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Dell vostro 3568 problem with SSD

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When tried to boot laptop for the first time after buying(I bought it today earlier) it says hard drive not found. Is there something I can do about it, shall I call the shop to solve the problem, or go to service?

I hope for a quick reply,

Thanks, Ivan


Upgrading SSD Dell XPS 15 9550 (2015 version)

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Hi, I own a Dell XPS 15 9550 with a 32GB SSD and 1TB HDD. My latest attempt to install updates failed due the reason that my C drive was absolutely full. I have also tried to install Visual Studio and failed because, again, it needed some free space on the C drive and the drive was full. There isn't anything on the C drive that I can delete/uninstall, so I am thinking of upgrading for a new SSD with a larger capacity. The problem is that I am not sure if my SSD is upgradable. And if it is, what kind of SSD will be compatible with my laptop and how can I actually upgrade it? My current SSD, I believe, is a LITEON CS1-SP32-11 M.2 2242 32GB. My knowledge this sort of stuff is rather limited, so I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me with this.

Thank you in advance.

NEW Battery not charging on Inspiron 1525

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I just purchased a new battery for my Dell Inspiron 1525, and it will not charge.  I followed the instructions on the battery package.  Tried to do the update in a Dell post from 2012 and am told my laptop is no longer supported.  Any suggestions? The laptop still works fine otherwise.  

Serious FAN NOISE after March 2017 BIOS Update on 7202 Tablet

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Hi Folks

My 7202 Rugged Tablet has been a perfect performer until the recent BIOS update. I get serious FAN NOISE after the update. Anyone else have this issue with the same of similar system?

What are some possible steps to resolve?

Thanks 

DELL INSPIRON 9400 WON'T BIOS EVEN AFTER MEMORY STICK UPGRADE

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Hello- 

One day, my Dell was working perfectly fine...The next, it gave me the BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH! I was devastated...So I took it to Best Buy, and all of the GEEK SQUAD pretty much told me to just buy a new one...However, EVERYTHING is on this laptop and I want to at least TRY to save it...One agent did, however, suggest that I change the memory sticks... 
So I ordered the memory sticks...I installed them, and I got a screen about Windows not starting correctly, and asking if I wanted to startup in SAFE MODE or NORMALLY...So I clicked NORMALLY...It gave me the Windows screen, which I haven't seen in a LONG TIME...Then, IT WENT DEAD AGAIN...Now, I can't even get the Windows screen...Let me explain what IS happening: 

1. The fan is running for all of 2 minutes, then it cuts off when the screen goes black. 
2. I can hear the startup noises, but it won't let me hit F8 and try to start it in any other mode. 

I tried the TAKE THE BATTERY OUT AND DRAIN THE POWER AND RESTART IT WITH AN ADAPTER...DID.NOT.WORK. I really love this pc and I feel like Sarah Jessica Parker on *** and the City when her laptop went dead...Can anyone PLEASE help me with this issue? Thanks!

XPS 15 9560 Question

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Just got a fully loaded XPS 15 9560.  Question is, can the hard drive, memory or graphics card be updated on this laptop?

XPS 15 9560 Keyboard Backlighting Question

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Hi,

I have a new XPS 15 9560 and the keyboard backlight does work but it doesnt seem to autodetect dark conditions.

For example right now im typing this in a pretty dark room, once i stop typing about 10 seconds later the keyboard lighting shuts off, once i press a key it comes back on, is it supposed to be like that or should it light up based on on lighting conditions in the room?

Dell Latitude E5430 Intel ME

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My Dell Latitude E5430 doesn't have Intel ME. How can I fix it? Can I flash Intel ME?


Max Ram speed

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I have dell vostro 3550 

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU 2.3GHz 

does someone know what is the maximum Ram speed this Processor support. Can I use 8gb 1600MHz DDR3 ? or even more?

Thanks 

Laptop & External Monitor

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Hi, I am really need help. Trying many ways but nothing helps.

My laptop doesn't recognize my external monitor. 

I was trying to connect monitor to my friend's dell laptop (he have smaller laptop, but very similar with mine) and all works just instantly after connect.

At the same time, on my laptop external monitor was work after many actions with drivers, uefi, etc. And in the end I don't understand what factors can help me in past to connect with monitor. But I can say, that external monitor works at first time after install drivers and rebooting pc, I think.

Recently I reinstall my operating system and trying to connect external monitor again - as I expect - laptop doesn't recognize it again. To resolve it, I am install the drivers, trying actions, that helps me, how i think, in past. In the end - nothing works and laptop doesn't recognize the external monitor again, like in past.

All characteristics that can help are below.

Laptop - Dell Inspiron 17R 5721

Motherboard System - UEFI A14

Video Cards

Integrated - Intel HD Graphics 4000

Discrete - AMD Radeon HD 8500M/8700M Series (Mars)

External Monitor - IIyama Prolite XB2483HSU

Connection between laptop & monitor - HDMI-HDMI

My Thoughts

I really don't understand what happens. In past I have the experience to connect different laptops and external monitors and always it was very easy. Just put in hdmi cabel and all works! I can't understand what's wrong with my laptop. Even my friend's almost similar laptop works with my monitor easy just after put in hdmi cabel. I thinlk, may be problem created by new uefi system or something wrong with drivers and I need some unique drivers for my graphic cards (I am already trying different drivers and ways).

If someone know how to resolve this problem - please, help.

New Dell Laptop Not Working with Old Monitor

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I recently purchased a new Dell Laptop. I have a monitor I use as the second display for all my previous laptops.  It's older but still new enough to use an HDMI cable to connect from the monitor to the laptop. It's a Samsung Monitor.  So when the monitor is used as the 2nd display, the image on the screen is too big.  My task bar at the bottom is cut off and when an application is open, you can see the buttons in the top right and top left to use them. I've tried playing around with the setting but they just make the resolution to grainy when I reduce the size of the icons.  Not sure what else to try?  Thanks!

Dell Latitude e5520 and Drevo X1 SSD 240 GB

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Hi there,

I'm trying to update my 5520 with a brand new Drevo X1 SSD (SATA 3) but it wont work.

www.amazon.com/.../B01CVDC3R6

After installing windows it wont boot from the ssd.

The drive is recongniced in Bios and Windows setup.
I can create Partitions and everything. But after reboot it only says "No Boot device found".
I tried ahci or SATA Mode no change. tried resetting bios (A14) no change.

What am I doing wrong? Tried with ordinary SATA HDD -> no problem. Just SSD wont work.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

regards, Heinz

Inspiron 15-7569 Intermittent power button issue

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I have an Inspiron 15-7569, about 8 months old.  Lately I have been having intermittent issues with the power button.

Sometimes, the laptop powers up instantly when I push the button.  Other times I hold the button in and it takes a few seconds before it powers up.  Other times no matter how long I hold the button in, it doesn't power up.  I can always eventually get it to power up, but it is definitely not consistent in functioning.  

I can always hear the "click" of the button, so it seems like the button itself is doing its thing.  The laptop has never been dropped or subject to any liquid spills.  The power button has never been abused, pressed too hard, used by children etc.  I'm the only user.

I have been keeping a log of how the button works and it truly is all over the board from working instantly, to 3 seconds, to 8 seconds, to never. Repeated clicking of the button does always power the computer up, but something is not working properly. 

I know I can send the laptop in under my 1 year warranty, just wondering if any of you have had this issue or have seen it and can offer some guidance as to what may be the true root cause.  Thanks in advance! 

Dell XPS 13 : booting from SD card

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I have recently bought a Dell XPS 13 9360 with windows 10 pre-installed. I want to use ubuntu and don't want to mess the system at the same time.

So, I tried installing ubuntu 16.04.2 into an SD card and tried booting.

However, the SD card is not listed as a boot option even under legacy mode.

Is there a way to "add boot option" under the UEFI menu???

Thanks for the help.

Inspiron 3552 screen crash issues

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One week ago, I purchased a new Dell Inspiron 3552 with Windows 10. It worked well for the first day. The next morning, however, I turned it on (it had been shut down), and the screen crashed after a minute or two. By "crash" I mean that it visibly glitched for a split second, then froze completely (but with seemingly no effect on other functions). I shut it down and turned it back on; the same thing happened a minute later. After a couple more restarts, I got it working fine until the next restart.

For the next few days, the same issue occurred whenever it shut down or restarted, and again corrected itself (seemingly) after several manual restarts. Anytime from 10 seconds to five minutes after startup (with the exception of one time when it made it to fifteen to twenty minutes), the screen would freeze. If it worked, it worked, and if it didn't, it didn't.

Two days ago, however, the same series of crashes began occurring after the computer had sat idle for too long (i.e., overnight). The number of restarts required to get it working again has also slowly increased. The best thing for it now, it seems, is to get it working and use it at least every couple hours.

So on to the point: Is there anything I can do about this, is this a consequence of my own misuse, or is this an issue that would require a professional to correct?


Replace M.2 256GB with SATA in Precision 3510

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I have a Precision 3510 with an M.2 256GB gumstick drive, which is not nearly enough capacity for what we need. I would like to either add a second drive, or take out the M.2, but I cannot seem to track down the part numbers for the cable and/or bracket needed to install an HDD. I know that it can come from the factory with an HDD instead, but Dell never seems to have the parts in stock, and therefore will not tell me the part numbers.

Dell 7567 4K bad benchmark's scores

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I just got the new inspirion 7000, the model with 4K IPS screen and 512Gb PCIe SSD.
I ran some benchmarks and got following: 
PCMark8 Home Accelerated v2 - 3097 points 
PCMark8 Work Accelerated v3.0 - 4080 points 
3DMark11 - 1280x720 test - 8888 points

When reffereing to this review that is pretty bad: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Inspiron-15-7000-7567...

They had model with FullHD screen, and SATA SSD+HDD.

They got 3850 in PCMark8 Home, and 5068 in PCMark8 work. 3DMark11 is 9725.

All these three are well above my results. How that can be? Is it maybe bacause my 4K screen?


I checked power settings in Windows, they are set to maximum perfomance. 
In NvidiaControlPanel GTX1050TI is selected. 
Also checked settings in the BIOS, all fine. 
Fresh install of Win10 Pro, all drivers up to date from Dell's website.

Is it possible I got a faulty laptop? Is benchmark results valide compliant when bringning the laptop back to shop?

It would be great if someone with the same model as I have run the benchmark :) 

Need help! If someone gives away their laptops to you, ......

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Hi, my name is IAPD3000. First timer

Let just say that someone is giving away their old laptop computers for free and they did not erase or delete their user accounts. What should I do?

I just got two Dell laptops as a yard sale or they giving it away. He told me that I need a charger cord for both of them.

One of them is Dell Inspiron 1010 and it works, but he did not erase his account. I don't know this person and I don't want to ask him to solve it. Is there another way to fix this?

Charging laptop via Thunderbolt 3

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Does anyone know if the Alienware 15 R3 can be charged via Thunderbolt?  I suspect not, but figured I'd check just in case as it would really help.

Problem with XPS 13 9350 and Intel SSD 600p series

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Bought a new Intel 600p series 512GB PCIe drive for my XPS 13 9350.  Here are the stats:

512GB, M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4, 3D1, TLC

Link

Upgraded to the 1.4.14 BIOS before doing this due to issues I read about with previous firmwares.  When I put the new drive into the computer and power on, the power light goes on but nothing ever comes on the screen, no Dell logo, nothing.  Tried F2 and F12 to see if I could reach BIOS, nothing.  If I put the old drive back, it boots fine.  I thought this drive should be compatible.  Is it DOA or something else happening here?

Original drive in machine was Samsung PM951.

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