This is probably a dumb question but do hard drives have a "correct side up"? i.e., does it make any difference whether the green circuit board side or the metal side is upright in the computer? The reason I ask is I'm installing a 2nd HD in my 8600, and I noticed when I unplugged the cable from...

Hi, Received my Dell P1130 21" monitor yesterday. It had brightness and clarity issue. I couldn't figure out why it's so bad. I get a headache looking at it for more than 5 minutes. Had to change back to my few year old P1110. Today, I had another go, headache again. I had a look at the back of...

Dear All, I just bought myself a Dell Dimension 8300 with a P4 3.0ghz HT and would like to upgrade the memory to 2.0GB(4 x 512mb).Can anyone recomend a place or memory brand to purchase?A good price is always welcome. ;o) If you can give me a link or two,I will really...

Hi, I have a PII XPS D300 - once state of the art so be warned all you people - running Windows 2000 Professional in which I currently have two drives. One is 8GB and the other is 10GB I think. Anyhow, I use this System solely as a data back-up to my main PC but both HDs are now almost full so...

I rang up Dell to buy a monitor after mine old one blew up. They told me it was in stock and so I went ahead and ordered it. The delivery date slipped a couple of times and I needed a new monitor fast so I cancelled the order. Insight delivered one overnight. I few days later I noticed that Dell...

I currently have an HP970Cse with the duplexer module and have come to regard the duplexer as a necessity. The 970's performance on text/graphics is, to me anyway, excellent and I also like its photo performance with photo paper. My primary need is text and graphics printing with photo printing...

low level ( i like making my drives the way they were when they were brand new ) format the drive, repartition, reinstall os. simple as that. "Aloke Prasad" wrote in message ... I want to get rid of the non-essentials from a...

If anyone is interested in adding a drive larger than 137GB to their Dimension 8100 system, here are my experiences. You can of course readily accomplish this task by installing a PCI ATA controller card. But if you don't wish to have a PCI slot occupied or simply prefer not to install unnecessary...

Just pricing a system up. Is the onboard sound ok (I only play mp3 files, nothing else) or is the extra £30 for a SB 5.1 card worth it?

I have a Dell Dimension PC running Win2000 for over 2 years without problem until recently. I've noted that after a period of idle, either login or logoff, the power light sometimes will blink/flash and the monitor light turns orange (no signal). As I understood, this means that the system is in...

Hi, I have a noisy fan on my Dimension 4600, but how to be sure which one it is ? I think that is the CPU fan for the P4 3.06. Which kind of fan can i put instead of the original one keeping the rest (heat sink, etc.) ? Thanks in advance.

Am looking for a Dell Gray/Black 250 Zip Drive (Internal) ...with or without a 5" mounting bracket... State condition and price... Thanks, Bill

As for as I know you will not be able to downgreade from XP. You will have to do a fresh install of 2k. You should have no problems doing so. "Jean-Luc" wrote in message ... Hi all! I plan to buy a Dell Inspiron 8500, but I...

I bought our Dell 4550 Dimension back in Nov 2002, with a 3-year support contract. What is the best way to call them, let's say "Right now", to solve any problem on our system? Phone or/and email address would greatly appreciated. Mike

Looking to buy a laptop\notebook as a full desktop replacement. Which one should i buy. Will be used 90% at home.

I just bought a Dimension 4600. I had them install an SBLive (and they "disabled" the onboard one and the one they installed is some 5.1 model, I'm guessing some OEM version) because I'm going to use this computer for music production and it usually works better if you have the soundcard on...

Anyone tried these? Any opinions? I am thinking of getting one for my daughter to use at college. Mike

I have re-flashed my dell xpsb 1000 P3 bios and now I get a checksum error comming up and the bios stops. Any ideas how I may be able to sort this problem out as I cannot get it to boot up so I can re-flash it with a good version. Thanks Allan

David, The 8300 sounds like a lot more PC than you need. For surfing the net, Internet phone, etc., save yourself a lot of cash and go with a 2350 or maybe a 4600. I have a 4550 and run Photoshop, capture and burn DVD videos and movies, etc. and it's more than up to the job. Just my opinion. FYI,...

Dell says the PCI bus on the Dimension XPS-R series is 33KB/sec. The slowest PCI adaptor that Promise makes is for a 66KB/sec bus. Does that mean that the XPS-Rs are SOL for upgrading to today's ATA/133 hard drives? =Roddy=