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    Cannot edit BIOS data

    A friend gave me a laptop, a DELL Latitude CPi PII366Mhz, 128 Meg of RAM. I formated the hard drive and want now to install Ubuntu. Problem is that when I boot and press F2 to edit the BIOS all the information is there but I cannot edit any fields. I can navigate through the fields (up and...
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    Dell Printer Problem

    I was recently given a Dell Model 922 printer, and am finding it to be the most infuriatingly inconvenient device I have ever owned. The problem I'm currently facing is that the gift included a black ink cartridge, but no color cartridge. One would think that this wouldn't be a problem for...
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    Question about Dell computers

    I know the Dell line of systems is a good, but I've heard that the parts they use are specific to Dell. For example, they may have a name brand MB from say ASUS, but it is slightly different. This leads me to believe that it is harder to upgrade Dell computers with off the shelf components...
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    Dell PCs not shipping with OS recover discs

    Our company just got a bunch of new dell pcs for our draftsmen, when I opened the package, I didnt find a Windows XP recovery disc (the one that you can use to either wipe your computer clean, or reinstall the OS if you screw up critical OS files or need to reformat the hard drive). In it's...
  5. DangerousBeliefs

    Dell computers to come with Spyware??

    Dell To Techs: Don't Help Customers Remove Spyware Dell sent an internal memo to its tech support minions which says in part: 'NOTICE: Use of spyware removal software may conflict with user license agreements of other applications installed on your system. Please consult your user license...
  6. Jeff Corey

    Old Dell Laptop

    I have an old Dell Laptop model PPS that I use for WordPad only. All of a sudden, the screen doesn't come up, even thought the green power LED comes on. Any suggestions?

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