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Pressed key interrupting when another one was pressed

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Hi,

I have noticed this issue only with built-in Dell's keyboards (working fine at different laptops or with external keyboard) - Precision 4400 and Inspiron 7566.

While playing a racing game when I hold a key to accelerate (whatever it is, tried many) and when I press second one to turn, once for a while - sometimes 1 minute after start, sometimes 5 - it's getting interrupted for around a half of a second (so I drive straight for this short period of time).

I have tried to disable as many services as I can, turned off anything I could and I'm still getting it, installed all drivers I have found


Ram issue

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Hello I found that Hyperx Impact 1600MHz 8GB DDR3L is compatible with my laptop Dell Inspiron3542.

I wanted to ask that which screwdriver would i need for removing the chassis for replacing the ram.

Inspiron 5547 not booting

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My Inspiron 5547 is not booting up. When I switched it off it started giving beep sounds so I forced it to shut down by pressing power button, but after that whenever I try to switch on my system it gives beep sound after every 2-3 seconds without a stop and I am unable to enter bios please help

Battery Not Working

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I am using my dell 5537 i7 variant from approx. 3 years ... I've never got any problems with it.

Suddenly, a week ago, I got a message on boot stating ...

"warning The battery cannot be identified. This system will be unable to charge this battery press any key to continue" ... and the battery LED is blinking orange (loop of one white blink and one orange blink)

I mean what is wrong with the system? I've never changed the battery - It's the same battery came with laptop ... and I've hardly used it - I mostly run my laptop with the adapter only - w/o battery.

The battery was healthy, it was giving me 6 hours of backup - and there is no physical damage at all.

Now, what should I do? I've tried to clean the battery and it's port on laptop ... still not working ...

Is there any way to fix this issue?

Regards,

Faizan Afzal

Fingerprint login is not working on Dell Latitude 7480

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Hello,

After installing Windows updates and Dell's updates, including the "Dell Data Protection" software, the fingerprint login option ceased working.

I tried configuring the fingerprint login via the DDP Console, but in the end of the process (after configuring the fingerprint) it says that "The biometric unit is not in the proper state to perform the specified operation". What does it mean?

It is worth noting, that the biometric device reads fingerprints (I'm able to add\remove fingerprints via the Windows sign-in options screen and via the DDP Console, until it says that there is an error as stated above).

OS: Windows 10 pro

Please advise.

Thanks in advance!

Slow WiFi on Dell XPS 13 9360 with Killer 1535 WiFi

Lots of issues in Inspiron 15 7559 even after repair

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I have Dell Inspiron 15 7559 laptop which I had purchased in Jan 2017. It had windows 10 preinstalled on it. Got the windows 1607 update and it worked fine for a few days like till February first week. One day the windows login screen was just stuck on date and time screen. It wasn't letting me enter the password. I contacted Dell regarding this issue and they sorted it out with system restore. But this is just the beginning. After 2-3 days the same problem came. And Dell told suggested me to reinstall Windows and they guided me on how to do the same. After updating windows once again the same problem related to password was back again. Now Dell gave up and told me to contact Microsoft saying that it is a Microsoft issue. I was on call for 3 hrs with Microsoft they tried everything, even took remote access in safe mode but nothing seemed to work and they told to reinstall Windows. And this process was occuring repeatedly. Then some new problems started to occur. First was related to task bar stating that there is critical error and task bar was stuck with a message that sign out so that windows will repair task bar. But it didn't do s***t. Had to reinstall Windows for the same. One wierd error was related to BIOS. I turned on my laptop and bios was asking me system password followed by HDD password followed by admin password which I didn't even set. So it was actually a wierd and known error in Dell laptops which I got to know after searching for this issue. I have literally reinstalled windows 10 for 8-10times in February after the problem started. And the icing on the cake was the blue screen of death which came twice before I sent the laptop for repair. They replaced motherboard and hard drive in the laptop and I got it back from repair centre on 23rd march 2017. The disk usage in task manager was stuck at 100% after I got it back and problem related to Windows is still there. It updates and it doesn't accept the password after the update. I have tried everything right from installation of Windows 10 with a new key which I bought from my University ( I am a student and fed up of this *** as I have already lost my labs and assignments in it), different ways to sign in into windows, changing windows password, trying to start in safe mode and all. I have already tried to reinstall Windows once again but guess what now it is not even installing windows and gives an error that windows did not finish installation and then restart your installation (already tried 3 times and same error occurs).I want refund as it is just wasting my time on this useless laptop.

Inspiron 3147/3148 not working

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My laptop Dell Inspiron 3147 is not working. From yesterday beep sounds were coming from my laptop while switching on and off. Also while using the light in the capslock button and power light wasn't working when charging and wifi was not connecting. I troubleshooted network connection and I was told network driver need to be installed. Then I shut down the system normally. Now it is not turning on.


MY DELL BATTERY ORIGINAL OR NOT?

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Hi Guys,

I just bought a new Laptop (Dell Inspiron 15) but it does not keep charge i.e Before i sleep i charge it to 100% and shut down my laptop, but when i wake up in the morning and switch it on it says battery low.

Is my battery genuine,

my batter number is: DSH2016032120053

Model: 3521

Made in China.

Please i need to know if the problem is the battery or not by checking if it is genuine. Thanks alot

Dell Latitude D630 Shuts down

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Dell latitude d630 shuts down by itself after sometime. It looks like the overheating of cpu is switching off laptop. And I have to wait for sometime to again switch on. I have changed to cooling fan's power supply to a usb port (2 wire). Still facing same issue. Kindly assist.

Make You Dell Computer Run Faster

emergency..I needed help plz

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Can anyone tell me what is the code 

I can't reset my computer[:'(]

Latitude 7350 Alternating White & Amber Blinking Light Despite Official Charger

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I have a Latitude 7350 with Win8.1 that has an official charger. Despite this, Windows says Battery 1 is charging but Battery 2 is "plugged in, not charging". Also, when I plug in my charger instead of the normal steady white light, I now get a blinking light that alternates between white and amber. This does not happen when I detach the tablet and charge the tablet. The tablet will then give a steady white light.

I have tried using Windows 10 and I tried doing a factory reset but to no avail.

Alienware Country and Manufacture Date unknown.

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I bought an alienware laptop from a shop and it seems to work fine. What trouble me is when I enter the serial number in dell website, it says the country is unknown and the manufacture date is 01,0001. Could anyone tell me why is this happening?

 

Thanks

Precision 7510 AC Power Adapter

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I recently got a new Precision 7510.  I want to get some extra AC power adapters.  It came with a 180 watt adapter.

I did a search on the Dell website for power adapters for the 7510 and it lists a 180 watt model and a 240 watt model.  The 180watt is Dell part #450-ABJU.  The 240watt is Dell part #469-4547. 

Is there any advantage to getting a 240 watt adapter?  Will the laptop charge faster?

Thanks,

Peter


Alienware 17 crashing

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About 2 weeks ago, my laptop installed the latest nvidia driver, then the next day, wouldn't boot (it had done this before when trying to download and install win10 updates). But this time, nothing worked. Did a restore, went back to win7, had to re-download all my stuff, including windows 10 and the nvidia driver.

Well, after playing Overwatch, my system just shut down (no blue screen, warning, nothing). I was able to reboot, but this kept happening. For a while, I could game with the power cord unplugged, and generally web browse with the plug in. But now, after buying a new power supply, it shuts off even web browsing.

Troubleshooting I have done:

* Opened the laptop, cleaned the dust out.

* Used 3 types of software to monitor heat (not overheating.. Hottest it got was the GPu at about 75 c.

* Tried running with and without power supply, which it initially ran better and cooler unplugged.

* Adjusted GPU settings using MSN After burner.

* Adjusted graphics settings in the game.

* Played non-blizzard games to make sure it wasn't just overwatch.

* Used bitedefender and malwarebytes to check for viruses.

* Rolled back the nvidia driver to an earlier version.

* Ran the Dell diagnostics program on their support page, full system scan, showed everything was fine.

* Updated all drivers

* Tried a new power supply.

* Checked the battery, not overheating, 9%wear, charges nicely.

* Defrag and clean disk.

* Used the Dell Restore and Recovery program via USB.

Any other troubleshooting I haven't tried?

After all of that, the system is still shutting off and is getting worse.

Help? (warranty is expired)

Alienware 17, i7 CPU, geforce 880gtx GPU.

Thanks,

update monitor question

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Hello , guys i have a laptop Dell Inspiron 3562 and i want to update my monitor . My actual display is B156XTN04.0 , my question is "if it is compatible with  LP156wf1-tlc1 ?" . If not , can you please tell me another model with Full HD resolution or a model with Touhscreen wich is comptibility with my model . Thank you Andrei .

 

Speakers popping on Inspiron 15 7567

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Hello,

I've gotten the Inspiron 7567 with i7, 1 TB HDD and 256 GB SSD.

It always make a high pitched popping sound on headphone port, before and after playing the sound. I think it should be Realtek HD Audio power management problem. I uninstall the Realtek Driver and use windows original high definition audio driver which solved this problem. I can not always use Windows original high definition audio driver, because it doesn't support like select the headphone type, Maxxaudio. 

I have tried to use all solution on post: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3517/t/19658420 but not work, including change the regedit ,install other version Realtek driver , stop auto startup of Maxxaudio.

Cannot change sleep timout in Windows 10

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I have a Dell XPS 9360.

When the battery is low, i.e. below 25%, the laptop will go to sleep after about 2 minutes of inactivity.

My problem is, this behaviour cannot be changed. I have edited the "go to sleep after" in the Windows power settings but it does not respect this setting. I have deleted the Dell power profile, created a new power profile, reset it to default, yet still the laptop will not respect the setting I put in there.

This means the laptop is always going to sleep after a very short period, i.e. if I have a quick conversation with someone, and it then takes about 2-3 minutes to wake and reconnect to wifi. Infuriating. Is there a fix? If not, the laptop is getting close to finding itself on eBay. Missing my MacBook now.

dell monitor update

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i own a dell inspiron 15 3542 my monitor craked and i need to change it. is it compatible with LP156WF1-TLC1 if not please tell me a model fhd compatible iwth my laptop or somethig with touchsceen. 

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