I have an optiplex GX270 with A06 bios---I am trying to configure with an IDE drive and a SATA drive, the IDE drive being the master or boot drive---How do I set up the bios to boot from that drive and have access to the SATA drive?

I am getting conflicting advice on upgrading my bios. Some say, if it isnt broke, dont fix it. Others say I should upgrade the bios as soon as it becomes available. Which is true? My computer is a XPS 8300 purchased last December. I see that a bios update is available.

I received this computer from brother in-law. I replaced one internal hard drive and battery. When it is turned on Windows xp is still installed, but the drivers that came with it is gone. I have the disks to reinstall, but don't know how. The computer isn't connected to the internet.

next to the time has a red dot with an x in it. When I put the cursor over the speaker icon I get a pop up message 'No Audio Output Device is Installed'. How do I fix this problem? I have checked the (USB cable) speaker connections and they are OK.

I have a dell XPS 420 Unfortunately one of the drives in the RAID0 array has just failed (in reality, it hasn't been right since I got the PC). I am going to have to get a replacement HDD.

To make a long story short I had to replace the mother board on my Aurora (R1 I think). I'm rather confident that I put everything back in the right place, my PC turned on and loaded after all. Now my system fan runs all crazy. It ramps up to 4000 rpm for no reason then back down.

I have a Inspiron 1501 laptop on which I currently run Visa 32 bit. I'm wanting to upgrade to 64 bit Window's 7 when it comes out. The processor can handle 64 bit as its a AMD 64 X2. I do however wish to upgrade my memory.

Just got home from work today and when I went to turn on my Alienware Aurora the fans spun up the fastest and most noisy I have ever heard and then the computer shut down shortly after I had launched Firefox and started working.

I am having a 6 month old Dell XPZ 15z installed with genuine windows 7. Normally it is taking such a long time to start the windows and its starting with a heavy noise from the drive.

greetings i already installed the driver for wifi and bluetooth but still cant find a signal for wifi and my bluetooth still "turn on adapter". help me please. my model is dell inspiron N4050 OS: windows 7 ultimate 64

My Dell Dimension 9200 with Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit) is not starting up correctly, the screen is covered with a pattern of red dots, and the Windows Vista symbol appears as a screen saver as if the computer is in hibernation mode.

Hi everybody, i have a Dell precision 690 with perc 5i raid controller and i want to update the firmware of the controller (dell perc 5i raid controller). I want to ask you if i will apply the update to the raid controller card , it erases all my data to the raid arrays i have created?