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Problems with external monitor not displaying

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Hi,

I have a XPS  L502X  hooked up via VGA-HDMI  to my admittedly older E228WFPc. Dell monitor. I have been using this set up for the better part of a year without any real problems. Then I had to unhook the HDMI cable and when I came to reconnect today - nothing.The laptop believes it is connected but nothing shows up on the monitor. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Wondering42


New Inspiron 15 z got turned off during a system restore.

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I accidentally turned off my Inspiron 15z during a system restore.  When I go to reboot, I receive a  "Recovery" blue screen that says, your PC needs repaired. then gives me the following two error messages....File:\windows\system32\winload.efi and Error Code: 0xc000000f.


Well i cant get past this "Recovery" screen.  I Can get into F12 Boot options and F2 Bios but F8 Startup  Settings only takes me to the "Recovery" screen.  I had not yet created any back up for the OS.  Is there any way to recover the OS if that's whats needed.  I'm at a loss.

Someone told my that my drive is done and needs to be replaced but i was able to do a full diagnostic and everything is fine according to the results.  Thank you

XPS 14 Ultrabook (L421x) SATA II or SATA III?

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Hi,

I purchased this XPS 14 Ultrabook in October 2012 and I just swapped the original HDD with a Samsung 840 EVO SSD but it is being detected as SATA II instead of SATA III.  Is the motherboard on this laptop really not SATA III compatible being that this laptop is a 2012 model?

I tried to look for the motherboard specs online but I could not find the info anywhere.  Does someone know the answer to this or how to fix it?

Thanks!

Dell 5721 "auto power off" at first boot after a long time shutdown

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After I installed Windows 8.1, my laptop always "auto power off" when it boots at first after a long time shutdown (about >3, 4 hours), it's power off when show the boot logo and power as soon as the logo time out. It's only with Windows 8.1, Windows 8 is OK. Can OEM answer for me?

XPS 14 availability

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Hello,

I just joined the forum to compare the answers others might receive when querying the Dell chat for the upcoming availability of the XPS 14" laptops.

The XPS 14" suddenly disappeared from the catalog on early January 2014 and I was told that by the end of the month they would be back.

I've contacted again the Dell chat again a couple of days ago and I was told that the availability date was unknown.

This applies for Italy and apparently also Germany (friend of mine contacted the Dell chat too for me).

So, basically is there a date for these laptop to be refurbished/upgraded or should I give up?

What kind of answers are others receiving?

Thanks

?: Which resolution for Photoshop?

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Hello everyone,

I am going to be purchasing a Dell Precision 4700 soon and will be using it for Photoshop and QuickBooks. Using it in Photoshop will be my primary function.

I understand that Photoshop will not run properly with high resolution Windows displays because the User Interface is not scaled properly, thus, the size of all of the tools in Photoshop are microscopic and you can barely see them.

Ive noticed that Photoshop is listed as a partner of Dell on the website so I'm confused about either there is a way to use Photoshop on the high resolution display OR the Photoshop program will only function properly on the lower resolution display 1920x1080?

Can you please let me know if Photoshop will only work on the lower rez screen and if so is there anything i can do to make it work on a higher resolution display?

Also, would Dell Precision Optimizer be helpful when running Photoshop?

thanks so much for your help!

best to you,

rick

DELL Inspiron N5110 is not Starting

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Hi,

Last night, i had a perfect shut down and from morning my Inspiron N5110 is not starting any more(i mean it is showing me a black screen). can you please help me on this.

I had removed the battery and tried to check if this is due to hibernate problem, but i didnt get any sound or LED when i pressed the start button after removing the battery.

Seems the problem is with the laptop boot.

----SEKHAR

Dell inspiron 5521 graphics card help

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Hi, i recently bought a dell inspiron 5521 Windows 8 Pro 64bit 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3517U processor (4M Cache, up to 3.00 GHz)

It has 2 graphics cards...

AMD RADEON HD 8730M 

INTEL(R) HD Graphics 4000

I use the laptop for playing games

I have red that its supposed to automatically switch between the 2 cards for the best 1 which is obviously the AMD card

but it doesnt seem to switch, it is only using the INTEL card 

Anybody no how i can change it to use the AMD RADEON card?


Can I Run Windows 7 On Inspiron M531R-5535

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I bought a Dell Inspiron M531R-5535. It runs on windows 8.1. I have a Dell USB recovery media. Can I run a copy of windows 7 on the Inspiron? Is there drivers available for the M531R for Windows 7/ Thank you Smile!

XPS 12: Replace bilingual keyboard with US keyboard

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I have the new XPS 12 (9q33) and naturally I strongly dislike the bilingual keyboard. I cannot find a replacement US keyboard. Great laptop in soo many ways but I'm not going to settle for this keyboard.

Anyone know where I can find a replacement US keyboard?

Thanks!

LCD screen flickers and goes dim when screen is adjusted. Help?

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I've had this ongoing problem for several months. For one thing, when I move the screen forward or backward the display flickers. It's not in itself a big deal, but it worries me because my computer is less than 2 years old. The biggest problem is that sometimes when I adjust the screen the display goes so dim that it's almost black. Luckily I can usually squint enough to click a "save" button if I'm working on something important,  but the only way to get the screen lighted again seems to be turning it off & back on again. 

Has anyone else heard of this happening? Anyone have ideas on where I might find the problem/how to fix it?

I have a Studio XPS 13 with Windows 7. 

New XPS 13 (9333) Constant Noise

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I have just recently received a new XPS 13 with the new haswell i7 processor, 8gb RAM, 256gb ssd, and windows 8.1.

I really like this laptop, but it makes a really bizarre noise. It happens constantly as soon as its powered on, like a high pitched whirring sound from somewhere beneath the keyboard. It also seems pretty inconsistent, like it flickers in frequency, and when you use programs (e.g scroll through webpages) it gets louder.

Can anyone help me with what the issue is here? Any help appreciated.

Windows 8.1 and Dell/Alienware networking issues

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This problem has been around for some time from what I understand. I have upgraded my Alienware M14x R2 from windows 7 to 8.1. The problem is with connection to wifi networks. The connection is intermittent and it's often displayed as 'limited'. I've installed all necessary drivers and followed all networking help topics I could find to no resolve. I'm on a college wifi network and am currently on another device, so it's certainly not a router issue.

Any help would be appreciated. 

p.s. Move this thread as necessary; I'm not sure if this is the right place and I can't properly access all forums from this device. 

Will All Dell Drivers Work On All Computers

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There are no drives for windows 7 for my Inspiron M531R. However, will all other drives for other W7 computer work on my Inspiron M531R-5535?

XT2 xp tablet and windows 7

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Hi gurus

I am not very savvy on computer but I have a laptop xt2 xp tablet edition and I would like to know, if it is possible to upgrade this machine to windows 7 and keep the cool feature like:

touch screen, style use, etc

If some one has done this before can you please walk me to the best way to do this.

again Thanks a bunchhh 


Replacement Hard drive with Windows 7

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I bought my laptop last year and somehow the Hard drive was damaged. I replaced it but the hard drive I replaced it with had Windows 7. I need to figure out how to get Windows 8 back on my computer as the BIOS are having issues with the Windows 7. I need help please someone help me.

Dell Inspiron 15 7000(7537) WiFi issue

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Hi,

I purchased  the dell inspiron 7000 laptop last week. It has some issues with wifi connectivity.. Though it gets connected, we can see the signal bar fluctuating randomly and the speed of the interent connection is very slow. I am using the same connection for my phone and also checked it with other laptops and the wifi connection seems to have no problem. The download speed on the laptop shows 0.50mbps, while the download speed on another laptop connected to the same connection at the same time and spot shows 6.8mbps.

I have reported the issue the very next day of my purchase, so far I have not obtained any help from the dell customer support. Finally two days back I got a mail stating that there will be a service engineer visiting me in 2-3 working days. But ironically today I get a call form the customer support and they said the person wont be coming for the next week or so as they do not have the parts available.

Why would you want to change the part  of a brand new laptop which is not even two weeks old????Is this a known issue for this model??

Bluetooth not working for Inspiron 15 3521

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Bluetooth not working on my new Inspiron 15 3521. System config - Windows 7 64bit.

I have updated driver from Dell support but still having same proble. It goes in searching mode and nothing further. Unable to detect the laptop from bluetooth device (phone). Can anyone help?

Vostro 3560 Touchpad

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I have a new Vostro 3560 running Win 7 Pro 64 bit.

My problem  is that I cannot seem to turn off a touchpad function. What happens is that if the cursor is resting on something, either a window, clickable link etc, without my doing anything further (i.e. no button presses) it acts as if I have pressed a button. That is, it will change windows, activate a link or whatever.

How can I turn this off as I am finding this extremely frustrating, as I move the cursor  aside to read something, and suddenly I  am looking at a completely different window, or something activates which I did not want to happen, or, as happened while typing this, suddenly I find I have selected a bunch of text, or have changed the insertion point.

As I said it is extremely frustrating, and the Dell Touchpad setup from the Control Panel does not seem to have anything to suggest that I can change this behaviour using that method.

Another Inspiron 17R SE Boot Problem

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Hi,

My Dell Inspiron 17r SE has major problems booting up once it is turned off, I have been leaving the laptop in sleep mode by closing the lid, 
in order to use the laptop, but this is simply not good enough & now since I last shut it down, is no longer booting into Windows.  

I have read numerous posts from people with the exact same issue and it seems to me that this laptop has serious boot issues.
When the laptop is booted from a shutdown, I get the usual Dell logo then the screen flashes and remains on a black screen.

I have to force the laptop to power down and attempt powering on several times to try and get it to boot back into Windows 8.
I use my laptop for music production and so have alot of sample libraries & data on my HDD's, I have absolutely no confidence in this laptop
and the number of times I have had to force the laptop to power down, is doing no good to the HDD's and it's really only a matter of time before they fail,
I can already hear clicking noises coming from one of them.

I have updated the BIOS to A15, I have ran pre-boot tests and diagnostics which has given no errors.

There must be a serious issue with this particular model, giving the number of exact same booting issue posts that are related to this laptop.

As already stated I do not have confidence in the laptop at all and want to look at exchanging for a more stable desktop model for my music production.

I have only had the laptop since March and it's a real disappointment.

Any support would be welcome regarding this.

Thanks

Tyler

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