What is Dell computer's current reputation?

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Re: What is Dell computer's current reputation?

Post by a nameless entity » Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:11 pm

After I made that post yesterday I went to the website for my local cable company, and to the Bell Canada website. Because I already have a landline with Bell I might qualify for a half decent discount with a phone/internet bundle, but good bandwidth now starts at $100 a month at regular prices around here no matter who your ISP might be. That really [annoys] me.

One of the cell phone companies called "FIDO" has been offering internet access off of their network, but their useless website had no information about how much bandwidth was available.

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Re: What is Dell computer's current reputation?

Post by a nameless entity » Tue Aug 15, 2017 4:37 pm

a nameless entity wrote:I still have been mulling over possible ideas and fixes regarding getting my Dell 8200 going again. Lately I wondered if the battery might be low again. I recall that I saw a message regarding that once or twice, but when I moved the power cord to an "always on" slot on my power bar, the messages stopped. I wasn't too convinced that this might be the culprit until I saw this thread today:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/ ... 318429760/

The battery is at least five years old, so it's worth a shot.
I found a card of CR2032 batteries I bought some time ago to replace a battery in one of my Timex watches.
I checked the voltage level on one of them and found it to be at 3.3V, so I replaced the battery on the mobo.
It did not work.

One last thing to try, assuming it just might be a bios thing: resetting the bios via the jumper. That's worth a shot too. And if/when that fails, I'll ..... [swear, and then go have a beer]
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Re: What is Dell computer's current reputation?

Post by Hermskii » Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:07 pm

Buy a new PC.
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Re: What is Dell computer's current reputation?

Post by a nameless entity » Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:30 pm

Hermskii wrote:Buy a new PC.
:lol: Oh, okay. Eventually. :lol:

If I could just coax the old PC back to life, job one would be to write down email addresses. I don't back up often. My bad.
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