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Dell Dimension 2400: How to remove the hard-drive for disposal?

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:42:45 -0700

I've replaced this old computer, but want to remove and disable the hard-drive before sending it off to the recycling center. How do I do that? What sort of dynamite do I use?

⟐ Answered December 17, 2025 at 6:42 MST

Dell OptiPlex 755: Blinking Orange Light Only

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:51:11 -0700

Hi Guys any Idea why my Desktop can't power on.. when I push the power button. it only blinks.. and the color is Orange... I try to reseat the Power Supply, and Memory nothing happens.. please help guys.. thank you.

⟐ Answer accepted December 21, 2017 at 18:51 MST

Dell Inspiron 531s: Computer wont start it just beeps

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:01:18 -0700

When I try to start my computer all does is beep. Nothing shows on the screen. What is going on with my computer? The screen is completely black.

⟐ Commented August 18, 2025 at 10:01 MST

Dell OptiPlex 755: Adding a video card

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:46:44 -0700

What video cards can I use to upgrade my system

⟐ Commented February 15, 2022 at 16:46 MST

Dell Inspiron 531S: PC Won't boot up!

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:21:50 -0700

My cousin's Dell Desktop won't boot up to Vista. When he turns the machine on it goes into a black screen and says "Disk Error" It also states "diskette 0 seek failure" and to depress CTRL_ALT_DELETE to restart. I recommended this site to him for future reference cause he cannot access the web in order to get help and trouble-shoot himself. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

⟐ Commented July 17, 2025 at 0:21 MST

Dell Optiplex 780: orange lightest blinking on the power button

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:56:42 -0700

I have a Dell desktop and the orange lightest blinking on the power button and then there's two little green dots blinking on the bottom of it and under those two green dots it's the number one and then it's also shows a number 3 and it will not power on even when I move the mouse it doesn't power on as if it was in sleep mode or something but that's not it.. I have a Dell Opti plex 780

⟐ Commented December 10, 2025 at 13:56 MST

Dell OptiPlex 755: Computer fails to come on.

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:27:35 -0700

The computer was shut down and the power turned off. When I turned the power back on the computer would no come on. Power cord is ok and has power up to back of machine.

⟐ Answered December 12, 2023 at 3:27 MST

Dell Optiplex GX620: when I press the power button nothing happens.

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:06:06 -0700

There is an led on the MB indicating that it has power but when i press the power button nothing happens. All the cables are connected and there is no visible damage to the motherboard and other components.

⟐ Answered November 22, 2017 at 13:06 MST

Dell OptiPlex GX260: error message. Hard drive not found. Hard drive not installed

Sat, 01 Mar 2014 04:23:52 -0700

bios does not detect replacement hard drive. hard drive not detected by motherboard.boot screen shows hard disk drive not found. this problem occurs when hard disk is installed in computer. how do I troubleshoot this problem

⟐ Answered March 01, 2014 at 4:23 MST

Dell Dimension E520: Why my CPU fans got loud noise like spin very fast?

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 07:53:05 -0700

i suspect the motherboard got problem, since sometime able on pc but sometime also cannot the fan sometime very loud sometime not. . . any idea ? just wanted to reconfirm the problem

⟐ Commented December 21, 2021 at 7:53 MST

Dell Optiplex 745 Small Form Factor: Why is my device not turning on?

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 15:32:25 -0700

No matter how many times I press the power button to turn my computer on, no light turns on and my monitor remains black.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

⟐ Answer edited November 13, 2017 at 15:32 MST

Dell Inspiron 530S: Suggestions for upgrading parts on a Dell Inspiron 530s

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 15:08:17 -0700

Looking at upgrading the RAM, video card, hard drive, etc. Just looking at getting my PC up to scratch instead of buying a whole new PC.

Anybody have any suggestions?

⟐ Commented April 06, 2019 at 15:08 MST

Dell Dimension 2400: Why does my computer come on then turn off?

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 19:16:49 -0700

When i plug my computer and turn it on, the two green lights in the front come on then turn off. The fans in the computer come on then stop. How do i get my computer to work again ?

⟐ Answered November 14, 2018 at 19:16 MST

Dell Precision T3400: error 2000-0111 will not boot

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 15:38:13 -0700

error code 2000-0111 will not boot

⟐ Commented November 25, 2022 at 15:38 MST

Dell Optiplex GX620: When I turn on my pc orange light blinks.

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 06:14:53 -0700

When i turn on my pc orange light blinks,I changed the ram,hdd but nothing happened.

⟐ Commented September 28, 2022 at 6:14 MST

Dell Desktop: Re-downloading the CyberLink SW?

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:58:53 -0700

I recently got one of these where the hard drive+Optane drive were erased by the recycler selling the unit, and the unit was shipped w/o an OS. I chose to completely forget about Optane and put a real 256GB SSD in, and retaine the 1TB HD for storage, but I also never received the CyberLink SW the unit came with being a factory ODD system.

Is it possible to download this on its own (or buy the DVD from Dell, like you could do in the old days), or is this SW just gone for good? I tried to eMail Dell to get an official answer, but due to a stuck ownership transfer in limbo which was officially completed it is still "pending" I can't, even now despite having the eMail that shows it is mine. I even checked Dell Digital Delivery, and it didn't show up. I ran into this on my secondhand $40 i7-3770 XPS 8500 as well (before someone tries to hang me to a cross, they wanted the data secured and knew what it had) which this will phase out, so I'm beginning to think the COMPUTER is transferred, but I LOSE the CyberLink SW and it ties to the original owner, not the PC.

The reason I let the loss on the 8500 go is the age of it; it was already very, very tired by that time being a Spectre victim w/o high speed patching, so I didn't care enough at that time. It was also pre DCH as well, so if it was gone that was it. With this unit, it is also older but the CPU is still proving to be solid; i5-8400 and it's from the 10 DCH era being 8th gen. Sadly I couldn't replicate the $40 3770 deal, but I still made out very well due to the spec (i5-8500/8GB/Optane 16GB/1TB WD Blue) being "meh/10, solid processor" even with the SSD upgrade at $33 for a replacement drive I bolted on.

⟐ Answered June 30, 2022 at 14:58 MST

Dell Optiplex GX620: Why my monitor remains black?

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:12:20 -0700

when i turn on my pc it's light turns on and my monitor remains black

⟐ Answered September 11, 2021 at 16:12 MST

Dell Desktop: Need repair Guide for Dell XPS 8700

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:28:40 -0700

Need your repair guide for my Dell XPS 8700.

⟐ Answered August 03, 2022 at 14:28 MST

Dell Inspiron 530S: floppy drive won't open

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 09:40:37 -0700

my floppy drive won't open.

⟐ Commented July 24, 2018 at 9:40 MST

Dell Dimension 8300: Why will my PC not boot from SATA Solid State Drive

Sat, 17 Dec 2016 22:27:50 -0700

I upgraded by adding a SSD via SATA port on the motherboard. It works fine but will only boot if I also have a (redundant) operating system (Windows XP) on the original IDE drive. I can then choose to boot straight from Windows 7 on the SSD. Without the IDE drive I get a boot error something like Primary Hard Drive Not Found.

The IDE drive has now developed a fault and I want to install a new hard drive on the other SATA port rather than replace with in IDE drive.

Can anyone offer advice? DM.

⟐ Edited December 17, 2016 at 22:27 MST