I have a brand new Dell FPTt1704 monitor that is currently no
displaying right. Exactly half the screen is all fuzzy. It is happening
on the left hand side of the screen and it is so fuzzy that nothing can
be displayed. I have tried changing out the video card, switching to a

My Dell Inspiron (Still missing the "o" key) will burn CDR's but when I try
a DVD-R 4.7Gig 120min it doesn't recognize it in the drive.
The Drive is SONY DVD+RW DW-R56A
Any ideas?

What the heck-- maybe someone here can use it!
We are moving and wife won't let me keep my junk!
If you are interested in some Turbo Tax BASIC software for years 1998-2002,
I listed it on EBAY:

Have just purchase the above. I opted for the least expensive video card. I
wasn't sure whether I needed the better option or not. The PC has 1 Gig of
RAM and the Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900. The display is
a 19" Ultra sharp LCD.

The Inspiron 8200 notebook supports 1600x1200 native (UXGA) resolution. It
also says it supports 1900x1200 if I switch to the alternate "monitor"
that's defined in the display settings.
I wonder if it will work with the UltraSharp Widescreen monitors (''24 or

Recently I rebuilt/reinstalled my Windows XP Operating system on my Dell
Inspiron 1100.  During the installation, I was NOT asked for the CD key
either during or after the installation for authentication.  I have also not
been reminded to authenticate this (new) installation.

 My friend has a Dell Inspiron 2200 with built in wireless.  The
wireless system has never worked properly for him, and appears to be very
erratic in behaviour with signal strength,  usually dropping out after a
half minute of connectivity, at best.

My last two Dell service issues were really bad. It appears that they may be
trying to make money by trying to direct your hardware service calls to
their "Dell on Call" service which is a fee based service. My most recent
incident was a simple floppy disk drive failure. It would ...

I am in need of a new monitor. I have a Dell4600 with a 128mg NVidea card.
My 17" Samsung with magic bright needs replaced, though I still love it &
have yet to find anything locally that I like.
I do not want a LCD Flat Panel.

I have a Dell C610 laptop that I keep up to date with Windows XP updates.
Recently, I've noticed that when I right-click on My Computer, while at an
idle desktop,
and look at the Properties, the current speed seems to always be 1.20 Ghz.

I'm in the middle of ordering a 9400 notebook with the new Duo Core
processor.  However, I read some troubling stories this morning,
including this one:
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/28/toms_hardware_uncovers_power_drain_issue.

Can this Dell run XP as is or with upgrade?   Is it worth upgrading?
Thanks!

I have a Optiplex Desktop SX270, small form factor.
I am computer programmer, so I am reasonably knowledgeable on hardware.
Running Windows XP Professional, SP2
Based in the UK.

I wanted to disable my old video card in 2400 but it just showes if i
want to delete it, does anyone have any idea if i should delete it or
not?

My brother's laptop, shipped 6-19-03. He has given up on it and bought
another. It's on its 3rd HDD 40GB Hitachi. The other night it worked fine
then 1-1.5 hrs later no video. Mostly vertical bars, sometimes colored.
Other times it's either all 'light' or 'dark'. I removed the ...