Inspiron 530s: Maximum RAM

January 8, 2017, 2:09 am

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I had odd problems running 8GB in this machine, and have reverted back to 4GB without these problems. This PC has a Pentium Dual E2180 processor, 4 RAM slots, and BIOS is 1.0.18. The original OS is Vista-32.  Here's what happened:

At 4GB:  Fresh install of Windows 7 64-bit - no problems.

Installed 8GB RAM: No obvious problems (8GB indicated in BIOS and Windows 7).  However, my wife (her computer) began installing her previous Big Fish games and encountered errors with most of them ("failed to write to memory xxx").  Everything else appeared to work normally, although the PC seemed a bit slow. After working with Big Fish support, no solution was found.

Fresh install Vista-64: Just before its first restart, error window appeared "Windows setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware".

Fresh install Vista-32: Same Windows setup error as above.

Fresh install XP-32: Same Windows setup error as above.

Installed 4GB RAM: Fresh install XP-32 normally.  Big Fish games installed without problems.

Even though the problems occurred only with Big Fish games (other applications installed without error), I can only conclude that there was some addressing issue with the memory controller/CPU.  I also noticed that copying files from a USB memory stick took about twice as long as normal.

At the moment, the 4GB PC is running well with XP, and it would run OK with Vista or Windows 7, 32 or 64-bit OS.  Windows install objected to something with the 8GB motherboard, although Windows didn't object to the 4->8GB upgrade after Windows was installed at 4GB.  Funny, that.

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Inspiron 3847 repeated unrequested re-starts

January 8, 2017, 4:17 am

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My desktop closes down and restarts after about 25-30 minutes of inactivity.

The System settings are for no close down on screen or pc so it is not a sleep setting.

I have opened up case and cleaned throughout so ensured fans are dustfree.  Room isn't hot. Any ideas? Is it the internal fans failing?

Is a GTX 1080 Ti Card Compatible with a Dell T750

January 7, 2017, 1:35 pm

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Will one of these cards work inside a Dell Precision T7500?

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2141520/pci-express-x16-graphic-card-pci-express-x16-slot.html

Can i get the ram stick even though the max bandwidth is different?(I also think the CAS latency is different)

January 7, 2017, 9:21 pm

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The ram stick I want Is basically identical to the one I have on my computer. The only difference is that the max bandwidth(I also think the CAS latency is different). Also, the color is different but that makes no difference does it.

Inspiron 3650 Storage Additions

January 8, 2017, 9:15 am

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My 3650 has a single 3.5 1TB drive installed. It appears there is room and connectors for two additional 2.5" drives, but the service manual states I can have one 3.5 and one 2.5 drive installed. 

I'd like to install two, 2.5 1TB drives and establish a mirrored pair with Windows Storage Spaces.

Can I install two 2.5 drives in addition to the 3.5 drive already installed? 

Thanks!

Dell Precision T5400 need help please

January 8, 2017, 10:12 am

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Dell Precision T5400 was working fine until my customer decided to add a second video card instead of changing it. 

The video card was nvidia geforce 7950GT 

and he added nvidia geforce 710 

which I already told him that it wouldn't work. 

The computer stopped working. Nothing shows on the screen 

I took out the second video card, leaving the old one as it was before 

Then I pressed the power button, 
The board has amber light. The processor fan blows for about 3-4 seconds, then the computer turned off by itself. 
no beep sound, nothing shows on the screen, not even bios info 

Unplugged the video card (no video card), it does the same thing. 

Is the motherboard toasted ? 

Tried reset BIOS, doesn't work, took out all memory and start the computer, same thing. No beep nor anything, just the first 3-4 seconds fan blows, then stopped.


Dell Precision T5400 
Dual Xeon E5450 3GHz 
8x4GB=32GB DDR2 
2x500GB RAID 1 
128GB SSD 
Nvidia geforce 7950GT 
Windows 10

Best Gaming Desktop Hardware - Budget $1200

January 8, 2017, 12:39 pm

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Which desktop would be the best gaming system in a budget of $1200?

Vostro 230 mini tower ethernet 100mbps not gbps help

January 8, 2017, 1:37 pm

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Hi All.

I have aquired a Vostro 230 7500,installed windows 10 64bit. 4gb crucial Ballistick ram,runs great.My issue is the ethernet says 100mbps when i have a Broadcom gigabyte with latest driver 15.6.1.3.why isnt it showing 1gbps.my router is wrt linksys 1900acs V2 with custom dd-wrt firmware(Kong) which is more then capable,wired house with all cat6 cable

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Optiplex 9020 Windows 8 major hangup during installation

January 8, 2017, 1:51 pm

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hello All,

      I have an Optiplex 9020 that I'm trying to do a clean install of Windows 8 on.  It gets as far as setting up devices then the screen goes black and stays black.  I'm pretty sure this is a video driver issue but what do I do next?

no power to Dell desktop

January 8, 2017, 2:50 pm

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Dell all in one wo1b

no power coming thru to pc at all. 

Upgrade Graphics card

January 8, 2017, 3:43 pm

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 I have a Dell XPS 8900 Special Edition, Windows 10 Pro, i7 6700k 6th Gen Quad core, 16GB of Ram, a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 4GB Memory. I would like to upgrade the Graphics card, but to what ?  What will work, ( I would want the best that will work, with out having to put in a new Power supply).

  I would like to stay with NVIDIA GeForce.                          Thanks  Jim

Instructions for adding a second and/or third Western Digital SATA HD to my new Dell XPS 8910

January 8, 2017, 4:37 pm

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This query is addressed to Dell.  The XPS 8910 service manual does instruct how to install additional SATA hard drives in the XPS 8910.  My system has a 250Gb SSD boot drive and a 2 TB HD.  I must install two additional WD SATA HDs or return this system.  This is feasible in any XPS 8700 PC.  One would assume the same for an advanced version, or a stern warning that adding aftermarket HDs is not supported.  I assume that is not the case.

Please provide instructions on installing additional SATA drives internally in my XPS 8910 ASAP so I do not have to return the product.  Is this a high end, state of the art PC or not?

Thank you Dell, for your prompt response.

GLC on Kolelemook

No SATA Power

January 8, 2017, 5:33 pm

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I'm testing a power supply for a Dell Studio Slim D540S. When trying to boot the computer shows no power light or post at all. When I pulled the power supply and use a power supply tester everything shows power but the SATA for the hard drive no +12 and no +5 volt will the cause this type of problem?

xps 910 & 16 memory; number of channels?

January 8, 2017, 7:00 pm

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I have an XPS-910 on the way from egghead.com.  The PC has 16gb of RAM already installed.  Is one slot filled with a single factory 2133mhz stick?  Is this memory  single, duel or quad channel?  

Will there be any negative side effects if the other (3) 16 gb sticks I purchase are from a different vendor?

I have lost my km113 receiver it wan not a year old

January 8, 2017, 10:03 pm

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If any one have a solution please mail me in <ADMIN NOTE: Email id removed per privacy policy> thank u

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How do I enable the second CPU in a Dell T7810?

January 9, 2017, 6:32 am

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We purchased a new Dell 7810 with dual core Xeons but with only 8GB of RAM. The RAM was next to CPU1 which I believe means CPU was never used when we first started using the computer and since.

I have recently put in 4 8GB DIMMS in the system in the slots that Dell said to put them in. However, the system only shows 16GB and 1 processor.

Tried adjusting msconfig and was able to set the processors to 2 but didn't see the extra processors in the task manager nor did the memory change from 16GB to 32GB.

Thanks 

Dell inspiron 3650

January 9, 2017, 6:54 am

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Can I add a graphics driver to Dell inspiron 3650 that I didn't buy with a gpu?

dell optiplex 780 no boot

January 3, 2017, 11:39 pm

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Hi

I have  dell optiplex 780 which has worked well but now suddenly wont boot.  On pressing the boot button the fan can be heard to come on really strongly but no screen activity, no evidence of booting. The fan runs for about 30 secs and then shuts down  and after a delay of about 10 secs then the fan starts up again . This start - stop of the fan just continues.  

Even with disconnecting and reconnecting power it still occurs.

Can anyone help me

Thanks heaps ,  Mike

How do I enable the second CPU in a Dell T7810?

January 9, 2017, 6:32 am

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We purchased a new Dell 7810 with dual core Xeons but with only 8GB of RAM. The RAM was next to CPU1 from the factory which I believe means CPU 2 wasn't being used out of the box (new). The OS is Windows 7 64Bit professional.

I have recently put in 4 8GB DIMMS in the system in the 4 slots that Dell said to put them in. The system now shows 16GB of RAM and 1 processor, not 32GB or RAM and 2 processors.

I tried adjusting msconfig by setting the processors to 2. When I rebooted, I saw 2 processors only in the task manager instead of the normal 8 (we have a system with dual 8 core xeons). So the msconfig changed the system but not to 16 processors with 32GB or Ram.

I then choose 16 processors in the msconfig but after rebooting, the task manager didn't show 16 processors or the 32GB of RAM.

If anybody knows what I need to do to activate all 32GB or RAM and the second processor, please post it here.

Thanks 

Dell XPS 410 Sound Issuse

January 9, 2017, 9:24 am

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Hello,

I have a Dell XPS 410 Desktop that is not out putting sound i tried updating the sound driver, Would i need to add a sound card or what would i need to do please help

Thanks Ninja