I am having problems with my Dell Dimension 8300. My issue is the following: When I bootup my computer, I see like a flickering/twitch during the windows XP boot screen and during the time when XP does come on, my video starts then stops and flickers during the process. Also when I go to the...

Hi I'm seriously considering buying my first dell (a Dimension 4600, 2.3 Ghz w/800 Mhz FSB), but wanted to know if anyone here can explain why the CD-RW's for the second drive bay seem so expensive? I'm thinking of picking up the Samsung sw-252 for like 50$ (canadian -- that's like 2.50 US), and...

I've read a few people here saying the 4600 isn't very expandable. What does this mean? From what I can see, RAM can expand up to 2 gigs -- is it impossible to upgrade the processor or motherboard? How many PCI slots does it come with? What's the limitation? Thanks, adam

Hi About to buy my first Dell, wanted to know if there was any extreme dif. between the 8300 and 4600 -- the 8300 seems to get higher marks from Cnet overall, but the 4600 seems more popular with consumers. Any help would be greatly appreciated. adam

I am assigned the tasks to report on how to select future desktop systems for our offices. We currently have many older Dell XPS Dimension systems for all 11 floors offices in three buildings. All these desktop systems run Windows and Offices with Ethernet network connections for simple office...

I have had numerous poor experiences with dell recently on 2 inspirons. It has taken 6 months to work to a resolution and we are getting there. Some contacts that have been helpful and that may assist you a I have found that some people at Dell have tried to be helpful and may be helpful to you....

I have had numerous poor experiences with dell recently on 2 inspirons. It has taken 6 months to work to a resolution and we are getting there. Some contacts that have been helpful and that may assist you a I have found that some people at Dell have tried to be helpful and may be helpful to you....

Hello, I have two Dell laptops, an XPS 1210M and an Inspiron 6400. Both have 1200x800 screens. The XPS is running Vista Ultimate, and the 6400 Vista Business. On both machines, about 50% of the time when they come out of sleep mode, the screen resolution is being set to 1024x768. I can...

Hi, I have an XPS 210 running Vista which has been giving me the following problem since new, although I've only recently tried to get to the bottom of it. Basically, when I first boot the PC, the CD drive is missing from Explorer. Looking in the event log I can see that the cdrom driver...

When I bought my M1210 a while ago, I didn't go for the WWAN option as, at the time, I didn't have a 3G sim card. I've recently upgraded my business phone to an Orange M700 (I'm UK based), and as this comes with 3G, I'm looking at the possibility of added a WWAN mini-PCI card to the M1210. I...

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I have an Inspiron 8200 with a 1600x1200 (UXGA?) 4:3 screen. I've recently bought a widescreen LCD TV, with a PC input, which supports 1360x768. I'd like to be able to use the TV as a monitor while the laptop is in it's docking station. Currently, when I do, I can get an excellent picture at...

I bought my Inspiron 2500 20 mths ago. In the least six months I've had to replace the hard drive (Dell reimbursed me after I moaned!) and now, just a few weeks later, my CD/DVD drive has gone tits up too!! I've spoken to tech support and they say its dead! Since Monday, every day, I've emailed...

I seem to have disabled Task Scheduler and not only do I not know how I did it, I can't UNDO it! I can't enable Task Scheduler! Its a Dell Inspiron 2500 and the only thing I've done recently is to change HDD and reinstall XP. Any ideas??

I'm looking to upgrade from 1gig to 2gig. Looking on Crucial they're offering 2GB kit (1GBx2), 200-pin SODIMM, DDR2 PC2-4200 memory module for £84 which to me seems REALLY cheap considering Kingston are talking twice that price! Any...

Sometimes I want to watch films via the s-video out on my Inspiron 9400. I can either chose Output to Television, Notebook or Intel dual Display Clone television +notebook or Intel dual Display Clone notebook + television! My tv is a 32" and my laptop display is 1900 by 1200. I have two...

I'm REALLY have no joy at all with this! I've followed instructions, to the letter, from all sorts of web sites...STILL no joy! I've got the Inspiron 9400 and the girlfriend has the Inspiron 2200. All I want to do is share an internet connection and printer via the wireless connection! PLEASE...

I KNOW this is a Dell newsgroup but I have an Outlook Express question....I am using a Dell Inspiron 9400 so it MIGHT be relevant! I change the "mark messages as read after displaying for" box to 0 secs. I click APPLY, I click OK. I carry on. If I close OE and open it again, its gone back to...