The fan on my 8400 is quiet, but irritatingly noticeable because every so often it emits a slight ‘eeeeeeehhh’. The overall effect is of it changing its sound slightly every 5 seconds or so, from ‘whirrrrrrr’, to ‘eeeeeeehhh’, and back. A noisy fan with a steady note would be far less noticeable...

Am I missing a port? I was sure I was supposed to be getting a Firewire port! I'd planned to plug my digital video into it! Manual mentions it, but I've inspected the back closely and no sign of it. It's 2:20 am and I've been tracking down disks to re-load my programs from my lost hard drive of 2...

I have an OptiPlex GX1 mini tower. When I look at the motherboard I see three 40 pin sockets. Two at the end are labelled IDE and IDE2. There is one more 40 pin socket in the middle but no label. Is this another IDE socket to which I can connect a CD-RW drive? What is this socket for? Thanks.

I have a Dell A940 All-in-One that is currently connected to my PC via USB. But I want to use it from 3 or 4 PCs rather than just the one. I've been thinking of buying an Ethernet-to-USB print server so I can put it on my network. But will this work ? Problem I forsee is - when I scan something,...

I purchased a Win2000 Pro upgrade from what looked like a reputable seller. The Cd sure looks like a copy, with a printed label, but since I have never seen an original disk!?!? Did the original MS cd have holograms, or imprinted labeling? Im just curious of you guys/gals opinion of the...

The checkbox for "encrypt contents to secure data" is grayed out on one of the new computers we just bought (not a Dell, damnit anyhow). Anyways, anyone know what the problem might be? Like to password protect a couple of folders to keep a certain Mr. Nosey from reading them. Windows XP home...

As the (to date) very happy owner of a Dell Dimension 4600 purchased new in March 2004, I am slightly concerned to read the following: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/11/dell_customer_support/ How prevalent is the failing 4600 power supply issue, in the group's experience? If the...

HAs anyone changed the video card in this latop. I have and am having problems with XP detecting card. anolog works, LCD remains blank.

Just noticed a Dell ad in the latest PC Magazine (August 9, 2005). It is announcing the new Dell 5100. This brought back some old memories. The first "personal" computer I did software development for was called the 5100. It was made by IBM 5 or 6 years before they invented the current PC...

I have a Dell Dim 2400. Eventually it will need a battery replacement and I suspect I'll have to know the BIOS settings. How do I find these settings? MB

My Optiplex was supplied without many of the drivers and only function as a CD-ROM. Can anyone tell me what I need to do? Thanks.

The printer part of my EpsonCX6600 works just fine, but I cannot get the scanner going. (Have connected to my son's laptop and all is well, so the problem is not with the printer unit or software). Have been in touch with Epson tech support by E-mail, have uninstalled\re-installed numerous times,...

I wanted to upgrade the memory of my old P3-933MHz from 256MB (twin 128 sticks) to 512MB. Its been a long time since I used a P3 since I also own a 4GHz, X800 powered AMD machine but I can still remember issues with low density and high density DRAM back in those days. Browsing through EBay, it...

i received the Dell July flyer today in the mail. i tried to place an order for a Canon Powershot S2Is camera today. After 20 minutes back and forth and hold time, they refused to take the order because it was too backordered. The day the catalog came out they refused all orders for it. i am...

I have a Dimension 8400 and I am wanting to replace the Radeon 300 video card with something that can handle games better. (BF2) Can you replace the card with one that you buy at the local PC shop or do you have to buy one from Dell. The reason I ask is that I remember reading a post a long time...

When I first got my new 8100 system w/ the above keyboard, the "music note icon" on the audio/sound console of the keyboard would open my iTunes program. Have NO idea why now when I press the icon, it opens SB Audigy Surround Mixer. Since the keyboard doesn't seem to come with it's own drivers...

I am an independent computer technician. A Dell customer who bought his daughter a Dimension 4700 on 12/6/04, with service tag 9kr3761, Dell issue number 103961017. The machine has been kept very clean with entirely stock Dell-branded hardware and original software. The customer asked me to...

I have a 8400, media center (so most of xp pro), and was curious if I buy another 160GB SATA drive if I can have RAID 1 capabilities? I didn't order it from dell with it that way, can windows handle that on it's own? Other software that can? Or does it have to be hardware based? Not knowing much...

I've been reading this newsgroup for a while and you all are certainly a knowledgeable and helpful bunch. May I impose on you for some advice? My new Dell just arrived today and I haven't unpacked it yet. It's a Dimension 3000 with Win XP Pro. My current computer is a 4-5 year-old Dell with Win...

I found this String in a Dell BIOS: **** MANUFACTURING MODE: LEVEL **** Press Fn-X to return the system to normal running mode. Anyone knows how to enter to this "Manufacturing Mode"??