20 Most Recent Dell Dimension 8200 PC Desktop - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Thats called a post beep. You may need a new power supply....also check your internal fans to make sure they are spinning. Make sure memory is seated properly. Motherboard may also be in question. Try unplugging letting it sit for a few then plugging back in.

Sir you should check the power supply of your system.If its working properly then its because of the heat sink of your motherboard...Try to mother heat sink fans in the pc and your problem is solved......

There sometimes are three connectors on a sound card that are similar. A speaker output, microphone input, and stereo headphone output.

Try all three, if you accidentally put it on the microphone input you won't get sound output of that one, so try another.

Also, check in the speaker control panel for the sound to be checked to mute or volume turned all the way down.

This sure looks like a hardware problem from ur pc's motherboard. There are two things I can suggest u to do at this point.
1. take out the memory chips and push it/them back in to the slots
2.take out the vedio card and push it back in to the slot again.

start ur pc and see,

Good luck.

There should be two cables coming from your monitor -- one that hooks up to the computer and one that goes to the outlet, for power. The outlet cable looks almost like a normal power cable, with three prongs on one end and three holes on the other end.

The cable that hooks to your computer is likely a serial cable, with a blue connector that hooks up to the blue port on the back of your PC. Instead of the serial connector, you might have a DVI connector, which is skinnier and should have a removable white cap on it. If your computer has a DVI port, than you can use the DVI cable, otherwise you'll have to use the serial cable (with the blue connector).

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The reason you are getting the beeps is simply because there are some connections that have not been made in the system so when it is powering up it will not be able to come on fully.

Try to open it up and rerun all the connections that you can see. Turn it on first to see how it is faring inside. Then you turn it off and couple it back together.

Then you check the cable that connects the monitor to the System to see if there is any wrong connections made.

After running this check, your system will boot properly without any sound and it will bring up some information to the monitor.

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hi bob you should be able to adjust the screen size via the menu on the monitor itself, (Available in Analog mode only) Note When TV signal is input in AV mode ,select “Screen Fit “to adjust vertical position in 0-6 levels. Image Size Note Supplied for the wide models only such as 16:9 or 16:10. You can change the size of the screen displayed on your monitor. PC signals • Auto - The screen is displayed in accordance with the screen aspect ratio of the input signals.• Wide - A full screen is displayed regardless of the screen aspect ratio of the input signals. Note • Signals not available in the standard mode table are not supported.• If the wide screen which is the optimal resolution for the monitor is set on your PC, this function is not performed. AV signals • 4 : 3 - Sets the picture to 4:3 normal mode. • 16 : 9- Sets the picture to 16:9 wide mode. • Screen Fit- Use the function to see the full image without any cutoff when DVI (480p/576p/720p/1080i/1080p) signals are input. Note It can only be selected if an external input is connected to the DVI terminal and the 'PC/AV Mode' is set to 'AV'. • 4 : 3 - Sets the picture to 4:3 normal mode. • Wide-Sets the picture to 16:10 wide mode. • Screen Fit- Use the function to see the full image without any cutoff when DVI (480p/576p/720p/1080i/1080p) signals are input. Note • It can only be selected if an external input is connected to the DVI terminal and the 'PC/AV Mode' is set to 'AV'. • When the panel is of 16:10,the screen size options include “4:3”,”wide “,”Screen fit“.hope this helps

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If your MIC is not working then first of all see that yu have inserted the MIC into correct jack.Then check that you have not muted the volume of the jack.


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You have to re-install windows. The current copy is looking for a Compaq and can only find a Dell.

There are many reasons why a computer may lag in performance. You may not have enough computing resources to handle your current computing tasks. Each year, software vendors add new enhancements and security updates to their software packages. The more robust a software package becomes, the more resources (i.e., RAM, and hard drive space) it consumes. So, even with a perfectly healthy computer over time the performance may lag due to increasing computing workloads with no change in key hardware components.

My company builds custom computing systems. I tell all of my customers that the single most computing resource, in my opinion, is RAM. I always encourage them to buy at least 2GB of RAM.

Hard drive space is also very important. As you begin to fill your hard drive up with files and applications, performance may also drop due to a phenomenon called virtual memory.

So, here are my recommendations:

1. Add more RAM to your system. If you're running 512MB or 1GB of RAM, upgrade to at least 2GB. If your motherboard will accomodate 4GB, you should upgrade to 4GB. RAM is very inexpensive these days. Retails prices are roughly $50-$60 per gig. Maybe lower depening on where you source it.

2. If your hard drive is more than 85% of capacity, you should remove unused programs and files. If all these programs/files are critical, I suggest having a local IT provider install a second hard in your desktop chassis.

3. Windows hard drive properties - One of the easiest ways to boost performance of your PC is to use some of the included Windows utilities. If you right click on you "C" drive, you will see multiple tabs. on the "General" tab, you should do a "Disk Cleanup". The disk cleanup is an automated tool that shows you items on your computer that could safely be removed. After doing the "Disk Cleanup", go to the "Tools" tab. Run a "Defragment". After the defragment, you should check your hard drives for errors by clicking the "Check Now" button. The error checking will require you to immediately reboot your computer before the error checking will start. Once your computer comes back into error checking mode, it takes a long time. Roughly, it will take 45 minutes to an hour. When I have customers that have some program working improperly, this is the first thing I run and it has a pretty high success rate.

4. This last option should be done in lieu of number 3 if you have some time on your hands. Backup up all your data and reinstall everything on your hard drive. Most manufacturers have recovery tools built into your system. Or they supply you with recovery DVDs. Its a lot of work installing everything again, but your machine will run like new.

5. There are many 3rd party tools that claim to optimize your PC, but I don't have any first-hand experience to give a recommendation.

the size of your memory card may be of any length but be sure that your system supports it
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Most likely your internet provider is MAC based - which means that the internet connection is tied to the distinct identity of the LAN card. You will have to call your ISP and tell them about that, to make the appropriate modifications for your new LAN card.
How you can find your new MAC: Start > Run > type -  cmd - > Enter and  new command window will open > type -  ipconfig /all  - > the MAC will be displayed in Physical address, write it on a piece of paper, the ISP will ask you about it.

Your operating system or Master Boot Record is corrupt. Which version of windows are you using?

It may be possible to repair the problem with your windows disk. Boot from the Windows disk but make sure you read the instructions for windows repair carefully because some options will format your hard drive.

To rescue the data here are some things I do:
Make a boot disk with USB support and transfer the contents of your drive ton an external harddrive. Or, you could place your hard drive in another computer as a slave drive and retrieve your files that way.

Uhoh, sounds like a mobo fault. Need to know what you have been up to with it??

This sounds like a power supply problem. There are separate voltages for the fan and cpu, so one of the voltages can still be bad, not allowing your cpu to power up right. You can take a molex connector and measure the output voltages with a voltmeter...the black wires are grounds, and you should measure 12 volts on the red lead, and 5 volts on the yellow lead, or thereabouts. Also, some power supplies detect a bad output, and shut down that output in case of a short, etc. Best thing to try first is the power supply. You can get a refurbished one at this site: http://www.used-pcs.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=2134
Also, used computer stores usually have at a more affordable price, than $55 for a new one. If this doesn't fix your problem, make sure your cmos battery is good (they measure aound 3 volts). Other than those things, of course, there could be some other problem, but power supplies tend to go bad over time, and I've even seen brand new ones that were faulty. Good luck, hope this helps.