Recent content by darthspiky

Well, I seem to have gotten a bad chip. Took the thing to the best local computer guy I know, and nothing either of us have tried has gotten it up and running. I'd like to thank each and every one of you for coming in on this.

Everything I've found points to this being possible, but even in my most obscure searches (had to translate a page from Norwegian), I can't find the right BIOS. I'm so incredibly out of my element. Please help...

I'm such a git... No, jit, I didn't do the basic research I should have. It's a mid-2007 Dell Inspiron 520s desktop. Iron, resetting the CMOS didn't fix anything. Gamer, I'm starting to doubt that I'll be able to get the information you want. I plugged all the original hardware back in, and...

I have a Dell Inspiron 520s with all the stock hardware, and I'm trying to upgrade to a faster Pentium D processor. I got the most recent update from Dell, but it still won't work. Does anyone know how to fix this? Also, I need to get this sorted before the wife gets home from work...