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HARDWARE: DELL Optiplex 755, Core 2 Duo, Vista Business 32 bit, ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT After installing driver updates (ATI Catalyst bundle) I get the following error on startup: "Could ...
I have been getting blue screen crashes for a few months now, and cannot pinpoint the cause. I happens randomly and there is no pattern at all.  I searched for device driver updates and found ...
I am having a heck of a time with this.  I want to make a bootable USB drive.  I would have thought there's an easy way to take a bootable CD - Windows XP install or ShadowProtect recovery cd ...
I bought a motherboard that didn't boot at all. So I sent it back and got a new one. Now, this one doesn't boot either. I don't get any beeps, I've upgraded my PSU to a Corsair 650, I've cl...
I had Windows XP installed on a hard drive, I removed it & inserted another HD then installed Windows XP on it, planning to dual boot them. All my drive sockets are full so I installed a PCI S...
Hi, I've just hastily tried to do a rebuild on a colleagues Dimension 9150 after a HD failure and probably messed it up by being too quick, too cocky and not planning! The original facto...
I have a Dell Optiplex GX 270. I am putting a new drive in and installed memory. When booting up I get this message that says that Memory has changed and "Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup...
Can someone please tell me where i can download the Dell Latitude E5500 most updated BIOS? Thanks,
As shown in the pics, the Installed memory is 4GB, but only 3.25GB Total?  Is it a max that Vista Home premium 32 can handle?  Or is it something else?
I have an old GX260 computer with Linux installed - it's sluggish and doesn't run very well.  It's probably more than 7 years old, that may have something to do with it. :)  Anyway, the case, ...
I am trying to rehab a Dell Dimension 8400.  Got on the Dell website and ordered a new HD (500g) and a memory upgrade to 4g.  The replacement parts sales tech then referred me to another Dell ...
I have Vista Basic running on a Dell Vostro 200. I've just installed 4GB of RAM (the Bios confirms this). Vista reports 4GB in the System window but Task Manager only reports 3.2GB physical me...
HP dc7700p I have installed windows 7 on this computer and all seemed fine at first, but everytime I restart the computer the OS does not boot and I get a black screen, sometimes it will go in...
I have a dell xps 410.  OS is Windows XP with SP2 I was receiving the following error when trying to boot up my computer port-00 no device found I tried booting up my system using the ...
I recently upgraded my system(PC) from 32bit to Vista 64bit , 6gig ram , quad-core processor . I noticed a big jump in response and render time when working in 3D applications or after effects...
Greetings experts. When I open up the bios and look into the boot sequence, I see a message that says, "BEV Device not installed" Does anyone know what this means and how to fix it? T...
I have a few of the slightly older Dell Optiplex GX270 Small Desktop machines which did not come with a floppy disk drive installed.  I'm planning on using these as Kiosk machines and have cre...
When I try to access the bios on my Dell E521 by hitting F2 or F12 I am unable to access the BIOS. For some reason the keyboard doesn't work at startup and will only work when it is logged int...
Here a brief explanation of the boot process - Please let me know, is there something wrong in explanation below or not: ************************************************************ CMOS...
Hi, A customer of mine tried to install a Samsung multifunction printer directly on the USB port. I'm not sure what order they did things (cable or driver first), but in any event the result ...
I need name suggestions for my mobile computer business that I am starting. My name is Clark Hess and I will be doing repairs, upgrades, tune-up's, and virus removal. I thought about "Hess Com...
I am part of a firm where we handle lot of Government Org Desktops and Laptops. Sometime we may need to reinstall the PC for some reason. Normally we would note all the drivers installed using...
How do I reset BIOS password for Latitude D420.
I suppose I loaded some rogue program that messed with my registry settings, but now XP will not recognize my CD as a burner. I've uninstalled iTunes, reinstalled it, tried Registry Mechanic, ...
Ok I admit this is a homework question: Question: The user is unsure of the exact capacity of computer A's hard disk. Given that the WDC WD272AA hard disk holds 53,128,656 blocks, calculate...