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Restored Studio XPS 1645 No Wireless Access

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I replaced the hard drive on my Studio XPS 1645 and restored windows 7 HP 64bit with a Dell restore key.

Everything appears to work, but the wireless.  I cannot enable wireless using the button on the keyboard and no wireless networks appear.  I have a Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 WLAN card installed. 

The wireless worked fine before the installation of the hard drive and the Windows restore.

My wired network connection works fine.

Does anyone have any ideas?


XPS l702x keyboard replacement

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Hi all, I am new to this forum. I own a Dell XPS l702x.
I live in India and have a little problem.
I accidentally spilled some juice on my laptop, and now the laptops keyboard is not working. I checked whole system, opened it and turns out everything else is fine just the keyboard is not working. Is there any chance that I will be able to order just the keyboard online and get it from Dell India.
Keyboard model number is NSK-DZ0BQ and part number is AEGM7U00020.
I hope it is possible and you people solve it ASAP.
Thanks in advance
Pkalein

inspiron 5720 grey screen at startup, cycle power and boots to windows, every time

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Press power button / restart from windows

  dell logo flashes

   sometimes gear button flashes, sometimes all buttons cycle

then: grey screen

sometimes: press any key  f12 boot options is displayed,  empty loading bar is displayed

pressing any key (including f12) does nothing.

press the power button and the computer powers off

press the power button again and the computer boots to windows:::   EVERYTIME this works.

 

Computer works fine, no errors, updates fine,....

But, restart, and cold boot require pressing the power button to power off and then on again.

Have scanned for viruses, intend to use deep scanner and test for root kits.

 

 

Disabled the swap, and the hibernate functions, no change.

removed, replaced, ram and hard disk, and battery

 

BIOS is set to efui boot option, only network is displayed.   Had to use f12 boot options to diplay legacy options to boot from repair CD.

Using w8 repair disk now to check for problems:

After a bit: "Automatic repair couldn't repair your PC"   and not log file, or other information.

Any thoughts?  Any body? any body? Beuller? Beuller?

Need to figure out external enclosure compatibility for two old laptop hard drives

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Hi.  I've got a couple of old Dell laptops.  I need to access their hard drives.  I bought a couple of USB enclosures, but the pins don't seem to match up with the hard drives.

The first is a Hitachi Travelstar - Model IC25N020ATCS05-0.  I believe it is a 2.5" ATA drive.  I ordered this enclosure - http://sanoxy.com/product/sata-encl-s/.  It didn't seem to line up with the hard drive pins.

The second is an IBM Travelstar - Model DARA-206000.  I believe it is a 2.5" IDE drive.  I ordered this enclosure - http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-External-Enclosure-SBT-EKU25/dp/B0006BGV2Y.  It didn't line up either.

Help!  What enclosures work with the above hard drives?

Dell Inspiron N5010 Ram compatibility issue

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I have read somewhere in the forums that my dell inspiron n5010 can support ddr3 12800 1600mh so I went ahead and purchased some ADATA ddr3 1600(11) agx8 so-dimm AD3S 1600W4G11-S

You can see the link I bought it from here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151237358173?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

I bought 2 of these 4gb ram modules and installed them in my laptop. When I turn my laptop on it trys to start but shows some lines on the screen and sometime like an old tv running analogue signal and showing snow. It then turns off on its own after about half to one minute.

When I go to the bios I can see that the system has recognized 8gb of ram but it says speed 1066mh.

I don't know what the issue is so if anybody knows or has a suggestion to fix this please reply to this post.

Dell Inspiron 15R, standby, shutdown problem.

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Hello,

I bought a new laptop (arrived 2 days ago) and i have problemen with shutting down my laptop also with the standby mode.

When i shut down my laptop he's still running, he won't shut down i've wait for a half hour but nothing happend.
In standby mode he's starting up but my screen stays black.

Could you help me with this problem? I think it's a comunication problem between windows 8.1 and the software of the hardware.

greetz,

Lesley Snijder

Alienware "viking" 18 saga

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Firstly, apologies if i'm airing this in the wrong forum. This is a chronological sequence of woe after purchasing my exceptional product.   Firstly, my unit lasted exactly 10 days before becoming a brick. No joke, it refused to boot windows from the hard-drive, and after some bios and general investigation, it was deemed that both my motherboard controller and hard-drive was defective.  Great start.   I asked for a replacement unit to be sent to me, via a very kind telephonist called Rajit.  I was also promised he would contact me in 48 hours. 72 hours later, no phonecall. so i contacted them.  A few "hurry" e-mails were sent by very polite customer service agents to the relevant department. Progress is being made!  For all you Alienophiles, i'd purchased a top of the range alienware 18, with 4940mx CPU, dual 780m graphics cards, 32 gig ram, 256 mSATA and 1tb standard hard-drive.  After much caterwauling i was re-contacted by dell, who offered me a inferior system (They no longer stocked my CPU, but offered a 4900mq instead) and they were sorry for the problems it has caused. They would, however offer me £350 of store credit, if i spent it there and then. Poor, considering the downgrade would of saved me £300 anyway.  The consultant then said i could spend the money on 1) a monitor 2) a mouse or 3) a bag.  Who buys an Alienware laptop without buying a bag and a mouse beforehand? and is a monitor handy for such a system? i think not.  I obviously refused, and asked for a replacement system of the same spec.  One that worked.  So, here i am, numerous phonecalls later with no remedy to my quandary.  I was told that i was a victim of my own buying power, because "if you'd bought a lesser specced system, we could of upgraded a part to compensate" .  So, in other words, because i had bought the best system, i'm actually being penalised.  I am here, typing ineffectually on my phone, lamenting my loss.  Worst still, my fully boxed Alienbrick is sitting in the corner of my room mocking me.  This is not how a customer should be treated.

Solve a problem with AMD display adapter

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Hi All, my pc is crashing and the message I get is that the display adapter has caused the pc to crash. Sometimes all that happens is a check screen and then it recovers. I have a pretty expensive laptop and don't have the money to replace this thing. Is this a cheap fix by any hopeful chance?

Some laptop keypad keys stop working

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Sir i have dell inspiron n4050 ,

  one month earlier g and h keys stop work but know all numeric keys and function keys and also some symbol keys stop working .Please tell me solution .I am a student and have to work lot on my laptop .

 

I am in much trouble please help me i will thank full to you.

Dell Inspiron n5110 Display Issue!

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Hello Dell Community, my Dell Inspiron n5110 laptop a times displays on the screen at boot up and the other times not, yet it actually keeps working and I can even hear the log on sound even with no display... this happens especially when am using battery power, then in case it displays by luck... then the other problem I will get is that when I close the lid it no longer sleeps/hibernates even after setting it to in the power options as it used to, this is really really bugging me lots... 

All help is highly appreciated!

dell e4200 + mini-card Internet help

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Hello

I have an interesting issue here...

I got a dell e4200 used from someone, and it didnt have the wireless 3g card inside, so i went out and got one... i installed it, the computer and everything detects the card and installed the drivers accprdingly. I even installed them manual as well... I believe when the computer was first built it has never built with the card installed. however all the connections etc are there, including the pins for the SIM card and the wires for the antenna.

i have the sony ericsson mobile manager software to get it hooked up to the net... i have a valid SIM card installed under the battery.

My issue is, it refused to connect to the network... The PC sees the card, detects the card, the BIOs was updated and that sees the card and everything is turned on in the BIOs. However whenever i open the connection manager from SE, it says no broadband card installed, and when i go to view, information, it doesnt list an IMEI etc like as if that card isnt there. Yet in device manager, the PC clearly shows the card there and installed, and working correctly.

There are times when in the task bar where the wifi signal is there, i open that and see that the wireless network is listed there, i click that and it tries to connect but fails right away saying, connection error code 0 and i havent been able to find anything about that error...

im out of ideas where, i have tried everything, rolling back the drivers, installing the latest, removing the card, trying out different SIM cards. nothing is working.... can someone help?


Info:

Dell e4200

windows 7 ultimate

WWAN 5530 card unlocked.

not sure what else you might need to know, someone please help me figure this out...

Inspiron 13z 5323 quickset key cannot launch mobility center after windows 8.1 upgrade

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Hi,

After upgrading my Inspiron 5232 from windows 8 to 8.1, I'm no long able to launch the mobility center using the quickset key. I could do that before but now, even after downloading and installing the new releases of quickset for w8.1, I can't do it.

The other 2 keys (one for the audio e the ohter one for special functions) are working fine. I can launch mobility center hitting Windows Key + X key at the same time. 

If I go to c drive > Program Files > Dell > QuickSet, , I can see quickset.exe and MobilityCenter.exe. If I click on quickset.exe, the mobility center launches just fine; however, clicking on mobilitycenter.exe does not show anything on screen.

I've also tried to change the compatibility settings with no results.

I see in the forum other people reporting issues with the quickset and windows 8.1 using different system. So, it does not seem a isolate problem. 

Thanks

I have Dell Inspiron 15 Intel N5050 and Im not sure if I need a new HD or just a cleaning

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I ran a test on this website and got this error message

"Your hard drive is operating outside of normal parameters and should be replaced. If the system is still under warranty please contact Dell Technical Support for additional assistance. "

I got it online from Best Buy, Ive had it for two years, It recently started blinking. Like the screen would turn black for 2 seconds and come back on. Its also warm but I keep it on a cutting board when I use it..

I dont have a warranty well it expired last year. Im thinking about reinstalling everything and just starting over so it would run faster but not sure that will fix the problem.


How much does it usually cost to clean the fan on a laptop, Ive never done this and dont feel comfortable taking it apart, especially when I need and use it do much. But I need to fix this issue before my laptop shuts down and I cant even boot

Touchpad gestures/scrolling/pointer not working after windows 8.1 update on Dell Inspiron 11 3137

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Just got a brand new laptop, Dell Inspiron 11 3137, and updated to windows 8.1. The touchpad does not work properly now; gestures/scrolling/pointer not working. I've spent over 16 hours getting windows 8.1 installed and then troubleshooting this issue. I've contacted Dell; updated the driver from Dell, even tried installing the latest driver from Synaptic. I even tried setting the Synaptic app to run under the windows 8 version. 

Touchpads have been around a long time. It's the last thing I expect not to work properly.

At this point I am ready to send the laptop back and call it quits on windows.

Can anybody help with this?

DELL XPS M1330 power adaptor not determined plugged in, not charging

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DELL XPS M1330 power adaptor not determined plugged in, not charging

 

my dell xps m1330 is merely 3 years old, and motherboard have been replaced once for NVidia card dead issue. Still i get nvidia card warnings every now and then...

now new problem has been started, when i connect my charger it says adapter 95% available (plugged in, not charging)".  Also, when powering up, a screen comes up saying "The AC power adapter wattage and type cannot be determined. The battery may not charge. The system will adjust the performance the power available. Please connect a Dell 65W AC adapter."

i spoke to dell customer care, they are saying warranty is no more, pay 17.5K INR to get it done. I've told them the issue and they replied its issue with motherboard not the adaptor. As i mentioned i've got replaced the motherboard by dell a year back; so refurbished motherboard provided by dell might have less lifespan and new problem have started. Cust care is not agreeing to repair without paying warranty extension. 

As per research on the Internet many people have same issues laptop "not charging" . I think this is solely dell faulty machine issue which troubles every now and then. Last time they told me replacement of motherboard have 5 years of warranty and now the same motherboard is troubling but they are declining because its not with nvidia. 

Please advise what could be the solution, like me thousand or millions [ http://getsatisfaction.com/dell/topics/dell_xps_m1330_battery_not_charging_on_ac_power ] of dell users might be waiting to get this solved and diverting their minds from DELL products/services to others.

I hope dell will find out permanent solution on these faulty XPS M 1330 provided

 

Thanks  


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.

Dell 14R (N4010) RAM Upgrade Problems

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Hi

I recently upgraded my Dell 14r (N4010) to Windows 7 x64 Home Premium. I also ordered and fitted 2x 4GB DDR3 sticks of RAM - This upgrade is listed on Dell's website as being an optional upgrade.

Having fitted both sticks, i boot up the machine to have it NOT boot into windows...

BIOS see's the RAM and both Spotmau and Hirens Boot disk see that 8GB of RAM is installed, however the windows loading screen just appears, but as soon as the coloured glass squares try to appear the machine will either..

1)Reboot itself…. and repeat, or
2)BSOD with IRQ_NOT_EQUAL or FAULT_IN_NON_PAGE_AREA - (Don't quote me on the exact wording as i forgot to write it down, but am very close)

So, thinking it was faulty RAM, i re-ordered another 8GB or RAM (2x 4GB sticks) and tried again… again nothing, will not boot into windows.

I have updated the BIOS, i have checked many Googled links - none of which seem to have an answer...

Anyone else had this problem or is there away of fixing this problem?

Many thanks in advance

New Vostro 5470 Does it have mSATA port ?

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I want to know if this model (Vostro 5470) have the msata port ? i have seen it in owners manual but when ever i asked a dell representative (chat sessions) they said it don't have . I know currently the available configurations don't have msata ssd pre installed but i have mSATA  64G (half height ) with me so i want to buy 5470 and put it in by myself. But before I buy it I want to be sure if it have the mSATA support ! that's the only thing stopping me to buying it.

I need a confirm answer.

Backup of Windows 8.1

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Hi All,

I bought a new Dell Inspiron 15R this week. I back up my data, photos etc. However as  Dell now ship Windows 8.1 with out backup  disks how do I create a backup of Windows 8.1 if I have a hard disk go as I did under Vista. I guess it's from a bootable external drive such as a USB stick as DVD/CD would require lot's of disks. Can some kind tech kindly let me know the routine & what size USB stick I would require for a reinstall. I will have to do this for my wife's computer under Windows 7 non Dell & my daughter who had a Dell, Windows 8 for Christmas.
Regards......Brims Big Smile

Latitude 6430 & CCTK 2.2.1

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Good Morning:

I had developed a task sequence within SCCM 2012 for deploying windows 7 x64. It works well on VM's, it works well on an Optiplex 780 and a Latitude E6400. The task sequence relies heavily on CCTK 2.2.1 when it queries for and encounters a dell. However, when trying on a brand new shiny Dell Latitude E6430... everything just ceases to work it seems. --wakeonlan=enable fails to return 'success' even though wake on lan for lan only was enabled. Setuppwd fails to return 'success' even though a password was set. This is quite frustrating... Bios version is A13... I can't imagine why CCTK can't seem register when it has successfully run a command on this model of laptop. Anyone have any ideas?

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