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  • Re: Vostro 200 boot issues - Dell can't solve(won't)

    Always keep an eye on any BIOS updates available for Vostro's as they may get a hotfix for it. Aside, this is a know issue with a lot of different motherboards in production at these times. The BIOS tries to determine each and every bootable peripheral connected to it. Thus it may slow up the system...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by Sunhack on 11-13-2008
    Tags: BIOS, Vostro, External Drive
  • Upgrading Processors on the same computer

    Hi. I have a Dell Deminsion B110 with a Intel E210882 AA / D28751-402 motherboard. I currently have a Intel Celeron SL8HK (325) processor. This is a 478 pin , 2.53GHZ with a current bus speed of 533MHZ and a L2 Cache size of 256KB. I also have 2 GB of memeory wich is the max. My question is: Can I swap...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by irwinman on 11-14-2008
    Tags: Dimension, Replacement, reinstall install windows correct order, BIOS
  • Identify MOBO A10385-406

    Help, I'm trying to identify a motherboard that I have. It was taken out of the case a long time ago and the case was discarded (as all Dell cases don't leave enough room to expand excessively, a cheap $20 non-proprietary case always fixes that!!). The AA number (as suggested by Intel to use...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by tstorzuk on 11-17-2008
    Tags: Motherboard, Upgrade, BIOS, hardware, cpu, Model, Manual, RAM
  • Configuring RAID on Vostro 420

    Hello, I would like to set up the Vostro 420 with RAID 1, but there I cannot find the option to activate the raid in the BIOS. I have read in the Vostro 420 user manual that there should be a "Drives" menu in the bios, but this menu does not appear. Is it possible that this Dell was delivered...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by davidsdeluca on 11-17-2008
    Tags: Motherboard, hard drive, BIOS, hardware
  • Done something bad to my XPS 710

    Well I was originally troubleshooting my SLI 8800GTX's annoying flickering in 3D apps when someone on the SLI club forums suggested I try 3D guruu's Driver Sweeper to purge completly the old drivers from my XPS 710. So , in the rush that I was I run driver sweeper, remove all the drivers and...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by Land_Mark on 11-18-2008
    Tags: hard drive, BIOS, WIndows XP unbootable, RAID 0, RAID controller, BSOD
  • Optiplex 320 Memory Issues!

    Ok, updating this post for the new forum: Dell Optiplex 320 Intel E2160 (Dual-core, 64-bit) 4 gig RAM (currently 2 gig, read on...) 160 gig HD Video: ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (integrated) Radeon X1300 256 mb PCI-e 16x slot <--where the issue started OP System: Windows XP 64-bit BIOS: Latest 1.1.11 Drivers...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by jebaucke on 11-18-2008
    Tags: Upgrade, BIOS, Graphics, Unresolved issues, hardware, Memory upgrade failed, memory, video card, ATI Radeon 200 Express, ATI Radeon x1300, Optiplex 320
  • Bios wont load, computer wont boot up

    I have a Dell Dimension E510. Suddenly the computer won't boot up. The computer stops loading on the bios screen. The status bar graph only loads the first section then stops. Computer originally came with windows XP and bios version A05. About a year ago, I upgraded operating system to vista home...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by zlemon on 12-07-2008
    Tags: BIOS, E510 no boot, desktops, vista
  • Re: Dell 540 Studio bios beeps

    I pulled the video card from the system, and just used the unboard video. It still beeps. I elminated everything by removing the memory stick by stick etc. and nothing alters the beeping except the number of USB devices connected at boot up. Let me say this to put those of us with these systems at ease...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by dcnutter on 12-14-2008
    Tags: Upgrade, Drivers and Downloads, BIOS, Unresolved issues, Keyboard, video card, drivers, BSOD, Studio 540, video upgrade, USB Ports, bioS beeps POST, vista, boot, beeps
  • Re: Dell Precision 670

    [quote user="Davet50"] Try doing a CMOS reset [/quote] Hi Dave, How exactly do I do a CMOS reset? Is it as simple as removing the battery and replacing it? I'm sorry to jump in here but it sounds like limikee is having the same problem that I am and I was lookin' for more advice. Here...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by Lufaine on 12-15-2008
    Tags: BIOS, CMOS Battery, hardware, E510 no boot, cpu, desktops, Dimension e510, failure at POST
  • Re: Dell Precision 670

    [quote user="Davet50"] Try doing a CMOS reset [/quote] Hi Dave, How exactly do I do a CMOS reset? Is it as simple as removing the battery and replacing it? I'm sorry to jump in here but it sounds like limikee is having the same problem that I am and I was lookin' for more advice. Here...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by Lufaine on 12-15-2008
    Tags: BIOS, CMOS Battery, hardware, E510 no boot, cpu, desktops, Dimension e510, failure at POST
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