Dell OptiPlex - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support - Page 3
DELL 745 series, showing, invalid configuration information- please run setup program. Drive 0: Disk Drive, Drive 1: CD-ROM Device.
DELL 745 series (dell OptiPlex desktop ) that? 14 years old today.That is BIOS going nuts for 1 or 2 reasonsfirst if 14 years old facts of life.the RTC coin cell is bad. replace it firsthere is the list of PCs over 7 years old.yours is 2x that, ok?1: new RTC NVRAM CMOS COIN CELL TIME.replace this now or BIOS goes NUTS, Wonky/wacky.2: then we test the HDD most this old are bad. ask how to test the HDD, http://www.pcdied.com/brick-dead.html3: if HDD tests ok try the magic HP F11 key. aka: the HP Recovery partition factory reset to day 1, trick (covered in the free manual at hp.comthe best hdd test of all is.
Blinking amber power button light on Optiplex 990
Hi,
It seems you have a problem with your Processor regulator that is why your computer sending an amber message.
This problem always happens to Dell Optiplex mostly and there is no solution for this except replacing your Motherboard.
To verify this problem unplug yellow (2 yellow and 2 black cables) cables near the processor and then try to turn it on when you see the fan processor can run smoothly and the power light getting green that is the sign that your processor regulator having some sort of problem.
Hope this will answer your problem
How can you reset the cmos password
Dell Optiplex 780, user forgot BIOS master password (which is
necessary to change the boot order to run BartPE from CD and do an image
backup).
There is a jumper on the mainboard called PSWD1, which is set
(shorted). Remove power cable from PC (CMOS battery can stay in place),
open the lid. Remove jumper from PSWD1. Reconnect power, start the PC,
hit F2 to enter BIOS. All passwords should be reset.
Leave BIOS, power off the PC, remove power cable. Reattach jumper to PSWD1, close lid, reattach power cable. Start PC. Enjoy.
Hi, do you have a complete instructions to install fresh windows.(something....??????)
That GX280 is today
14 years old and came new with XP right>
still stuck at
XP? if yes, doom is all there is.
XP is (as you learned) a huge
virus magnet.(worse every day)
some were built with windows 2000, win2k, hopeless extreme...
windows xp recovery or restore fails because sure the recover software is corrupted and infected too, so erasing HDD is the only path as your discovered. (page 30 in your manual at dell will fail)
but not the dell disk install same page.
BTW , ive never seen an XP PC not infected, ever..... so..... bingo.
.
ever google.?
older post but and others will find this useful.
There are many pitfalls to OS installs I will bullet them.
- The HDD is bad, (but if only infected it will be erased first)
- Your PC has OEM COA license from Dell for MS windows.
- Using most Microsoft install media will fail using your COA.
- W7 will fail, W10 used to work this way but not now.
- You failed to buy your DELL windows media kit long ago so is lost or gone or, never bought.
- that means you have 2 choices, buy new windows 7 or 10 or run linux, I am sure you will not wont to run free linux. Ubuntu v17
- SO buy windows 10-32b, (say) from MS.com and install it.
- During the install , pick custom or advance setup and delete all partitions. click CUSTOM now. see links below.
- then do as it says here.
- https://www.groovypost.com/howto/clean-install-Windows-10/
- then do the full install, as documented at microsoft dot com.
- end story but not all pit falls,
- Pit fall 1 is HDD is bad, fails Crystaldiskinfo , app.
- or fails Linux demo boot, run disktests and fails.
- on dead pc, I run this.
- http://www.pcdied.com/linux.html#smart
- if the C6 (198.) is not ZERO, the HDD IS NO GOOD AT ALL.
- All drives (most) end up like this, runs but has no spare sectors left and can no longer self heal itself, and is a bad HDD.
- Better is to upgrade to SSD, for sure , you will never go back to HDD ever again I promise.!!!
Gx270 Willnot boot in to winodws xp
sounds luike you might have had a virise and its wiped somonthing it souldint have out you can save your things in safe mode and re do the os (reinstall windows ) if you recantly conected hardware to then unistall and disonect it then retry it
Dell optiplex GX620 loud processor fan noise
I don't think you can install 8gb of ram into that desktop. If the processor fan is too loud check it for dust or any other obstructions. If there aren't any try replacing the fan - it could be a bearing in the fan.
Can't boot from cd
go back and put the first boot as the internal hard drive
when that is done , insert the cd in a cd unit and auto run the cd
what ever you have will download onto the pc hard drive
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