Hi Lugwalker, I suggest updating your drivers at the Dell website. Especially chipset and graphics drivers. I am getting "remnants" as...
I might see it as the CD drive has not been set as a boot drive before the harddrive in the BIOS/Startup settings. It seems to be booting through...
Hi and welcome to the BBS, Have all 3 replacement "mice" been the same type? If they are, try a PS2 type, rather than a USB. Try a ball type...
I haven't needed to use recovery programs recently, but you could search these forums for "recovery ", some freebies have been suggested. If...
Keyboard, I would think, only if you were to see the LED flash. Mouse, you can startup without it. Check through the stickies at this forum:...
Hi Snipe44, I would try upgrading or reinstalling drivers before taking an axe to Windows. You could spend a weekend reinstalling everything only...
I reread your first post. You did try another drive (and the L-L format) so I think we can rule out remnants of Vista still hanging around. Does...
I would let everything load, so if you watch the harddrive LED and activity finishes, then enable NAV ( "auto-enable" :D :rolleyes: ), I would not...
If all the RAM modules are the same brand they may still be incompatible. If you remove all the RAM sticks and it does not beep, I might suspect a...
"Fall out" was probably poor terminology. They might misalign on the drive spindle inside the drive. CD drives that can run vertically have 4...
It is not very hard to build your own... :) Matt
No luck and if it still seems to be a possible cause, try uninstalling NAV (don't connect to the internet or put your system at risk when you are...
Sorry Snipe44 :( , I think I was going to put some thought into this, but ended up getting side-tracked. What are the differences now? Do you...
Yes they can. About the biggest problem is that the CD disks fall out if you do not have a CD drive that is made to run vertically. I like to...
After you use the cloning program, you need to make the new drive the master on the primary IDE Controller. The cloned drive thinks it is "Drive...
I would open the case and disconnect the cables to the harddrive. See if you get the startup screen then. It may be one of the other pieces of...
Those are the SATA Controller drivers (and might include the RAID drivers). The chipset drivers should be labelled as such when you run the Asus...
neilstan, it seems like you are probably familiar with the likes of Win 95 and DOS. Win XP is a lot more sophisticated and although it seems to be...
Edwin, I looked up the installation information at Dell if you have not seen it. General...
I find it is very difficult to find the correct point to press F8 on my computer as well. Easiest way: Go to Start -> Run, enter msconfig, on...
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