Can anyone tell me whether or not a Dell Dimension 4500 supports 48 bit LBA and hard drives bigger than 137.4 GB? Dell technical support say my computer, which currently has bios version A01, "supports 48 bit LBA and hard drives up to 80GB", which is obviously wrong (the computer was delivered...

Strange. I was having a video driver problem and was routed to India. The first guy didn't have any idea what I was talking about, and sat on the phone cluelees until I hung up on him. It took several more attempts to reach them (The routing system disconnected me 3 times). I got through to a...

The service I've received from Dell has so far been absolutely first class. After ordering my Dimension 8300 (from UK) last Sunday night I was told it would be delivered in 7/10 days. I received a call on Wednesday from their support centre in India saying it would be delivered Friday between 8am...

I would like to buy a laptop, but not if I get connected to India and the "helpers" barely speak English..... What nut at Dell came up with this idea to make customers happy?

I have a Dell Latitude C600 laptop, and the bios has a boot-from-network option. The Dell is plugged into my home ethernet network, and can access files from the other computers, and access the internet. But what else do I have to do to the network and the other computers in order to allow the...

I own a Dell 2400 with the Visioneer 5800USB scanner. It is powered by PaperPort 7 software. I have noticed a peculiar glitch with the scanner and was wondering if perhaps someone here might have an answer. I mentioned this problem on a scanner newsgroup, but didn't get a reply. I also went...

I've got a 3 week old 8600 and it doesn't: - recognize anything I plug into the USB port - doesn't always load the DVD/CD drivers - so I have to reset and then it works In troubleshooting the DVD I uninstalled the Record Now - DVD burning software - now I can't find it in any of the CD's that...

This combo has a few 'features' that I would like to eradicate. Setup is XPPro on a Latitude D600. XP SP1 installed, Wireless Rollup package installed on top of a few other mandatory security patches. Wireless AP has latest firmware installed (1.5.67). Truemobile 1300 (hardware rev 4.5) has latest...

Hello, I'm in need of some assistance! I tried to reinstall an Audigy 2 card in my Dimension 4500. I moved the Audigy 2 card to a different slot and removed all the other cards except the ethernet card and the video card. When I booted up to Windows XP Home, XP recognized there was new...

Hello, I've got a Dimension 4500 and I upgraded the sound card to a Creative Audigy 2, but since I've been unable to get it to work. I think I might have to have it replaced. So I uninstalled the drivers and all of the software that it came with and I'm trying to get my older Live card to...

Is there any differences (quality or price) between a Dell E171FPb and a Dell E172FP ? Should I be happy or looking for a switch from Dell to the original order and what they think I received? Part of Dim 8300 purchase. Thanks, Ken

My new Dell 2001FP monitor will no longer power on after just a few minutes (1-2) of use. It just acts dead. This is just an FYI for those who are starting to get their new 2001FPs from Dell, case anyone else has the same problem. Any similar experiances posted here would be...

How is Intel Extreme Graphics2? Does anyone have it? Is it sufficient if only a little gaming is done? Looking to purchase a 4600 and was wondering if this integrated graphics is okay for mostly web surfing and rare gaming. Thanks Jim

There has been discussions off and on in another NG about how hard disk drives are cooled. I notice in my Dell Dimension XPS-R450 (built Jan 1999), that the mounting for the primary HDD is vertical (on "end") inside a PLASTIC CAGE next to the entrance for cooling air. Since I have not had any...

We recently purchased new computers for our office and we'd like to clean and sanitize the two old Dells (P-II, 266 and 300) to give to employees whose families don't have one. Also, I work at an impoverished elementary school and want to give two old home computers to students too. Should I go...

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from what I hear, no. When I asked the rep I was buying from, he was dumbfounded as to why they would do this. He actually said "wh-why?" I answered that its a way that companies extend the life of their products, they can fix small widespread annoyances, and can add new features. He said he...

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Sorry, this post ended up on an old long post. Reset subject. Is there any differences (quality or price) between a Dell E171FPb and a Dell E172FP ? Should I be happy or looking for a switch from Dell to the original order and what they think I received? Part of Dim 8300 purchase. Thanks, Ken

Just reinstalled XP. Are the media edition files on a different CD?