Excuse my ignorance but since I haven't yet got the dell 1420 in my
hands, is the Resource DVD that ships with it device drivers,
diagnostics and technical information only?   The only reason I ask
here is I thought this originally was on a CD unless it's just cheaper

Had an Inspiron 530 desktop start beeping four times then pause, etc.
while in standby/power save mode this afternoon.  There are no
diagnostic lights on this machine, so shut it down and tried to boot
up.  Fans spun up, but wouldn't boot - just kept beeping four times

The fun just never ends:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09035.html
Dell seems to be the least affected vendor, with only 150 reported
units. If you have a Latitude 110L or any of the Inspiron

I'm just about to upgrade my Latitude D620's hard drive.  Purchased
new hard drive (320GB SATAII) and USB 2.5" hard drive enclosure.
Can anyone detail (or point me) to a step by step guide to cloning the
hard drive so I don't have to spend days reloading everything?  Very

I've got one, a beast of a monitor, a real beauty.
Except..........
The on/off button.  Well, it's not a button, it seems to be sensitive to
touch.

I purchased a Dell Inspiron 518 and am trying to find the user
documation with no success. For example I added a TV Tuner and I can't
find any info on it. Is this somethong Dell eliminated or am I looking
in the wrong places.

Anyone running Vista on their Dim 8300?  If so, would love to hear
comments on how it is running and what you had to do to get it
running and keep it running.
I tried it awhile ago, but had some problems - Dell recommended

I'm not sure if this group is still functional/active...
I ordered an Inspiron desktop Sept. 15th and I just received
a notice that it's been delayed a second time, estimated ship
date is now Oct. 17.

I've got some older Dell P4 laptops to refurb here and I might need some
of the miniPCI wifi cards they use.  I've had positive experiences with
the Intel 2200BG and 2915ABG.
Any experiences good or bad with the Dell DW1350 and DW1450, both of

I have a dimension 9100 (2Gb/320Gb/dual-core somink or other) that I got a
couple of years ago and it has XP-home on it. I have also just started an
MSc, and it seems I'm probably eligible for the MSDNAA scheme, which gives
me free or heavily discounted access to various ...

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I have a bit of a problem.  I have my Dim 8300 set to go into Standby
Mode when idle for 30 minutes.  Most of the time, it wakes up fine
when I click the mouse or hit a key on the keyboard.  Lately,
sometimes it will not wake up and I have to do a hard boot to get it

Does anyone here have a newer Dell laptop that utilizes a recovery
partition?  I am finding myself in need of a copy of the code segment
of the MBR for such a machine to restore it after XP gunked it up
without having first taken a backup.  The purpose of the custom code in

was just about the new Dell Mini 9 and the Mini 12 -
Interesting that the 9 comes with XP and yet the 12 comes with Vista...
Too bad... I would think that XP would be better suited for the "netbook"
generation

I note Dell's 22" and wider monitors have a horizontal pixel
dimension of 1920. My Inspiron e1705 has that resolution on
a 17"-wide screen. Does any manufacturer offer a similar
pixel density for the larger widths, such as 22" and up?