Is there a way to report people who post ads that are inappropriate to the newsgroup? It's bad enough that this junk slips through e-mail, but this is a family-oriented newsgroup with a specific focus. I've noticed today that someone was extremely busy last night posting junk on most of...

I have a Dell Dimension 8100 that i have had for a few years and suddenly the PC has started to pause for about a minute at the POST screen before moving on. I flashed the BIOS to the newest version and still the same thing happens. Installing a Promise IDE controller card seems to fix the problem...

CD-R and -RW are a given -- but don't count on all the others. NEC claims only DVD-R support. http://help.nec-computers.com/sg/pri/item_spec_DVD_NEC-DV5800A.asp#link62 "Brian Kraft" wrote in message ...

If we're talking about a warranty with on-site repair and replacement coverage, then I'd be prepared to do NO troubleshooting. Here's the scenario: It don't work. (And I don't own a screwdriver.) So it aint my problem. Just come here and fix it, Dell. It's under warranty. That makes it...

I'm working on a Dell Dimension L677r for a client and the system worked just fine in their office but I brought it home to clean up. All I have done is open up the case and gently clean out all the dust with a can of compressed air. When I try to boot the system all I get is a black screen on my...

Does anyone know if a person can purchase a 40 GB modular hard drive or the modular battery for the Inspiron 8500 from the Dell store? I was searching the Dell store to see if I could purchase either item separately from the computer itself (I'm about to order the 8500 and was thinking that I may...

I was wondering what Make/model of DVD burner the group is getting in 8300s? Dave

How long will the computer run with both batteries installed? John To the first question. They do both charge at the same time. To the second question, it appears to me that the computer draws power from both at the same time too. When I run my 8500 with both batteries

I am having issues with the Samsung fixed bay drive on my Inspiron 8200. If I put a disk in, it frequently won't read it. If I open and close it several times, it will usually work. This happens with a wide assortment of disks of different types and makers. I keep getting run through...

Every month I receive a glossy catalogue (yeah, weird spelling eh!) in my mailbox from Dell. The prices in there are CHEAPER than Dell's website. I'm not sure what the deal is. I think the website prices include freight (shipping) whereas the catalog prices don't. Am I right about this? ...

All of a sudden my keyboard does not function. It will work with a external PS2 keyboard. The mouse on the keyboard will function and so will the external mouse. It says I'm undocked. But I never was docked or had a docking station. The Tech last week installed two new hinges. Could he have...

This White Paper from Dell ( Europe) regarding the memory key may be of interest. http://www.euro.dell.com/countries/eu/enu/gen/topics/vectors_2003-ford.htm

"Lester Horwinkle" wrote in : I agree. Luckily, we don't need to use the USB ports. But the headphone jack is a bit of a nuisance. Worse still is the clamshell case. You have to pull the whole box (after...

Recently after rebooting my computer the CDROM has stopped working and the computer is detecting two CDROM devices, my HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4240N device, and also an AXV SCSI CDROM device. Both of them have exclamations and I can seem to make the cdrom work again....any ideas? I'm trying to...

'Ello all ... My Latitude LM thinks it's battery is dead. The battery its self thinks it's 3/4 full. This battery is a Dell, model : Li-Ion 42. I has a cool feature on it that shows the charge status when a button is depressed by way of a set of micro LEDs. Humm ... as I type this I have these...

It's about my second-hand Dell Laptop. (Latitude XPi-CD). It's worked fine for a year. But, recently the screen will stay blank on powering up. Sometimes also color is skewed to red on firing up. This can be cured by switching off and on again. What is a good fix for this trouble? Any help...

"Me" wrote in message ... Canada did not send troops, It does not mean we did not support the American effort in Iraq. In what way did Canada support the war effort?

The drive can be master or CS (or even slave, most likely). The drive doesn't care. But Dells are set up for CS. So just do everything (hard drives, CDs, DVDs, even Zip drives) using CS. "bobbyjak" wrote in message ... ...

I'm about ready to buy a new desktop pc - do you think that the 4600 is worth the extra $$? I plan on using it for internet surfing, word processing, downloading pics from the digital cam I plan on buying this Fall, etc. Mud Hen Fan