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Dell M1210 battery replacement
We have a nice Dell M1210 laptop that now has both batteries pretty much dead... Anyone using a Dell M1210 laptop and found a good replacement 7200mah battery ? -- ---------------------------------- "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright ... 22 Jun 2010 14:54

Alps Touchpad Replacement on 1545 (Ben,please advise or criticize!)
On Jun 19, 7:52 am, Bob Villa <pheeh.z...(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Jun 18, 6:10 am, Bob Villa <pheeh.z...(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Jun 17, 1:19 pm, kev12175 <kev12175.4cq...(a)no.email.invalid> wrote: Hi Bob good luck but i really dont think you need to remove the screen or the processor to replace th... 22 Jun 2010 07:09

install video card
I'm trying to install an ATI x1300 video card in my SFF gx280. I changed the bios to the onboard chip, but after installing the card I have no video. Is it best to leave the bios on auto, install the drivers, shut down and then install the card? mc ... 22 Jun 2010 11:33

fans in Dell Inspiron 530S
Warm weather is here, and I want to clean the fan or fans inside my Dell Inspiron 530S This Dell has 1 cd/dvd drive, and 1 floppy drive. A basic bare bones version PC, really. Is there 1 fan inside there, or are there 2 fans? My "guru" sez "probably 2".........but when I took off the lid, I could only see 1.... 21 Jun 2010 23:35

Error after removing CD drive
OK, I removed the CD Drive from my Inspiron 2200. Now, when I power up, I get an immediate error message basically correctly saying that it does not recognize what's in the CD drive bay. I can press the ESC button and we proceed to boot normally. Is there a way to eliminate this error? Is it due to my boot ord... 21 Jun 2010 05:51

Dell PC Checkup Error
I'm getting an error in Dell PC Checkup "2D.3D Video Primary Surface Test The scan fails with the following error: ErrorInputDiffersFromOutput - Error at pixel 969 969 : Input color 00555555 not equal to output color 00353535.. Rerun the scan and if it fails again, use the button to contact Dell." I don't thi... 21 Jun 2010 19:08

how do I remove this optical CD drive
Very basic question as I am not good with hardware: I have a Dell Inspiron 2200. How do I remove the Optical CD Drive? It looks like there is one screw in the back. Do I remove that screw and then slide the drive out? Mel ... 20 Jun 2010 15:38

Pins in LGA 1366 Socket
Last night I replaced the Core i7 920 in my XPS 9000 with an X980. After removing the old chip I looked at the socket. It has a band across the middle with no pins. (Somehting like below) All the photos I've seen of the 1366 socket show an entire square array of pins. The new processor seems to be working ju... 25 Jun 2010 08:46

WANTED BUSINESS & TECH COMPUTING TELECOM AND NETWORKING EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE
WANTED BUSINESS & TECH COMPUTING TELECOM AND NETWORKING EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE WANT TO BUY$ Has your business downsized? Gone out of business? Changed Equipment MFG's? We are buying Current Technology or Equipment 1-2 Computing Generations Old. We buy Networking Equipment, Data Storage Devices and arrays, Po... 19 Jun 2010 11:16

Inspiron 570
Seeing this advertised on Costco and would like to hear from anyone knowledgeable about this line. Also interested in their advertised 560 and 580 models but I may be more interested in a HD monitor and these 2 come packaged with a non HD monitor. TIA ... 18 Jun 2010 08:01