Intel HD Grahics 4600 Drivers for Dell Optiplex 7020
Hi! So, let me explain....I have re-imaged imaged this optiplex 7020 from the standard image that we have at work. Normally, I would go to dell website and put in the service tag of the tower and...
View ArticleReplaced Drive on PERC H700 adapter RAID 5 - now what?
I'm working on Dell R310 server (Win 2008 R2 x64) with a PERC H700 Adapter and it is configured for RAID 5 with 3 physical hard drives (SAS Seagate300GB drives).One drive was failing and in degraded...
View ArticlePrecision M6500 malfuction frezzes
I fixed my M6500!! I open it took the video board apart with the cooling system, disassemble the heat sink clean all the old thermal paste, them put a thin layer of new grey paste and come to life...
View ArticleSMART scanning on xenserver + DELL R710
We have 2 Dell R710's with H700 RAID controllers running xenserver 7. What tools are available for me to install on xenserver to do a thorough scan of the individual drives / RAID drives including...
View ArticleSome kind of dust filter for a T430--any experiences?
I am working in a small vet clinic where the server is in a less-than-perfect (understatement) location in a dust and fur laden environment. My jaw dropped when I saw condition of the now 7 year old...
View ArticleDell OptiPlex freezing randomly
I have a few user's who are reporting that the Dell Optiplex workstations they are using will freeze up for about 15-30 seconds randomly a few times per day. These machines range from 3 years of age to...
View ArticleDell System power demand exceeds capacity. System halted.
I've got a Dell R520 that displays message System power demand exceeds capacity. System halted. If I log into iDrac everything shows its fine. The PSU's are using 126 Watts, the warning threshold is...
View ArticleDell Precision T5400 Power Supply
I have a Dell Precision T5400 PC in which I upgraded the CPU's to have 2 Xeon X5470's, and the power supply appears to be faulty. I was able to power it up 2 times, but each time the PC powered off...
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Disable Drac6 error on Boot
Non profit purchased some refurbished servers They have iDrac Enterprise, but not the iDrac Express chips. A post alert says the Enterprise can't work with out the Express, but boot is halted to set...
View ArticleDell desktop hard drive failures
So we have Optiplex 3020,3040, and 3050 micro desktops. We have around 200 of them that our employees use. We have at least 4 hard drives die on us every month! We have our users back up data onto...
View ArticleDoes the PV MD38xx work with the MD14xx expansion enclosure?
I see that the manual for the MD38xx only shows the MD12xx series as a valid expansion, and I can't find anything official saying that it will work. Just a yes or no from someone in the know should...
View ArticleReplaced bad projector bulb for Dell S500Wi but still won't start
Hi, I have 24 of the Dell S500wi projectors installed at a school that are now 3.5-4 years old. I had a bulb pop on one and go out so I came in after hours and put in a new replacement bulb that I had...
View ArticleStatic route on Dell IDRAC
Anyone know how to set a static route on a Dell IDRAC? I can't find a RACADM command to set one. I'm starting to think this might not be possible.
View ArticleDell PowerVault MD3000i not found by MDSM - until I start typing this...
We have a Dell Power Vault MD3000i SAN, with a single controller. The battery failed, so I followed the instructions to replace it.After replacing the battery, the drives mapped on it reappeared and...
View ArticleDell Optiplex 755 wouldn't power on
We have this DELL OPTIPLEX 755 SLIMLINE and it doesn't power on. The only light on the MOBO when the Mains is plugged in is the solid ORANGE LIGHT. No other lights, not even the flashing AMBER light on...
View ArticleDell resellers\partners in Spain
Hello All,My company is opening a branch in Barcelona and we are looking to buy 11x Dell U3417W monitors and some extra equipment locally instead of shipping from UK .Can any one recommend any...
View ArticleHow can I find where ESXi is installed? Various Dell PE servers.
We have 4 Dell PowerEdge servers acting as VMware ESXi hosts. The oldest one (a 2950) will be retired for production, but kept as a lab server. Looking in the server rack, none of the 4 server have a...
View ArticleAbsolute / CompuTrace and cell check-ins (Dell)
I don't support anyone knows what I'm supposed to configure in the Dell configuration editor to get Absolute/CompuTrace _with_ the ability to check-in over cellular?Do I need to add WWAN only? Or is...
View ArticleBest Practices for RAID 5 with SSD
I am configuring a new server Dell R740 with the PERC740p controller with 5x SSDs in a RAID5. I am just curious what the best practices are for the stripe element size and what to set for the read /...
View ArticleFailed Raid 1 Drive Dell R610 - not working
I have a Dell R610 server with two Raid 1 arrays.I also have Perc 6i card handling the arrays.Last week I came in to find one drive had failed.It is 143 GB.I ordered another thru Dell and it is 300...
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