20 Most Recent Dell OptiPlex GX280 PC Desktop - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Either your hard disk drive or the controller on the motherboard is bad or your OS (operating system software,i.e. Windows 7) is corrupted and needs to be re-installed.

Is something broken?

If it isn't, don't fix it.
You should be ok not updating.

your fan needs to be replaced ,also make sure your power supply is not overloading

Go to www.support.dell.com.

Check your RAM. Pop the top off and then check to see if the RAM is FIRMLY seated in each slot.

This is due to memory and program usage. Depending on your computers specs. try these steps 1. Disk clean and defrag 2. Virus, spyware, malware, Trojan, rocket scan and removal 3. Registry cleaner and optimizer 4. Check disc space on the C: drive 5. Turn off unnessasery programs auto starting If this does not work it maybe that you need to upgrade your computer or add some extra RAM.

if you open the case there are things called capacitors little cylinders on the mainboard with x shape or k shape on the top sometimes they will blow if the tops are not flat they will need replacing. Very common problem with the gx models

Some Dell PC's PCI-E slot is version 1.0. New video cards are usually version 2.0 (maybe 1.1 or 1.0a ?). So they not work with 1.0 slot at x16 speed and fall back to x1 speed automatically. As far as I know there is no BIOS update, nor workaround to solve this annoying behavior.

The Thermal Paste in-between the Processor, and finned Heatsink that sits on it; has dried up.THOROUGHLY clean top of Processor, and bottom of Heatsink.PROPERLY apply fresh, new Thermal Paste.FOLLOW Anti-Static Procedures.(Not 'shouting', emphasizing)http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3071621&CatId=503http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/274ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-gx280_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdfClick on the style of Optiplex GX280 that you have. In the list click on Processor.FOLLOW Anti-Static Procedures.Yes, I listed that twice.Regards,joecoolvette

The only thing I can think of is that you might have some muck under the keyboard. See if you can get someone to clean out the inside of your keyboard. Hope this helps.

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Sounds like your MBR records have been wiped out as well as possible even your operating system. I would re install windows completely with your recovery disk.

Restart it or get off of gamesites or things like, Minecraft, Call of Duty, Terraria, and others like those. If a game takes a little to load and after a while you can hear the fan getting louder you can do something else until the fan starts to slow down a bit.

Its a Java File, Need to download Java and set it up

the drivers are here http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/optiplex-gx280

the wires on the front panel of the motherboard are not plugged.

the CMOS battery is dead. open the CPU and replace the battery with new one.

Hello. Please provide more details about your problem. If you are seeing the "F1" prompt soon after turning the computer on, it is likely preceded by details of what has occurred and wants you to confirm the change. Reboot the computer and look at the entire screen and provide the details on the screen so we can help. Until we get your exact issue, I will cover the basic reasons why you would seeIf the message states the DATE AND TIME are incorrect, you will need to replace the small round battery that is on the motherboard. These are typically a battery with 2032 written on them and you can pick them up almost anywhere watch batteries are sold. Replace the battery, boot the computer and then go into BIOS and set the correct date and time.If something has failed on your PC (like a stick of memory, hard drive, CD ROM drive, etc.) the BIOS would see this change and would prompt you to acknowledge this change and either hit F2 to go into BIOS and fix the issue or F1 to continue booting the computer. IF this is the case, note what has failed and then go into BIOS and either disable the drive or accept the new memory value.

remove all your RAM and insert 1 by 1 into the dimm slots (power on each time to see which slot is faulty)... try this for each RAM module to see which is still good