6GB/sec drive auto-detect issue T3500
Hi, I have just tried to replace my secondary slave drive on my T3500. It was a WD Green 500GB SATA drive, and I tried to replace it with a WD Green 2TB SATA drive. I get an error on boot saying it...
View Articleprecision m4500 replacing optical drive with hard drive bay
can my optical drive be replaced with a hard drive bay and, if so, how?
View Articleell Demension 2400 -error: No Hard Drive found - 0
I have one of the Old Dell Demension 2400 -bought new in Oct' 2003,Last week got this error on boot up: " No Hard Drive found - 0 press F2 for setup f1 to continue." but it never boots. and there are...
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Trouble installing SDD with HDD on Inspiron 3847 tower PC
Hi - I want to install a SSD (Samsung 840 EVO 120GB) as my primary drive and use the HDD as secondary.After I screwed in the SDD, I see that the power cable is too short to reach both the SDD and HDD...
View ArticleDST short status test failure
Hi, My Inspiron 5160 shows DST short status test failure with an error code 1000-0142.Msg-Unit 4: Drive self test failed status byte=89.How can it be resolved?
View ArticleDoes Dell xps l502x support seagate sshd ST1000LM014
can i upgrade my hard drive with seagate sshd st1000lm014
View ArticleNeed a replacement hard disc
I urgently need to replace the SAMSUNG HM500JI ATA disc in my Studio 1555 laptop.The "My Dell" diagnostic is telling me that a hard disc failure is imminent.The problem is that I haven't been able to...
View ArticleMini Disks
I currently have a hardware device, more specifically a Microsoft Xbox 360 wireless adapter. It requires a driver to be installed which is provided on a mini-disk (To my knowledge i have been unable to...
View Articlecd/dvd drive
My cd/dvd drive doesn't work properly. Diagnostics gave me error code 0147, optical drive 0 self test spindle test failed. I've seen some answers to similar questions that the drive needs to be...
View Articleneed software to manually mark a bad block at NTFS
I have a disk with a single broken sector. SMART shows 0 reallocated sectors and 0 pending sectors.Unfortunately, this that sector can not be fixed in usual way by forcing HDD controller to remap it,...
View ArticleSM Bus Controller driver
Hey all! I have a XPS420 and I've got the yellow exclamation point next to "SM Bus Controller" in my device manager. I downloaded the chipset driver and installed it but the exclamation is still...
View ArticleDell Branded Samsung 840pro SSD
Hi.I have Dell Branded (OEM)Samsung SM841 SSD.I am hoping that Dell would have updated Firmware available asdownload.Samsung has good firmware so after this later updates would probably be...
View ArticleCD tray opening
Hi there, wondering if someone can give me some advice. I have just purchased an Inspiron 15 laptop and have found that the CD tray continually opens, every time I push it closed it opens within a few...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge NVMe MLC Express Flash PCIeSSD, 2.5in, Hot-plug - VMware drivers
Any idea on when VMware drivers will be available for the 400 GB NVMe MLC PCIeSSD ?
View ArticleSSD standard as main drives on AIO desktops?
Why is SSD not a standard option on the Dell AIO desktops? I understand I can replace HDD with my own SSD but why would I have to for a new purchase. A Kingston 512GB SSD can be purchased for $300-$400...
View ArticleBoot file missing or corrupt
Hi I have DELL INSPIRON N5110 500 GB e-sata hard drive.Whilst doing a CHKDSK I had a power failure which cancelled the check. Ever since i am getting a blue screen with the following infoA problem has...
View ArticleDell Studio 1535 RAID Controller
I'm trying to install Win 7 on a Dell Studio 1535 model PP33L, but i don't know what AHCI RAID driver should I choose
View ArticleSSD Hard Disk for Laptop M6400
Hello to @ll.I have a laptop Dell Precision M6400 and want change my HDD for a new SSD .What you recommended me (GB and Brand model)Man thanks.Kindly regards.
View ArticleSSD in Vostro 3560 failed without warning
I have a Vostro 3560 laptop, used for a little more than a year, its configuration is: SSD (32 GB): Ubuntu 14.04 (1 partition only) HDD (1 TB): 1. Windows 8.1 + School files + some music (NTFS,...
View Articlehard drive error
So after an warning from the intel tools thing about a problem with port 0 on the hard drive, i ran a diagnostics test and it came up with the error code 2000-0151. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron N5050,...
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