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I have noticed on at least 3 occassions in the last two weeks a DOS screen on my laptop that tells me it can't find a boot device. Hit F2 to continue or F5 to diagnose. This is after it has sat most of the day, with the power cord plugged in and with the screen saver running. I use it from time to time during the day so it spends a good part of the day on standard MS screensaver, if that makes a difference. (I'm basically using this unit as a desktop replacement.) The questions are: should
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Easy question: what is the form factor of the motherboard in my XPS 720? I've read BTX which apparently is not available in anything I'd want to buy. So...is the board a full-sized BTX or ATX? This is very important. Thanks, Ross
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My XPS 720 will not start if there is a device, in this case a wireless mouse pickup, plugged into ANY USB port. I have checked all the BIOS settings to no avail. I have looked under the Hardware Device Manager for conflicts...there are none. To start the computer, I have to take the mouse pickup out of the USB port, wait until Windows (XP- SP3) loads and reinsert the pickup. Then there is no problem. The keyboard, btw, is also wireless with its pickup plugged into the first USB port on the back
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I'd have to upgrade to a much more expensive card so I'll just pass for now. Thanks for the info.
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Is there an add-on card for HDMI out for my XPS 720? I can't seem to find such an anmial on the Dell website. The reason being is that I'd like to use my LCD tv as a monitor.
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My XPS 720 won't complete boot and displays the following lights on the front: 1, 2, and 3. Light 4 is not lit. The manual does not show what this means. I can get into the BIOS and it recognizes that the cdrom and two SATA drives are in their respective slots and apparently working satisfactorily. This computer has 4 gigs of RAM. Any help?