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Reformatting new system
Monica, Another thing to consider before reformatting your hard drive, after using the utility to burn Windows OS, to a blank CD. You will need to have an internet...
bootup 701
Start with the hardware. If you have no butturance that the hardware is 100% functional, there is no way to proceed further with any confidence. Run the Dell...
bootup 702
Thanks for the worthless, condesceding reply Zieglar. Why bother wasting your time to reply? Questions-suggestions for original...
Dell's newest Warranty ScamTricks
Well it seems Dell is stooping to an all time low with regards to warranty. They hide the information...
Dell's newest Warranty ScamTricks 704
Just a spelling nitpick... That should read "throughout." With that said... I've been reading this group for only six or so months, but...
Dell's newest Warranty ScamTricks 705
While I might not have gone as far as Tom did, I, too, was surprised - if one takes the buttumption that you live...
700M 707
Carol & Allen, The reflections, which can be an issue, can be eliminated by changing the angle of the screen or the user's viewing angle (or both). Another issue is the...
700M 708
Carol and Allen Bredt The screen brightness is not an issue since it can be turned down to suit. These 12 inch widescreen notebooks have pretty good keyboards from what I have seen - I...
Acronis Utility Exposes Contents of Your Entire Hard Drive
No, Tom, this time I have to disagree with you. And that doesn't mean for one second that I don't respect your knowledge, your opinions or your contributions to this group...
dell 3000 vs 4700
I've bought both the 3000 and the 4700. It all depends on what you plan to do with it. The 4700 is, without a...
High Brightness on a 1905FP
Hi folks... I tried all the above with varying and limited success. The best results occured after updating the driver with the latest version from the...
Dell keyboard connected to nonDell pc
Just over two years ago, when I bought my Dell Dimension 8250, I ordered the simplest keyboard on offer. It has served me...
Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24inch
Jess i don't own one but this LCD this is no 1 on my list of things i want to waste money on ;) i've heard nothing but great reviews about the...
too cheap to resist
I think I want to pull the trigger on a $399 special in today's Sunday...
too cheap to resist
It's really hard to answer all these, since you didn't tell us which model, but I am going to guess it is a...
RAM problem with Dell Labreastude CPxJ notebook
No question in my mind it was worth it, Paul. I didn't run any benchmarks, but my perception is that it made the system performance much more crisp, especially when multi-tasking. It also...
Warranty Service With NonWindows OS 720
Even if the problem is with the hard drive, NEVER return your system to Dell or any other name brand company for service. More often than not, the original chbuttis does not come...
A942 printerboot delay
Hi, I've recently added a Dell AIO 942 printer to my 8400 Dimension setup and now, on booting up, there's a delay of approximately 30 seconds when I boot up. Just a black screen with...
Dell 3Ghz HT processor question
What's overclocking you ask? Something you can't do with a Dell. All Dell computers the BIOS is crippled-locked or dumb downed, over 50% of some...
Q: Problems with NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 upgrade
Greetings, I'm attempting to upgrade the video drivers for my NVIDIA Quadro FX4400 PCIe16 card...
Strange atbreastudes among guys
Well, I WAS going to restrain myself on this topic, but I just can't resist. My company used to be a major HP customer, from using...
Installing old hdd...kinda stuck
I'm putting my backup drive into the new 8400. Printed out the Installing and adding a new harddrive pages...
Installing old hdd...kinda stuck : 727
Yes, old drive is EIDE. Optical Drive...had to go look that up. You couldn't have just said a CD Tom, when I said I was...
Installing old hdd...kinda stuck : 728
The reason the manual tells you to reposition the hard drives is because when using an 80 wire ribbon cable...
Installing old hdd...kinda stuck : 729
I've had some help this morning from a friend. The old hard drive needs to connect...
processor upgrade
The options are locked in the BIOS, but not for the reasons one might think. A flash BIOS update will not help here. I am not sure if the 4400...
DVD Dual Layering
Tom Scales For what it is worth, I have 2 DVD burners. Both NEC's, a 3500 and a 3520...
D810 Broadcom TPM Requires Flash Restoration
Hi--I have a D810 (1gb ram, 60gb hd, winxp) with the Broadcom (infineon) TPM enabled. When I first installed the software, it took multiple boot...
DVD burning test results 734
Found this on the net or you should go to Dell Talk and ask the question. As said...
DVD burning test results 735
about $10 well down. I'm sure I'm confused but not about the fact that because my burner supports dual layer I think I've burned a dual layer DVD :) I'm just wondering about...
Inspiron Memory Problem
Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 600m running XP, and it has a problem with memory. It has 2x256 MB SODIMMs (PC2100 DDR). When one SODIMM is installed, there are no problems. However...
Inspiron Memory Problem
2 of the modules shipped with my Dell and it worked fine for a year and a half. The other module...
Can I upgrade my DIM4100 to this spec
LilaDuncan What are the specs of your current system? Video editing is fairly intensive, and 512MB is a rather low for...
New dell and win2k
i recently got a new dimenstion 8400. it came with xp home, which to me is a huge joke and also...
UltraSharp 2005FPW error messages
I've been noticing a message upon bootup and that flashes so fast I can't read it. After a few tries I caught it with my camera. It reads, "2: DVI-D...
UltraSharp 2005FPW error messages
Monica, I have the same monitor and also get the same warning using Photoshop Elements. Haven't bothered to find a fix. I did try installing a new...
Verizon DSL Rots
Same here with cable service. DSL often has to deal with a telephone system that was not designed with high speed data transmission in mind...
Anyone Used Ghost to clone Dells
We will be receiving 30-35 Dells in the near future. I want to use Ghost (Corporate Edition) to clone the...
Anyone Used Ghost to clone Dells 748
You will probably still have issues with the Product Key if you use it on more than one machine because it isn't a Volume Licensing Key. Couldn't you just input the Porduct Key from the...
Anyone Used Ghost to clone Dells 749
Yes I'm not sure if Casper has an auto sync feature either. Well thanks so much for explaining what Casper is and how it differs from RAID. The impetus for putting it (Casper...
Advice for brand new Dell
Hi friend :) i just got my new D3000 a day ago and it looks ok alto looking inside it seems empty, ie no place...
Can I not use Windows ME on my new DIMENSION 3000 752
With ANY version of Windows, if the chipset manufacturer does not provide the drivers required by that version, the system will simply...
Can I not use Windows ME on my new DIMENSION 3000 753
OK, so drop in a video card that has WinME (*) drivers and see how that does. From the ATI driver page for WinME: * Note:As of January 1, 2004, Microsoft no longer accepts...
RAID: Threat or Menace
Now that RAID is readily available on high-end Dells, I can regard it as a serious option. My sense is that RAID probably isn't a good idea, unless there's...
RAID: Threat or Menace 756
You're not getting the whole picture. Depends heavily on the user and their application, and it also depends very heavily on what kind of storage reliability, redundancy, and backup that...
What is wrong with my Del
In case you think he's joking, he is not. I recently asked the hardware guys at...
Why won't 8400 download faster than 2.7M
Well the first thing to check is how fast you can transfer files from within your network. Try sharing a large file (at least 100+MB) on your wife's computer, and transfer it...
Maximum Memory for L400 & C400 Notebooks
the c400 uses pc133 type memory, and it may have either one 256mb module or two 128mb module for your system total of 256mb. the l400 uses pc100 type memory, and...
Thermal grease 762
Ted Zieglar Apply new and definitely remove the old (from both the CPU and the heatsinc!). You want to remove the old layer because if you leave it there the grease...
Thermal grease 763
Excuse me! This doesn't seem right. I've been taught that you NEVER run a modern CPU without a heatsink under ANY conditions! Tom's Hardware did exactly that a while back, just to see how...
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