Forum Post: RE: Dual Monitor - What Cable or Adapter do I buy for...
If you swap video cables so monitor #1 becomes #2, and #2 becomes #1, does the "new" #2 go black? Or does #1 (old #2) go black? If it's always the monitor connected to the video card (I assume that's...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Optiplex Soundcard Upgrade Compatibility
Given the AGE and bus on the 755 a 32 BIT 33MHZ pci 2.2 CARD would work. Universal PCI 2.2 CARDS have 2 KEYWAYS in the card edge. Older 5V only cards with only 1 keyway will not EVER work.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Network printer not working with new XPS system
Did you install the Lexmark drivers for 10? The automatically selected drivers will not work.Check Network and Sharing Center to make sure File and printer sharing is selected. The networking settings...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Cannot update video driver?
bugcheck 0x1000007E SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M due to an malware access violation caused when code in dxgmms1.sys tried to read memory address 0xffffffffffffffff There is no amount of time...
View ArticleForum Post: XPS One 2720 HDMI In Audio Issues
HDMI input seems to provide video, but no audio. (I've tried two different HDMI sources, and they both provide audio and video when connected to my TV). When in HDMI input mode, the onscreen buttons...
View ArticleForum Post: Reinstall Windows 10 Inspiron 3847 desktop
I followed the instructions by Dell for my Inspiron 3847 reinstalling Windows 10 using USB media. I put in my media that I created in the USB port before I restarted my computer. It says: On the boot...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: DELL XPS 2720 MONITOR BLINKING ISSUES
Provide us your system tag#, name and email via private message,by clicking on my name in blue and then select send a private message for records purpose. Regards
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dell Precision Tower 3620 Thunderbolt
From what I can tell, any PCIe X4 card should work with no problems.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Adding RAM to XPS 8900
I just installed 64 gig of RAM on the XPS 8900. You do not need to go through Dell to do the upgrade just make sure the DDR4 ram you are getting has the right specs and you should be okay.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS 8900 64GB of RAM
Did the upgrade today and it works. Used these ram instead www.amazon.comB01AO6RUIE
View ArticleForum Post: RE: XPS8910 Transfer OS from 2TB-HD/32GB-Cache-SSD to a separate...
4. Boot to bios and make sire the sata drives are not on RAID. If it is on Raid change it to AHCI and it will tell you that windows might not boot (and it will not boot!!) 5. Save bios setting 6....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Brand new XPS 8900 Win 10 won't turn on, power light blinks...
You should contact Dell tech support immediately. You have 21 days from invoice date (not delivery date) to have them take it back. And then you can order another one. Otherwise, tech support should...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: New XPS 8900 - wired mouse loses power during sleep mode
You could manually set a System Restore point and then delete the mouse in Device Manager under HID and then reboot to see if Windows will redetect it and load the Power Management tab. No idea if this...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Network printer not working with new XPS system
Yes; as noted I downloaded the drivers from Lexmark, and indicated "have disk" to install them. And network sharing and discovery are on. The printer drivers install, but printing fails - "printer is...
View ArticleForum Post: How do I tell which motherboard I have from the service tag
I have a number of dell computers, optiplex 380. 780. And 7 optiplex 760 to upgrade the cpu's to quad core if possible but I find out that each model has 2 motherboard' possibilities, how do I tell...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How do I tell which motherboard I have from the service tag
There is no such thing as Serial number based on motherboard. Serial numbers are unique. SFF and USFF power supplies tend to be too small. The DPN or DELL PART NUMBER of the board is ON THE BOARD and...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How do I tell which motherboard I have from the service tag
Many thanks for your answer, could I please ask , how can I tell which machine can be upgraded to quad core, the education department requires the computers to meet a certain cpu benchmark and quad...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Loud fan and unusual spikes in CPU temp
I have precisely the same configuration as you, Cheryl A and exactly the same problem. I don't know if you have the 6700K but I'm running that CPU at total stock, no OC.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How do I tell which motherboard I have from the service tag
Benchmarks are meaningless. First step would be to make sure you know how to update the bios to current and all the same for each model class. Changing the cpu is not trivial. The labor time alone...
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