DELL PE 2950 Not a II or III) giving E2020 with a pair of Xeon E5450s
Hi there folks! I have a couple of 2950 IIIs and a 1950 III all running with 2 x Xeon E5450 in them. I added the same processors to a first-revision 1950 and get an E2020 errror with an "Unsupported...
View ArticlePE1600SC with Perc 4/SC external storage needed
I've got an old PE1600SC with a Perc 4/sc card in it. Windows 2003 Enterprise is the OS I've run out of drive space by filling up all the internal drive bays with 300GB drives. What options do I have...
View ArticleDell and Trend Micro Webcast on Wendsday March 14th
Join us on Wednesday, March 14 from noon – 1 PM CST for our next live webcast on Facebook, “Cost-Saving Secrets Every Growing Business Must Know,” hosted by Dell and Trend Micro Register here:...
View ArticleDell is having a treasure hunt.
The winner gets a free XPS 15Z laptop. Others are entered in a drawing for a number of $499 off coupons. http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx
View ArticleWhat are the funniest things found on a printer? 3 more days left to vote.
Spiceheads, Only a couple of days left to submit your final thoughts on the funniest things you have ever found on your company's printer. Have you ever walked up to your company’s printer and found...
View ArticleDell XPS Studio 1645 laptop issue
This laptop will not start at all if the battery is inserted into the system. It will start and function fine if the battery is removed, and AC is hooked up. Even with AC hooked up, as long as the...
View ArticleRant warning: Adios Dell!
This morning was the final straw with Dell. I've had problems over the last year with them on a number of fronts: pricing, customer service, warranty renewals, warranty repair work, etc. I've always...
View ArticleDell Communication Unsubscribe Site
So I've been getting loads of emails from my 'local' Dell sales partner who is in Detroit, MI (I'm in Lebanon, IN) and Monday I had enough. On the bottom of the last email was an unsubscribe link....
View ArticleDell Optiplex GX620 bricked
I have a few older Optiplex GX620s (and one GX745) that have "bricked" over the past year. What has happened with them is that they seem to have gone into power-saving mode and stuck there, even after...
View Articleworkstation cannot scan with SpiceWorks
Hello. SpiceWorks running all the day and scan our network every 4h but no new workstations add to our list. Because we have a more than 55 PCs. The IP range is ok but some workstation blocks scan...
View Articledell latitude d830
password reset for dell latitude with service tag #7rmcs1s-3a5b any suggestion or password generator program would be appreciated
View Articleshortcuts on desktop mysteriously disappear
our HR dept have some odd issues cropped up. We deployed 3x new Dell Optiplex 390 PCs with Win 7 Pro. When one of them goes to lunch, her shortcuts disappear from desktop. dont think this happens on...
View ArticleHPC Performance of 12G PowerEdge Servers
How are Dell's 12G Servers fairing against the 11G ones? Focusing on compute performance and energy efficiency, these new servers are put through some lab tests http://dell.to/zKDAXE
View ArticleCommunity thoughts on Dell Compellent solution
Computer Weekly came out with this article around a case study that we did. http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240146628/Case-Study-Dell-SAN-prepares-law-firm-Stevens-Bolton-for-virtualisation Want...
View ArticleWell, my new 990 kicked it
In light of all the issues of the 390's recently........ My brand new 990 bit it...(bought it in December) My install was just getting slower and slower to point of un-bearable. I had the HD activity...
View ArticleDell's Perc 5/i & OMSA
We plugged in three additional disk drives on our Dell Poweredge 2950. We want to make them part of the existing, 3-drive virtual drive already on that server. We instructed Dell's OMSA to add just...
View ArticleDell D830 randomly goes to sleep
The user can be right in the middle of typing a e-mail and the machine will notify him that it is going to sleep and then will do so. machine is on a dock, on external power, power settings are set to...
View ArticleSnubbed by Dell
So I got a shiny new Dell Ultrasharp 27 inch (u2711) and was placing it up onto monitor arms when it clipped the edge of my desk. No cracks on the plastic, but the on/off button is now a little...
View ArticleSo..I'm getting a Dell PowerEdge R620 Server
It's supposed to be the latest gen server..that I'll be using as a document management server.. 2 Intel Xeon 2.4GHz 16GB RAM redundant hot plug power supply MS Server 2008 R2 MS SQL 2008 R2 4TB SAS...
View ArticleThe Human Factor in Data Protection
Trend Micro and Ponemon Institute research how employees put sensitive & confidential information at risk and how organizations are reducing this risk. http://bit.ly/xlsfIw. See the infographic...
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