20 Most Recent Dell Dimension 4600 PC Desktop - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Heres the issue: your bus thruput is being broken up into chunks. That may not make sense to you, but imagine a waiter in a restaurant. He is all alone, and the place is packed. Hes slowly serving everyone a little at a time, one meal to a table. Your pc is having that issue. PC's read audio and video files as data. The more bytes in the file (the size of the file) or the more complex the compression/decompression algorithm (codec), the more tasking it is on the cpu. There are a few things you can do to try to resolve this.
1. upgrade your ram. More ram in a computer means your computer can run more smoothly. Ram allows your machine to remember more stuff 'on the fly' without having to stop and write it down in a temp file (cache) for later use. Ram is always a great idea, no matter what.
2. Upgrade your video card. A video card with a high performance GPU (thats graphical processor unit) and a high amount of on-card ram (128 MB or higher is good) will render your images much more freely, (smoother, prettier pictures during movie playback) and allow your main processor to concentrate on the other aspects of your computer, rather than trying to render graphics or wait for your slower, weaker, on board gpu to render them.
3. save your documents to a flash disk and re-format your hard drive and reinstall windows and drivers. You said that it didnt skip before, so it is likely that your current ram and gpu are sufficient, but, that there is a 3rd party software piece working in the background, causing the stuttering. It might be harmless, or it might be malicious. It could also be your security software (some pc protection solutions are resource hogs). As a windows pc gets older, it gets slower because its registry (hive) is getting fatter, so it has to process thru a larger registry to do something. Reformatting destroys this large registry and resets it to the smallest it will ever be, until you reinstall things, like office or flash or java or yahoo or winamp or etc etc etc.
4. finally, it could be the renderer (program) that you are using to play the media with. I personally use Winamp for my music (mp3, wma) and I use "media player classic" (just search for k-lite codec full). media player classic is a bare bones audio video player, and comes with several up to date codecs for playback and recording. It also repairs any broken, missing or cross-linked codecs. (CoDec is COmpressor DECompressor). The renderer (player) could be so heavy and involved that it is using a lot of CPU resources, tasking your machine, causing the stuttering.
I hope this gives you insight into your issue. Good luck in your venture.

If the power light is blinking amber, the computer is receiving electricalpower, a device might be malfunctioning or incorrectly installed.- Remove and then reinstall the memory modules (see "Memory" onpage 112).- Remove and then reinstall any cards (see "Cards" on page 116).- Remove and then reinstall the graphics card, if applicable (see "Cards"on page 116).• If the power light is steady amber, there may be a power problem or aninternal device malfunction.- Ensure that all power cables are securely connected to the systemboard (see "System Board Components" on page 107).- Ensure that the main power cable and front panel cable are securelyconnected to the system board (see "System Board Components"Copy and paste this link to your internet browser for your computer's manual.ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-531s_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdfYou can also go to support.dell.com

Memory is not installed or not detected.http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim2350/advanced.htm

If its an error message you received If you want to know what this is the error code is related to Click start control panel administrative tools computer management then select event viewer this may vary depending on what operating system you have extend the events there you will see errors in red you will no what exactly what the error was and at what time it occured Right click on the error message select properties you will see all details about the error or click start type in event viewer press ENTER you might be able work your way through the problem

If you want to know what this is the error code is related to Click start control panel administrative tools computer management then select event viewer this may vary depending on what operating system you have extend the events there you will see errors in red you will no what exactly what the error was and at what time it occured Right click on the error message select properties you will see all details about the error or click start type in event viewer press ENTER you might be able work your way through the problem

When your computer appears to slow down, one way to help increase its speed is by adding memory. You can easily purchase memory chips from various online sources or if you have a Dell Dimension and want to stick with Dell products, you can purchase additional memory chips from Dell itself. It is not difficult for a non computer person to add memory to a Dell Dimension, although sometimes, it is cheaper to purchase a new computer and then install additional memory. Shut down your computer, turn the computer off and unplug it. Open your computer case. There will be two thumbscrews on the back of the Dell Dimension computer case that will release the cover. The side of the computer case will then slide backward and lift away from the rest of the box. Locate the slots for RAM. These are short off-white slots that are near the power supply on the motherboard. They will be slightly longer than the RAM you are about to add. There will be at least one RAM chip already in place in one of the slots. Place your new RAM chip into a blank slot gently. It does not matter which slot you use; any will work. When you press the RAM into place, be sure the notch on the chip lines up with the slot. There will be a guide on the slot to ensure that you do not insert the chip backwards. Press down on the RAM chip until it locks into place. There are two guides on the side of the slot that will snap into place on the sides of the chip to ensure the chip does not fall out. It will take a bit of pressure to make the chip snap into place, so press straight down into the motherboard to get the chip in place. Close the computer case, put the thumbscrews back where they belong and start up the computer. Your Dell Dimension will sense the new RAM, which will be available to the operating system when the computer starts up. Hope this helps.

Take it to your local computer shop and they will remove the password for you.

Click on Programs --> Setting --> Control Panel
Choose the "Power Options"

in the "power schemes" Choose the Turnoff Montior, turnoff HDD, system standby 
and system hibernate as "Never" in each combo box and clikc on apply.

repeat the above process for every power scheme options

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Try a system restore/recovery.

Click start control panel on the left select Hardware and Sound then select manage audio devices then recording you should see a Microphone right click select enable Windows 7 Click start control panel on the left select hardware and sound then select manage audio devices then recording you should see a Microphone right click select configure speech recognition then You will see earphones with a speaker among a list set up a microphone headset with Microphone then next and next again you should see your earphones with microphone being configured Click start control panel sounds and audio devices select advanced there might be a tick in the mute box untick it or select audio from the microphone drop down list Make sure you have the right one selected and in the volume box make sure the microphone box has a tick in it or select the voice tab Make sure that you have the right media selected also select volume make sure the box for microphone has a tick in it b> Windows 7 right click on the speaker icon in the taskbar select either playback or recording devices you should see your microphone listed under the recording tab right click on it select properties at the bottom select use this device enable Hope this helps.

Hello dell does not support a sounddriver for windows 7:http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/dimension-4550Here is only drivers for win xp.Install a soundcard in the pci socket and make sure the driver is supported for your windows system.

There are 4 different versions sound card drivers for this Dell Dimension model (4600).
Go to 4600 and select Audio then download which version from the list for your desktop.

Till next time, take care of your desktop.

Hello download the driver here:http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/Product/dimension-4600The c model:http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/Product/dimension-4600cHere could be several versions of the driver so you just have to try.Good luck

Try using a different outlet/keyboard port in your PC. are you using a USB keyboard?

"Alert previous attempt at booting the system has failed at checkpoint emem {EMem}."
This is a No Post issue and if youre going to check the quadpack it will show yygg which indicates memory failure.
Quick Step : Reseat memory
If cust has more than 1 memory, test each memory on each slots until you find the memory that’s causing the error message and send a replacement for the faulty memory.

Very broad problem. You can re-seat card, or use a different slot if possible. You can test card on another PC. You can wipe PC and do a clean install. This may be the surest way to determine if the the card is bad or driver conflict with OS.

Preparing What? need more info.

What are you trying to do ? Restart your computer During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the Delete or F2 key this will vary depending on your computer and operating system Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys load failsafe defaults or load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart this will set the boot order if this fails you might try some of these

Acer: - Ctrl+Alt+EscALR PC: (F2) or (Ctrl)(Alt)Esc)AMI BIOS: (Del), (F1) or (F2)AST, Advantage, Award, Tandon: - Ctrl + Alt + EscAward BIOS: (Del) or (Ctrl)(Alt)(Esc)If you need more help with this or if i have missunderstood the problem post a reply Hope this helps