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^^ Yup. Another way: Open control panel - on top right where it says search Control Panel, type in 'file association' - it'll pull up 'Change the file type associated with a file extention'. Find the file extention you want, select it. Click 'Change Program'. Pick the program you want to...

^^^ THIS THIS THIS. Make a backup of the files in a different area, and remove the original card and set it aside just in case.

Well, sometimes it will install some programs in addition to the stuff you installed off TPB: I would check the following: 1) go to your 'control panel', 'programs and features', it can uninstall programs. Sort it by date so you can see what was installed most recently. Uninstall anything...

So - just to be clear for other Dell owners, you replaced the power jack/cable assembly which the charger plugs into and which connects to the motherboard?

If it's a new OEM Dell piece, then I would return it as something is definitely wrong then...

Some adapters are 'smart' adapters and while they might provide power, they have specialized wiring to determine if it's a correct charger. Naturally this becomes problematic if you get a generic aftermarket adapter as the laptop becomes confused. Considering that you spec that the adapter...

Umm... normally if you want to specify a target, you would use a target attribute. If you want a new window or tab, you spec the target=_blank. From what you describe, you want to open it in the current active tab/window which holds focus. This is the default behavior of the a tag. As in <a...

That's really kind of cool. The only downside is that it's only (from what I can tell) going to be capable of PCIe.x1 - since the mini-PCIe spec is only up to a x1 lane assignment. Might be a little bit of bandwidth congestion depending on the particular card you choose.

In order to use an external graphics solution, generally you need a very high bandwidth connection - usually that means Thunderbolt. Since yours doesn't have a Thunderbolt port, you might be out of luck.

The switcher has several inputs, and one output. The OUTPUT will go to your TV. The other INPUTS will connect to your devices (BluRay player, MP4 decoder etc). The switcher then has (I believe) a remote control which you can use to select which device will get control of the TV.

I'm surprised it only has one (and I'm thinking this is what you mean) hdmi input. If that's the case, then you would need an HDMI switcher - and they do make them...

You can get more information by downloading and installing sysinternals 'process explorer'. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx This is like a 'task manager' on steroids and will give you more information on exactly what is loading up each svchost process so you can...

How does one damage the CMOS during an OS install? I didn't think that would be possible. Have you tried resetting it (pulling the battery, letting the defaults reset)?

Metal chassis? Or plastic? :D Metal - strip the ends off an electrical cord, touch them to opposite sides and see if 120v of AC power does anything fun. Or use an arc-welder and just make a contact on both sides. 50amps of power does wonders. Plastic chassis - use some -salt- water...