1. When you say you dismantled it - what dod you do, how do you go about it?I have found that almost al printers can often appear to be free of paper which is often a cause of the symptoms you describe; whereas "somewhere in the paper path, or the sensor areas, there can be a wee small bit of paper orRead more

    When you say you dismantled it – what dod you do, how do you go about it?

    I have found that almost al printers can often appear to be free of paper which is often a cause of the symptoms you describe; whereas “somewhere in the paper path, or the sensor areas, there can be a wee small bit of paper or other debris stuck in there. One has to sometimes really look for it.

    Also I have found that a blast of compressed air (cans bought from any decent computer etc. store) can often blow clear all manner of dust etc.; which dust etc. may not be immediately evident, or easy to remove…

    This is one source for the Service Manual (at least that what it’s called on this site), which may be useful?

    http://tinyurl.com/gm3l63k

    and this is for another model – which may be similar to yours?

    http://elektrotanya.com/canon_pixma…

    and this link may also be useful…

    http://tinyurl.com/z5uso6c

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  2. I doubt it would be worth the time.I'd suspect that if you were to reload the OS from OEM media it would return to as new speeds. Hang up and live.

    I doubt it would be worth the time.

    I’d suspect that if you were to reload the OS from OEM media it would return to as new speeds.

    Hang up and live.

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  3. First, no need to shout. Second, what is the name of the file with extension that you are trying to open? If you have "hide known file extensions", turned on then turn them off so you can see the extension. http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Hidd...If you had it already turned off and you renamed a fileRead more

    First, no need to shout. Second, what is the name of the file with extension that you are trying to open?

    If you have “hide known file extensions”, turned on then turn them off so you can see the extension.

    http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Hidd…

    If you had it already turned off and you renamed a file without including the extension then you will cause this kind of problem. If that is what happened then what is the program that normally opened the file like MS Word or what? If it was MS word then add the “.DOC” extension to the file and it will fix your open with problem. If it is MS Excel the add “.XLS” extension to the file and so on. Tell us more about the file you are trying to open and we can help you.

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  4. "The issue is that the card Dell has on the desktop is DW1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card, it's integrated into the motherboard"The DW1501 is a card commonly used in laptops. The motherboard has a special slot for it but I'm not sure if I'd call the card "integrated", anymore than I would call aRead more

    “The issue is that the card Dell has on the desktop is DW1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card, it’s integrated into the motherboard”

    The DW1501 is a card commonly used in laptops. The motherboard has a special slot for it but I’m not sure if I’d call the card “integrated”, anymore than I would call a graphics card integrated because it has its own PCIe slot. The Broadcom ethernet however, IS integrated. If you’re using the wired connection, the wifi card is unnecessary. If you do a search, you’ll find the problem is not hardware related, it’s Windows 10 related. Uninstall the current driver & force the Win7 driver to install.

    Mini-card: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon…

    See the following: http://en.community.dell.com/suppor…

    Also see #26 here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/fo…

    EDIT: I’d bet you didn’t have these issues until upgrading to Win10. Your system is a bit dated & there are no Win10 drivers for the old Broadcom ethernet controller. Win10 loads generic drivers but as stated in the above links, those drivers don’t work properly. If you want to spend money on hardware, that’s your business, but I don’t think there’s a combo card (wireless + wired) available. You would have to buy them separately. But once again, if you’re using the wired connection, the wireless isn’t needed. IMHO, drivers are the problem, not hardware. Make sure any hardware you purchase is fully supported & includes Win10 drivers.

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  5. It would be in the browser cache. If you are talking about logs that Yahoo keeps, you can't change those. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.

    It would be in the browser cache. If you are talking about logs that Yahoo keeps, you can’t change those.

    How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.

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  6. If the BIOS was corrupted, I doubt you would even see the Dell splash screen. Are you using a USB keyboard? If you are & your board supports it, try switching to a PS/2 keyboard. That may allow you to get into the BIOS menu. And since the error mentions IDE, try unplugging all IDE cables from thRead more

    If the BIOS was corrupted, I doubt you would even see the Dell splash screen. Are you using a USB keyboard? If you are & your board supports it, try switching to a PS/2 keyboard. That may allow you to get into the BIOS menu. And since the error mentions IDE, try unplugging all IDE cables from the motherboard, then see if the BIOS is accessible. See less
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  7. Don't rely heavily on these monitoring third party software sometimes they do get info wrong. I guess the battery perform well as it was in day one right?

    Don’t rely heavily on these monitoring third party software sometimes they do get info wrong.
    I guess the battery perform well as it was in day one right?

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  8. Aren't they all going to be the same? There's no benefit for a manufacturer to add extra hardware for 1.1 if he's already going to have 2.0 especially since 2.0 is backwards compatible. Or am I missing something?Check # 8 here:http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/f...For USB 2.0, device manager will shRead more

    Aren’t they all going to be the same? There’s no benefit for a manufacturer to add extra hardware for 1.1 if he’s already going to have 2.0 especially since 2.0 is backwards compatible. Or am I missing something?

    Check # 8 here:

    http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/f…

    For USB 2.0, device manager will show additional USB controllers. They are there to provide the backward compatibility but I recall at least one previous thread where the OP thought he had separate USB 1.1 ports because of those device manager entries.

    Real men don’t use AntiVirus; they just reformat

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  9. I assume you want to use it as a regular PC hard drive? Unless you plan on saving the xbox drive's contents (which I don't think is practical) then you just connect it as a second drive. Then boot up the OS and remove the FAT partition and then repartition it as NTFS with disk management.

    I assume you want to use it as a regular PC hard drive? Unless you plan on saving the xbox drive’s contents (which I don’t think is practical) then you just connect it as a second drive. Then boot up the OS and remove the FAT partition and then repartition it as NTFS with disk management.

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  10. Check the region or language settings. Adjust keyboard input settings. Run a malware scan. Reinstall keyboard driver.

    Check the region or language settings.
    Adjust keyboard input settings.
    Run a malware scan.
    Reinstall keyboard driver.

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