Re: XPS 730 Randommly reboots itself, sometines locks up
Phil,Another option would be a third party memory tester like MemTest.Sorry for all the headaches.
View ArticleRe: My PC Wont Work Since Power Outage
Hi MakaniAnn,The blinking amber light is an indication of a failed power supply. This is a relatively cheap and simple repair that any local computer shop should be able to do in 15 minutes for under...
View ArticleRe: New 8500 - IASTorDAtaMgrSvc.exe memory leak
Hi rdspear,And the version you have would be.....? Have you checked for anything older or newer on the Intel site?
View ArticleRe: Xps Studio 8000 safe to upgrade to Windows 8?
Hi Domchin,I strongly recommend you create a COMPLETE DISK IMAGE you are sure you can restore before trying Windows 8. Then I would consider a trial version before spending any money. While there are...
View ArticleRe: Optiplex 3010 with third party RAID controller
Whoah. I was just asking for help. I don't really see why you got so angry about this.This is in fact a Dell product, namely a PC, having lots of empty slots to expand it - as it should, by definition,...
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Re: New Dell XPS 8500 won't boot
Hi eilonwy77,cashmoneyz indeed got it correct. The trick is to change the settings first to “Legacy”, restart the computer and then change it back to “UEFI”. For details on how to do this, go through...
View ArticleRe: Hello everyone!!! Some basic memory quesions.
Hello Osprey4. I was wondering if the memory can be either high or low density. I take it that the low density is better, but is there quite a marginal difference between the two? Thank you,
View ArticleRe: Hard Drive Failure, Monitors going to Sleep, Cant load Windows
Digi2nsAs far as the HDD, it is fresh out of the box and set up with included software (Seagate Barracuda 2 tb, 7200rpm, 64)What kind of "included software" ? (no Seagate software should have been...
View ArticleProcessor temperature
I have an inspiron 580 desktop, the cpu is an i5 650 3.2 ghzon both hwmonitor and speedfan, it appears the processor is running at over 80 c on idle. the fan isn't making noise and the temps on the...
View ArticleRe: Processor temperature
more info: the max temperature is apparently 94 degrees celsius even when under load i.e playing games - i haven't tried any other processor intensive things like malware scans recently. the cpu fan is...
View ArticleRe: Hard Drive Failure, Monitors going to Sleep, Cant load Windows
SpeedStepSeagate DESKTOP 3.5 inch Drives are Very Very Very Very Very bad now.Click Click Click Data Gone DEAD.They claim a firmware fix solved this.Thats a Lie.Try buying a Western Digital Caviar...
View ArticleRe: help with a power supply.
Brian RabbitAs you already been advised, it's worth replacing the power supply, with a 'Known' working unit.Unfortunately, while a person can make an informed diagnosis, sometimes computer...
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Re: Processor temperature
Hi,Use the computer in safe mode with networking (restart the computer and tap F8 on Dell logo and select safe mode with networking).Check the temperature while in safe mode.Below picture would help...
View ArticleRe: Another Inspiron 580 power supply problem....
Double post,Also, answered here,http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/p/19478458/20250855.aspx#20250855Bev.
View ArticleRe: Hard Drive Failure, Monitors going to Sleep, Cant load Windows
OK just got back from trying to do the Essentials load. As with Defender, McAfee, Windows Updates and anything else-it wouldnt let me do anything as messing with that in Windows. So I decided to pull...
View ArticleRe: Optiplex 790 - Processor upgrade options
Hello Buddtx,Thank you for replying. As I have mentioned that the Optiplex 790 has a Intel Q65 Express Chipset and was tested and shipped with Intel Core i7 2600 / 3.40GHz and Intel Core i7 2600S /...
View ArticleRe: recomendation Not use sleep mode with XPS 8500
Same problem here. I never sleep my PC, but I do allow the monitors and HDD to turn off. I tried disabling Hybrid Sleep in Power Management, hopefully that helps.EDIT: I have a similar problem with my...
View Articlestuck in boot screen in laptop
i'm using inspiron 1460.i got stuck while booting ,booting bar stuck at 3/4. no boot option is displayed by pressing f12/f2, instead it gets highlighted. i can hear some sound from my hard disk. dell...
View ArticleInspiron 530 will not power on.
A friend of my Wife asked me to check out her computer as it had stopped working. After she described what occurred just before the failure, I believe she had a power loss. Her telephone, printer and...
View ArticleRe: Studio 540s won't power up
My troubles actually continued, and persist today. The repair only lasted a couple weeks, then the same problems came back. Seems like they can't get a good power supply, but I'm uncertain. They...
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