Recent content by Kizzado0dle 2

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    Question Upload Speed Significantly Slow Over Ethernet

    Thank you both :-) Been having weird issues with ethernet so much that I have been disabling it in device manager, was about to post my own question and it showed me this as a similar one and turning that off also worked for me. When I told that software to prioritise gaming I didn't mean...
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    [SOLVED] Corrupt BIOS?

    Hi - i did a CMOS reset as the previous poster suggested. This was to do it on my PC but it may be different for yours - find the manual for your PC on dell's website and look for how to do CMOS reset...
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    Question High temps / fan speeds

    Hi I have an Alienware Aurora R8 with an NVIDIA RTX 2080 8GB card. I've noticed that for the last few months it has been really loud when used for gaming; it would sound normal then the fans would ramp up to what must be 100% for about 2 seconds, then down again to maybe 70% and it would repeat...
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    [SOLVED] Corrupt BIOS?

    I've never loved someone so much, this fixed it! Was kinda difficult to do for a newbie like me (i couldnt figure out where the power supply to the motherboard was and it said to disconnect that first!) but i got there in the end. Now back up and running without even going into any BIOS screens...
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    [SOLVED] Corrupt BIOS?

    Err about 3 years or so? No there's no warranty left, but i'm still not exactly pleased that a dell update using dell software broke my dell pc :rolleyes: Hmm, no haven't tried that, hasn't been suggested so far from my googling/speaking to dell. I can give it a go!
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    [SOLVED] Corrupt BIOS?

    Hi I'm not that great with PC's so bear with me... I have an Alienware Aurora R8 (bought because I figured it would be reliable and idiot proof... how wrong i was), i used their own software (support assist) to do a load of updates including a BIOS update. I left the PC to do its thing and...
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    Blurry Screen with Extended Desktop

    Hi, I have connected my laptop via HDMI to a monitor to use for an extended display. Everything on that monitor looks very blurry even though the resolution is set to 1920X1080. I've tried searching for answers but I can't find anything.. Help!? Laptop info if needed: Alienware 17 R2 Quad core...