Dell Dimension E520 Review
Tuesday October 24, 2006
Dell's Dimension line of desktop computers used to have a wide variety of model numbers available for people to choose from. Recently they have decided to compact that down to just a few models. The Dimension E520 is the main offering and can be found in a wide range of configurations from low cost to high performance. Find out what Dell has to offer in their budget configuration of their latest desktop PC.
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The one I just bought. today has Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400
Anyone know what model of TV tuner card this desktop comes with?
This model does not come with a IEEE 1394 Firewire. Firewire is optional which will occupied one PCI expansion slot… At the End it actually have no more expansion slot to expand the system.
My name is Joe this has been a very bad experience for me. Dealing with Dell Computer technical support
I have been on the telephone with Dell Technical Support since receiving a new computer E520 from Dell. The first computer had conflicts with PC Cillin and the DVD drive did not work. The second computer had a bad floppy drive and the third computer has conflicts in the BIOS. I have been on the phone trying to get a good computer from Dell since 11/28/2006, I am still having problems with the third computer. I also ordered a Fuji S6000 digital camera from Dell, that was a mistake, now I having to return the digital camera after one week. I paid for overnight shipping and now your CSR’s are telling me they don’t know when the camera will be shipped and yet they promised me overnight shipping. I have talked with over thirty or more people at Dell trying to resolve Dell computer and digital camera issues. Managers have hang on me and didn’t bother to call me back. CSR’s has been very rude and or not willing to take the time to help a customer. I remember a couple CSR’s hang-up on me while I was explaining the computer problem (I guest they didn’t want to listen). I talked to John a manager in Technical Support he stated that someone would be calling me to remove the floppy drive from the computer because the computer keep trying to read a floppy disk when shutting down. I ask John to send someone to remove the floppy drive and put in a spacer. It has been 3 days and John never contacted me. I wrote down several case numbers to show you how much time I have spent on the telephone trying to resolve a matter that could have been easily result by a caring CSR. You have some major problems with your customer care team. In Reference to case numbers 152390161,152365152,150233470,151284348,150051177,150047687,150198926,150203549,15001177,152475019,149984797,152338186,151524722,151523053,150912208,
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I unfortunately must agree with Joe below. This is my fourth Dell in a row and I have never had problems until now. The computer worked great for 45 days and then the Blue Screen of Death started happening every 10 minutes. Over three days I spent more than 12 hours on the phone with Tech support. Every night after work I would have to come home and try and troubleshoot for them. Why did I even buy the warranty???? Finally after the third day, I stopped calling tech support and called customer service. I would not get off the phone until someone promised to send me a replacement computer. After an hour and a half, they relented. I should not have had to spend this much time on a brand new computer! This might be my last Dell….
I have been trying for 2 weeks to get my E520 up and working. It crashed when I tried to add a wireless router (bought from Dell). After one week, they sent me a replacement tower which would never boot up. Still getting the run around from them.
A wireless router is independent of the desktop computer system so I fail to see how it would have caused the Dell system from functioning. It was more than likely that system had a separate issue that came up at the same time. I can’t really help much in terms of Dell’s support, but I would advise reading my profile on them at http://compreviews.about.com/od/support/p/Dell.htm and letting others know of your experiences with them.
same as above. mine crashed the first time i switched it on. multiple hardware and software failrues. was assured that it would be fixed as they refused to give me a refund or replacement. the “repaired” computer is still a p.o.s. so now, after MONTHS of hassle, i’m in the process of taking Dell to court unless the refund in full and compensate.
DO NOT BUY FROM DELL!
If you do, I assure you that if there are ANY problems with your system you will regret not listening to me in the first place.
STAY AWAY!
hi, im alex and ive found out that i can my dell E520 can take intel’s new quadcore
cpu’s. BUT for the love of god i cannot get the blackcasing off that shields the heatsink. the screws are unbelievably tight and wont budge. this may be a waste of your time but please could you reply to this comment before i got crazy.
thanks for reading
heck with all of ya, mine got ran over by a truck , and still boots up , im on it now, lol, runs great, — but i would like to find out how to put in in a custom case?
I have a this computer and it crahed and the power button even froze so i pulled the power cable out , and now when i turn it on it comes up with a blue screen and i cant press anything so i have to turn it off . it says if this is the first time your seeing this then reboot your computer if not disable any antivirus…. but how can i disable the anti vius when i cant logg on ? the onli thing i can do when the blue screen comes up is turn it off .
so how can i get past / get rid of the blue screen ?
How do I know if my Dell Dimension E520 pc is wireless enabled?
How can I tell if my Dell is stupid-proof?