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Dell XPS 15-i76700HQ

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i have a friend bought this laptop and use for rendering 4k video. after 2 months, the video card and battery can't detected. i based on other forums that this is good. Why this was happen to his unit.


Any issues running Windows 7 on the the Dell XPS 15 (9560)?

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Hello,

I am interested in buying the Dell XPS 15 9560, but due to the privacy nightmare that is Windows 10 I want to clean install Windows 7. Long story short I disabled almost everything on the privacy menu on Windows 10 on my desktop and they switch back to re-enabled when I do a Windows Update which is pretty sketchy.

Has anyone done this? Which features no longer work with Windows 7? Any driver issues? Thank you for the feedback.

Need Webcam Drivers for Inspiron 7560

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Hi, This is my first post.

i have accidently replaced my webcam drivers in my laptop while trying to do so with my dongle. I can't find the drivers on the net so can anyone please give me these drivers. I will be really grateful.

This is the information about my driver.

My laptop is inspiron 7560. I will give a link with information about the laptop to clear any confusion:

www.dell.com/.../pd

Precision 7710: support for 2400MHz ECC memory

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I decided to upgrade my Dell Precision 7710 (service tag: 838CRF2) from non-ECC memory to ECC memory. The laptop was originally configured with 8Gb of non-ECC RAM (2x4GB 2133MHz Hynix p/n HMA451S6AFR8N-TF). After replacing the original memory with ECC(2x16GB 2400MHz Crucial CT16G4TFD824A.18FA1 p/n 18ASF2G72HZ-2G3A1 ) the laptop does not boot. Status LED blinks 2 times amber and 5 times white. The cycle repeats few times and the computer powers off.

I'm using only primary memory banks (both of them are working fine with original sticks) and the newest available BIOS – 1.9.5 .

I've tested several configurations and the only one that works is mixing an old 2133MHz non-ECC stick with a new 2400Mhz ECC stick. This suggests that BIOS is not able to handle scenario when only 2400MHz memory is installed.

Are there any chances that this will be fixed by BIOS update?

The same issue has been reported for Dell Precision 7510 (with valuable technical data) -> http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/precision-7510-weird-problems-with-crucial-16gb-ram-ecc-stick-only-boots-if-you-mix-the-ram.801052/

DELL XPS-13 9360 requires hard power-down after sleep

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I have a DELL XPS-13 9360 which won't resume from sleep mode - if it sleeps, I have to press and hold the power button (15 - 30 seconds, something like that) to hard restart the laptop in order to get it to boot. When I try and resume from sleep the keyboard backlight comes on, but nothing else happens, screen doesn't seem to wake up

I've drawn a blank trying to figure out what the problem is, event logger shows nothing between:

The system is entering connected standby Reason: Lid.

and when I hard-restart it

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

The only other thing I can see is very large (1GB+) system memory dump files being created but the timestamps don't match up well, so this may be a separate issue

I'm running Windows 10 version 1607 build 14393.693 fully updated, the laptop didn't originally have any issues sleeping but went back to Dell for a replacement keyboard (space bar didn't work properly) and the system was reimaged at that time and sleep hasn't worked since.

Thanks for any suggestions, this is a very frustrating issue :( 

How to change boot order in AO6 bios?

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I have a new ssd with a copy of windows 10 installed onto it, the only issue is that the machine I need to install it on, doesn't have a change boot order within the BIOS.

Am I missing something? Or do I have to upgrade to a later BIOS version?

Thanks in advance

Zak

Horizontal Status LED Precision 5510

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I recently got the Dell Precision 5510 - pretty nice machine so far. :) Nevertheless, one thing strikes me odd and annoys me: below the touchpad there is this horizontal led bar. It only lights up when the laptop is charging (or to indicate some error (in amber)). It does not light up when the laptop is on and running on battery. I have my machine configured to hibernate once I close the lid - that is, I have no way to figure out if it's still on. Yesterday I closed the lid and put it in it's laptop case. Couple of hours later I took it out again and it was really really hot and apparently overheating (the fan was running wildly). If there would be a way to indicate the power status via the horizontal led that would not have happened. Do you have any ideas how to change the behavior of the front led?

Thanks and best regards

Chris

XPS 13 L322X having problem turning on

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Everytime it has been shutdown or suspend, i am having problem turning on.

Fan run, LED lights up but nothing shown on display. Need to off and on it for many many times (is getting from a few to hundreds lately) in order to on it. Once it is on, it works perfectly. So i am not shutting down anymore...but it is unavoidable to off it accidentally or battery flat when running on battery. 

I have tried the method to remove the back cover, disconnect the battery and drained the electric residue and restart again, it did work for a few times but is starting to get worst now.

Please advise.

Thanks and regards


XPS 13 9350 - USB3 stability issue when wifi in Access Point mode

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Hi,

Similarly to I'm having issues when WiFi is on, a few key differences though

  • I'm using BIOS 1.4.13
  • USB C is unstable
  • USB type A on the right hand side (the one with powershare) is unstable in USB 3 mode
  • Both USB type A ports are stable in USB 2 mode
  • the left hand side USB type A port is absolutely fine even in USB3 mode
  • It's particularly unstable if the wifi is in Access Point (hotspot) mode, even if I set the tx power very low (like 10dBm)

By "unstable" I mean that the USB 3 Realtek GbE found on the DA200 is going up and down all the time, same for the "plugable" USB3 GbE (ASIX AX88179).

Is there any solution to this problem?

Latitude E6420 Cursor Issues

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The cursor on the laptop randomly moves to the bottom of the screen.  When I touch the touchpad to gain control, I am able to move the cursor but it continues to move down ward.  This will happen randomly for up to 10 minutes and then it stops.  I have re-installed Windows 7, updated the BIOS and all the drivers including Intel, but this issue still occurs.  Even when I plug in an external mouse, the issue still occurs.  I have also tried disabling the touchpad.  The diagnostic testing has passed. Is still a software or hardware issue?

Bluetooth devices paired but will not connect

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New Win 10 install seems unstable; fix one thing another goes bad.  Firefox hangs constantlky now also.

Windows 10 laptop with D3100 dock

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I have had a new Dell Inspiron 15 5000 series laptop with Windows 10 pre-installed. It has been working well for months. Only recently, whilst using Firefox the browser would suddenly hang. After forcibly closing the program via Task Manager, I could no longer access the internet from the laptop. Even PING failed to work (General Failure error on any website). My other PCs could still access the internet via the same router.

I had to reboot and it was fine again. After this happened several times, I tried using Microsoft Edge instead. Same problem. Switched to Chrome. Same problem.

The OS is fully up-to-date and running McAfee Live Safe protection.

I have fully scanned the laptop and no malware shows up.

I have also ran Malwarebytes and no malware shows up.

I also use Malwarebytes Anti-exploit. So I turned that off. Same problem.

I have tried the suggestions in the Microsoft article Fix network connection issues in Windows 10

support.microsoft.com/.../windows-10-fix-network-connection-issues

I still get the same problem.

I run as administrator the following:

netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns

Same problem.

The network adapter shows an internet connection on IPv4.  Windows Network Troubleshooter fails to find a problem.

It happens two or three times a day when I click on a web-page (different web-pages have the same effect). The only way to carry on is to reboot. 

Also I am using a Dell D3100 Dock Station with DisplayLink Driver. The wired ethernet connection is via that device. However after the problem, I tried reconnecting to the internet using the laptop's own wired ethernet port. Same problem.

Any ideas?

Dell Inspiron 17 freezing up

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I have a 2012 Dell Inspiron 17 laptop running W10. I've started having problems with the system locking/freezing up on my. The mouse freezes, task manager won't launch, I can't shut down other than a hard boot. I ran a diagnostic from the Dell website, and I got back the PCI Bridge Express status test failed.

Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 1E18

What does this mean and can it be fixed? If it can, how do I do this? This all started about 3 months ago and is getting progressively worse. Freezes a few times a day now. I have run Malwarebytes and other scanners and they all come back clean. Where do I go next?

Thanks

 

Another Power Question - Display turns off and Music stops .. why?

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XPS 13 9365 2-in-1 with Win 10

I have seen several posts concerning Sleep problems so I wanted to ask about this.

If I have my system set to turn off the Display and 50 minutes later to put the system to sleep, why does iTunes stop playing as soon as the Display turn off.  I have been testing with both the Dell Power Scheme and Balanced Power scheme.  I have different settings for Unplugged but the system is Plugged in and battery fully charged.

The Display does not turn off and the music does not stop if I am using the Windows Media Player.

I have looked through all the settings in Settings, System, Power & Sleep and the advanced settings.  I have disabled the option to save power when the system knows I am away (how does it know that). 

I have changed settings and rebooted to confirm, but the bottom line is the activity seen for the Power Scheme does not follow prescribed protocols.  If anyone might know why or if I have missed some settings please advise.  All Drivers and Bios are updated.

Thanks

Clark

Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series (3552) Laptop Question

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I purchased a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series notebook. The model is a 3552. Crucial says the max ram supported is 4GB. Mine comes with 4GB of RAM already out of the box. It has a 64-bit OS of Windows 10 and has the Pentium processor. If I upgrade the RAM to 8GB, will it mess it up? My Toshiba supports 8GB of RAM and it has a weaker processor than the Dell. I don't understand why I can't upgrade the RAM on this computer to 8GB. It makes no sense.


Can i add backlit keyboard to Dell Inspiron 7559 non-backlit version?

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I recently bought a 7559 laptop from a Dell certified re seller of refurbished laptops. I didn't get the backlit version but i regret that now.

I see I can buy the backlit board on numerous sites, but im unsure if the connectors are  on my model ready for me to connect it to :(

Any ideas if my NON backlit model with accept a backlit board?

Hard drive issue.

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I have a Dell Inspiron 15 5547. A little over a month ago I began getting blue screen of deaths. Mainly critical process died. I tried repairing Windows (10) with no change. I eventually wiped the hard drive and did a clean install. This did not stop the messages. Some times it completely failed to find the hard drive. I even went as far as purchasing a new hard drive, and did another clean install of Windows. I still receive the same error. All drivers are up-to-date as well as the motherboards bios. Not only am I receiving the critical process died messages, on boot, it fails to find the hard drive just as it did with the old one. 

Of course my warranty expired back in July of 2016. Any ideas as to what the issue may be?

RHEL7/CentOS7 on Precision M 5520?

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Any successful story to install RHEL7/CentoOS7 on the new Precision M 5520?Not a big fun of Ubuntu and I would like to install the OS myself anyway.

Cap Locks Minimizes Screen

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Latitude E6330 -  While playing a game, if I accidentally press the Cap Locks key, the game will minimize. I contacted the games tech support and they confirmed that I have nothing in-game mapped to the cap locks key that would cause this...this is a Dell Laptop issue.

How do i turn off or fix this issue?

inspiron 3567

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Hi,

I have new Inspiron 3567; and installed windows 7-64 OS.  the issue over here is i am unable to find drivers for WLAN, Bluetooth and USB...etc.

Could any one have idea how to resolve this issue.

thansk

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