Forum Post: Dell Precision T1700 mSATA or NGFF?
Does anyone know if the new Precision T1700 will feature mSATA 6Gbps or NGFF? Thanks miescu
View ArticleForum Post: HDMI issue on my Dell 530S
I have a Dell 530s and am having an issue with my system & video cards that feature HDMI. I have the most recent BIOS update installed [1.0.18]. All is good, except when I attempt to use HDMI. I...
View ArticleForum Post: Precision 470 Restart Problem
They also installed a Nvidia Quadro FX3400 - 256 MB GDDR3 - Dual DVI Output graphics card. At startup there was a warning message that the card was not receiving enough power. It transpired that the...
View ArticleForum Post: KM713 USB wireless keyboard - useless w/o original nano xcvr?
I purchased two Dell KM713 USB keyboards, originally shipped with the XPS one all-in-one computers. These keyboards did not come with the original USB Nano receiver, under the front panel of the One. I...
View ArticleForum Post: Alert! Hard drive fan failure
I have recently removed my old stock 320gb 7200rpm drive and replaced it with brand new 250gb SSD. Now my PC starts up in less than 10 seconds using Windows 8 - it used to be around 45 seconds [:D] I...
View ArticleForum Post: How to unlock Dell Dimension 4500 BIOS
Hi... I own an old Dell Dimension 4500 with a Pentium 4 2.00GHz and 1GB RAM... It's very reliable and has never failed on me, so I keep using it as my second computer for backup and storage...
View ArticleForum Post: Inspiron 518 locked on startup
Hi - my trusty 518 has been showing signs of age (psu replaced a few months ago) and now on startup its locked on the bios page with the status bar covering the "Ins" in "Inspiron". I get a single...
View ArticleForum Post: Installed 8 GB of memory but it says it only uses 4, Why?
I need to know how to get my Inspiron 620 to use the memory installed. I installed two 4GB memory modules but it is only using 4. Chris B. Hi Chris B, Where does it show 4GB? What does the BIOS show?...
View ArticleForum Post: Dell 540s will not power on
This 540s won't turn on. I don't get any green light by the power supply or any kind of noise coming from inside the computer. Any idea what happened to it, It was fine when I went to bed, and when I...
View ArticleForum Post: precision 690 graphics card upgrade
i currently have the quadro fx 4600 graphics card installed and i want something a little better for gaming. i was looking at this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?
View ArticleForum Post: Optiplex 170L video card
I know this is a pretty old machine by now, but I found the optiplex 170L in a garage sale for $50 and thought that it was a goodish deal. I got a graphics/video card (nVidia GeForce 6200 and i have no...
View ArticleForum Post: DEll XPS 420 Case/CPU Fan too loud
Hi, I have the same problem with my CPU fan. I disassembled it a couple of weeks ago and cleaned everything (including the heatsink), but now it has started the same thing. The system is an XPS 420...
View ArticleForum Post: Dell Dimension 2400 won't boot with 2GB Ram
I have a Dell Dimension 2400 with 1GB Ram and recently i updated the CPU to P4 2.66 (from celeron) and i installed a Gforce 8400 with 512 MB memory. Today i tried to install 2GB Ram (non-ecc) into the...
View ArticleForum Post: 5VSB Amber Blinking on Inspiron 580, Won't Power On
My Inspiron 580 will not power on. There is a blinking green light on the power supply and a blinking amber light on the motherboard. The blinking amber light is labeled 5VSB (LED 1). Some sites have...
View ArticleForum Post: Blue Screen/Hardware issue?
So I'm working on my Dell Dimension Desktop running Win 7 Home Prem and I get the dreaded blue screen. I rebooted and all is ok, but you worry when you don't know why. I ran PC Doctor and Spybot - had...
View ArticleForum Post: Can i change the case of my dell OptiPlex 580 to a larger custom...
hi all i'm new i have just brought a pre loved OptiPlex 580 tower and i want to know if i can change the case to a larger custom case with a power supply as i just replaced my old pc's psu with new a...
View ArticleForum Post: Precicion 690 SSD upgrade
just wondering what harddrive will work in this machine. i know there is the dell one, but that seems a little over priced. drummer829
View ArticleForum Post: Flashing the BIOS in Windows 7
I purchased a Pentium D dirt cheap as a CPU upgrade as it was dual core. I need to update the BIOS to A11 or it just boots to an "incompatible processor". Simply downloading the bios update .
View ArticleForum Post: Problem with XPS 600 motherboard
How do you format the forum post? My earlier post was double spaced and all the paragraphs were merged into one - virtually unreadable. The only solution I could see was to write the post in Notepad...
View ArticleForum Post: ENTRADAS FRONTAIS USB
ADQUIRI UM COMPUTADOR DELL INTEL QUAD CUJAS ENTRADAS FRONTAIS P/ USB NÃO PODEM SER USADAS PORQUE NÃO ENCAIXA CABOS NEM PEN DRIVE. SERÁ Q. SE TRATA DE DEFEITO?
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