System fails to boot, the pcu briefly starts up , then there is a click and the screen goes blank and then nothing!!!.
Prior to this I was getting a message that the systems battery was low and to hit F1???
Richard M Hockman
[email protected]
Here's Dell's page for changing the battery for a Dimension 8300:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8300/sm/battery.htm
Posted on Jul 11, 2008
I have a Dell Dimension E310 and when I boot the unit is gives me a black and white screen stating "Floppy Diskette Seek Failure". When I try to go into the set up screen it just reboots. What could this be?
F2 Scroll down to "Drives" and open the menu. choose "Diskette Drive" and turn it "Off".
Posted on May 19, 2008
My Dell Dimension 4600C was working and then all of a sudden sounded like it powered down. The Green light was still on power till I pulled the plug. When I plug back in a flashing amber light is on the power. No sounds like anything will power on. The pc might have been in an area where it got to hot but now it will not power up at all, just the flashing amber light
FLASHING AMBER LIGHT FIX. This maybe in fact a motherboard issue, but actually its a bit more. You can and should replace the power supply with a more powerfull one as it will help overall, but the issue is Really the front USB ports and 2 issues concerning them, 1 some devices pluged into them have boot sequences of their own, (remember your boot seq goesfrom,USB,CD,ARRAY)etc.
So if the device isnt design with its own OS, the mis-boot will get stuck Hence the Flashing light. and 2. the front USB ports dont supply alot of power upon bootup. and the devices pluged into them will again cause a mis-boot. Simply unplug everything from the FRONT usb ports. You may have to shut the computer off and unplug the machine for about *15* minutes.
Enough to get the motherboard to downpower completely.
with the front usb ports clear, and the power cord unpluged, hold down the power button and plug in the machine. should boot no problem. So to sum things up. The motherboard is fine, it just not happy with so many usb ports (power wise). A larger power supply is a good idea but wont entirly fix the issue, Unplug front usb devices as they may have some form of bootup.
Posted on Jan 24, 2008
When I turn my computer on, the monitor shows the Dell logo and then goes into sleep mode. I cannot change any settings or adjust anything since the monitor goes blank almost immediately.
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
Let me know if your problem is solved and rate me as FIXYA!
Posted on Mar 25, 2008
i need drivers and specifications about my new pc motherboard that have the SN: CN-OGM819-13740-793-059J
if you want a driver for yourdell mother board you can download call the dell support centre they ll send you or else you can download through http://supportapj.dell.com/support/downloads/this is the dells site they ll ask about the model and service tags......
Posted on Mar 12, 2008
I have a spare Dell Dimension 4600 motherboard (F4491, same as 2Y832 and Optiplex 170L motherboards) that I am installing into a generic case.
My problem is matching up the front panel leads to the motherboard connector. The case front panel leads are: a 2-wire power LED, 2-wire power switch, 2-wire reset switch, and a 2-wire speaker lead. The motherboard has a 9-pin front panel connector (J9G1) and a 9-pin control panel connector (J7J2).
Separate question: what is a TAD connector (a 4-pin on the motherboard)?
What happens if I try the trial-and-error method?
Thanks.
Jerry
-MrSlickShoes
Posted on Mar 20, 2009
i need the driver for my ethernet controller
Hi stefyboy - Below is a link where you can download your driver. After you get to the page just make sure it says Windows XP as the operating system. Then scroll down and click on the + next to where it says network. You want the intel 10/100 driver. I've included a few a ways to install it. If your kinda new to this the easiest is the download to desktop method and just remember where it unzipped it to, you can always move it to a driver directory where you can keep all your drivers for the future.
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_P4_4600&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=
If this solves your problem PLEASE rate this as fixed. If not, DO NOT RATE YET. Just add a comment letting me know what happened and I'll be glad to assist you further. Thanks.
Jeff
Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with HTML Pop-Up Window for R67150.EXE
Download
1.Click Download Now, to download the file.
2.When the File Download window appears, click Save this program to
disk (Windows XP users, click Save) and click OK. The Save In: window
appears.
3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to
select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file
name icon appears on your desktop.
Install
1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled R67150.EXE.
The Self-Extractor window appears.
2.Click OK or Continue.
The Self-Extracting Driver Installation window appears and prompts to
extract files to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R67150.
3.Leave all of the default settings and click Unzip or OK. If the directory doesn't exist, you'll be prompted to create one. Click Yes. A Self Extractor window appears and indicates C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R67150 files were
extracted.
4.Click OK.
Follow the on-screen installation instructions in the window.
HTML Pop-Up With Install Now Button
1.The Dell Software Installation Documentation window appears.
2.Click the Install Now button. A File Download window appears.
3.Click Run this program from its current location and click OK.
The Security Warning window appears.
4.Click Yes. The InstallShield Wizard window appears.
5.Follow the on-screen instructions.
Posted on Jul 08, 2008
I have purchased new speakers but still have static noise coming from my speakers. I have run diagnostics on the speakers to no avail.
I foudn this in anther forum:
I have an ASUS motherboard P5E3 Premium. The audio that came with it was the Sound Max audio. I also noticed abnormal sounds coming from the speakers. They included sounds during hard drive activity and also with mouse movement. They were not loud but noticable. I searched all over the web but didn't find the answer. I stumbled across the fix myself. I also have vista-64. In the sound control panel > speaker properties > levels... there is a pc beep slide bar. I noticed that if it is disabled then the abnormal sound went away completely. Problem solved. Hope this helps.
Posted on Jan 21, 2010
Roxio Media Manager Keeps Trying to Install whenever I start the computer. I have a Blackberry Storm with software installed including Roxio
goto start---> Run & type "msconfig" .. in that go to "StartUP" Tab and click "Disable All " Then Apply and Restart . It will solve your issue.
Posted on Aug 24, 2009
need a vista/win 7 driver for my sb0200 sound card
Posted on Oct 02, 2009
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