Forum Post: Missing Recovery Partition
"DELL Back up and Recovery has not been able to detect the recovery partition on this computer. It may be missing or corrupted. To recover your computer to the original factory state and restore the...
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When the system is off the power button is amber, when I go to turn it on, nothing seems to work. I press the power button for a quick second, a long second, hold it for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...
View ArticleForum Post: Reformatting a Dell Inspiron 531 without a reformat Disk after...
Hello, i haven't reformatted my Dell Inspiron 531 with Windows Vista Home Premium for almost a year now, and i would like to give it a good clean sweep to its factory settings. I use to have a reformat...
View ArticleForum Post: SX280 can't display on my TV due to missing resolution....
I have an old sx280 that i was trying to re-purpose as a small HTPC running XBMC within Windows XP. This small PC would then be connected to my TVs HDMI port using a DVI-HDMI converter cable from the...
View ArticleForum Post: Dell Optiplex 3010 Vista 32bit ACPI drivers
There appears to be no dell support for vista 32 bit for the acpi power interface because the control panel Power Options do not include options for SLEEP mode and the Start menu power button options...
View ArticleForum Post: GX270 boots and loads OS but screen is black
I Recently installed a DVI graphics card in order to be able to use 2 monitors at the same time with my Dell GX270. After changing the setting of windows so that the DVI will be the primary monitor, i...
View ArticleForum Post: memory fan failure on precision 490
Hi, I have a precision 490. Every time I reboot it, after the post it remains stuck on the error "memory fan failure" and requests to press F1 to continue or F2 to enter the bios. I verified that the...
View ArticleForum Post: HELP!My Dell Disappeared!
I just got XPS 8700 Special Edition with Win 7 Pro OS, I restored my system yesterday to the factory setting, however, after the restoration, My Dell and PC Check cannot be used. When I tried to open...
View ArticleForum Post: Dell Dimension 1100 HDD
I would like to change the HDD of my Dimension since I plan to use it as a media server. Can anyone tell me the max capacity the dimension can use. BTW, the motherboard is a IDE motherboard.
View ArticleForum Post: Dell Resource CD Not Helping?
So ..my "studio" somehow lost its "bluetooth". Looking for Dell drivers, I inserted the Dell Resource CD and installed it - or at least I think I did? I hit finish, rebooted the PC and inserted the CD...
View ArticleForum Post: monitor screen is huge,,after loading win7,,does anyone know...
Just loaded win7 on my dell 2400 dimension and the monitor screen is huge and not at 1026X 860 mp,,I need the drivers for the intel graphics controller Does any one of you cool computer gurus know...
View ArticleForum Post: OptiPlex GX620, BIOS A07, PentD@2.8GHz - problems upgrading RAM...
JPsDad Hi JPsDad, Can you provide any details about the problems you are having? osprey4
View ArticleForum Post: XPS 8700 upgrading the GPU
I have my old machine which was running Windows 7 64bit with SLI 660 GTX. I am wanting to use one of the GTX 660's in the new 8700. When I try though I get a short series of beeps and display. This...
View ArticleForum Post: Video Card for a Dell studio Slim ( low profile video card)
This poor card doesn't work well anymore, so, I want to replace it for this one (ASUS Radeon HD 6450 650MHZ 2GB 1.2GHZ DDR3 CrossFireX DVI HDMI D-Sub HDCP PCI-E DX11) , my question is: is this card...
View ArticleForum Post: Old Dell Speakers and connecting to new DELL
I have an old DELL Computer that had the DELL Altec Lansing speakers. Big Subwoofer and 5 mini speakers. It has 5 plugs...black, yellow, light green, light purple, blue, and a gold color. My new DELL...
View ArticleForum Post: Can't Access RAID Configuration on Precision T3500
I'm trying to setup a RAID array on a Precision T3500 desktop. In the BIOS under disk drives we are already using the "RAID ON" setting. During post a screen comes up saying something about the Intel...
View ArticleForum Post: XPS 630 graphic card upgrade help
My graphics card is on my XPS 630 went on the blitz. The current specs are: q6600 @2.4 4gig ram 8800gt What is the highest graphic card today that my xps would be able to handle? rjo522 Hi rjo522, You...
View ArticleForum Post: What Buying XPS 8700
XPS 8700 would be a good choice when compared to the shipping xps desktop models it stands as a best among the breed. 8700 comes with Intel Lync point Z87 with Hasswell processor the successor of IVY...
View ArticleForum Post: Alienware x51 recently started getting REALLY loud.
Hello. I've noticed about a week ago my alienware has started getting really loud it sounds like the fan. It only gets loud when i play minecraft. Its a easy to run game and i have no problems running...
View ArticleForum Post: Metal Panel over the hard drive
I have a 560 Inspiron slim Dell desktop. I am trying to add a another drive to the computer. However, there is a metal panel that I cannot remove running across the the hard drive. I can open up one...
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