Re: Inspiron 530 noisy CPU fan - final solution?
this is an old issue, but just in case.I found that two things fixed this problem. One - clean the heatsink. Totally remove the fan and the heatsink and clean it. It's dirty.This alone didn't fix...
View ArticleRe: Problem with Inspiron 530 and Video
I had this kind of problem with an old Dimension 2350: with a discrete video card plugged in, Windows mistakenly thought that the primary display device was the integrated video. The solution was to...
View ArticleXPS One 2710 Graphics card upgrade?
Is the graphics card on this thing upgradable? Like can I put a GeForce GTX 670, 680, or even a 690? And what about the power supply? Is there one with more wattage for this AIO-PC? I just got this...
View ArticleRe: Dell XPS 8500 won't install windows 8
Yes, I have multiple times. I have done cleans installs with both W8 and Windows 7. That includes secure boot enabled for Windows 8.
View ArticleDell Dimension 3100 - PC Restore/ OS Reinstall
Hi,I have (or rather my wife has) a Dell Dimension 3100 running XP Home (SP2 updated to SP3). It was purchased around 8 years ago and badly needs a clean install. As I understand, there is supposed to...
View ArticleContinuous soft beeps from inside computer?
I have a dell studio xps 7100, i figured i might as well ask this question here its been buggin me for a while i keep trying to do diff things to solve it.when my pc is idle i can hear continous beeps...
View ArticleRe: Dell Dimension 3100 - PC Restore/ OS Reinstall
To determine if your computer has a functional Dell PC Restore partition, watch the computer boot up. After the Dell screen disappears following a start-up, a blue bar having the Dell name in it will...
View ArticleRe: Dell Dimension 3100 - PC Restore/ OS Reinstall
Thanks for your prompt reply.No, unfortunately, I do not see any blue strip appear after the Dell screen disappears. I did have the system Acronis Recovery Manager activated and wondered if that might...
View ArticleRe: Dell Recovery Media - XPS 8500 Win8 - Media Capacity Required
Thanks to you too, Artist1964... as an 'old fart', I've been using the Internet before it was even called 'the Internet', and was - and still am - kinda amazed at how many people are ready and willing...
View ArticleRe: Dell Dimension 3100 - PC Restore/ OS Reinstall
If you're going to all that work, you might consider upgrading to Windows 7. XP is already three versions behind, support will be ended altogether next year. Windows 8 is available at Newegg for $80...
View ArticleRe: Dell XPS 8500 won't install windows 8
great, that's good to know. in my bios, when secure boot is enabled, UEFI automatically gets enabled and OPROM disabled. is your bios version A09?maybe there is something wrong with my motherboard.i...
View ArticleRe: Identify SX 270 Motherboard
Thank you for your reply, I have checked out ebay for cpu's and yes I have seen a few and yes some do look a bit iffy but you do take a chance with ebay. I bought this SX270 to adapt as a media centre...
View ArticleRe: New Dell XPS 8500 won't boot
i bought a new xps 8500 last week. it came with a 2TB hard drive. i replace it with a sandisk SSD and proceeded to do a fresh install of win8. BIOS version A09, boot secure enabled, UEFI enabled and...
View ArticleRe: Continuous soft beeps from inside computer?
ok so i might of figured it out. all of a sudden i realized the beeps happened at the same time the hdd light blinked.A little while ago I found out this had to with the autorun feature of windows....
View ArticleRe: Continuous soft beeps from inside computer?
also apparenlty the beeping is always there even with cool n quiet off. its just much quieter. and apparenlty is just much louder when i open the resource monitor. this is all crazy....does...
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Re: XPS One 2710 Graphics card upgrade?
Hi soshite,The XPS One 2710 ships with both integrated and discrete graphic options.Integrated (UMA) — Intel HD 2500/4000 Graphics sharing the system memoryDiscrete — nVidia GeForce GT 640M with 2 GB...
View ArticleRe: XPS 8000 struggling to power on
Hi chrward,I can understand electronic devices can create confusion and frustration when they do not work the way they are designed for. Glad that the system is working fine again, please be rest...
View ArticleRe: Booting from USB 3.0 Storage Device on XPS One 2710 touch
Hi Manshu,I have tried, it didn't work. The USB Boot Support is turned on.I have also tried the diskpart, it also didn't work. It booted by the system encounter errors during booting and than...
View ArticleRe: Booting from USB 3.0 Storage Device on XPS One 2710 touch
btw, I used the latest Acronis True Image to backup the whole harddisk on my 2710. I used that to restore it onto my usb harddisk. the system recognised my usb drive as UEFI and it booted but encounter...
View ArticleRe: Dell PC won't fully boot-up
Hi NoahMarsh,Got your PM. This is not a monitor problem, so don't waste your time. "Sleep mode" simply means your video adapter is not sending a signal to the monitor, so the next step is to figure out...
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