high hard disk activity .. slowing down of computer .
due to constant high hard disk activity my laptop has experienced general slow down (XPS L502X) ... even on doing nothing videos run with lag on any player , i have tried kmplayer , vlc , windows...
View ArticlePCIe x16 Riser (for PowerEdge 2950 II)
Is there such an animal: PCIe x16 Riser for PowerEdge 2950 II? I'd really like to know. I can't seem to find such a critter and now i suspect it doesn't exist. Can anybody confirm this? If there...
View ArticleClearing TPM ownership with CCTK command line scripts
I am working on a project to configure all the Dell workstations in my enterprise to certian bios settings. one laptop I am working with currently is a Dell E6510 Bios level A13. The TPM setting...
View Articledell inspiron 6400 dead. how to retrieve hard drive?
hello, My insiron 6400 is completely dead, it does not even switch on. i took for repair but not repairable, electrical problem! How to recover the hard drive, and what divice i need to do this.
View Articledead inspiron 6400, how to get hard drive out ?
Hello, my inspiron 6400 is powerless, iripairable due to electrical problem. How do I. Retrieve all my things on the hard drive I am not technical! I just want my itunes, pictures etc Thank you in...
View ArticleInspirion 17R SE 7720
Hello, I bought that mighty notebook. Because have 3D technology I bought 3D Blu-Ray movie, but when I start it, there is problem with blinking... in upper 1/4 of display blink 2 small displays - but...
View Articlewindows 8 wireless proplem
I installed windows 8 X64 on dell inspiron 5220 and it didn't recognized the wireless device .It also rejects its win7 driver due to known comparability issue. Where can I find the driver? btw the...
View Articlebacklit keyboad
Hello i have inspiron 7520 and on dell web side i saw thet there is backlited keyboard on these computers bot i dont finde any druvers for this or any instructions how to enable it? Or it just means...
View ArticleDell printer V305 not printing
Hi, My Dell V305 is not printing. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, checking all connections, etc. Still not working. Documents line up but do not print. My color cartridge is empty, but I just...
View Articledell xps 14 l401x heating problem
I have had this problem for months and can just not find a solution for it!I've read there;s problems with realtek sound cards and I've tried a few different drivers as well as rolling back.Disabling...
View Articlerecovery D drive
My D drive is listed in my computer but when I try to run a backup the only drive I have the option to backup to is my dvd E drive. How do I get my d drive back as my backup drive?
View ArticlePowerEdge 815 - power for PCI card?
Hi, I have a GPU that I want to put into my PowerEdge 815, but the card requires external PCI power. I don't see a connector on the 815 motherboard or in the user manual for PCI power. Is there one? If...
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Random shut down of my Dell XPS L501x
Hello, This is my first post to the Dell community as I lost all my faith to the dell service centre personals. Their fix is always linked with another defect. I visited the service centre 4 times and...
View ArticleDell XPS M1210 BIOS version A09
I have several Dell 1210 laptop all with the Nvidia GO 7400 GPU. Recently I had trouble with one of the GPU's so I researched and found a new mobo online and installed it and it works great. My...
View ArticleHow to obtain all the info the originally came with our Home Computer system
computer crashed and a "friend of the family" basically wiped out everything that was on the HDD. How and where can i find the full operating system that was originally configured on our system when we...
View ArticleReinstalled Windos 7, Now Can't Crop Photos
I'm sure someone will tell me that I've posted this in the wrong forum, but I can't FIND a Dell forum on photo editing. My Inspiron 580 came preloaded with Windows 7, and I used the included Microsoft...
View ArticleOptiplex 7010 BIOS x31
Hello, I have a refurbished Optiplex 7010, the BIOS shows an X31, but when checking the support site shows A05 ad the primary and only release of the BIOS. The machine runs great, but I cannot update...
View ArticleNo audio through internal speakers, works external (2 different laptops)
This post is coming from a service technician who just replaced 2 Dell laptops with new hard drives (Win 7x64). The model number on these machines are Inspiron n5110 and n4030. After installing the...
View ArticleFaxing from V525w printer
Does anyone know if you can fax on a V525w using a wireless phone line?
View Articleerror 0x00000116
hello, look I have a problem with my alienware m17x r3, for some time I'm having a steady rain error 0x00000116 when running a game, my graphics is a NVIDIA GTX 580m, I passed all the stress tests, and...
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