I sent you the PM back, but in case other people are wondering, your card probably is over heating. You can either add more fans to your case, or buy a better heatsink for it. I use this one on my...

Try and reinstall the drivers for your video card. Also, download spyware programs and run them, and lastly, try and stay away from any "free" software like that. They usually are bundled with...

Did you plug in your monitor into your video card? Then disable onboard video in your bios. You should then be fine.

I think it may be your monitor. Test another monitor to be sure though.

Its called extended dual monitors. Cloned is where both are the same. It is up to the graphics card, not the os.

Just plug in the compaq monitor into your tell's blue vga out port in the back or side of the laptop. Then you will need to tell your laptop to use the screen. Normally you can do something similar...

usually they are just a molex connector (ie the 4 pin connector that your cd rom and hard drive connect with.) Did you try that connector?

No, by a whole new unit, i meant the whole screen (lcd, inverter, cables etc all together already).

It is likely just the inverter that produces the backlighting. I have found though that sometimes if you take the screen and rotate it as far down as it can go (so the laptop is completly flat) it...

Looking into your laptops specs, you will be unable to upgrade your computers graphics card. Dell only sells that specific model with integrated graphics, and there is no options for other graphics...

They do make some small form factor agp cards, although not many. You could add a pci blower fan, but you would need an available pci slot on the back of your computer.

Small form factor...

It is possible that it is heating up too much, and it is possible to move it to another case (but you may have a slight chance of the mounting holes not lining up). You can move your pci cards...

why dont we speak of this mannor on the forums? isnt that what this place is for?

I still think you just need a new motherboard.

It is very possible your bios got corrupted some how. The only way to fix this would be to get a new motherboard. Is your dell still under warrenty?

any lcd will work. I believe the mac mini has a dvi port, so if you get a nice monitor that has dvi you will be fine, but if it does not have a dvi port on your monitor, just grab a dvi to vga...

There are several guides on this forum if you search around. They do cost some money and a lot of time. It is by far not easy. It would be mor worth while to purchase a regular lcd monitor.

well currently graphics cards can not perform physics tasks persay, but they will in the future, so getting one is a waste. Actually, people with really high end gaming rigs notice a significant...

Not all psu's are created equal. If you want the cheapest quality one you can buy, newegg has a $40 430 watt thermaltake psu with $15 off through today. It is not a cheap psu nor a super quality one,...

it could be your monitor cable also, did you check that?

No, actually that is a good sign. The beeps tell you whats wrong with your computer. I will try and find out what these mean for your comptuer.

Check and make sure all of the parts in the computer are firmly in place. If it was shipped things very well may have come undone from ther sockets.

Your computer will still turn on fine with a...

What about power differences 120V vs 240V? The computer would have to have a switch on the back to change it from european to american standards, but it wont necessarily.

Do you have another computer you can test the displays on to make sure its not the graphics card?

just for kicks try switching up the cables. Maybe the cables them selves accidently got the wrong colors on them during manufacturing?

It sounds like you plugged in your speakers wrong. Plug them in according to how i mentioned above and they should work. remember, green is front, black is center/sub, and brown-orange is rears.

Yeah, as a work laptop i deffinatly wouldnt try to fix anything yourself. Let them deal with it and if they mess it up its their fault not yours.

actually, your problem sounds like it may be a problem with the switch that gets pushed when the laptop gets closed. It may be loose and it may think it is getting closed when it really isnt. Is...

first, make sure you plugged in the right cables into the right spots of the sound card...it should be starting from the left (next to the firewire port) and going right the rears, center/sub, the...

a lot of times you need to hit fn and one of the "F_" buttons. My dell is F7.

And just an fyi, that port on the back of the computer is not an svideo connection. Although they look similar, its...

You should contact the manufactuer because it sounds like it may be a faulty lcd.

As you can see, most people realize that it is way to much of a hassle to do this, and just buy a regular screen.

Your computer will manage that itself. If it needs more for graphics it will take more (it happens on the fly) so if you start playing a game, it will immedatly take more if the game needs it. This...

I agree. However, most big lcd's are really meant for tv use so they have limited (1366x768) resolution or less, which is lower than my 17" lcd. Plasmas would be ideal if you had it hooked up to your...

No offense, but the 6200 does not qualify as a high end graphics card, but merely entry level.

Besides this though, your problem most likely lies in a faulty pin of the connector of your monitor...

It is likely your power supply went out. If you have a spare, switch it out and see if it works. If it still does the same thing, it could mean you have a dead processor, or motherboard. But start by...

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Yeah, it sounds like it is about to blow. (Maybe litterally). I had to go replace one like that over the summer. It actually started to burn inside and went up in a bunch of smoke, nearly setting off...

Post this in the Mac section. You will get better answers back.

it sounds just like a cooling issue. my sisters dell is doing the same thing. i gave her a toshiba laptop to use and maybe she will be nice enough to let me disect hers to see what is causing the...