Re: Old Dell Desktops???
I have just acquired a Dell Dimension 3100, and I know it has a BTX size motherboard. I was wondering can I upgrade the motherboard to a Poweredge SC440, because it is a BTX board as well? wondering if...
View ArticleRe: 5VSB Amber Blinking on Inspiron 580, Won't Power On
malick4132The information in the following post my help:http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/p/19508340/20372002.aspx#20372002Don't go too cheap on the power supply, because it is...
View ArticleRe: New Precision T7600 and Windows 8 compatibility - IT'S A NIGHMARE
Hi RenderFarmer,In general I try and keep to the Dell drivers if they are up to date, just in case they were customised by Dell in some way. The Intel drivers don't tend to change so much, but with...
View ArticleRe: New Precision T7600 and Windows 8 compatibility - IT'S A NIGHMARE
When we buy a premium product we expects the best in class especially at these prices.I agree with you the H310 is a bare essentials RAID controller with 8 x 6GB/s connectors to compensate for the...
View ArticleRe: BIOS upgrade for Dell 690
Hi Geoff Edwards,Dell Precision 690 latest BIOS version is A08 you can download and flash it on the system using the link below. http://dell.to/18jldL8Please let me know if this helps.
View ArticleRe: Dell Dimension E520 CPU Upgrade
being somewhat new to the upgrade scene, is it hard to upgrade the chipset to accommodate more memory? i've added memory to my machine, but it only recognizes 3 of the 4 Gigs of mem. obviously, i...
View ArticleRe: New Precision T7600 and Windows 8 compatibility - IT'S A NIGHMARE
I wasn't aware that there are official Dell Win8 drivers available. That's why I asked. In Win7 I stick to Dell's stuff except for Nvidia.Ah, yeah, the dual CPU factor may be the clincher... I updated...
View ArticleRe: New Precision T7600 and Windows 8 compatibility - IT'S A NIGHMARE
You are correct there are no Dell Win 8 drivers. I am using Win 7 64bit drivers. You can try what I have done and that is Windows 7 allows you to boot from a VHD, effectively you would create a dual...
View ArticleRe: New Precision T7600 and Windows 8 compatibility - IT'S A NIGHMARE
Here is the info on How to remove the Windows 8 VHD from the Dual Boot menu.www.techrepublic.com/.../6571
View ArticleRe: New Precision T7600 and Windows 8 compatibility - IT'S A NIGHMARE
I have actually updated the PERC H310 to the latest Dell firmware. That was fun as the 64bit updater doesn't run on a 64bit system???? So I had to install the management application which is a kind of...
View ArticleRe: T7500 and LSI 1068e (SAS6/iR) Resync Problems
Osprey,Thanks very much for the reply. Although the answer should have probably been obvious to me, I though I would ask in case I was missing the concept.Jim
View ArticleRe: XPS One 2710 Graphics card upgrade?
Hey there.. from everything I've read and discussed both with Dell and outside Techie's (like me) and all saying the same thing.. No it's not easily upgradeable it's soldered to the board (granted how...
View ArticleRe: Inspiron one 2320 - touchscreen unresponsive
there is not calibrate settings in control panel. and since the product is out of warrenty dell wants to charge for customer service...
View ArticleRe: Dell Dimension E520 CPU Upgrade
I suggest opening up a new thread for this question.
View ArticleRe: Dell Pre-Installed Software Nightmare
I doubt it. My suggestion is to keep those updates coming; sometimes, those patches are fixes for broken system functionality.As for IE8, I suggest updating to IE9 instead. Firefox or Safari should be...
View ArticleRe: Dell Dimension E520 CPU Upgrade
brockpowersbeing somewhat new to the upgrade scene, is it hard to upgrade the chipset to accommodate more memory? i've added memory to my machine, but it only recognizes 3 of the 4 Gigs of mem....
View ArticleT7500 and Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager
I have a Dell T7500 which I originally ordered with Linux and one SATA drive. I recently added a second SATA drive and setup a RAID 1 array and installed Windows 7 Pro. I also installed the SAS...
View ArticleRe: SD Card reader stopped working on new Dell XPS One 2710
OK.. looks like Nikhil had you do everything except uninstalling the driver first? Perhaps that is worth an attempt. Go to your Device Manager and right click the USB Host Controller that has the...
View ArticleRe: Dell Dimension E520 CPU Upgrade
The E520 uses 64-bit processors, so upgrading to a 64-bit version of Windows is feasible. Windows 7 product keys are interchangeable between 32- and 64-bit, and thus can be reused for that purpose.
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