Re: Upgrading my Dell
Thanks, I will take your advice on board. I have just priced Windows 7 and an SSD card... it's very expensive. Can I just ask - is that website you linked legitimate? I'm very wary with where I buy from.
View ArticleRe: Upgrading GX620 to e4600
Speedstep knows his stuff. The best CPU for the GX620 is a dual core Pentium D, I think. It needs a special copper heatsink.
View ArticleRe: Dell XPS 8500 100% Disk Usage
Wow. Well that is one problem/solution that certainly would have never crossed my mind. Is there a setting within chrome (like the "predict network actions to improve load performance" or something? I...
View ArticleRe: Dell XPS 8500 100% Disk Usage
Thanks (again) RoHe. Yeah, firmware was the very first issue I looked into. I have the "Samsung SSD PM830 mSATA 32GB" on firmware CXM12D1Q. That's according to the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology"...
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Amazon UK has Windows 8 Professional and a Samsung 840 SSD for a hundred and twenty-five quid.
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Wow, thanks! So you suggest I upgrade my PC not buy a new one? That's the only thing I'd like to do is upgrade it. I have cleared a lot of unwanted/needed programs from here and no longer needed...
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In games I felt 4GB too tight (Battlefield plus Win7 and services using 4.25 GB) and OP has only 2 GB old slow RAM, tje option I found is 235 GBP and it blow to air present OP PC with ease including...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading my Dell
Overall, my PC runs faster than you would think at 7 years old - mainly because I have had more RAM put in and a new video card recently, also about 3 years ago it had a new Motherboard as well. This...
View ArticleRe: Optiplex 380 - USB drives not recognized
@osprey4Yes, I'm beginning to think that it's a hardware issue, a very odd one though. I can't see anything in the BIOS that would be affecting this.
View ArticleRe: Optiplex 380 - USB drives not recognized
@osprey4Just to add that W7 and XP use the same chipset drivers...
View ArticleRe: Optiplex 380 - USB drives not recognized
@RoHeIt seems that any USB1 device works fine, the mouse and keyboard are both USB (this system has no PS2 ports), webcam and card reader also work. The hub I used for testing is also USB1 and unpowered.
View ArticleRe: XPS 8300 - Compatibility w/ Radeon HD 7950
Hi ooandyoo,Both the graphic cards should be compatible to XPS 8300 as the system has PCIeX16 slot. You will have to upgrade to 500watt power supply or greater on the system for the GPU. Please let me...
View ArticleRe: XPS8500 strange behavior on wake from sleep
Nikhil,Thanks for the suggested changes to the power plan. I have implemented and will see what happens. I have the most recent Nvidia drivers installed for my card.
View ArticleSuggest a Motherboard?
Hello all, I'm looking for a desktop motherboard for my DELL INSPIRON 530 Desktop which has a Foxconn G33M02 motherboard by default. Since the motherboard has gone bad i'm looking forward to swap it...
View ArticleTouch Screen on Inspiron 2320
Hi.......Not sure if my problem is the touchscreen or not.....You are busy typing e.g. in Excell.....your cursor will disappear as if you clicked somewhere else (sometimes a small bug can fly against...
View ArticleRe: DELL XPS STUDIO 9100 FREEZES CONSTANTLY FEEL LIKE I WAS SCAMMED BY DELL +...
I feel your pain. My computer is a 9100 XPS with 12 gig of RAM and I had everything replaced, some parts were replaced twice and my computer still freezes. I did Dell Image Restore a few times, then...
View ArticleRe: Dell 8400, not booting, amber power light, none of the diagnostic light...
If the hard drive spun up with the jumper, that suggests the power supply is ok, but only a known working power supply can confirm that. I'm concerned because none of the 4 diagnostic LEDs on the back...
View ArticleRe: Replacing/Upgrading Optiplex 745 Desktop PSU?
Hey theres no need to do that because you can do what I did and that is have the card and the gpu outside of the case all you need to do is buy a PCI-Express Extender Cable from amazon for 9 dollars...
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Re: Dell Dimension E310 won't boot (FBI Moneypak virus corrupted RAID?)
Read me for info on fixing access to PC Restore.It is kinda geeky!
View ArticleRe: Bluetooth not detecting any devices on my XPSone 27
If you purchased the refurb from Dell's outlet store and you got some sort of warranty, suggest you contact Dell Tech Support for assistance. Have the Service Tag handy.
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