Recent content by frotec

Thank you (all of you) for such a quick response. It seems I should just plan on reinstalling the applications on the new CPU..Pain in the backside but in the long run it may be better .

I have a Dell Inspirion 3847 with tons of applications installed since I bought it several years ago, The W10 is an OEM so cannot be transferred. I do not wish to reinstall all the applications. Can I buy a new Dell System and discard the OS drive that came. Take my old OS drive and put into new...

I have Dell Inspirion 3847. There is a fan on the CPU and one at the back to exhaust I assume.

I have opened one side of my computer and have been using an external fan blowing air onto the open side (fan is not at full blast) [I keep one side panel off] of the computer. I have been doing this for a while now and notice that the hard drive is running very cool. Is this a good solution if...