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E510 Goes Black When Desktop Comes Up by
Boris[_5_]
I have a Dell E510 that has been running Windows 7 Ultimate fine for a
while. I put it on the shelf in October 2015, and brought it back out
last night. I forgot the password, so I used the Dell supplied OS
disk, went into repair, and used the sethc.exe method to reset the...
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December 29th 16 03:49 AM
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E510 - Can't Configure 1394 Ethernet by
Boris[_5_]
This is a Dell E510, 32 bit, which came with the OEM (Orange) "Windows
Media Center 2005 Edition with Update Rollup 2". At some point in it's
life, Windows 7, and then Windows 7 Ultimate was installed (upgrades).
Things went south after that, and the machine was put into storage for
about a...
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Vostro 1400 battery overcharging? by
Ron Hardin
I just replaced a Vostro 1400 battery after it
started flashing a yellow code, showing no charge
in the battery meter.
The new one charges up okay, but the Vostro seems
to keep trickle charging it (occasional blue flash
on the battery light) and the power meter doesn't
show idle status,...
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Dell precision error message by
Larry[_12_]
I get the following messages on my Dell precision m6600 since upgrading to Windows 10.
First this message pops up:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
disk on port 3 - detected
Then this message follows in quick succession:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
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Windows 7 upgrade to Windows 10 vs. new laptop with Windows 10. by
Larry[_12_]
This spring I purchased a new Dell Inspiron that came pre-installed with Windows 10. I also have three other machines that have been upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
I have noticed that the updates for the Inspiron that came pre-installed with Windows 10 are much different than the updates...
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Win 10 Drivers for HP Scanner by
Patrick K. Conover, MAI
Hi All, good to see some of the Old Regulars are still here,
Any idea where to get drivers for an older HP Scanner for Windows 10 upgrade? HP as usual has NO drivers for their older $$$ scanners. This and Ink Jet chips that rendered new ink obsolete is why I stopped buying anything HP years ago....
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Error message by
Larry[_12_]
I get the following messages on my Dell precision m6600 since upgrading to Windows 10.
First this message pops up:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
disk on port 3 - detected
Then this message follows in quick succession:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
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Dell XPS 435T BIOS doesn't see full HD capacity by
Rich_S
I have 2010 Dell XPS435T (also known as a Studio XPS 9000), running
Windows 7. I want to change the data HD (D:) from a 1.5TB to a 3TB
drive. Using an eSATA docking station I have configured the 3TB drive
with a single GPT partitiion, formatted it, and copied the data from
my original disk onto...
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Cloning Encrypted C: Drive? (Kind of an OT questtion) by
Cornelis Tromp
In article
Anonymous wrote:
Nathan Hale:
I have my C: drive encrypted with True Crypt. If I make a clone of
this drive, will the clone, when substituted for the present C: work
the same as the original C: containing True Crypt,...
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replacing a video card by
pacca[_5_]
Dell XPS 420 ,i have to replace video card ,not sure how to go about it
,remove drivers first?
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Vostro 1520 sudden shutdown (=cpu fan) by
Ron Hardin
One of our Vostro 1520s shuts down suddenly and
completely. It fails in the memory test; when it
comes up it warns of approaching HD failure.
Something doesn't feel right. I checked the CPU
fan and it doesn't spin.
The 1520 is an awful thing to work inside but the
cpu fan is dead easy. Two...
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dell xps 420 by
pacca[_5_]
I would like to sell my dell xps 420,which is pristine condition ,but would
like to get the hard drive back to when it was new ,is that possible?Do you
think it's worth $300 i have 6 gig of ram ,upgraded ps Corsir 500
watt,dedicated Ati video card,Sound blaster sound card I would put it on...
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New build from old parts...COA question by
Bob_Villa
I assembled some parts I had lying around from salvage: an old Asus/AMD M/B and a used laptop drive I had from a portable USB. When I loaded Windows 7 from an OEM Dell DVD it never asked for the COA. I've never had this happen and was wondering how or why? It's been a few months, so it didn't come...
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Inspiron 1520 by
Bolooser55
Good evening (here) I gave years ago my Inspiron 1520 to a friend and
she called me yesterday saying it made a clicking sound and it will not
boot anymore. From what I suppose it is the Hard drive that's gone awol.
Think I will replace it but do not know with which brand or kind.
Saw on Crucial...
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Dead Inspiron 1420 ? by
Boris[_5_]
Patient is an Inspiron 1420, circa 2007, occasional use. Last used a
week or so ago, did a lot of updates, some other housekeeping.
Left AC adapter plugged in to unit, to charge battery. Came back this
morning to boot up, and completely dead. The battery has a soft button
on the back that...
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askpcexperts??? Who are they? by
Ben Myers[_4_]
I got a call today from a person (India or Pakistan probably) in a 3rd world country claiming to be Microsoft Certified, and that my computer had forwarded data to Microsoft indicating that it had a virus, and that he would help me fix it.
I did not tell him about my tech street cred, but I busted...
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Dim 9550 aka XPS? No boot, no CMOS by
Patrick Conover, MAI
Hi all, I have a Dell Dim 9550, which I think is also know as an XPS back when it was new. I loaded this up with 8Gb RAM, and four SATA drives with over a TB of storage for video files. Running Win XP SP3, with all updates and patches through the MS EOL for Win XP. I had problems with this machine...
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Dead Vostro 1520? by
Ron Hardin
A Vostro 1520 that has been off since spring
doesn't do anything if you hit the power button.
No lights, no noise, no nothing.
AC power good. Same with or without battery.
Ideas?
My experiences inside a 1520 are not good. I
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