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Just wondered if anyone knows how many SATA ports the mobo in the Optiplex 3040 has. Dell support didn't know! If anyone has a link to a photo or spec for the mobo it would help.

My new Dell XPS 8900 only has one HH and I'd like to install a second HH. Probably 3.5 internal SATA a 2T.  I need an XPS 8900 service manual so I will know how to install the second drive.  I just need some simple instructions so I will know how to attache an SATA data cable and getting

HDD was accidentally reformatted. I am not interested in the stored data, just want to get it back to factory settings.  OS is Vista. Thanks for any advice.

My wife brought home an E4310 that was no longer needed at her office. She knows that I like to tinker with computers and the machine looks to be a decent unit. The hard drive was removed for business reasons so I installed an SSD without any hiccups. I also installed WIN7 using the DVD drive. Now

New 2016 Inspiron desktop Windows 10; cloned to Samsung SSD. Original Dell HD is not attached. Will not boot; F2 does not show the SSD so I cannot change the boot order. F2 shows Windows Boot Manager first and then two NICs. F12 does allow booting from the new SSD and works perfectly. In F2 bios w

Okay I was wondering what port wold i use to install the #2 dvd-r optical drive? i have the power jumper already and the dvd-r will open close & even play when i use the same Sata port for the dvd/rw optical drive that came with the computer. the HDD is the blue Sata port 0 right next to the Sat

Please, if anyone knows the following can you share: I need to know the steps to migrate the Windows 10 to the M.2 SSD drive and then what the steps are to configure the XPS 8900 (recent BIOS) to boot off the M.2 Drive? Thanks,

I am interested in OPTIPLEX 7040MT, but I want to add an SSD, will it void the warranty? All local (Indonesia) Dell resellers told me that it would void the warranty. But I read somewhere in this forum that it would not void the warranty. Thank you, Said B

So I am getting the error: Internal hard drive disk not found to resolve this issue try to reseat the drive After I got the error, I removed my 1TB HDD and replaced it with a 525gb SSD and I am still getting the error. After testing the original 1 TD HDD, there's nothing wrong with it, so it looks

system- dell inspiron 3542 error 2000-0142 ....  what to do ?  plz help  ...... thankyou...

I bought an 850 EVO 500 for my Dell Inspiron 3455. It won't boot after cloning. I have used multiple cloning technologies (Samsung's, Acronis, EaseUS, Clonezilla, etc.), and they all result in the same outcome. The files are there, but it won't boot. It wouldn't even boot after doing a full OS reins

I've got a Dell Inspiron One 2020 and just replaced the motherboard to fix a black screen problem. After replacement, It wouldn't boot. I inserted a win 10 bootable USB stick, immediately got a message “Hard-disk drive failure. Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility.” Does that

I have Venue Pro 8. I use it only to print coupons. I have no apps downloaded. I went to connect a new printer and it gives me the message"insufficient hard drive space" I am not very computer literate and have no idea how to free up disk space. I cannot even figure out why I would have no space. I

Hi guys I'm having dell inspiron 3521, its all working fine but 3 days before may be 4 days my laptop stops detecting ODD. I did all as instructed in the following link but noting happens. I have also attached an screenshot while running diagnostics in support website. what to do guys? he

I have added an additional SATA CDROM to my 8900. They both work but I am curious about which SATA ports on the motherboard are optimum for the CDROMs to plug into.  Thanks.

What is the largest hard drive i can put in a dell d540 [Amin Note: Service Tag Edited per TOU policy] 

Hello my name is Luiza and I have a Dell Inspiron 3521. A couple of weeks ago my laptop started to show blue screens. I tried to recover it in so many ways and none of them solved my problem. Then, two days ago I was able to recover to factory settings, however the problem was still there ( the b

I just got a new XPS 8900 up and running and ordered a Sandisk X400 1TB SATA III M.2 drive for it. I know, adding a PCIE SSD with an adapter would be much faster.  But I am not a gamer and focused more on on-board back-up and storage capacity.  And the new Sandisk card is getting good rev

So I have a new AW17R3 with a 1Tb HDD and a 225GB SSD, running Windows 10. Since I will be running a lot of programs such as AutoCAD, Revit, and the Adobe Suite, I want to configure my computer so that all the programs will store/install onto the HDD and run on the SSD. I honestly have no idea how t

Hi everyone, I recently bought the Inspiron 7559, 16GB RAM, UHD/touch screen, 4GB NVidia, 1TB HDD and 128GB SSD. I have already swapped out the HDD for a 1TB Samsung 850 Pro SSD. I am now considering swapping out the 128GB SSD for a 512GB equivalent. I realise this may cause me issues with cloning