Re: Sometimes harddrive not boot (Dell optiplex 780)
Hi Mikgel,It seems to be an issue with loose connectors. I would suggest you to run the Dell Diagnostics to check the hardware functionality. Power off the computer -> restart the computer, press...
View ArticleRe: Installing Linux on a XPS 8500
Change the boot mode to legacy which is the old BIOS and make sure 1st Boot device is not Windows Boot Manager
View ArticleRe: monitor, mouse and keyboard stopped working
Do your hear that beep sound every time to start the system (even when the system starts normally) or do your hear that beep sound only when there is no display (or no lights on the keyboard or mouse)?...
View ArticleRe: XPS 8500 unstable with UEFI
Glad you got it working!!!I assume the 1.5TB drive was reformatted in GPT. I had seen some mention (can't reference it though) where even smaller drives need to be GPT with Win 8. That's why I...
View ArticleRe: Dell Dimension E310 won't boot (FBI Moneypak virus corrupted RAID?)
You are not finding a setting for RAID On?There's no setting for RAID OFF. The only two settings are RAID ON and RAID AutoDetect/ATAYour manual suggests three settings, RAID On, RAID Autodetec/AHCI...
View ArticleRe: Inspiron 531 booting error messages
Yes its online.I'm not really sure about the default video and other drivers. I did the best I could. Don't know why they seemed like they weren't installing. I will try again later and see if they...
View ArticleRe: Dell Dimension E310 won't boot (FBI Moneypak virus corrupted RAID?)
You don't need to do anything. After some thought, I decided you had already reset the drive to a non-member drive, and the restore is simply putting the AHCI drivers back into the system. In this...
View ArticleAlienware Aurora R3 SLI problem.
Looking for troubleshooting help for my video cards here.Like a fool I bought an Alienware desktop even though I knew better. I ordered dual GTX 460s and an 875W power supply to power them.I never...
View ArticleRe: Inspiron 570 Hard-disk drive failure
That was not helpful. As I said before, the drivers were obviously not on the boot disk I made from the Home Premium iso. When I put in the Dell "Drivers and Documentation" CD (which is all I got), it...
View ArticleRe: Alienware Aurora R3 SLI problem.
I forgot to include that I bought this desktop about two years ago, so I'm not sure if i'm covered under warranty, especially after having fiddled around with it so much.
View ArticleRe: HDCP compliance on XPS 8500 series...
A few thoughts;I have experienced the same problem with my XPS 8500. My video card is the nVidia GT640 and use my Philips HDTV for monitor. I sent a round of queries to Dell and Philips but received...
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Re: Alienware Aurora R3 SLI problem.
You might get a better response to your questions if you post in the Alienware Club forum. Go here and click the link under Warranty information to put in your Service Tag. It will tell you the...
View ArticleRe: Installing Linux on a XPS 8500
If you change the Boot Mode from UEFI to Legacy, you'll have to reinstall Windows 8. So you may want to image the entire hard drive before doing that, just in case you decide to undo...Unfortunately,...
View ArticleRe: Inspiron 531 booting error messages
AxxelMicrosoft could have installed the drivers, as part of their updates I have no idea what the Inspiron 570 temperatures should be.Regards to reapplying the thermal compound, directions for cleaning...
View ArticleRe: Inspiron 531 booting error messages
Thanks for the link.Yeah i use MSE. It's up and running.
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Re: Inspiron 531 booting error messages
AxxelThanks for the link.Yeah i use MSE. It's up and running.AxxelThat's great, I also use the free version of Malwarebytes, in conjunction with MSE. Bev.
View ArticleRe: dell system detect
I have the same problem. New XPS 12. Been trying for 3 days......NO GO!
View ArticleRe: Inspiron 531 booting error messages
Me too. I run it manually every couple months. It's worked really well for me.
View ArticleRe: Inspiron 531 booting error messages
AxxelI run them both every second day, on all our systems.Bev.
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