OptiPlex 3010 can't print to serial port.
I have a Dell OptiPlex 3010 SFF, Late 2012 build, BIOS A12, Windows 7 pro 32 bit all drivers up to date according to the dell website, I let the website select which drivers by letting it detect my...
View ArticleDell Power Edge 2950 Raid Array
Good Afternoon Spiceworks Community,I have a question on my array configuration. I had three out of 5 HDs that had gone bad - this is the environment I inherited when I started with this company. So,...
View ArticleDell Contact
Hi I am looking at getting quotes from Dell on a new SAN, does anyone have a good contact at Dell within the UK, that they would not mind sending me the details.At the moment, when I call I keep...
View ArticleHow to re-build Dell PowerEdge 1850?
Hello,I recently purchased a lot of used servers, 3 of which are Dell PowerEdge 1850. I also got an HP prolaint, a Dell 2850 and an xserve. This is perfrect as is closely mimics the server environment...
View ArticleDell K2000 dhcp issues
Our K2000 server used to work a while back. Our Dell K2000 server was inconsistent before we installed Sonicwall and now it continually fails to connect via PXE to our K2000 DHCP server. As far as I...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 2850 II and SCSI/SAS confusion.
I recently bought a PE 2850 from the local state university garage sell for $30. No drives were included but everything was said to be in working order and it had six 1GB ram in it and two fiber pci...
View ArticleDell R900 - Bring SAS HD's online
I bought a Dell R900 (Service Tag: C9FC7G1) ON EBAY from Bargain Computers in Tampa Florida (from all indication they seems to have gone belly up). This item was purchased in early March of this year....
View ArticleDell R905 server has problems with Seagate USB Drives?
Hey everyone, I've got kind of a silly issue here. We have Veeam (backing up our VMware server) running on an older Dell R905 server. We rotate between three external USB drives every week, two of them...
View ArticleDell U2414H Display Port MST issues
Hello,I have 3 U2414H's in a tripple screen setup. I also have a 6440 with a eport advance docking station(2 dvi and 2 dp connectors). When using it with the three 2414's They flicker back and forth...
View ArticleDell Optiplex 790 Power Supply Issue
I had a power supply go down in a clients Optiplex 790 Desktop, no big deal usually. I ordered a used one because new ones are ridulously expensive (start at $120), . So that one is a POS too. I...
View ArticleAlienware M17x R3 overheating under load
I have a solution to a problem that I wanted to share since I have not seen much of it online in current forums.I have an Alienware M17x R3 laptop that is about 3 years old. I run hardware intensive...
View Article3.5" tray caddy with 2.5" adapter bracket for Dell Rack server
Hello GangDoes anyone have any direct experience with the 3.5" tray caddy with 2.5" adapter bracket For Dell Poweredge R310, T310, R410, T410, R415, R510 seen on Amazon at...
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R610 storage adapter
I have a dozen R610 servers that are ESXi hosts. I'd like to install local disks for storage (currently using MD3200i appliances). I don't think they came with controllers, though. I circled where I...
View ArticleDell T310 Server Drives
I've got a Dell T310 PowerEdge Server.I need to put larger drives in it. In order for it to still be covered under a DELL support contract, do I need to buy DELL Drives?I'm not suggesting putting cheap...
View ArticleSoftware-Defined Storage - Enabling the Next-Generation Enterprise IT!
IDC states that Dell embraced the SDS revolution early on and has the most open and aggressive strategy to enable customer migration to the software-defined enterprise.Here is link to the IDC paper!...
View ArticleT3600 - correct PERC config for single Hard drive
Long story short the PERC and drives were all wiped.I now need to setup that virtual volume on that single drive. I feel like an idiot but everything I've read points to using an OMSA disc, but the...
View ArticleDell SUU ISO to large for a DLDVD
I downloaded the quarterly Server Update Utility ISO from Dell's website and am ready to burn it to a dual layer DVD but it's too large! I have a blu ray burner but none of my servers read blu ray....
View ArticleDell Latitude 10-ST2E Issues
We are a mid size company using tablets on the molding presses we have. Im having some issues with a dell Latitude 10-ST2E. When unit is powered on all you get is a power light and a light for the...
View ArticleRandom drive removed/degraded virtual drive on Dell PE T110 II servers/S100 RAID
We purchased 6 Dell PowerEdge T110 II servers in October, 2012. They all have the onboard S100 RAID controller configured with 2 drives in a RAID1 array. All have are running Windows Server 2012...
View Articlememory configuration on DELL R610 (4gb and 16gb modules)???
hi spiceheads,so we are upgrading our dell poweredge r610 from 32gb to 96gb of ram.our vendor recommended 4x16gb to populate the remaining 4 available ram slots (2 available per cpu).So we plopped them...
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