Appreciate the answers to my stupid question. My owners manuel gives a two page discription on how to open like the rest of the manufacturers. Slide the side back etc. Actually it looks like it could open like a book. I looked around the Dell site and didn't see any info so I asked. Thanks...

This card came with my new outlet machine, and I am having trouble finding its manual on the Dell site. Any tricks? -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)

I just went to install a 2nd hard drive in a new system, and there were no extra SATA drive power cables. Are these a completely standard item that I can pickup at any computer store? The box is an XPS-600, and a Seagate 500gig SATA drive. Thanks,

I have the SB X-Fi. It has a digital out option via a mini jack. My 5.1 speakers can take digital input or analog input. Does it make much of a difference? ah

I recently bought a new dell xps 400. when I go to play a dvd using the "CinePlayer" it starts to want to load some software and then hangs up saying it wants me to put in the sonic cineplayer cd, cause it's looking for a "dmx.msi" file (or something like that.) The only problem, is that Dell...

I have to send my system back to Dell to be replaced. I don't want to send any sensitive material that I've already put on my hard drive (you know, like porn and pirated software lol) so does anyone know of a good way to wipe them clean before sending the computer back? I've got 2 hard drives...

My Norton ghost won't add any more recovery points because my D drive is full. I've told it to only save 3 previous points, and to automatically optimize the D drive. Anyone know what to do to keep ghost running in background without having to manually tell it to do, so that it will keep up to...

THis is an option on a new Dell system. Execute Disable Bit for Service Pack 2 XD is a Genuine Windows XP Professional SP2 security feature that can help prevent a class of viruses (buffer overrun attacks). XD can only be enabled with the current Intel Core, Intel Pentium M and Intel...

I just bought an XPS 400 with a Pentium D 3GHz 930 processor in June. I thought at the time that it was the latest and greatest in processors (in fact the 930's replaced the 830's just days before I ordered my system. I've been reading about these new Core 2 Duo's that just came out...

I tried to get the specs for the 7800, but it was unclear to me. Are there two DVI ports on the card? Or does one need some sort of special cable? I am 98% decided to order two 2405 flat panels for it, and want to be sure I get the right cables the first time. Thanks in advance,

Finally, after two months, the XPS 600 I wanted showed up in the outlet. Now I have to pair it with monitor(s). A major use of the new machine will be video and photo editing. I sort of crave the new 30" flat panel, but I am not sure its color would be accurate enough.

FOR SALE: DELL PRECISION 650 WORKSTATION (2) Intel Xeon 3.06GHz / 512k L2 Processors 3GB ECC DDR266 RAM (2x1GB, 2x512MB) (3) 146GB U320 10k SCSI hard drives Dell PERC4/DC 64MB U320 RAID card nVidia Quadro FX 1000 AGP video 16x DVD-ROM drive

FOR SALE: DELL PRECISION 650 WORKSTATION (2) Intel Xeon 3.06GHz / 512k L2 Processors 3GB ECC DDR266 RAM (2x1GB, 2x512MB) (3) 146GB U320 10k SCSI hard drives Dell PERC4/DC 64MB U320 RAID card nVidia Quadro FX 1000 AGP video 16x DVD-ROM drive

I have a c400 866 mhz, I know it could work with dell truemobile 1150 compliant to 802.11 b .....someone knows if it could work also with dell truemobile 1300 compliant to 802.11 g ??? dell provides dell d400 with this device.... thanks J.

I have a Dell OptiPlex GX150 and I can't do anything on it Everything that I try to do it freezes up. I can't get on the internet with it but I can get my e mail. Every once in a while it says memory resourses low I go into msconfig and go to start and everything is checked. I un check it and...

Hi I have a Dimensions 8250, 2.4 GHz P IV and I may get a free-b/gift Dimensions 4400, 1.7 GHz P IV, 400 MHz FSB... I want to know if I can use the 2.4 GHz 533 FSB cpu from the 8250 in the 4400?? Will the 533 MHz FSB cpu step down to the 4400's 400 MHz FSB?? I know the 8250 has the 850E chips...

Have the above it has suddenly started to switch itself off, even when on mains power. Habe tried checking the drive etc using Systemworks 2005, no problems, but it will not stay on to do a full Virus scan. Any ideas? Thanks

Hi, I just bought a used Dell Latitude D600 and it has a password in Bios that will not allow me to change any settings .Can anyone tell me a backdoor Password that will unlock this feature? Thank you

Hi I want to boot up to the XP CD in my Inspiron 8600. There is just a splash screen and no POST and the usual keys don't interrupt the boot up to enter the BIOS. Any hints, please? Colin

I have a system with a NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX and two monitors. If I want to add a third monitor do I need to get a 2nd video card? The system has a 2nd video card slot. If I got a 2nd 7900, would I need to connect them together if I just wanted to drive the three monitors separately? Thanks...