Troubleshooting help
We have just bought a dell computer from Dell. Have been using for about 3 weeks now and nothing but trouble. The screen goes blank. Or it keeps saying your graphics card has stopped working. I...
View Articlewrong processor installed
Have purchased/returned 2 Inspiron 15 500 series i5558-2144 laptops now that are supposed to have a 5200U processor (as confirmed on the sealed shipping box) only to discover that a 5250U processor has...
View ArticleRAM upgrade for Dell Studio XPS 7100
I am upgrading my wife's system to an SSD (Samsung 850 Pro) and also want to upgrade her RAM.(She is a power user and does a lot of video and photo editing--uses lots of RAM-intensive software.)I...
View Articleboot from flash drive on a dimension 3000
xpsp3, fully updated, dell dimension 3000I have booted from the flash drive once a long time ago, and would like to do it again now since my cd drive is not doing well according to imgburn and dell...
View ArticleHelp w/initial start up
Just got my computer, hooked it up, and my monitor is blank other than "multi-monitor feature is not enabled". So I unplugged my second monitor. Just have my main monitor connected via HDMI (only...
View ArticleDell Venue 10 (android) no video in Skype
I've been testing my Dell Venue 10 with android OS because I want to use Skype to say hi to my kids every day while i'm on vacation. I have a dell laptop with a built in camera as well. I can connect...
View ArticleInspiron 3050 Windows 10 1511 Update
The update won't install due to space... and it wanted 5 GB which I managed to do but now it says 9 or 10 GB it needs free. There's nothing else to delete application wise to free up that much...
View ArticleGmail displays a skull & crossbones
If you use Chrome, Firefox, or Edge and see a skull & crossbones emoji appear in the right-hand corner of your screen in your Gmail account, it's probably nothing to worry about.Google's bug...
View ArticleInspiron 660s desktop white flickering
Any time I run a game client there is a white flicker any time I click on the screen. When the flicker occurs, I see a quick refresh of the screen, entirety goes white, then it resumes from where it...
View ArticleOptiplex 745, 305W PSU, Core 2. 2.1 gz can I upgrade to 755 Motherboard
My 745 is having fan failure, tested two fans, both work, have the amber light of death on the MOB, i'vedisconnected everything & still have the light. System works but crashes playing video or...
View ArticleDell tech support scam
Yesterday I got a call from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as jack and told me he was from a company contracted by dell to provide software support sand that he had received reports...
View ArticleNew DELL Inspiron 3647: the slowest new computer i've ever owned
i got this computer in mid-august and i've had it. i don't know if it's the hardware (i3-4170 @ 3.7GHZ; 4GB ram; 1TB 7200 rpm drive) or if it's the "new and improved" windows 10 but this system is a...
View ArticleDell XPS 8500 switched HDs, no boot, steady yellow power light
I have been continually getting messages about my hard drive (1 T SATA) failing so I bit the bullet and went and bought a new drive (2 T SATA). I left the original drive in it's original configuration...
View ArticleMotherboard Manual
Hello, I'm changing my computer case to a custom one, but I'm not sure how to connect the LEDs on the motherboard. I know I'm supposed to plug it on the LEDH1 slot, but I don't know the connectors...
View ArticleMotherboard Manual
Hello, I'm changing my computer to a custom case, but I'm not sure how to connect the LED cables (power switch, reset switch, hdd led...). I know I have to plug them on the LEDH1, but I don't know the...
View ArticleXPS 8300 will not boot
I noticed my father's XPS 8300 running a lot when it should be in sleep mode. I suspected malware keeping it awake. I ran a scan with ESET Smart Security 8 and found nothing. I ran a scan with...
View ArticleXPS 8700, Motherboard On Off
Hello There,I am writing this on my 14 year-old computer running XP. I am 68 and decided last year to wipe out some retirement savings and get a top of the line computer that would last me until after...
View ArticleDell Inspiron 537s Small Desktop
This machine has hardly been used in the last five years..It is a Dell Inspiron 537s small frame desktop..I was using it as a secondary machine, one night I shut it down, and the next day when I pushed...
View Article16GB Ram (4x4gb) Supported? Optiplex 755 and XPS 420
I have multiples of the Optiplex 755 and XPS 420's- They're great little machines for virtualization.I currently have them all "maxed" out at 8GB RAM apiece, which is the listed maximum for each.Often...
View ArticleGibberish Error Message (memory)/Bios Upgrade, Memory Slot, Video Card???
I have a Dell XPS 8300 desktop running Windows 7. While running Photoshop Elements the computer screen goes black, reboots, & I get a line of computer gibberish. I turn off the computer restarted...
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