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my N is gone
after using this Vostro for only 9 months or so, the N key is worn off. Can I just pop off that key and snap a replacement back in? Will Dell send me a replacement key if I call them? ... 9 Aug 2008 19:42

Latitude D830 Maximum Drive Size?
Hi, Dell sells the Latitude D830 with a maximum hard drive size of 120GB. Is this a limit of the BIOS/Motherboard, or will a separately-purchased larger notebook drive from various vendors work? For example, 200GB or 320GB. Thanks. Alan ... 7 Aug 2008 15:31

Windows Vista and voice recognition?
I don't have any computers with Windows Vista I hear that Vista has some voice recognition features built into it Wondering if anyone here has played with it and what they think? ... 7 Aug 2008 19:39

Latitude C840 video card options?
Got a Latitude C840 with a failing nVidia graphics card. The card displays artifacts and sometimes locks up the system when it gets warm. I've seen this before with nVidia, so I know it's the card. What are my video card choices for the C840, preferably with Dell part numbers? I went to the Dell forums, searc... 7 Aug 2008 00:09

Dimension 4550. Upgrade to 2Gb
GUEST wrote: Hello, Is there a way to add 2 Gb of RAM to a Dell Dimension 4550 and that the system recognizes it? Would it be a matter of updating the BIOS? Dell's site does have a BIOS update but it is optional and it does not mention anything about RAM capabilities. Thanks in ... 7 Aug 2008 07:17

2.0 GHz V1500's at the outlet
There's about 40 identical $549 T7250 Vostro 1500s at once at the Outlet. (My benchmarks show them worth about $424 in terms of all-time best price for the CPU power, but that's a rare event currently) What's strange is the sudden arrival of so many identical items, which leaves you wondering how it happened. ... 7 Aug 2008 14:29

4:3 on Dell e228wfp ?
Hi, I'm trying to run some old games (4:3) that don't have any kind of cheats/hacks for widescreen on my 22" Dell. (Star Trek: Armada, X-Wing, Tie-Fighter and such) The system: -Dual-Core Athlon 64 4200+ (s939) -MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum (nForce 3) -2* 1GB DDR -Sapphire HD3850 AGP -DELL E228WFP as primary... 5 Aug 2008 23:30

Help using DSRFIX please (close enough!)
PTEDIT32 does run from windows. The only problem is you have to go to Dos to use Restore. I finally figured out how to restore the XP hard drive. You have to run PTEDIT.exe in the 16 bit Dos environment. After running it you will see the first two columns of all the drives. In the first column the 07 drive ... 5 Aug 2008 17:20

Where to find power spec for Standby mode?
I have a PowerEdge SC440. The tech spec page on Dell web site says it uses 305 W. But I want to know how much power it uses when it's put to Standby. Where can I find this info? Thanks. Yong Huang ... 8 Aug 2008 23:19

Camera built into monitor
In the Dell WebCam Manager, there is a built in chat and a Chat with an Avatar that you can create. It is a program by 'Creative'. Does anyone know how to get the Live!Cam Avatar to work. I have a SP2208WFP flat panel monitor. with a Dell xps 420. It is a known problem. I thought someone might have found a work... 5 Aug 2008 16:18