20 Most Recent Dell XPS 8300 Desktop - Page 3 Questions & Answers

go into bios and change your boot up start from CD/DVD to hard drive then you wont get f1-f2 error.

Enter your BIOS on unit and turn off SMART drive detection

Replacing the stock mounted usb port, that would require you some screwing, but it depends on your system. You can try look at ebay for similar model of casing or other online store. There are some external Usb port that can be mounted on 5" bay, or try any 8 in 1 external.

there is at back some screws you can take back off

Hi, If the system is beeping thrice in continuous loop with POWER LED blinking then it could be due to : 1)Chipset Error (North and South Bridge Chipset, DMA/IMR/Timer Error for Intel platform); Chipset Error 2)Time-Of-Day Clock test failure. 3)Gate A20 failure 4)Super I/O chip failure 5)Keyboard controller test failure To Sum it up : System board failure You can call Dell Tech Support and check for repair options:18772931197 , you can also check with Local Tech. You can try releasing flee(static) power and check Let me know. Thanks.

What do you mean? Right click on the background screen, you will see some options.

There is a good chance that one of your memory chips are bad and needs to be replaced.

you have problem with the hard drive, you can check the hard drive with other computer just to know if it will detected .

make sure there is the audio driver installed or if there is any thing connected to the earplug conections.

Three possible problems. 1) The cable is damaged. 2) The LED's have blown due to the cable being plugged in to the wrong socket. 3) The cable is loose or not plugged in.

Hi Roger Urscheler, You may refer the below link for manual of Dell XPS L521X to get help on replacing LCD screen: http://dell.to/1dJjLFO However, if this doesn't help I would suggest you to contact the Dell out of warranty team on 18002884410 (U.S only). They can help you further with repairs only. Thanks and Regards. Kiran Kumar. #iworkfordell.

Does your PC have an RCA jack output? If not, get an adapter.

Same monitor or different monitor? If same monitor, is the screen resolution the same on both computers? Have you tried installing the latest drivers available for the video card? Does the PC with the better video card also have a better or equal CPU and RAM? A lot of people and even techs overlook the PSU which often causes so many stability or performance issues that it is not even funny. Other than those, the slow machine might have some software issues like a malware infection, registry or filesystem corruption or you simply need to update the game or do a uninstall/re-install.