dell xps

Hi guys, I'm new to the forum, but have been lurking around for a few months when a previous thread helped me diagnose a BSOD for my friend. Sorry guys...I read the 'rules' for BSOD help requests but due to the nature of my problem, no .dmp files are attainable. I've got a problem that...

Here's a quick look at the new start screen for Windows 8 running on a Dell XPS Development Tablet. The tablet supports both touch and external keyboard interfaces. The UI is ridiculously smooth, it seems even quicker than Windows Phone 7. On tablets Windows 8 will support PlayBook like bezel...

Hello, first of all, I'm quite an advanced user but when it comes to Windows maintenance... Gah :) Okay, so my problem is quite weird. I have a laptop Dell XPS M1530 with Windows 7 on it (32 bit). It has 2 GB of ram, dual core, nvidia 8600m gt video card, 15'6“ monitor. The problem is if my...

Recently, my computer has this BSOD problem almost everyday. Attached is 5 instances. Seems to be similar problems. But don't know how to fix them. Thanks a lot! Windows 7 Enterprise Dell XPS 8100 Intel Core i7-870 processor(8MB Cache, 2.93GHz) 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz-2X2GB/2x4GB...

I've been running windows 7 on my laptop (Dell XPS 1530) for about 6 months and its been working well. Today I used my computer and it was fine, came back a couple hours and turned it on and nothing is appearing on the screen The backlight is working and i can tell the screen is turning on...

Hello I bought a Dell XPS 8100 in Nov. 2010 and had display driver problems for months. Dell finally replaced memory- 6 gbs, motherboard and video card. The card was replaced 2 times. Dell techs tried to uninstall and install drivers from both Dell site and ATI as the card is ATI HD Radeon 5450...

What happened is kinda of long so I have simplified it but if you want to read the long roundabout version of what happened be my guest. Short: My computer has random shutdowns. The power cuts out completely, no BSOD, no dump file. In event viewer it says "Kernel-Power Event Id: 41". I have...

The PC randomly BSoD. Sometimes, it happens during mid night when the computer is idle. Sometimes, right when I edit a file. There are four instances in the attached file. Thank you very much! Windows 7 Enterprise Dell XPS 8100 Intel Core i7-870 processor(8MB Cache, 2.93GHz) 12GB...

2 external Maxtor usb drives plugged in when booting I get this message "a disk error has occurred hit ctrl alt del" and the machine a dell xps9100 win 7 64bit will not boot. if I unplug the drives it boots no problem. if I plu either one in I get this message. I tried plugging the drives into...

The PC randomly BSoD. Sometimes, it happens during mid night when the computer is idle. Sometimes, right when I edit a file. There are four instances in the attached file. Thank you very much! Windows 7 Enterprise Dell XPS 8100 Intel Core i7-870 processor(8MB Cache, 2.93GHz) 12GB DDR3...

I have aDell Studio XPS with Windows 7 and 64 something. Most of my files disappeared. I tried search - no luck. I have an external backup drive but installed it after the files went missing. Thanks for any suggestions.

Hello, Recently my disk drive (optiarc dvd rw ad-7201s5) on my Dell XPS desktop stopped reading any disk I put into it. I previously had Daemon Tools Lite installed, and uninstalled it. This problem arose a few weeks after the uninstall, after I moved my computer into another office. What...

I am helping my Dad with something. Here is the situation: He bought a new Dell Studio XPS laptop that came with Windows 7 64 bit, Home Premium. For some reason he bought the Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade from the Microsoft Store for $200+ a few days after receiving his new laptop because I think...

Hi, Greetings to you people seeing that this is my first post/thread here :) I bought a Dell XPS 8100 at the beginning of the year. The PC came pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) and I have had no problems with it until a couple of days ago when I started to randomly loose the...

Installation of April 13 updates for W7 home premium 32 bit rendered Dell XPS m170 laptop unbootable, goes into automatic repair mode on attempted boot. Repair is unsuccessful, system restore is unsuccessful, repair with installation disk unsuccessful as is attempt to boot into safe mode, all...

I've recently upgraded from Vista to Windows 7. Now I'm not getting any sound from my input jack. I don't have a sound card; it's an "onboard audio" Dell XPS desktop. I've gone through the steps I found in other postings in the Windows 7 forums. *Select sound from control panel. *Select the...

I attempted to run msconfig to uncheck some progs in my startup, like I did already many times before, always with no problems at all. Then my Windows 7 Ultimate PC (Dell XPS M1530) crashed with a broken RAM (one of my two 2GB is defect, so I took it out and restarted with 2GB). All is fine...

Hey all, Sorry I'm new to the forum, hopefully this is the right place to put this. I've just upgraded my Dell XPS 420 to windows 7-32bit Home Premium from vista and now any time I try and install a program from the internet (even things like iTunes or Firefox) I'm running into problems...

Hello, I have already had my case closed by Microsoft, with no resolve. I upgraded to Windows 7 pro. from vista home premium. I have always used my duel monitor set up, one dell and one Sharp LCD screen. From Xp to Vista. Now that I have 7, it will not work no matter what. I have all the most...

I need to add single-card quad monitor support to my Studio XPS 8000 Under 64 bit Home Premium. I don't need screamingly fast video, the most video intensive app I run is a single instance of Photoshop, 2D only. I do need minimum aggravation. To date the only quad head board I've found...