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Recommended Ubuntu 16.04.x LTS AMD GPU drivers for Inspiron 5565 A10-9600p?

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What is the recommended Ubuntu 16.0.4.x LTS AMD APU drivers / configuration to use with the Inspiron 5565 A10-9600p?

See also my previous related post around problems installing Ubuntu 16.0.4.x install:

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/20012390

Currently running 16.04.1 LTS due to problems installing 16.04.2 LTS but would be nice to upgrade once correct drivers / config setup (and upgrading to 16.04.2 LTS is known to run ok on this system).


operating system loader signature not found in SecureBoot database ('db'). All bootable devices failed Secure Boot verification

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Inspiron 15-3567 showing "operating system loader signature not found in SecureBoot database ('db').  All bootable devices failed Secure Boot verification" after i try to reset my laptop, my only option is shut down. When i turn it on, it shows the same thing again. What should i do?

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Title: Inspiron 5748 Loud constant squeal from speakers at power up

Changing network card in Latitude 7720

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Hi All

Just looking to bring my old 7720 into the modern world a little bit by updating the network card. I've only ever experienced a 144mbps connection despite the advertised 300mbps speed.

So I want to put something a little bit newer in there - however I hear about something called whitelisting where a manufacturer restricts what upgrades can be done/what devices can be installed?

I am a bit wary as whenever i try to install new drivers for the current card (centrina 2230) they never seem to update when installing direct from intel.... just leave me with the 2015 versions despite installing correctly.

Anyway if i put a new card in there capable of higher speeds am I asking for trouble or will this work? 

I would be tempted to try but as I will have to order the part in I cant just take it back to the shop if it doesn't work...

adobe creative cloud and premiere cc 2017

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recently i get as trial above programs and after 7 days trial i decide to not buy and when i try to uninstall

i understand that i cant do it. i wrote letter to adobe and ask them to help me to uninstall but they dont care. so i need advice / help to uninstall that *** from my laptop..anyone knows how to do it..? tnx.

SupportAssist and DellSysyemDetect shuts down the laptop

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Hi, I have a vostro 1440 laptop which lately started shutting down without any visible reason. After checking system logs I assumed there might be some problems with the hardware and tried to run DellSysyemDetect several times - each time the laptop shotly turned off. The same happened when I tried to launch the SupportAssist.

Does anybody has an idea what might be the reason for this? 

Thanks a lot!

Dell Latitude D820 Quadro repair...?

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Yes, I know, this sounds impossible without a soldering iron.

But something confuses me, prepare for story time!

A couple weeks ago I acquired a couple D820's at a garage sale for $3 a piece being told they were for parts.

One had the 110m and the other a 120m and both had the same issue, corrupted graphics.

Well I decided to run one of them without a heatsink to see if a thermal gun I got worked.

I rebooted it a couple times and boom! No more corrupted graphics.

So I threw a hard drive in it  and installed WinXP, installed drivers, it worked fine, until I tried to watch a livestream.

The screen flickered and after a while it shut off and when I turned it back on, corrupted graphics.

So I went and ran the other without a heatsink to see if the same thing would happen, and it did!

So could someone PLEASE tell me why this worked?

EDIT: I removed the heatsink from the first one, and now it works again... This goes to show old Dells are made of magic.

XPS 15 webcam image is overexposed

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The image captured by the webcam on my XPS 15 9550 is very overexposed. Are there any controls available to adjust the exposure level?


Inspiron 17 7779

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I keep having an issue trying to turn my laptop on, the power button doesn't always work to turn the laptop on. I'll try and turn it on four or five times before the computer will actually turn on, sometimes I'll have to leave it alone for a while and try to turn it on again later - and that doesn't even always work!! Has anyone else had a problem like this?? Most trouble shooting says to pull the battery out and hold the power button down - yadda yadda, but the battery isn't accessible without unscrewing the laptop!! What do i do??

back gesture dell precision 5520

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I'm trying to achieve a heavily relied upon gesture on my new precision: the back swipe.  I'm accustomed to it being 3 fingers, but I'll take any gesture better than meandering the cursor across thousands of pixels to a tiny target at one edge.

I found: 

But, while seeming promising, the instructions are too vague to follow in practice.  

I really hope there is some option for this.  It was really useful.  

Dear Alienware, please bring back the m11

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No seriously.  I bought an m11x in 2009 I think, maybe 2010.  Was a super laptop while it lasted.  I appreciate the 13 inch model, but it is just not the same as the venerable m11x series.

I am forming my next laptop budget which I will spend about this time next year, so I'm hoping I'm not alone, and maybe some others will jump on the bandwagon, so that our collective voices will be heard, and perhaps the trusty m11 series will return.

Thanks,

Bob

Precision 5520 slippery trackpad issue

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I just received my Dell Precision 5520 and notice that the trackpad of this laptop is WAY TOO slippery.

Super difficult to do something with Precision (quite unlike the name of the laptop).

In spite of istallig the Touchpad drivers this issue persists.

Any help on howto fix this, will help !

M4600 Can not use USB & RS232 Port on Pro2X Docking Station

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My M4600 Can not use USB & RS232 Port on Pro2X Docking Station.  This is new to me and in 100% mint condition as it had never been used and only turned on about 3 times.

I can use both DVI monitors attached to station, but can not see any of the USB or RS232 ports on my docking station.  My old M6600 can see them all just fine.

If the M4600 can not utilize the docking station ports, it is bye bye to the M4600.

Dave

Will never order from Dell again

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I ordered parts to upgrade my Alienware Area 51-R2 whereupon the fun began. While I made 1 order Dell decided to charge my card for each individual part. My bank approved the first charge but when the second one came right behind it was declined until they could contact me and verify the purchase, which I did. 

I then tried to contact Dell this morning to complete everything. Big mistake. My first road block was the automated answering system. Obviously it was designed to frustrate customers and weed out all but the most serious people. After finally making contact with a live person ( a third party agent in I dia) tried to explain my concern. After much fumbling with the English language and accents this agent transferred me to an office that was closed and they hung up on me. It took me 3 more attempts following the same procedures to get in contact with someone who could complete my order. This agent ran card with no problems. Process complete. Silly me. @minutes after I hung up I received a call from a different Dell agent to confirm that I was ordering these parts. I verified this.

To my complete surprise when I checked my bank account I come to find out that both agents ran my card. So as of right now I am being charged twice for the same order. I called Dell back.....AGAIN. When I finally made contact with an agent and explained my problem he kept trying to tell me that the charges were pending and that my card was not charged yet. He could not understand (language barrier?) that while my card was not charged I no longer had access to these funds that are pending. At this point in time I became fed up and disconnected.

It is quite obvious to me that customer service is a joke to Dell computers. They employ third party people residing in a foreign country and exercise minimal corporate oversight. In fact I think that they erect layers upon layers of shielding to insulate corporate HQ from the consumer.

While Dell produces excellent product their customer service is deliberately incompetent and utterly atrocious and as such I will never order from Dell again until they change.    

how to disable usb 3.0?

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I have a problem connecting my android device, because it supports only 2.0. When I have freshly installed windows it is working fine until I'll get a driver update. In the bios there is no option to disable, maybe somebody know how to fix it?


Dell Latitude E5570 Turning Off

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I have the Dell Latitude E5570 with the Radeon R7 M370 GPU. The issue I have been having is that if I put the power profile to High Performance or to Dell modified to focus on performance and AC charging the laptop turns off when getting into any game. When it turns off it is quite abrupt and the power cable light goes off, I need to then reconnect the power cable.

What I feel might be happening is that the moment it switches to using the R7 GPU it switches off. Sometimes with the Dell profile selected it just stops charging.


The laptop works pretty alright for day to day work usage. I initially had this problem with it but I thought it might have been my wall plug socket that was the issue. Sadly it looks like the issue is popping up again.


Another issue that happens is when I restart it through Windows the laptop's screen just goes black while staying on. I then need to hard power down to get it back.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

No battery present + orange battery light flashing

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My pc isn't registering a battery is present. This is causing the battery light to continuously flash orange. If I remove the charger cable when the machine is on, it immediately cuts out.

I've run a system check (FN + power button) but there is no mention of a battery problem.

Other users report that a BIOS update has solved their battery issues. However, BIOS updates can only be installed if both charger is plugged in and battery is present. Catch 22. 

Has anyone got any bright ideas? 

Alienware 13 R3 - Scratches above keyboard

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This is my first forum post, so my apologies if I've done anything incorrectly.

So I've recently bought an Alienware 13 from Dell and have been using it for a couple of days now. I'm really happy with the device and I have not encountered any problems whatsoever. But, when I first opened the laptop and took the plastic film of the shiny black bar above the keyboard, I noticed some scratching in the top left corner. I thought it was nothing at first, and was okay with it, but today, when I sat down at the table, I decided to wipe it down with a paper cloth to keep it nice and pretty, and before I did, I noticed the light from my lamp hit the shiny bar in such a way, that it revealed a collection of very small, barely noticable scratches going from the left side of the bar all the way to the right. I hadn't noticed them before and I was very shocked. I considered the possibility that the bottom of the chin bar of the screen could be rubbing against it, but that doesn't even touch it and certainly doesn't shift from left to right. What's really strange is that the scratches aren't interrupted and reach from one side to the other in one wavy line. I'm sure I'm not guilty of scratching the machine, because I've put it back in the original box after use every time and been very careful with it. 

I desperately want to know what the reason behind this could be, and how it could have happened. Has anyone else experienced the same? Maybe someone else notices scratches there after reading this? I'd like to hear what Dell says about this, because I honestly don't think they would send me a damaged device.

TL;DR - Scratches on the shiny black bar above the keyboard of my Alienware 13 R3, didn't make them, hadn't noticed them before.

Thanks!

Need an earlier BIOS version for my Dell Latitude E4310

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I am trying to upgrade the BIOS on this laptop to the latest version, which is 14.  The laptop currently has version 04 installed.  But when I try to install the latest BIOS file, I get an error message that I must install version 07 first.  However, the only BIOS file listed on the downloads page is version 14.  Where do I find earlier versions of the BIOS so I can get my system updated to the latest BIOS?

Dell Inspiron 11 3000 stuck in Dell logo loop after system reset failed

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Hi,

I had to reset my laptop but there was some error message during the reset and since then my laptop just stuck in the Dell logo screen, reboot and Dell logo again. 

Does anyone has any idea about it?

Thank you,

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