Category Archives: Desktop

Sleep mode failing on Dell Vostro 200

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Jack

This was strange occurrence. I did a fresh install of Windows 7 and every time it went to sleep, when I went to wake it up, the case fan would whirl up at full throttle and stay on, the screen … Continue reading →

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Monitor shows out of synch

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Jack

I have a LCD monitor, keyboard, mouse, and power cord setup that I use when testing and/or re-installing a desktop. Recently during a reinstall, the monitor showed “out of sync”, it’s an older Viewsonic VG150 and my first thought was … Continue reading →

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SATA 2 and 3 not working on a Dell Inspiron

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jack

Recently I went to install a second hard drive into a Dell Inspiron 531. It currently had an existing hard drive and DVD drive already installed on SATA 0 and SATA 1. I figured simple enough, add a SATA cable … Continue reading →

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