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Latitude E6400 Cable - RTC Battery was not detected by Ron Hardin
Windows XP won't boot successfully (BSOD) on the old Latitude E6400 Both onboard and DVD diagnostics find Error Code 0600-5127 CABLE - RTC battery was not detected under cable tests. The CMOS stuff otherwise seems to be working correctly. System time and date in
October 20th 15 03:10 AM
by Ron Hardin Go to last post
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XPS Studio 9000/435T motherboard by Thomas Lake
I'm getting three beeps from my 9000. It looks like the motherboard is dead. Dell doesn't have a replacement for that any more. Will a standard motherboard fit in the 9000's case? Tom L
September 9th 15 11:21 PM
by Ben Myers[_4_] Go to last post
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Media Direct Autoboot (Vostro 1500) by Ron Hardin
An old Vostro 1500 boots up Media Direct whenever power is applied, after being off for a few months. It can't be persuaded to boot XP with any combination of fn keys, power buttons, or anything. Taking out the HD to get to fn key options, the BIOS seems okay. Even date and time are correct.
September 8th 15 11:06 PM
by dg1261 Go to last post
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Upgrade Dell XPS Laptop Motherboard? by Dan Schumacher[_2_]
I have a 6 year old Dell XPS 17" laptop with a fantastic 1920 x 1280 display. Because it doesn't support newer standards (SATA, USB 3.0 or 3.1, 802.11 AC, etc.), I would like to upgrade it. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a new laptop on the Dell site that had all the new capabilities in a 17"...
August 28th 15 11:08 PM
by Ben Myers[_4_] Go to last post
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Replacement hard drive for Dell Inspiron 1420? by Alan[_3_]
I have a 2007 Dell Inspiron laptop 1420 which still has its uses. I have been looking for a new HD, but it has an odd connector. Rather than the usual flat connector with horizontal contacts, these are vertical contacts that drop down in the laptop connector, rather than sliding in sideways. I...
August 11th 15 07:38 PM
by Alan[_3_] Go to last post
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Dell laptops - memory in pairs ? by ps56k[_3_]
Have a couple of older Dell laptops - - Dell E6400 - Dell M1210 I've usually added memory to both slots, with the same amount... do I have to ? Does the Dual Channel DDR2 enabled feature access all memory regardless of the slot symmetry ?
August 10th 15 05:21 PM
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Dell Inspiron and dual booting with linux and Windows 7 pro by Larry[_12_]
A question about dual booting on a Dell inspiron. I am looking at this system: New Inspiron 15 5000 Series $399.00 installed with Windows 7 pro I want to install Linux with the Windows 7 pro in a dual boot environment. Will that work on this system?
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July 28th 15 02:18 AM
by Larry[_12_] Go to last post
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SSD mounting question by Dean-MN
Hi, all: I want to upgrade the drive on a Dell Optiplex 980 Mini Tower Intel® CoreT i7 Quad Core Processor 870 with VT (2.93GHz, 8M) running Windows 7 Professional. I have in mind a Samsung 850 EVO 120GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD. The SSD will be a boot drive. The size is totally adequate...
July 20th 15 06:35 AM
by Dean-MN Go to last post
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copper shim vs. thermal pad by Timothy Daniels[_4_]
I'm putting a different motherboard in my XPS M1330 - the motherboard without the discrete nVidia graphics chip. I find that there is about a 1.6mm gap between the Intel system chip and the heat sink that is attached to the copper heat pipe. I don't want to tighten the gap down because that would...
July 7th 15 09:41 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Dell Technical "Support" by [email protected]
On Wednesday, January 26, 2000 at 1:30:00 PM UTC+5:30, Bernard Mushinsky wrote: LPT1 seems to have failed on my computer. I connected the printer to another computer and it works fine. Yesterday and today, I tried to get through to Dell technical support via phone in order to arrange for...
July 3rd 15 08:01 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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KBD, Mouse won't work by Boris[_5_]
I've got a Dell Precision 390 running WinXP, with a wired Dell keyboard, an ethernet connection, and a wireless nano MSFT mouse. I use it in my garage, and it's been running fine for a long time. Yesterday I decided to clean out the entire garage and move the machine to another location in the...
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June 25th 15 05:48 PM
by Boris[_5_] Go to last post
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XPS-18-i7: Windows 8.1 breaks bluetooth by David Arnstein[_2_]
I have a shiny new XPS-18, the one with the Intel i7 processor in it. As delivered, it worked great. Then I did the free Windows 8 - Windows 8.1 upgrade. Bluetooth stopped working. Specifically: I have several bluetooth headphones, stereo. I can pair them with my XPS-18, but immediately after the...
April 26th 15 04:10 PM
by Ron Hardin Go to last post
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Fan Speed Changes? by Bob_Villa
Our Vostro 230 (4+yrs) changes fan speed for short bursts when 1st started, then it's normal? It has been cleaned inside...and if it was CPU temp, it wouldn't stop (I would surmise). Thanks for anything!
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
April 24th 15 12:09 AM
by Bob_Villa Go to last post
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Precision M6500 SD card Reader Driver for Win7 64-bit? by Justin[_14_]
I went onto Dell's site and I can't find the driver for my built in SD card reader. Here is a screenshot of my Device Manager. Why doesn't Dell have the this driver under removable storage? http://tinypic.com/r/2gwc7qc/6
April 13th 15 11:13 PM
by Ben Myers[_4_] Go to last post
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Optiplex 780 PSU by Steve Urbach
Will a standard (retail) PSU fit properly in this mid tower desktop? The current one is underpowered for things I would like to do Thnx
March 7th 15 05:21 PM
by Steve Urbach Go to last post
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Dell SupportAssist - What is it for? by [email protected]
Recently Dell Support Assist was installed on my system - and it runs all the time. Anyone else have this and know what it is for and can it be safely uninstalled. It seems to be maybe sending some info to Dell. I'm running Win7 64bit and I went to Services.msc and disabled it, but when...
March 6th 15 11:56 PM
by Ben Myers[_4_] Go to last post
1 3,140
Internet Wireless Connection Setup? by [email protected]
I also asked this question in the Comcast Newsgroup: A question - I have the Xfinity Cisco XB3 Modem on my Desktop and am trying to setup Wireless Connection for my Laptop. My Question is, should the Wireless Internet Connection be setup on the Desktop and then selected from the...
February 18th 15 09:20 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
5 1,135
HotSpot not working for my Laptop? by [email protected]
I have a Dell XPS 8500 running Win7 64bit with Comcast.net Internet Connection. I have a Dell E1505 Laptop. I normally connect my Laptop to the Internet via Dell HotSpot feature. Have worked fine for a long time, but today, the Laptop is not connecting. HotSpot is on, I go to Control Panel and...
February 15th 15 08:42 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
7 1,031
Dell M1210 keyboard - bad W - by ps56k[_3_]
just noticed on my old Dell M1210 laptop that the keyboard letter - W - does not work... any suggestions before I start taking things apart to get to the keyboard ? -- / _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ No Good Deed - Goes Unpunished
February 14th 15 01:30 AM
by Ben Myers[_4_] Go to last post
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Dell M1210 laptop disk - Win7 layout by ps56k[_3_]
In looking at out Dell M1210 Win7 disk management, I've noticed that there are 3 partitions setup... 55MB - OEM ?? Media Direct ?? 69GB - NTFS and used for Drive C: 3 GB - Primary Partition I thought I recall reading that Win7 uses it's own partition for holding the booting manager software, vs...
February 13th 15 11:35 AM
by dg1261 Go to last post
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