of equipment. I don't expect DELL to provide those...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8700, GTX 970/980, Black Screen on Boot
It's hard for me to evaluate the importance of no prior XPS updates including fixes to unvalidated video cards without knowing if this sort of issue presented for other / previous models.
View ArticleForum Post: missing file MSVCR71.dll
one thing to note, my new computer is a windows 8.1. my old one is the most updated windows 7 home premium. not sure if this has anything to do with it, but .dll files are usually system files and the...
View ArticleForum Post: Inspiron One 2320 screen flicker - help please
Having a problem with almost 3 year old Inspiron one 2320 - has developed a severe flicker on one side of screen. Rebooted and pressed F12 to run diagnostics - says have an error with a fan: Error code...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: ISSUES WITH DELL OPTIPLEX 380
After removing the a) Power and data cables from hard drives and optical drives b) Any PCI/PCI-Express expansion cards c) All memory from the system I booted the pc and i now see LED light come green...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Replacing ATI Radeon 5800 with Nvidia GTX 970
Hi fwmiller, Sorry for the late response. Great, glad to know that everything is working fine. Feel free to reach out to us for any other queries or concerns.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dell Studio XPS 8100 Hard Drive Replacement - unable to...
Load SATA drivers during the Windows installation, see here: httpdellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/a-clean-install-of-windows/preparing-sata-drivers/ See my A Clean Install of Windows for more details...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Bluescreen Downgrading Insprion 23 to windows 7
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/ensure-you-have-the-correct-sata-configuration-in-the-bios-setup-for-your-configuration/disable-usb-3-0-functionality/
View ArticleForum Post: RE: how to erase whole computer I have all the disks
This will instruct you on securely wiping, A Clean Windows Installation, Windows Offline Update, Driver Installation and making a new recovery partition with Dell Backup and Recovery.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Scrap the Ins 531?
Any other major upgrades means motherboard replacement which means you lose your Windows license and as the case is propriety to Dell you wouldn't fit a new motherboard there anyway so would have to...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: need to know if i can upgrade my graphic card on DELL...
For anything that requires better video, this system is too far out of date -- the CPU is too old and slow, and the lack of a dedicated graphics card slot means you'll be tied to old PCI cards with 10...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8700, GTX 970/980, Black Screen on Boot
My theory is that a handfull of users (I won't name them but I have a fairly good idea who they are) are already testing the bios in secrecy. I might be wrong but I'm quite sure of this.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Bluescreen Downgrading Insprion 23 to windows 7
STOP: 0x000000F4 (0x0000000000000003, 0xFFFFFA80044A9040, 0xFFFFF9600025F610, 0x0000000000000000) = Win32k.sys malware infected or hard drive is physically damaged where WIN32k.sys resides,
View ArticleForum Post: RE: missing file MSVCR71.dll
Msvcr71.dll for Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: what's the best video card for dell inspiron 57o
The stock machine does not have a card its Integrated graphics. There are few to NONE upgrades if you have a SLIM 570S. ASUS EAH5450 will fit but not ANY 5450 fits only the fanless ASUS card with low...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Read HDD from Perc 3 in another machine
Striping RAID 0 Yes; data is striped (or split) evenly across all disks in the RAID 0 setup. RAID 1 No; data is fully stored on each disk.(Mirrored) Mirroring, redundancy and fault tolerance No Yes You...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Optiplex 755 DT CPU
Core2 Duo E8600 may burn up the VRM on the motherboard. Unless you have 305W tower I would not try it. Q6700 is officially supported. N652J 3.00GHz Yorkfield Quad Core Q9650, 12MB F886J 2.83GHz...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: OptiPlex 3020 - Windows Setup cannot install boot-critical...
Hello Everyone, so i just received my OS-less optiplex 3020 and as described above cannot install my genuine win7 x64. It claims to miss some device driver. Any solutions? i have no idea what driver...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Windows 8.1 Question?
Windows 8.1 home or Windows 8.1 pro retail comes with a Key. $99 or $199 If your machine came with 8.0 the key is in the bios. You can use the Dell recovery CD to reinstall 8 and then upgrade to 8.1 if...
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