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Question about sdram for a Dell Optiplex GXa
Which on of those sdram can made 3 same kind of sdram and can go into a Dell Optiplex GXa , so I can fill the 3 sdram slots on the motherboard. ? I`ve buy them in a box at a flea market. Does that Dell Optiplex take pc66 or pc100 sdram ? All of them are; 168 PIN, double side sdram. -------------------... 8 Mar 2005 01:29

New HDD on 8300 jumper settings - need help.
I have an 8300 that originally came with a 120GB WD HD. Installed a 2nd HD which is a WD 250GB EIDE drive which I wanted to install as a slave drive. The first drive has a small blue cable instead of the ribbon cable so I installed the 250GB using the open ribbon cable connector on the motherboard and the blac... 8 Mar 2005 11:49

LCD vs. CRT.. size difference??
My P911 is dieing a slow death and I am thinking of going the flat panel route this time, I hoped to get some opinions on going to flat panel after years of CRTs. Not sure if it's true but friend told me that a 17" flat panel is actually close to the same "screen size" as a 19" crt. Also would a good flat pane... 7 Mar 2005 11:59

GX 110 bios password
also ... what's the default bios password please? I've tried all the obvious e.g. optiplex, password, changeme, getlost .. all to no avail. I'm hoping that the password is still set at the default one!!! ... 7 Mar 2005 14:04

Copying data to CD.
Hi, DELL 2400 DIM w/SONIC CD WRITER I transferred several files from my HDD to a recordable CD-R disk, using drag and drop. Then I followed the instructions to actually save them to the CD. I did and was successful! But the next day, I went to add a few more files to that CD, an error message stated it... 5 Mar 2005 22:38

Restoring a Dell
A buddy brought me a Dell laptop that is totally hosed with Spyware & viruses. Running Norton & Ad-aware didn't fix the problems. Norton said there were 6500 infected files! Ad-aware reported over 10,000 "critical objects" I think it's time to do a format & reinstall of XP Pro. He is looking for the CD that Del... 14 Mar 2005 20:27

Is there a way to replace dells hidden partition
I was reinstalling windows xp home on a dell. Dell gives a reinstall cd that isnt a copy of windows but a prog that accesses a partition on the hd to reinstall windows. Anyways when I was prompted to reinstall windows I erased the wrong on. I have a legit key ,it isnt even my computer, Its my bosses. I have x... 10 Mar 2005 07:20

WinXP CD Key
Cross posted. I just got my new Dell (with windows XP home) and downloaded some software from MS. I had to verify that I was using a legal version of windows by supplying the Product Key (from the sticker on the side of the tower). It worked fine. But when I ran the "magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder" http://... 10 Mar 2005 21:55

Dimension 4400 - 3 long beeps at startup?
Hi all, My reliable 3 year old Dimension 4400 has developed its first substantial problem. When powered up it gives a system error of 3 long beeps. I looked the code up on Dell's website and found out it means the BIOS memory test failed. It worked perfectly until we had a very brief power outage that lasted abo... 4 Mar 2005 22:19

wireless mouse goes comatose
Hi Gang, I got a Dimension 4600 with a wireless mouse and keyboard last April. About December, the mouse began going dead, cursor frozen until key is clicked, wheel rotated, or -- when those fail -- the mouse is given a good whack. I tried everything. Much back and forth with Dell support. New batteries, re... 4 Mar 2005 11:54