Dell R520 CacheCade set up
Hi, I'm looking to buy Dell R520 with PERC H710p and run it with CacheCade:6x 4TB 7.2k NL SAS 3.5"2x Intel SSD 128GB 2.5"In RAID 10 I should get 6 x 4TB / 2 = 12 TB of storage.I just wanted to check my...
View ArticleDell Partner Support less than if Customer purchases direct from Dell?
Hi, had a bad thing with Dell happen this evening. We are a Dell Partner and have a Dell PartnerDirect account. Granted we are small and only purchase about 5 servers/year. Some customers want to...
View ArticleTrying to purchase parts for two Dell servers
I just spent an hour trying to purchase parts for two Dell servers via the Dell on-line portal. Never completed the purchase for the following reasons:Put parts in shopping cart and continued shopping....
View ArticleDell Optiplex 3020: Can these things do dual 1080p output?
I have one of these in our boardroom. I'm getting a new projector that does 1080p, however I'm unsure if this machine is powerful enough to put out 1080p on the monitor and the projector at the same...
View ArticleDell Inspiron won't boot past Dell screen.
Hello there people. I need help with my laptop! I was working on my laptop when it turned itself off, then after turning it back on it started smoking briefly from the fan outlet. I turned the laptop...
View ArticleDell 13th Generation
Hope this is the right place to ask. Where's the news about the new Dell Poweredge Tower Servers? I see that they've finally updated with 13th generation products, and about a week ago they introduced...
View ArticleDell Latitude E6400, need to retrieve bios password
Ok, so I received a Dell Latitude E6400 Laptop from my wifes father a few years back, he had set up a bios password and couldn't remember it. I have reset bios settings via removing the cmos battery...
View Articlehaving power save mode issues
My dell xp computer is in power save mode. For some reason i tried unplugging the monitor cord from behind the pc and the light indicated green, but when i plug the cord back up the light indicated...
View ArticleDell OptiPlex 3020 - Graphics
Hi Guys,We're having an intermittent problem with one of our Dell computers.It randomly cuts to a black screen for a few seconds and then comes back on, the computer doesn't shut down and all the work...
View Article3 Displays using Dell 7010
Hi All,I have been tasked with getting 3 monitors to work on a Dell 7010.So far I have tried using 1 vga and 2 displayport to dvi adapters. I have now found out that will not work. The adapters I used...
View ArticleDell Poweredge 1950 Ventilation and Heat
Greetings, have some Dell 1950's setup in my home lab shown here. I have a concern that they may overheat. If I am running number two (counting from the bottom), Number 1 will be warm to the touch on...
View ArticleVirtual disk degraded
We have a Dell Poweredge R510 in a remote location with StoragePERC H700.I got an alert message that a virtual disk is degraded(warning symbol) but when i checked all the 3 physical disks(RAID-5)...
View ArticleDell Venue 11 tablet
I have a Dell Venue 11 tablet that when the user starts the tablet every day, it goes into a diagnostic mode that the user has to exit out of each day, how do I turn this off, what causes it to turn...
View ArticleGood source of Dell desktop energy usage?
We're going to replace a bunch of Dell Optiplex 330 and 360. We're looking to see if the new Dell Optiplex will provide any energy cost savings?
View ArticleDELL Latitude E7440 BIOS Revision A11
DELL Latitude E7440 BIOS Revision A11 was corrupted. The notebooks got stuck during boot (DELL logo on screen and progress bar half filled). For us it worked to unplug the CMOS battery which reset the...
View ArticleDell OptiPlex 3020 not printing
We recently got a Dell for our client for his home. He was unable to get his scanner working (not 8.1 compatible), so he bought a Canon D530 AIO, connected via USB. We installed the latest drivers, and...
View ArticleAdd Sata drive to Dell PE T320 running SAS drives
I am adding a secondary drive to one of my servers, it is a Dell Power Edge T320 running two 320GB SAS drives in a RAID array. I want to add a secondary SATA drive to the server mainly for simple...
View ArticleSelf Encrypting Hard Drive on a Dell Latitude E6540
Trying to enable the self encrypting feature of the SSD in a Latitude e6540 we recently purchased. Installed the Dell security tools and enabled it via the admin console. However when i open the...
View ArticleOrder Delay
I have placed an order last month for 8 desktops, 13 monitors and 1 server from Dell Canada. supposedly, I should have received my order this week. But now the online status on deliver date has been...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 Standard Dell OEM ISO Needed
Is it possible to download an ISO file for a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Dell OEM installation disc? I've searched in the usual places (Dell's website and Google), but can't find anything. I...
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