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Recently, my Dell wireless keyboard just stopped working. I tried changing the batteries, but nothing. The weird thing is, the special keys like Refresh and volume control still work. My dad thinks it could be a virus. What should I do?

I have forgotten my bios password on my dell latitude c600. how can i retrieve it or reset it?

My brother already posted about this a while ago here: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread99367.html[/url]. He's not so technically savvy. Anyway, this has been gathering dust until it was given to me recently. I don't have the charger for it right now, and there's no power in the battery. I was going to purchase …

i have a dell dimension desktop e310. it was purchased in 2005 & runs window xp media. my video driver is an intel chipset 82915g/gv/910gl. i have gotten this display error several times over the past few days after attempting to play a game i downloaded. the trial version from …

Hi there, I've had 3 years of problem free use of my Dell Latitude 505 laptop. That is until the last few days when all hell has broken loose. The first in a catalogue of errors was a blue screen message saying "unmountable_boot_volume" together with instructions to start in windows …

I just bought what is called a recyled hardrive because my other one just died. the problem is my computer doesnt recognize the hardrive. i have a dell inspiron 600m with a toshiba hdd i just put in. i know you can only install those drivers using a floppy but …

I work at Dell on a team that manages content on our [URL="support site for home users"]support site for home users[/URL]. Over the last 18 months we’ve been working hard to make sure the site features tools and content to help you solve technical issues. Now it’s time to give …

Basically: 2005 Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. Works fine, but the monitor suddenly stopped coming on while booting a few weeks ago. After tinkering with the Power Save modes, I was able to get it back up and running. Few weeks later: monitor comes on when initially booting, but shuts off …

Hello, I have a Dell 1.80 Ghz running Windows 2000 NT Professional. The main problem is that I cant get to the desktop anymore when I start my computer. The computer boots and gets to the screen where I type in my username and password to get to my desktop. …

This is a real troubling problem. My laptop was working fine one day, and then the next(I did nothing to it) I turn it on and a grey screen pops up. It turns on but all you can see is a grey screen. Is this a problem with my screen …

I have a three year old Inspiron 9200. Has been perfect until now. Installed Vista Ultimate 5 months ago. No problems. Last night my 11 year old son was using it and running Action Replay for Nintendo DS. Not sure what happened when he was done. The system was off …

Hi guys I have a problem with my monitor ... i turn on the cpu and it starts but the monitor does not respond and it says "in safe mode .. press the monitor power button or move the mouse" .... i tried all this and it does not respond …

So here's what happened. Housemate asked me to delete the obnoxious anti-virus software which comes pre-installed on the Dell Dimension E310 -- since the damn thing was giving him pop-up windows every 15 minutes, demanding money to renew his subscription. Y'all know the drill. I went ahead and used the …

Hello: Well this is a complicated problem but I will do the best I can to explain it. I have an older laptop (Dell Latitude) and I am a student that lives in the dorm that has both a wireless and an ethernet connection. I have been using my wireless …

Hello, I'm sorry this is long, but please help. I also apologize if this is the wrong place, it's my first post! My dell laptop has been crashing recently and giving me the bod. I'm not terribly tech savvy so I wrote down the error code, googled it (I don't …

*Problem: Brand new hard drive (properly installed) isn't being detected by the installation software (or by windows). It is properly installed... It is confirmed as working... It is meant for my computer (computer stats below)... The 8-pin jumper slot has no master or slave modes. *Component: Western Digital SATA 300, …

I have a Dell Dimension 4600. My drive was an sata WD360GD. It was the main one and the computer just stopped finding it. It clicks too. 1)I got a serial ata card (connects sata drives to motherboards without them). And tried plugging it in to 2 other comps, still …

Hello I`m turning to you in despair, please kindly help me as I am technologically impared . Briefly, I have a [B]Dell 800 laptop with Windows XP[/B], which now gives me the same dead-end message on a black screen: error loading OS. Indices: This has happened after [B]I have tried …

Hi everyone, I'm new here and I would greatly appreciate any help you guys can offer me. I have a Dell 8400 Dimension Desktop and every time I boot it, a screen pops up and asks whether I want to start the computer normally, Safe Mode, last good configuration, etc. …

Hello all, This is my first time to daniweb but from other threads I've found everyone is extremely nice and helpful...hopefully you can help me. Basically I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 that is dead as a door nail. No lights, fans, noises, nothing. I've tried different outlets and power-cords …

Good afternoon: I have a Dell 5000e laptop that I purchased used off eBay. It was pretty much a stripped down laptop. I bought a new Dell power supply (correct PA-6 model) for the laptop and 128 MByte RAM to see if it would work or not. When I turn …

I have a Dell Latitude CPx J series that I have been using until yesterday when it finally decided to give up. Though I bought a new laptop today, I would like to get my Dell to run long enough to put my pictures onto my flash drive and transfer …

I have a Dell Dimension e510. For the last few weeks, it's been randomly restarting, usually if it's been idle for a while. This morning I turned it on, and it restarted itself after a few minutes. It did this a few times, until the length of time it was …

Last night I moved my old Dell 2400's innards into a new larger case. The computer booted immediately (XP SP2) and ran fine, no problems at all, for several hours. This morning when I started it up, I noticed it was running slow. I checked the Task Manager and I …

I haved a Dell Dimension that I bought new. It was working fine until one day it wouldn't turn on. I checked all the normal things like power cord, different outlet, taking out any cards and disconnecting the power to hard drive and DVD rom. I left the RAM in …

I have just got a new desktop computer the Dell Dimension E310 for gaming use only. When I went to download a game from the web (Gunbound) it was all fine. But when I made it to the main log in screen something was wrong. I clicked play-live and a …

2 year old dell 1150 shut down on it's own and now there is no power lights and no response from the power button - problem has been diagnosed as a motherboard by online support - dell wants $4450 to ship and fix. I am doubtful that that is the …

i can't print so i decided to to reinstall my printer. But then it said it needs to start spooling service. then i looked on the internet for solutions but no help. But nearly there. Can het help here plz of what can i do. By the way i have …

Just rebuilt my Dell Laptop Its an OLD Latitude C400 As it was given to me, i never had the recovery disk, so just rebuilt it with a normal XP disc. All of a sudden, the graphics were Naff and the Wireless PCMCIA Card was not recognised. Got the graphics …

I have a Dell Inspiron B130, the other day it froze and I could only turn it off manually by holding the power button. I then tried to restart it and all I got were two indicator lights and nothing else. So I took out the battery and left it …