KVM Issue
Hi All,I have posted it to Dell's community but thought I might as well post here to get a broader audience.Anyhow, we recently purchased a Dell R430 and installed Server 2008 R2 and installed it into...
View ArticleDell Latitude turn off wireless while docked
Dear All,I know there are already some discussions and how to's how to turn off warless when on LAN. There is a bios settings to control radio WLAN button. I have tested it and it works.However I would...
View ArticleClear CMOS on Alienware Aurora R4
So the former IT guy at one of our offices left suddenly and I was going to try to setup a workstation that was there for a new hire. When I powered on the machine it looks like he set a BIOS password...
View ArticleDell MD1000 redundant power supply causing host server shutdown
A single redundant power supply failure/shutdown in a Dell PowerVault MD1000 causes the host server to shutdown. Theserver shutdown can be avoided by disabling Alert Management Storage Event Enclosure...
View ArticleHP SPP Vs DELL
I have worked with HP servers for awhile now and we are considering on making the move over to DELL. I am looking into what its going to be like for maintaining a DELL datacenter.When it comes to...
View ArticleIncreasing Preservation capacity in Dell Disk Pool?
Hi,I am in the midst of creating a new disk pool in our SAN storage MD3200i. Right now Having 12 units of SAS 15k 600GB Hdds. When trying to creat disk pool its giving only 2 option of preservation...
View ArticleCan the Dell Green Guys/Gals help me escalate this?
I have a Latitude E7250 service tag 18V2662 with a peculiar problem. The spacebar sometimes inserts 2 or 3 spaces for a single strike of the spacebar. My users notified me of the issue within hours of...
View ArticleAnother Dell Pr Support Failure on high end XPS machine
Yet another service call that gone completely off the rails and I can't find anyone to help.1. Sent wrong parts 3 times (parts back ordered once)2. Now are telling me that parts are "back ordered"...
View ArticleLEDs not lit on laptop screen, but screen is working
Hey Spicers,I've got aDellInspiron 15R 5520 built July 2012. In short -- the screen does not light up, but if you shine a flash light on it, you can see that Windows will fully boot and the laptop...
View ArticleDell Pro Support - not what they claim.
I have to say I am VERY disappointed with Dell Pro Support. I bought a laptop last year and paid extra for on site next business day service. Earlier this week the screen would flicker when I moved it...
View ArticleLCD compatibility between 2 old models
Hello experts,i have a problem with a D630 ( yes i know it's old but it still works ) where the LCD is giving up.You can't blame Dell for it as it has already survived for 10 years and this is the...
View ArticleMulti-pathing and Dell MD3000i
Hi,We’ve got a Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster (with 3 nodes) running on a Dell MD3000i array. I noticed for one of the nodes that one of the iSCSI NICs was running at 100Mbps rather than 1Gbps so I tried...
View ArticleForeign Disk
Hello, we have a dell T710 with a Perc 6/i controller. We have 2 virtual disks and wanted to create a 3rd. We add 2 hard drives which we had left over from a server we got rid of. In Dell open manage...
View ArticleDell Dimension 690 RAM issue
I had a Dell 690 with 8GB RAM installed on risers. I want to add another 32GB or so of RAM but before I do I need to address this issue. After running for a time (not sure how long but within 24...
View ArticleR520 - Replace riser cards H710 mini Question
I bought a second CPU for our R520. It was then that I learned that there are 2 available riser board types for these servers depending on how many CPU's were installed.These boards have 1p or 2p...
View ArticleCan't detect single drive on SAS6 with Dell R410
Trying to install centos 6.8 off USB. Have one drive installed and SAS controller enabled but Centos is only picking up USB drive not the 1TB SATA. During boot it shows up though. How do I work around...
View ArticleDell 4 displays in one.
I saw this the other day and thought was pretty neat. I wish they could do this with just software though and use an old LCD TV,...
View ArticleDell Latitude E6540 replacement
Has the E6540 been discontinued? Looking for a like model for new hire and most importantly will the dock and power cord be compatible? If not will prob recommend a thinkpad.Thanks!
View ArticleInstalling Windows 7 on Dell Optiplex 7040
I am trying to install windows 7 on a dell optiplex 7040 sff. The desktop is brand new. I have windows 10 running perfectly fine, but due to software restrictions, I need to use Win7 instead. I want to...
View ArticleCross Platform replication between Dell Compellent and Equallogic!
Did you know that with the introduction of DSM( Dell Storage Manager) and the latest SC Software release, you can now replicate between Dell SC and PS arrays? Check out the details here:...
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