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March 31st, 2021 04:00

T5600 Sometimes stuck on Dell screen and usb issues

Hi all.

So i brought home from work a Dell Presion T5600.

It had a ramsome ware virus so work was getting rid of it.

I installed a new "dodgy" copy of windows.

Installed some more ram, just becasue i could. It had 32 installed already and i added 2 more 16 sticks so 64 in total.

so now it has the 4 sticks of the original 8gb and i added the 2 more 16gb. It has 2 cpu's so now each one had 2 sticks of 8 and 1 of the new 16gb

Got a Pci wifi card for it.

Worked perfectly for a while.

After a while it started not booting sometimes, getting stuck on the dell screen. Also sometimes i couldnt get into the Bios as the usb keyboard wouldnt work while booting, even though it lights up and shows power.

So i bought a new SSD and installed a new legit copy of windows.

Now it still sometimes dosnt boot, just gets stuck on the Dell screen, and also sometimes the keyboard wont work to get into the Bios.

I did the hardware test that you can do through the Dell website and all is good with the hardware.

Also i turned off the quick start option as i have seen this refered to.

I tried to take out the Raid controller and pluged the ssd into the motherboard but it looks like i dont have the driver for it. Though it works through the Riad controller.

Any ideas?

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March 31st, 2021 05:00

Changed the cmos battery ? It's a bit aged, otherwise

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March 31st, 2021 05:00

They all run great ( I've nothing against older ones, they fit the bill for plenty of things still ), just cost more to operate ( energy consumption )

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March 31st, 2021 05:00

No.

But ill try that.

I also added a new Gaphics card.

Yes, it is a bit of an old machine, but runs great when its on.

 

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March 31st, 2021 05:00

Thanks for the battery info/idea.

Ill get one tomorrow and report back for anyone interested.

Thanks again

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March 31st, 2021 05:00

Also, sometimes when it does start.

The Wifi card in the pci dosnt seem to work.

After re start it will work.

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April 3rd, 2021 05:00

Its been a few days now and everything seems ok with the new battery.

Thanks

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April 3rd, 2021 06:00

Glad that it got solved this way

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April 4th, 2021 05:00

Me to.

Nice and easy!

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