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Hi ... a message longer than the title suddenly appeared on a full diagnostic screen when I powered my desktop. Options were Continue / Run Diagnostics / (something I don't remember). I ran simple diagnostics, got stuck in the middle. Ran comprehensive diagnostics, got stuck in the middle. Well, dia

Hi, I have just purchased a Dell 3910 desktop and wondered if I could use an NVIDIA P873NV-LF video card in this machine or do I need to match up memory speed etc? any help gratefully received, thank you

Hello everybody, I've got an inspiron 3881 with an intel core i5 10400 and a 260W psu. As the 1660 super requires a 8 pin pcie, I've bought a Corsair CV550 PSU. Does anyone know how I would go about upgrading the psu and gpu, as the motherboard has a proprietary 6 pin power requirement, and the psu

I have a inspiron 3668 and I am buying an asus 730 GDDR5 2gb. I saw from other forums that I need to take secure boot off and do some stuff in bios or my pc wont boot and im wondering if any of that is true an if so, how would I set it up. https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-GeForce-Profile-Graphics-Brack

I have a dimension 4700 and when i try starting it it goes normally untill i get to the windows xp start screen and thwn it goes to a blue screen and at the bottom has a bunch of numbers and zeros ill type what it says UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME ***SROP: 0x000000ED  (0x82384900, 0xC0000006, 0x0

Hi I'm trying to upgrade my BIOS from version 1.2.20 to critical update version 1.1.23 but I get the error "Driver Version Fail!".  I understand that BIOS versions should be installed one after the other so that there are no gaps however looking at the "Older Versions" on Dell Support there i

I bought my Inspiron 3470 from PC World just before covid arrived and it's always been slow switching between Firefox / Excel / iTunes / Thunderbird. Task Manager / Performance shows I have 4.0GB RAM, and in Command Prompt, "wmic MemoryChip get" shows Speed is 2666 (although ConfiguredClockSpeed is

Hello, I recently got a Dell Inspiron One 2320, which was upgrade to windows 10 from 7 in 2016, and was reset to run faster, deleting the original apps, but keeping the recovery partition. I decided to reinstall windows 7 with its drivers, as the driver and application cds were still intact. Howe

I'm looking to upgrade my son's gaming PC's CPU to an Intel Core i7-4790 or 4790K. I see on the 4790K documentation, to use the overclocking, the motherboard's chipset needs to be Z97. I don't think that's what I have...I assume it's H81. Also, it states I need to make a setting change in the BIOS.

I have a Dell Inspiron 3847 and I purchased a GTX 1080 GPU, a Samsung 860 EVO 1TB ssd, 16GB of RAM and now I need to pick a PSU. I saw in some previous posts that the EVGA B1 700w was recommended for other builds but I can't find that one.  With my setup what would be a good PSU?  I have

Hi Can you spec win10 pro on a new 7700 ?

New 7700 initial startup, got as far as the pc deciding it needed an update to current win11 version (new computer ?) Told me what it was going to do then started the update went for a reboot then locked up. All I can get now is the Dell start logo. Can't get into bios pressing f12 Tech help fin

Can i tell the PC to ignore the optical drive at bootup to get it to start until i can replace the drive?

Greetings, Brand new Dell 3910 with 256GB NVMe. BIOS came with RAID mode enabled. I want to switch to AHCI mode for various reasons, most importantly I want to install Windows 10 fresh from USB, and if in RAID mode requires the RST driver, and I'm not doing that. However, the BIOS is refusing to

Are AdBlockers any good? They claim to be free but actually they are not. They charge you every month. I've seen the reviews of some adblockes and although some of them are positive on the other hand there are many negative reviews, such as Computer slowed noticeably after the installation of the ap

I’ve just bought a Dell desktop Inspiron 3910. Is it normal when I plug the computer into the mains supply that the computer will start up temporarily and within a few seconds turn off , this all happens before I’ve touched the on and off switch on the PC ? Thank you 

I'm trying to upgrade to ssd from my hdd to run stuff alot faster but I don't know how to boot to bios on my dekstop. Thanks in advance.Specs:windows 10intel i3-7100gt 73012 gigs ddr4 2400 mhz ram

I don't know a lot about PC building, but I was looking to upgrade my 2070 Super to a 3070. Is there enough room in the case for a 3070? And would there also be enough room for a RAM upgrade? I am looking to upgrade to at least 64 gigs of RAM, if not 96 gigs since I currently have 32 gigs (2 16gb dd

I have an Inspiron 3891. I want to get a half decent graphics card like an rtx 3050/60 or a 1650 super. My current stock power supply does not have the connectors or the power budget. My stock case only accepts tfx psu's and unfortunately they only go up to 350W. Therefore I need a new case however

Hi,   I have two search engines installed in my Inspiron 3891-- Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Edge seems to be working OK, but firefox is slow slow slow--- the home page comes up pretty well, but searches  take "forever" to load-- the '"little blue circle" spins endlessly-- so slow that yo