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I was surfing the web on firefox when out of nowhere the monitor goes black "Entering power save mode". Then for a split second blue screened. I can't remember if I tried to reboot it or if it turned off on its own.Now I will turn the computer on, and the power icon on the tower lights up green as n
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Is there a list of which Dells have UEFI? This is important for matching newer aftermarket video cards to older computers. I know the Ottiplex 780 was UEFI, but the 760 and older are a mystery. Right now I need to know about the Optiplex 360. But since I answer questions about Dells at Tomshardware
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Does the Dell Inspiron One have an SSD drive??? I bought from Staples and did not do any fancy upgrades - off the shelf. I want to download a neat sounding defragger but am not sure about the ssd drive - I think ssd must be an upgrade. Supposedly win 7 has a built in defragger that is set up to run
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I'm going to buy another ssd and it's a sata 3 does xps 8700 support it?. Thanks
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I have run into several (50-60) optiplex 7010 computers that display the flashing orange power button. The solution to thesa all was to reseat the memory. Haas anyone else seen this? are there a batch of bad MB with loose DIMM slots? Let me know please.
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Hey, Just wondering what the max specs are of this computers motherboard because I was wanting to upgrade the RAM to more Its current specs: Intel 2nd Gen i3 3.30Ghz Intel Integrated Graphics 4GB of RAM wanting to update to 10GB by removing 1 2GB stick and replacing it with 1 8GB stick
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Hi! I was hoping if someone could help me about this 700Watts PSU i research at http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-eXtreme-700-Watt-RS700-PCAAE3-US/dp/B003M9RWGG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top. Is this Compatible on xps 420 dell? I was planning on buying this but i wasn't sure if it is compatible. Pleas
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Hi, Myself and my co-workers support Dell systems that are brand new and 10 years old. We usually re-image many systems each week and a part of the process involves updating the BIOS if needed to the most current revision. The 'fastest' way we know to do this is to log into premier, enter t
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I see this article regarding "thunderbolt add in card" for T7810... <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> Where can I get the card? Looked everywhere, can't seem to find one.. Maybe one for an HP is the same? Thanks!
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Up to now, there has been very little information posted about the M.2 slots present in the Optiplex 3050/5050/7050 series and how to use them compared to that available for the XX40 series, and some of it is contradictory. The respective Dell user manuals indicate that all three machines have M.2
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Hi, I have a Dimension 4600 and want to know if I am supposed to uninstall Extreme Graphics 2's drivers and uninstall the controller in the device manager, (after I install a video card.) Thanks in advance
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I have a 2014 OptiPlex 9020 SFF, and the case fan (at the bottom front of the case) has started making a rattling sound like its bearings are going. I'm trying to identify the appropriate replacement part, but have not been able to find the specific Dell alphanumeric part number, nor an appropriat
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Hi all, I've searched the forums, and have found some answers, but most are about a year old. I have an Optiplex 7010 with the following setup: G1XNT 1 Hard Drive, 1TB, S3, 7.2K, 512E, SGT-GRDABP
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I tried all the settings; ( hibernation, hybrid sleep, sleep, etc.) in the power settings area to no avail. My "old" xps 8500 always woke up by touching any key but I can't get the new xps 8920 to do it after a week of trying.
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I have an Inspiron 3847 in which I installed a SSD as the primary and moved the existing HDD to the secondary drive position. I am wondering if anyone has installed a third HDD (or SSD) using the Sata and power cables intended for the optional secondary optical drive? Thanks.
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Hi, I'm running a Dell Precision T5400, and I upgraded my video card from Nvidia GeForce GTX 380 to an Nvidia GeForce GTX 480. Now I have no audio. The Audio control panel applet claims I have no audio hardware. In Device Manager my Sound, video and game controllers list the following:
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I just tried to update the BIOS from A03 to the latest A10. I'm running Windows 10 Home, Vers. 1709., with all updates installed. Everything about the BIOS update seemed to go well. Got a message that the update was successful but needed a restart to take effect. I hit the Restart Now option, Seemed
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Problem started within last couple weeks. After computer goes to sleep, when you try and wake it you get a mostly white screen but with many vertical lines of green, yellow, and magenta. You can move the mouse (cursor is now a slightly lighter square) but can't wake computer no matter what I try. ha
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I have a dell optiplex 755 usff with specs of 4GB of RAM and 160 GB HDD (SATA). i also have windows 98 SE and the boot disk on CD but I dont know how to install it on my dell optiplex. I also used dban to wipe the drive and its ready to have windows 98 SE installed on it. how can I do this without a
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My PC Dell Aurora R4 won't update properly due to it not being on the list of Windows 10 Creator supported drivers PC from dell. Does anyone one know if dell is going to correct this matter.
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