Last night I replaced the Core i7 920 in my XPS 9000 with an X980. After removing the old chip I looked at the socket. It has a band across the middle with no pins. (Somehting like below) All the photos I've seen of the 1366 socket show an entire square array of pins. The new processor seems...

These are schemos, only...hope they are of use. Laptop Schematics: http://www.reepair.net/en/forumdisplay.php?f=30 Motherboard Schematics: http://www.reepair.net/en/forumdisplay.php?f=25 bob_v

OK, I removed my laptop's CD (Dell Inspiron 2200). When I power up, I get an error message basically confirming that there is no CD drive. I hit the esc key and all boots well. I have changed the boot order (was CD first but now HD first). I still get the error. No big deal, but any other...

I have an XPS M1330 with behavior I have not seen before. Turning on the laptop works once and hits the Dell logo, and the post screen, and the bar seems to go across to the end slowly, the screen got some blue bars on it, like a bad video card, then it clears the screen and just sits there...

Has anyone replaced a similar model touchpad (palmrest) on an Inspiron 1545? The manual looks like you have to remove everything but the mobo...almost! It is still (barely) under warranty and I am afraid if I sent it in they will not sent me the same one back. Most I have done on laptops was:...

I'm trying to install an ATI x1300 video card in my SFF gx280. I changed the bios to the onboard chip, but after installing the card I have no video. Is it best to leave the bios on auto, install the drivers, shut down and then install the card? mc

Warm weather is here, and I want to clean the fan or fans inside my Dell Inspiron 530S This Dell has 1 cd/dvd drive, and 1 floppy drive. A basic bare bones version PC, really. Is there 1 fan inside there, or are there 2 fans? My "guru" sez "probably 2".........but when I took off the lid, I...

I'm getting an error in Dell PC Checkup "2D.3D Video Primary Surface Test The scan fails with the following error: ErrorInputDiffersFromOutput - Error at pixel 969 969 : Input color 00555555 not equal to output color 00353535.. Rerun the scan and if it fails again, use the button to contact...

Greetings, I would like to purchase a larger monitor for my Vostro 400. The Vostro came with: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 2DVI Intel Core2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz, 1333FSB 4MB 4GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz, Dual Channel DT Dell 19 inch Wide E198WFP Analog Flat Panel Monitor

OK, I removed the CD Drive from my Inspiron 2200. Now, when I power up, I get an immediate error message basically correctly saying that it does not recognize what's in the CD drive bay. I can press the ESC button and we proceed to boot normally. Is there a way to eliminate this error? Is it due...

Very basic question as I am not good with hardwa I have a Dell Inspiron 2200. How do I remove the Optical CD Drive? It looks like there is one screw in the back. Do I remove that screw and then slide the drive out? Mel

If I were to purchase a Dell Inspiron 537, preinstalled with Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), is there a compatibility setting that would allow me to install and run software intended for 32-bit systems?

Seeing this advertised on Costco and would like to hear from anyone knowledgeable about this line. Also interested in their advertised 560 and 580 models but I may be more interested in a HD monitor and these 2 come packaged with a non HD monitor. TIA

My latitude D505 has been unused for several months. It is in good shape, but nothing happens now when pressing the start button - Only sign of life is the green light on the Power adapter. No sign of battery charging either after 2 hours. Is the mobo dead? Are there any pre-boot selftest keys? . I...

i'm trying to watch movies streamed from netflix to a studio 1737 hdmi to hdmi but the picture on the television looks like crap. tv is a 46 inch high def. am i missing a setting somewhere? the laptop has the integrated video memory. thanks

I'm running Win 7 64-bit Ultimate on a Studio XPS 9000 with a Core i7 920, 12 GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 275, one Samsung HD103UJ 1 TB hard drive and two Samsung HD501LJ 500 GB hard drives. My Windows Experience scores are 7.3 and above for CPU, memory and graphics but the hard drive score is 5.9. This...

Dell Dimension 5000. When powered on the keyboard is initially recognised, as I can hit F2 and enter the bios screen. When the boot up process completes and the log-in screen is displayed the keyboard is totally unresponsive. Has anyone an idea as to how to sort this? Cheers, Iain

subject says all... system is perfect except video card is dead. I already baked it once, and it died again less than a month later. Is there any inexpensive video card that will fit this laptop so I can pass it on to someone (I've already purchased a replacement) or should I just consign it...

I'm using a hanns g HH251 with my optiplex gx280 that has the initial boot screens off center and larger than I like. Is there a way to correct this. I'm using the onboard video chip, no video card. mc

Hi folks, I'm checking out eBay for a Dell D630. I see the listings for Core 2 Duo and just Core Duo. According to Dell's website the 630's only came in C2D. Is that correct? Are these listings wrong? J