480GB XLR8SSD Solid State Drive in a Dell Precision 32 Core Workstation 32 GB...
While I was ordering a WYFI card, which is somewhat atypical for a workstation, the salesman suggested that i purchase the above mentioned solid state drive as a good upgrade option. After FedEx...
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Just purchased a Dell I3847-3850BK tower. The machine came with Windows 8.1, but I put a new HD in and loaded Windows 7, but discovered immediately that the onboard DVD drive didn't have an eject...
View ArticleClean Windows 8 PRO Installation
I would like to do a clean Windwos 8 PRO installation on my Dell Inspiron 17R, 1720. For this purposes I want to use a Samsung 850 EVO SSD Drive. My questions is:Can I use Windows 8.1 PRO system...
View ArticleDVD-RW Drive showing 0 capacity what to do
First time used D drive to burn text onto writable CD. It burned it and could see titles when opened,Then moved files over to Word 03 after copying files on second blank CD.Second burn did not burn...
View ArticleInspiron 2020-Optical CD/DVD drive missing
I need some help!My Dell Inspiron 2020 optical CD/DVD is missing from my computer. Is is not showing at all in device manager (yes, I have clicked on show hide the device it is not there also). I...
View ArticleOld Dell laptop - drive recognising CDs but not DVDs
I have an old Dell laptop bought in 2004, which I continue to use - Dell Inspiron 510m running Windows XP Home SP3. The laptop has an internal CD-RW/DVD combo drive, model Samsung SN-324F, which I very...
View ArticlePrecision M6500 screen replacement
Have to replace original ltn170ct13 17" samsung matrix. Offered a matrix with the same code but with 17.1" diagonal made by LG screen, said to be compatable. Can this matrix be used as replacement?
View ArticleNvidia Quadro NVS 135M for Dell Latitude D630 Win 7 32-bit
Nvidia Quadro NVS 135M for Dell Latitude D630 Win 7 32-bit display driver keeps crashing and is getting worse. Nvidia no longer supports 135M, and I can't find a replacement driver. Anyone know where...
View ArticleExchanging Hard Drives
I f I exchange four 5400 RPM RAID Hard Drives with 7200 RPM HDs in a XPS720 will there be enough heat increase to cause a cooling system problem?
View ArticleExchange Hard Drives
Can Standard SATA Hard Drives be replaced with SSHD Hybrid drives in a four disk NVIDIA RAID Array? Willthere be Controller or timing problems?
View Articleslow system after downloading driver updates
What happened? I downloaded all the recommended driver updates and now my laptop acts way too slow. I am a newbie, so I really have no idea what I am doing other than thinking I was doing the right...
View ArticleNew Inspiron with Dell external DVDRW won't play
Last ditch effort. I'm in Africa and have a ne Inspiron 15-5547. It sees the Dell DVDRW drive but won't play it, even on autoplay. Drive works on all my other Dells. Tech support pretty thin,...
View ArticleReplacing Hot Swap Drive
I have a R310 with PERC6i and SAS6IRH Hot Plug Drive module. One of my drives is showing up with Medium Errors in RedHat Enterprise 6.2. I have two drives RAIDed and one other of the same size as a...
View ArticleDell Inspiron desk trey
I bought this at the store promised with a disc tray well I open it up and get it working to find that the disc Tray does not open very upset with my purchase it is [Admin NOTE: Profanity removed as...
View ArticleAdding old HDD to Inspiron 3847
I want to put an hdd from my old Inspiron 420 into my new Inspiron 3847 (the 420 died but I don't think it's either of the hdd's - I guess one was drive C and the other drive D, it's drive C I want)....
View ArticleCannot find 2nd HDD or ESATA in new to me T5500
I bought a pre-owned T5500, I installed a SSD drive and am trying to add a 2nd HDD. I cannot get the 2nd HDD found or a drive on the ESATA. I have checked / enabled the SATA drive 1 (in fact I tried...
View ArticleDell Inspiron 1545 blah
Computer comes on shows Dell pic then goes blank reading "The file is possibly corrupt. The file header checksum does not match the computerized checksum". Wtf
View ArticleChange drive interface mode in BIOS
I have an approximately 9 year old Dell 670 desktop running Win 7. I would like to replace the IDE boot drive with an SATA drive. Unfortunately, all of the software I have been able to find to clone...
View ArticleCan’t access external hard drive via SATA to USB adapter
My desktop “died” over a year ago. It was a Dimension E521 XP Home Edition, Serial # \ Service tag 8D8JWC1, Model # DC8M, Product Key JX4CP-Y6XB7. I now want to recover files from the hard drive via my...
View ArticleSecondary HD not available until reboot
I have a Dell Optiplex 7020 with a 500GB HD in Sata 0 with disk operation set to ATA. I have purchased a second HD that is a Seagate 1TB SATA drive and connected it to Sata 1. The CD-Rom is on Sata...
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