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Re: XPS 8500 PSU Green Mobo Amber Starts for 1 sec... dies... starts again

Hi obrill,Thank you for your reply and for providing an update on the status. It seems that the motherboard and the processor needs replacement. It could be coincidence that the system fails to work...

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Re: BIOS download from DELL not the correct one? DELL VOSTRO 220s

A new day/ the same BIOS....Is there perhaps a freeware program I could use to help with the installation of the correct BIOS download??  Manual installation is not taking the EXE file.I'm beginning to...

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Re: Dell XPS 8500 Unable To Boot

Hi Camrocks,Unfortunately we have not received feedback from you on this topic. If you need continued support, please respond to my post.Thanks and regards,Babita S#iworkforDell For easy access to...

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Re: Logo problem

Hi Just Asad,Thank you for your reply.Generally, if there is any issue with the display quality of the computer, then the distortion/issue is seen after the Dell logo and/or within the Operating System...

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Re: DVD-RW Not Working. Driver Update Fails

Hi Drew,Thank you for your reply.We hope you have been able to go through the information and resolved the issue with the DVD drive.Please feel free to contact us in case you need further assistance....

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Re: GX270 sata drive?

The Optiplex GX270 is a heritage PATA motherboard system - it is hard wired to PATA drives and cannot boot from SATA. However, it does have a SATA port hidden away inside the case, but for why? Perhaps...

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Re: XPS 8300

ok im now looking for a very good gaming graphic card,the link sent are not  gaming card  .my card is a amd hd6870 on the game company of heroes 2 are set on low.im looking for high setting on this...

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Re: Dimension E510 Floppy Disk Seek Failure

Thanks for all your help Ron. It's the most I've ever done (mechanically) to a computer! :) I am going to take it in and see what they can do.

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Dimension E510 , no standby

Does anyone know why my sysyem has no standby? I sure would like to conserve some power.Luci

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How to replace default video card in my XPS 8300 with a GeForce GTX 650 Ti...

Hi, I'm very new and don't completely understand how to replace my video card in my computer so any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

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Re: BIOS Upgrade

Thanks, Skylarking, but that BIOS version was older than what I have installed.

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Re: Dimension 8400 USB Ports Won't Read

Thanks. Well, I had left one of the flash drives in so I removed it. That changed the mass storage device total from 2 to 1. But that is the only change to the list I posted. And the only USB items I...

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Dell XPS 8100 [Windows 7] -- Loud Fan & Operating system Issues.

Hello all, You've been quite helpful with some of the issues I've been having with my 4 year old Dell XPS 8100 running windows 7 -- I thank you, and I would appreciate further guidance.About a month...

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Re: How to replace default video card in my XPS 8300 with a GeForce GTX 650...

zachfernandez97The procedures for replacing the XPS 8300 PCIe x16 video card are here, on pages 37 to 42:...

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Does Dell Precision 370 take Standard MicroATX motherboard?

I have an old Dell Precision 370 desktop case in which I would like to build a new system. Can this case take a standard MicroATX motherboard, and/or a standard ATX power supply?        Thx, Gus

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Re: BIOS Upgrade

rusty.07 I have never flashed a BIOS from within a Windows environment, but Dell tech support said I could. But obviously that didn't work.Comments appreciated.If you can, install the update from a...

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Re: BIOS Upgrade

Why do you want to upgrade your BIOS, if everything is working I would not bother. Or as the old saying goes, if it's not broke, don't fiddle with it. My 570 is running a BIOS which is 2 upgrade behind...

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Re: How to replace default video card in my XPS 8300 with a GeForce GTX 650...

shesagordieNote: A 6-pin PCIe power connector is required for the GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST card.That may well mean using a retail PSU.

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Re: DELL XPS 700 Quad Core CPU Solid Amber Power LED MB or PSU??

I tried 5 different Core 2 Duo CPUs and all produced the same result...  Fans spin up, no Case LEDs and a steady Amber on the power LED...Like I said, I am leaning towards the MB being the problem.....

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Geforce GTX Titan for XPS 8700

I'm thinking of purchasing an XPS 8700, does anyone know if I can use a Geforce GTX Titan graphics card in a XPS 8700.  Mark.

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