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andrea825A Dell Dimension 2400 OEM refurbished motherboard with a 90 day warranty can be purchased from here:...
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robertbent101I have a Dell OptiPlex GX620 and I want to know what cpu is the best to upgrade to. My cpu is Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.4 GHz. robertbent101It's the Prescott P4 Kit, 670, 3.80GHz, 2MB, 800FSB,...
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Hi gsmitty,Welcome to the Community.Please check the link below to download the respective drivers:Network(Ethernet):downloads.dell.com/.../R64645.EXEAudio...
View ArticleRe: XPS 8500 memory compatability
Rodzilla2233, have you confirmed in your bios your Hyper X is performing at 1600 vs. 1333? I have read elsewhere that Hyper X memory is like Corsair Vengeance and is shipped clocked to 1333 (which...
View ArticleRe: Dell OptiPlex GX620 Mini Tower Cpu Upgrade
Hear, hear. If you want to increase the performance of this machine, your options are mostly limited to an SSD, more memory and a better video card. Users, including myself, have tried installing Core...
View ArticleRe: Vostro 200 mini tower maximum RAM
Ok, I've got 4Gb (4 X 1Gb) memory installed in my Vostro 200 mini-tower with a GEforce GT630 graphics card.Why can't I see more than 2.75Gb of that 4Gb of memory?Is the on-board graphics subsystem...
View ArticleRe: XPS 8300 Intermittent Sound
Just an update at this point because I'm not sure if it is fixed yet. Like I said at the beginning, it is intermittent.I updated the BIOS - AMD Turks XT Radeon HD 6670 (M208) v.8.812, A00 7.12.0.7700...
View ArticleRe: CD/DVD drive spindle test failure
RE: Lens cleaner dvd. I was ready to pop over to my trusty Walmart to get one of these $5 to $10 lens cleaning marvels when it struck me. What does "spindle test failure" mean? Does it mean that the...
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gfmucci As I have already posted, it indicates a hardware failure, usually the Spindle motor, in the Optical drive and a need to replace it.Bev.
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CBPetrovicDo you have a 32-bit, or a 64-bit operating system?When you have a 32-bit system, this does not recognize 4gb of memory, 3±gb is all a 32-bit system can address.Basically what it means is,...
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"But, you could try using a Lens Cleaner DVD and see if it can make a difference.""... hardware failure, usually the Spindle motor,"Then logically a lens cleaning DVD would not work if the spindle...
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gfmucciYou are correct. LOLYou also posted about using a lens cleaner, so I answered, try it!Bev.
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Thanks. I appreciate your response. I'm just trying to narrow down the most cost effective approach with the greatest odds of success.
View ArticleRe: CD/DVD drive spindle test failure
gfmucciThanks. I appreciate your response. I'm just trying to narrow down the most cost effective approach with the greatest odds of success.gfmucciAs SATA DVD/RW drives are cheap, best to the...
View ArticleRe: Need to return Inspiron 530 to BIOS 1.0.1 from 1.0.18
What version of XP did you install? XP, XP SP1, XP SP2, XP SP3? Did you install the right drivers in the correct order? The chipset driver should be the very first driver installed which controls USB...
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Will I have room to run a SATA cable and adapter under the GTX 660 graphics...
HiI want to add another SATA III SSD to my new XPS 8500 Special Edition desktop. Let me tell you what I have and then what I want to do. This desktop has a 500GB Samsung 840 SSD and a 3TB WD HDD. The...
View ArticleRe: Need help with graphics cards for Xps 8500
After doing some GPU research I have determined that just about any GPU upgrade on the 8500 will also require a PSU upgrade to 600W. Even some of the upgraded cards that Dell sells require a 500W GPU...
View ArticleRe: XPS 8500 shutdown/restart problem
I have had my XPS 8500 for six months now. I have had nothing but trouble with it. Technical support is a joke (over seas) and all the answers are script answers to the problems. I have no clue what...
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Will the dell 660 8gb 1tb support dual monitors without changing the graphics card just using the HDMI and VGA ports
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