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dell backup and recovery manager

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I have a one year old Dell Latitude and just now decided to create a dell backup and recovery disc.  I am using an external hard drive, 500 gigs.  I followed instructions and started the backup.  The screen said it may take 2.5 hours.  It is now scanning files and directories for six hours and the screen say please wait.   initial screen said not to interrupt.  I actually tried to close the backup but it will not close. 


DELL Inspiron 17R SE fan speed too low, reaching 90 degrees consistently

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As the title suggests my DELL Inspiron 17r se is constantly over heating when I play games. I updated my bios and graphics to the most updated versions and still no joy. It doesn't help that DELL won't allow third party fan speed control applications to fix this issue. Instead it relies on the bios to auto adjust, but it is just obviously not doing the job well at all. Reaching 90 degrees is way too hot for proper functioning or longevity of the laptop. 

I know the laptop has higher fan speeds because when I updated the BIOS the fan sped up to max and I could hear it. It was nice and loud showing the power of what it can do but refuses to achieve. Not to mention now, after I got the new bios update the settings button on the laptop doesn't work anymore, which is just unacceptable. 

Does anyone know how to fix such an issue?? DELL, can you offer me a fan speed application solution in order to increase its speeds during intense application situations?? This problem just can't keep continuing.

I am also aware of others having similar issues, but no answer was ever found. Please help! :( :'( :(

Connecting a dual monitor to my Inspiron 1720

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I am trying to connect a dual monitor but it keeps telling me no signal.  i don't know what to do.  Any suggestions?

P.S.

I am not tech savy.

What Kind Of Memory Does My System Support?

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Greetings everyone,

I have a Dell Alienware M17X R4 system, and was wondering what kind of memory it supports. Currently I have 6GB of RAM (1x2GB, 1x4GB) and want to upgrade to 16GB of RAM (Windows 7 Home Premium does not support more than 16GB of RAM).

1. Does the system support DDR3 Memory? (I think it does).

2. What RAM speed is the maximum for the system? And;

3. Does the system support CL11 SODIMMs?

I was just wondering because I want to upgrade my RAM for the system. Last question, would a Patriot Signature 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz CL11 be compatible with the system? And is there anything that is better than this RAM but still 16GB?

Thanks for your time,

Best regards,

-F

How to amend Service Tag on XPS 15z L511Z

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Hi,

I bought an XPS 15z L511Z with a damage motherboard, just replaced by another  and it worked great, the only problem is Service Tag is blank, could you please help me to reset it?

I followed these steps in another post answered by Royan

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19371021/19846297.aspx#19846297

But it did not work with

1) Asset.com   --> error message   "This machine does not support Asset.com on service tag"

2) F2 key to access to BIOS I can change only date, time nothing else

Thanks in advance,

Screen issues

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I have a Studio 1558 laptop running Windows 7.  Recently, when I open an application (ex. Microsoft Word, McAfee, Excel), the screen fades to black, stays black for 2-3 seconds, then pops back up.  It has happened at a few other times too, but I don't recall the specific circumstances.  The laptop is 2 1/2 years old, unfortunately out of warranty, so any ideas are appreciated!

Pointstick mouse freezes while typing

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I have a Latitude E6430 laptop running 64-bit Windows 7.  Whenever I type on the keyboard, the mouse cursor freezes in place and stays that way until about a second after I stop typing.  This only happens when using the pointstick, not a USB mouse.  I've updated to the latest drivers and the problem still persists.

Searching the web for similar issues suggests this may be a deliberate feature intended to keep the touchpad from moving the mouse inadvertently while typing.  For people who use the touchpad I suppose that makes a certain amount of sense, but I have the touchpad and its buttons disabled entirely already since I don't use them, and for me this is nothing but an annoyance.  If there's a way to disable this behavior I would very much like to know it.

RAM maxes out soon after boot up and laptop slows to stop

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My Dell laptop, Inspiron 15 Intel (N5010), runs Win 7 with all updates and 6GB RAM, all original as purchased. At boot-up, the RAM load is at about 20+%. Even if I open no programs and do nothing with the computer, within 45 minutes the RAM load continually loads up to 90+%, at which time I have to restart the computer. The same thing happens if I run some program, only quicker.  I have tried running some memory utility programs to free up RAM but this doesn't help. I have disabled all non-essential startup programs with no change.  Can anyone help me to fix this problem. . Thanks!


Replacing/upgrading laptop screen

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Hello

I'm hoping someone can help me with an issue I ran into recently. I am replacing the screen on a e6500 laptop that had been cracked. The current model in the laptop is LTN154AT09 and while doing some research I came to the understanding that I should be able to put in a LP154WU2 or else known as HT009. It was the best deal I could find and thought upgrading would be nice. However two problems have arose. The first problem is that I guess the original LCD screen was a single ccfl and the new screen is dual ccfl. My question here is, is it possible to just swap out the inverter with a dual inverter for this screen? What if any extra pieces would I need to also swap out then?

This first question is simple enough but where I may have my largest (pun intended) issue is that the new screen is about a 1/4 of an inch taller (the screen size is the same the border around the screen seems thicker) although this model is said to work with the e6500. Is this a case where I can just replace the back panel and bezel to fit this new screen or is this a lost cause all together?

To return the screen is going to cost me my shipping both ways and a restocking fee, so spending extra to get a few parts is a preferable option. So in summery, can I upgrade the inverter to a dual CCFL inverter from the single I now have and is there a way to get this slightly bigger screen to work, either through replacing the back cover and bezel or such, with this computer.

Thanks for any help provided.

USB-IF xHCI USB Host Controller not working dell 14z windows 8

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I recently bought a Inspiron 14z 5423 ultrabook. I can't connect any usb 3.0 devices to it and i noticed a warning sign for the USB-IF xHCI USB Host Controller in Device Manager. I though of trying to reinstall the driver and proceed to uninstall it. Now it doesn't even show in the device manager and I can't find any way to reinstall it properly. Please kindly assist on this. Thanks!

having problem with my laptop

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Hello!  Am having problem with my laptop

everytime i turn on my laptop it keep taking me to the reboot screen and it will not let me goes anywhere else beside the reboot screen in the black and white color

does anyone know how i can reboot it or how i get there to try to reboot

 

changing integrated graphics card

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can integrated graphics card be changed? i heard that it can be disabled by the help of something called pgc-i port or something like that. is this possible with my dell laptop vostro 1540? plz suggest me a new gaming laptop within budget.......thnxxxx

Precision M4700 Lock Status Indicators

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Hello,

 

I am running Windows 7 64-bit on my laptop.  When I originally got it from Dell, with all the software installed, it had a feature that would show "Caps Lock On" and so on when I turned on caps lock, or scroll lock.

 

I re-installed Windows since I upgraded the hard drive and want to know how to get this feature back.  I installed the Dell Feature Enablement Pack, which gives me the "hotkey" menu, but no lock status options.

 

What's the software that shows this on screen? Thanks

Dell laptop constantly restarting

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My Dell Inspiron 15r 8 months old today suddenly started acting up. It keeps restarting after the dell logo screen. after reading up a bit online i have done the following

1)tried tapping f8 to boot via safemode but unsuccesful(also tried fn+f8 and shift+f8)

2)i have run diagnostics no error is encountered

3)i have entered bios menu and made changes to sata interface to ahci and other alternate options but to no avail

4)removed battery and pressed power button with power off for 15s but no result on giving power

These are some solutions i tried which i found online

Please suggest some solutions asap!!

P.s. i actually have grub bootloader through which i can open 3 operating systems i have-win7,and 2 unix based os's however as my laptop isnt going beyond the logo screen i cannot even enter my other operating systems to make any changes.

Should I Update My BIOS?

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Hello friends, Today in the morning I went to http://support.dell.com/ and Entered my service code to check if anydriver update is available. It showed me to Option,

1) Filtered driver results for your service tag

2) All related drivers for your Product

I went to option 1) and saw that there were no bios update available

But when I clicked "All related drivers for your Product"  It showed me many more option And between them I saw A "BIOS" with two files I went and download the Latest A06 BIOS (My current BIOS Is A04).

But My Question is that should I Update to it Because I am afraid that it will cause some Problem to my system. Please Help Me..... Embarrassed

My System:-

Name- Dell Inspiron 15-3521

CPU- Intel Core i3 2365M 1.40GHz

RAM- 2GB DDR3 1600MHz

GPU- Intel HD Graphics 3000 1GB GDDR3

HDD- WDC 500GB 5400RPM

Thanks...............Smile


X200 won't boot, won't power up correctly, screen blank, speakers click repeatedly

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My X200 never successfully turns on.

When I press the power button, within about 3 seconds, the speakers (under the palm rest) start clicking.  It's very regular:  click (wait about 1/5 second) click (wait about 4/5 second) then the pattern repeats, continuously.

Meanwhile, the screen remains dark and blank.  No sign of the backlight at all.  And even if I shine a bright light on the screen, I can't see any sign of text, graphics, or anything else... the LCD is completely blank.

At first I had thought the clicking was the HD, so I even removed that.  Then when I heard the clicking again, I realized it was the speakers.  So I discovered that removing the HD does not affect the problem.

I swapped out the RAM from a known good machine... no change.

And there are no beeps...  I don't think POST is running at all.

Has anyone else had this same set of symptoms?

Thanks in advance!

Microsoft Word and Excel 2010 starter stopped working

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Hi Everyone. Would appreciate some help on this...

 

I have a Dell Inspiron N7110  and one day I try to open Word and Excel 2010 starter , and they both won't work.

I do have an older version of both and they work just fine.

 

The error message I get is the following: That I either try again or repair from the control panel ( not entirely sure how to do that).

 

Thanks in advance!

 

-Reem

 

 

Inspiron 17R SE mSata and SSD

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Hi. Could someone at Dell tell me what I can safely do with my new 17rse? I'd like to do something along the lines of putting a 32gb mSata (no option pre-purchase) as cache for my HDD but does this become pointless if I'd also like to add a larger 256gb SSD as a primary drive with OS on it?

Dell Inspiron start up problems Error code 20000142

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Hi, I bought a Dell Inspiron 1545-8523 for my daughter for christmas :) It has been operating fine until last night. I dont have much technical ability at all. I have however run a diagnistic F12 and it has come back with error code 2000-0142. The laptop does actually start up , but is very sluggish. I would appreciate it if one of you guys could let me know the most cost effective way to resolve this problem, many thanks, Mark :) 

GTA 4 Problem !

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I recently brought a new Dell Inspiron 15R SE 7520 Laptop .

I installed GTA 4 with Patch-v1.0.2.0. .

The Game works smoothly for 15-20 minutes and then freezes or sometimes even stops.

The settings are Medium-

Resolution-1366X768 (40-60 Hz)

Also,I updated AMD & Intel Drivers .

Please help !

Thanks in Advance !YesSmileBig Smile

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