XPS 8300 & Windows 10 - NIC & Intel RST problems
One day I found myself looking at a notification in the task bar tray telling my I was on my way to a free upgrade to Windows 10 from Win 7. I later came to realize that Windows was making changes...
View Article“This product is being used on another PC” on W8.1 quagmire - when upgrading...
Hi,My machine: Inspiron 7437 bought in December 2013 in Best Buy US, now I live in UK so Dell US wont talk to me. My Windows is 100% legitimate.When I bought it, I immediately upgraded to W8.1 and all...
View ArticleInspiron zino hd - No boot messages
Purchased in 2010 - system froze - restarted but got message that there's a problem with the HD.Disk check complained, could do check and windows7 started.It appeared that the OS seemed to be hosed....
View ArticleInspiron zino HD 400 schematic or block diagram.
Hello and a happy new year to everyone.I was wondering and took the decision to ask here if by any chance i could find schematics or a block diagram for the board of this model.I think it's a 3d1tv...
View ArticleAlienware x51 Issues, Please Help
So lately my alienware x51 has been acting up. It works in moderation but it randomly crahses now and goes into a reboot loot where it attempts to start off beeps once and turns off and keeps doing it...
View ArticleWake on lan now working in inspiron 620 after bios upgrade
I upgraded my desktop inspiron 620 to the new recommended bios A10. After the update I am no longer able to wake up the PC with magic packet. THe wake on lan was working before upgrading the system.Is...
View ArticleXPS 8900, Dell Wireless-N 1801, 5GHz ?
My XPS 8900 with the Dell Wireless-N 1801 adapter can't see my 5GHz network. It only sees my 2.4GHz. The 8900 sits right next to my HP Pavilion (5+ years old) which always runs on my 5GHz. Does the...
View Articlesecond wifi adapter
I am awaiting delivery of an XPS 8900. Dell only includes a single band wifi adapter. I would like to take the dual band (2.4 and 5G) Qualcomm Atheros 802.11 a|b|g|n Dualband Wireless Network Module...
View ArticleDell XPS-8900 Will Not Start
Worked fine until today, 1/1/2016 -- Happy New Year, NOT!Changed power cable, use a different outlet (other items like LAN router and network printer power just fine). Computer will still not...
View ArticleXPS 8900 Dual Monitors, Single Video Card
If you look at the back of the XPS 8900, there is 2 monitor connections (DP and HDMI) on the motherboard. This would be the Intel 530 GPU that comes with it. Then my system also came with a GT 730...
View ArticleXPS 8900 freezing
So I recently got xps 8900, immediately installed a SSD drive and upgraded the ram from 8GB to 16GB.I also used the old logitech solar keyboard and logitech wireless mouse from the old computer(they...
View ArticleOptiplex 980 Problem
Hi - my optiplex was running fine when suddenly it seemed to reboot but upon reboot it entered into an endless cycle of the fan spinning up and then down and the monitor entering sleep then waking. I...
View ArticleOptiplex 780 - DDR3 from kingston not supported
Hello,I don't understand why my Optiplex 780 DT refuses to recognise DDR3 sold by the computer shop . Currently my Optiplex is running perfectly with 2 DIMM of 2 GB each from Hynix type...
View ArticleInspiron 3847 will not turn on and only had computer for a year.
Hello I have a Dell Inspiron 3847 and I was trying to figure out if anyone else was having the same problem or maybe solved the problem. My Inspiron 3847 will not power on at all after I shut it down...
View ArticleDell OptiPlex 760 ultra small form factor possible to add ddr3 ram to it?
Hi everyone,I have an old OptiPlex 760 ultra small form factor and I just installed windows 10 which runs smooth most of the time.This OptiPlex 760 has an Intel Core Duo E8600 CPU in it. I have been...
View ArticleWin 7 crashes when print from internet screen
I am running Win 7 on Inspiron using firefox. When I print from an internet screen, the system prints, but immediately crashes causing me to reboot the system. A screen flash comes on and off...
View ArticleXPS 8900, Windows 7
Gripe.....Dell, would it kill you to create a new model number for major revisions of a model?Researched the XPS 8900 for a client, plenty of references to Windows 7 running on it. Ordered one, missing...
View ArticleXPS 8900 Rumors? News? Facts? Sightings?
Looks like the XPS 8900 is on its way...http://www.wsj.com/articles/your-next-computer-should-be-a-desktop-1439316558If it’s power that matters, desktops can provide more per dollar because they offer...
View ArticleXPS 8700 Resets itself - last Dell I will buy
I love my two XPS 410 & 420 in that were great work horses. My old dell Vostro is still going strong and is my working laptop. But, with that said this XPS 8700 is a bunch of ***. It keeps...
View ArticleDell 3455 All In One Bios Update Failed - bricked - Can it be fixed?
There was a bios update available so I downloaded it and ran the update (it was an executable file that runs in windows). The update went through but never exited, I waited a whole day and nothing so I...
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