Inspiron N5010: Replaced Battery, Computer WIll Not Boot

January 12, 2014, 8:01 am

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Inspiron N5010, Windows7 Home Edition

I was getting messages that the battery no had enough power to run the computer, so I bought a new battery. Rayovac, which fits perfecty. I let the battery charge for a few hours then tried to start the computer, still connected to AC power. The computer fails to boot. I got a message as follows:

Windows Boot Manager

Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:

Insert you Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
Chose your language settings, and then click "Next."
Click "Repair your computer."

If you do not have this disc [and I do not] , contact your system administrator [I guess that's me!] or computer manufacturer for assistance.

Status: OxcOOOOOOe

Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.

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I removed the new Rayovac battery and re-inserted the old Dell battery. Same result.

With no battery, same result.

I attached an external USB HDD that is a clone of the internal HDD. This time I got some kind of message, I can't remember the details, with a button about doing a recovery. I choose that, a new screen came up saying it was doing a recovery, it was late so I let it run overnight. This morning, whether I have the USB HDD clone attached or not, the only screen I get when turning on the computer is the one quoted above. No more 'recovery' option.

I know that both the main internal HDD and the USB clone HDD have 'Recovery' partitions, but I've no idea how to use them or if using them is appropriate in this situation.

When I turn on holding the F2 key the internal HDD is listed and properly identified. I'm not familiar with the other things that are listed, but none of them are obviously flagged as having a problem.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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Yet another fan running all the time issue on 7520

January 12, 2014, 1:21 pm

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Hello. My fan is running constantly at a high level. BIOS reports fan speed between 5300 and 5900 and temperature between 57 and 91 C.

Here are trouble shooting steps I have taken:

Updated BIOS to version A10.

Downloaded most recent video card drivers.

Physically inspected fan and vent and made sure it there were clean

Discharged flea power.

Ran Dell Hardware Diagnostics, which returned no error code.

There are no peripherals on the computer and the HD is stock.

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studio 1558 motherboard compatibility

January 12, 2014, 1:04 pm

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Hello, I have a Dell Studio 1558 that requires a new motherboard.

The number on my motherboard is:

dell dafm9cmb8c0

REV: C

PWB: A00

How do I know which board is compatible with my system?

Thanks!

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Keyboards

January 12, 2014, 12:49 pm

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Hi I just need the manual to explain how my keyboard works so I can understand all its possibilities.

I cant get a manual, its an dell 5400. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Bill

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Dell Intelligent display cannot be disabled

October 3, 2013, 9:32 am

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Hello guys, it's my first time to buy a Dell laptop and I'm loving it.

My laptop is Dell's new machine - Vostro 5470.

It was shipped with windows 8 OEM OS but I downgraded it to my own win 7 ultimate with full format.

I've downloaded and installed all compatible driver for this laptop with 7.

I hate the auto-adjustment of screen backlight according to the brightness of the background, so I googled and knew that I can disable Dell Intelligent Display to avoid it.

The problem is, even I unchecked the Dell Intelligent Display in Dell's battery settings, the auto-adjustment kept going on.

I sought through the battery settings of windows and dell but none of them could kill the auto-adjustment.

Is there any other way to kill it? It's really a stupid design that dims backlight when looking at BLACK pages. It's all black....

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Dell Inspiron 15r 7520 SE screen model number

January 12, 2014, 1:14 pm

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Dell Inspiron 15R 7520 SE

I'm looking to upgrade my 1366x768 screen to a Full HD 1080 and was wondering if someone can help get the model number without me opening up the guts of my laptop.

Another point does anyone know how many pins the cable is that connects the screens 30pin or 40pin ?

Thanks for any help

Shaun

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XPS M1530 laptop won't boot

January 12, 2014, 11:17 am

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I purchased this laptop from Dell in 2008. It is running Vista Ultimate.

When I press the power button, I can hear the fans whirling, but the screen remains black.

The laptop does not complete the POST (screen remains black).

I tried the FN key and power button and it looks like the hard drive is working (led light is flashing), but the screen remains black. I had a somewhat successful ePSA once before, but it powered off in the middle of it.

I have also tried the D and power button to run the LCD BIST.

I was able to boot into the computer running the LCD BIST one time, and I tried to prepare the computer so I could use PCmover to copy everything to a new PC. However, once the laptop went into sleep mode, it did not come back.

Now I have tried numerous times using the D+Power and FN+Power, to no avail. Are there any other testing methods I could use or shortcuts to boot?

I appreciate any replies. Thank you.

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My touchscreen stopped working

January 12, 2014, 2:52 pm

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Hello

I didn't know where to post this..i have a Dell Inspiron 5521 i7 windows8 and the touchscreen has stopped working..please help me someone ! :(

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Battey is charging upto 43% of original charing

January 4, 2014, 10:47 pm

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It was showing that battery is charging upto 43% of original chariging. but i bought my laptop 2 year back only. is this a serious problem or a common problem.

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XPS 13 Trackpad Issue

January 2, 2014, 2:28 pm

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Hi,

I've been on with Dell Premium Support now going on three to four weeks. I purchased a refurbished XPS 13 and was experiencing trackpad issues where it would either be unresponsive or jump all over the place when ever the power adaptor was connected.

We contacted Dell Support and updated drivers, firmware, allowed the tech to remotely connect to my system, reformatted and reinstalled and had a technician come out twice to replace the motherboard, the daughterboard, the trackpad and the AC adaptor.

Finally, Dell shipped another refurbished XPS 13 with Windows 8. I fired that one up and it had the same exact issue as the first one. I called in to report this and the support group wanted to run through the same steps as before, such as replacing parts, updating files, etc.

I see this post from 2012, but there is no definite resolution posted:

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19441853.aspx

I've seen other forum posts citing issues with the trackpad and the XPS 13. What are my options? Can Dell replace this with another model that isn't the XPS 13? Or does anyone know a sure fire fix for this system?

Thanks,

Radames

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Wifi on Dell Latitude E5420

January 12, 2014, 3:17 pm

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Hi,

Friends have given me their Dell laptop Latitude E5420, which has barely been used.

I am trying to get Wifi up and running on it but with little success. Others have tried, but they are not really very technical!

From basic research, it seems like i don't have any drivers for Wifi, and also a wireless card in whichever socket (I don't want a "dongle", so am happy to buy a card if needed).

However, I don't know how to check either of these as fact, and if there is anything else missing

- For the wireless card, I have looked in the Device Manager in control panel, but don't know what I'm actually checking for.
- For the Wifi driver, the Network Connections in control panel comes up with 3 options. Broadband connection (disconnected WAN Miniport (PPPOE), Broadband Connection 2 (Disconnected WAN Miniport (PPPOE) and Local Area Network (Network cable unplugged Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet).

Please can someone help? I'm pretty sure the laptop is missing something(s), but not sure what, and how to check what is missing.

Also, what do I need to actually buy, and what can I download from the net or from the Dell website?

Many thanks for your help

Victor.

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DELL XPS12 Crashes all the time

October 19, 2013, 3:01 pm

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I have a newly bought Dell XPS 12 and it keeps crashing and then it inform me that it can not find the Harddisk and can not boot up again.

"Internal hard disk drive not found

to resolve this issue, try reseat the drive.

No bootable devices"

Dell seems to say that everything is fine and i should just live with it even it crashes 2-3 times a day.

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Dell inspirion n4110 bluetooth & wifi adepter problem

August 1, 2012, 4:35 am

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Hello, I am using a Dell Inspiron N4110 for the past 8 months. It is working fine :), but recently I reinstall Windows 7 on it. After that, the wireless adaptor (bluetooth & wi-fi) drivers also not working. Every time when I try to install it, it will say after some time that driver not found. I can't find any solutions to these problems. Plz help me to solve this problem. Waiting for replay .please....... :)

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Keyboard Keys

January 12, 2014, 3:24 pm

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I have an Inspiron N7010. The g,h,', 1.0 & escape keys no longer work.

I plugged in a external keyboard and it works.
I have tried removing the battery and holding the power button for a few seconds.
I tried cleaning and resetting the ribbon cable.
I tried cleaning the keyboard with air.
I tried uninstalling the keyboard from the device manager.
I tried disabling the Bluetooth.

Nothing has worked so far. Any suggestions? Should I order a new keyboard?

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Power light remains on after shutdown. Have to switch off manually.

January 11, 2014, 8:40 am

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I have a dell inspiron N5050 laptop with windows 7 and it will not switch off properly. Whenever I shut the laptop down normally or in safe mode the screen will go black (as expected) but the power light will always remain on. I have to hold the power button down in order to switch it off completely. Restarting it is not a problem. Does anybody have any idea what's wrong?

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Weird Fan Behavior E6540 (A02 Bios)

September 1, 2013, 9:14 pm

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So after having an issue with my palmrest (you can check my previous posts) and getting a system replacement, I am beginning to notice some weird behavior from the processor fan. It seems to sit at 0 RPM and spin up to ~3.5k RPM seemingly at random. It basically has no correlation with CPU load at the time. It just spins up the fan whenever it wants to. When it does, it spins up for about 23-30 seconds. This obviously creates a distraction in a quiet room. Whats also weird is that sometimes when it starts to spin up, the system will abruptly power down the fan. So instead of spinning up to the speed described earlier in this post (and spinning for 23-30 seconds), the machine just quickly turns it off abruptly (like after 1-2 seconds). Any ideas?

I have run several rounds of the pre-boot diagnostics and everything returns green. Can a Dell representative comment on what the minimum fan speed is for this laptop (besides 0 RPM = off).

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How to buy a Precision M6800

November 23, 2013, 1:40 pm

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The Precision M6800 Mobile Workstation is available in Italy since September 12, but after more than two months is not yet customizable with all the options as the previous model M6700.

I urgently need to replace my old DELL laptop: can anyone tell me when all the options will appear on the on-line configurator or where to find the list of components available?

Many thanks.

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Dell Inspiron 1525 start up trouble

January 8, 2014, 11:11 am

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Hi My dell inspiron 1525 bought in 2007 won't boot. No previous issues. I have Ubuntu as my OS ( also vista, which I don't use) When I turn the power on I can see the display for a fraction of seconds and then dark screen.. On the left bottom, power and battery lights flick, I can hear the sound of system as if something is running... 2 out of 3 Lights of padlock ( 9 and caps lock ) work. Kindly help.. Thank you for reading this!

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