Tag: Dell
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How to fix a Dell P2210T 22″ Monitor with a broken backlight
Alright, so admittedly this video will not help you fix all possible backlight issues with a Dell P2210T, but it may help you fix the most common problem I’ve seen. I have a lot of these monitors in production (many were deployed in 2012-2013) and most of them have exhibited the same issue: 4 failed…
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Dell Latitude E6400 Bluetooth woes
So apparently Dell’s new Latitude E6400 series notebooks come with optional built-in Dell Wireless® 375 Bluetooth (BT) Modules. Unfortunately when the notebook arrives from the factory, the generic Windows BT driver is installed. Although everything looks clean in the device manager, the generic Windows driver is incompatible and you’ll notice this when you try to pair…
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Dell Latitude with Unknown Device in XP
The other day someone gave me their Dell Latitude to find a driver for an unknown piece piece of hardware in the device manager. After a bit of searching around I found the tricky bugger. The device was actually the built-in free fall sensor attached to the hard disk (you know to arrest the hard…
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Dell PowerVault RD1000
A while back when I bought a small business server for a client and the Dell PowerVault RD1000 seemed like a relatively inexpensive backup option compatible with Backup Exec 12 so I added it to the order. After a few months of use I’m convinced that this thing is a just a glorified SATA to…