MORE Problems PLEASE help!
- Thread starter Comp_Newb
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Another link to look at, its the service manual for your system, it explains your sytem.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8400/SM/syssetup.htm#wp1052309
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8400/SM/syssetup.htm#wp1052309
A few more links for your system. Check them out.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8400/SM/adtshoot.htm
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8400/SM/parts.htm
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8400/SM/techov.htm
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8400/SM/adtshoot.htm
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8400/SM/parts.htm
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8400/SM/techov.htm
From reading those links it looks like you need to hit the f2 key to get into your bios. Not the delete key which is the usual way to do it.
If you are using a USB keyboard and mouse you might need to connect them to the PS2 ports on the back of your system to get them to work. There is an adapter that might have come with your system to hook them up. If not they are cheap. Just go to the store and tell them you need 2 usb to PS2 adapters.
What happens is that the usb drivers do not load and you need to hook them up the old way, which is to the PS2.
The PS2 ports should be near the top on the back of your system, they are round and about a 1/4 inch around. They will be next to each other. They might also have pictures of a keyboard and a mouse next to them.
If you are using a USB keyboard and mouse you might need to connect them to the PS2 ports on the back of your system to get them to work. There is an adapter that might have come with your system to hook them up. If not they are cheap. Just go to the store and tell them you need 2 usb to PS2 adapters.
What happens is that the usb drivers do not load and you need to hook them up the old way, which is to the PS2.
The PS2 ports should be near the top on the back of your system, they are round and about a 1/4 inch around. They will be next to each other. They might also have pictures of a keyboard and a mouse next to them.
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Comp_Newb
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no im in CA...
i have been using the usb ports for my mouse and key board, i believe i have the adapter for the key board. i'll look further and see what i
got. Is the ps2 port the name for both adapters, mouse and key board?
jeff
by the way thanks much for all your help!
i have been using the usb ports for my mouse and key board, i believe i have the adapter for the key board. i'll look further and see what i
got. Is the ps2 port the name for both adapters, mouse and key board?
jeff
by the way thanks much for all your help!
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elitehacker
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ALL motherboard these days still come with PS/2 ports, they are not being phased out. They are green and purple, green for the mouse and the other for the keyboard.
20thCenturyBoy
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The only way I know of fixing a dead motherboard is replacing the CMOS battery and from what I've heard it hardly ever works.
I don't know if you we're asking how to get data off the hard drive or get your personal stuff off so you could throw it away safely. Getting your data off would be more of a challenge, but if you want to throw the whole system away you could have fun smashing your hard drive! But personally I think you shouldn't throw it out.
I don't know if you we're asking how to get data off the hard drive or get your personal stuff off so you could throw it away safely. Getting your data off would be more of a challenge, but if you want to throw the whole system away you could have fun smashing your hard drive! But personally I think you shouldn't throw it out.