DELL INSPIRON M5040 that dumps physical memory and displays the bluescreen
well, about last month a client approached me with anew DELL M5040 inspiron that was slow and unresponsive, he told me that it was 2 months since he bought it .He demanded that i change the operating...
View ArticleLocating licenses for dell products
I have several Dell workstations that were bought with Windows XP downgrade licenses - I searched online and the Dell support site does not specify the OS License and I'm tryin to get a report on...
View ArticleDell Latitude E5410 Webcam Software
I have a Latitude E5410 laptop which I have just rebuilt with a fresh installation of Windows 7 x64. It took awhile stumbling around Dell's cryptic drivers page to get everything installed with the...
View ArticleMS / Dell Powerserver 1800
I just found one of these in the basement of my building where people leave things when moving, or eviction. It's very clean, weighs a ton and has a 3GB Xeon processor. When starting it up it goes the...
View ArticleDell Order Delay no Explanation?
So I am starting up a new side business and just made my first purchase for it online through Dell for a i5 Vostro 3750, nothing special. Just a trial buy but one I really needed to make. I assumed it...
View ArticleWhere do I find the update CD/DVD Images
I've got a Dell T610, and at some point a tech there showed me where to find an update CD/DVD ISO image. I was able to run the setup and it checked all the firmware and drivers and updated them if...
View ArticleDELL E6420 - Disappointing performance - any ideas ?
Hi All We bought a DELL E6420 (i3 processor, 4GB RAM, Win 7 32 bit) in the middle of December last year. At first I was really impressed, but after installing the basics like AV, Office, BackupExec...
View ArticleHow do you reset the password on a Dell Poweredge Rack Console FP15 KVM?
I've been looking for the manual, but can't seem to find one. I've tried what should be the default 00000000, Admin, and admin. Password must have been entered some time ago and the session likely...
View ArticleSTMicroelectronics TPM not recognized
I just imaged a Dell Optiplex 755 that has the STMicroelectronics TPM. Issue i am having is that the W7 image is not recognizing the tpm. I know it has worked before with the same model machine. Does...
View ArticleDell Vostro 220 - Power Management
I have a Dell Vostro 220 that I need to be always on as we have users who remote into the system at odd hours. I have set the Windows power management to be always on and I have looked in the system...
View ArticleJust cancelled my Dell order
I contacted my premier sales rep and ordered 2 video cards and 3 monitors from Dell the 8th of this month. I was told they were all in-stock and would ship ASAP. i received one of the video cards...
View ArticleDell md3200i Host Configuration Agent
I am unable to use the Host Configuration side of the Modular Disk Storage Manager.. from what i have read it is a known issue i was just wondering if anyone had any ideas about where i could find a...
View ArticleDell Sweepstakes and Warranty Hawking
http://blog.laptopmag.com/dell-support-caught-using-shady-sweepstakes-to-hawk-warranties
View Article12th Gen servers
Are there any migration issues with going from the 11th Gen servers to the 12th Gen servers that would keep you from taking that route....i.e. staying spec'd out on the 11th Gen?
View ArticleDell Backup and Recovery mananger
is not supported with Vostro 470's anybody know this?
View ArticleDell Optiplex 790 NIC Flapping
We have several 790's in the building and abroad, in two form factors. Last week I had a user call who has a 790 claiming they had no network access. When I got to the PC I noticed that Windows (XP...
View ArticleThank you Dell!
So I purchased a Dell OptiPlex system with a 20" professional monitor a few weeks ago. It turns out that the department director had a change of heart, and wanted a larger monitor. Me being the "nice"...
View ArticleDead PSU Dell 2950
Hi, Dell are trying to get us. Had an email from our new account manager, 10 minutes later one of our Dell 2950's PSU dies....... :s Anyhow, the Server is just out of warranty as the upgrades where...
View ArticleDell PERC 3/Di Maximum Container Size
I have an old PowerEdge 2550 with the PERC 3/Di RAID controller. I'd like to turn this server into a NAS for my department to use to dump random stuff (like user backups when re-imaging systems). I'd...
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