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Inspiron 15 3521 not reading disc

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I hope this is the right place to post this. My Inspiron 15 3521 isn't reading discs when I put them in. It won't read any of the DVDs and just today I attempted to burn some CDs onto iTunes but no luck. Do any of you know what the problem could be?


dell inspiron 5721 wifi issues

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My wifi will randomly lose connection, other devices in my house are working fine when that happens and continue to work. It's like the wifi connection is going to sleep but I have it set in the power settings to never sleep. Anyone else have issues with this? It will suddenly say limited connectivity. My Asus router has the latest firmware and like I said I don't believe it's the router.

Computer not sleeping

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I have a Latitude E4300 running Windows 7 professional.  I have the power options set to sleep when the lid is closed.  Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't.  When it doesn't, I have to restart, and I always get the option to run in safe mode if I want to.  I tell it to start Windows normally, and everything's fine after that.  I'mm pretty sure this is a hardware problem because I used to have an HP notebook, and it worked fine.

Inspiron M5010 laptop touchpad won't disable

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When I attach my wireless mouse to my to Inspiron M5010 laptop, the touchpad won't disable.  There is a enable/disable function key, but it doesn't work.  I also looked into Control Panel options but didn't find any.  Any suggestions about how to disable the touchpad?

firmware update 17R se 7720

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I have dell inspiron 17R se 7720
I wanna update the firmware for my SSD PM830 msata 32 gb drive (firmware version : CXM12D1Q ) ,as stated by Intel SSD toolbox software
I tried to use dell system detect ,to do the update and diagnose automatically ,but during the installation ,every time a message pop up that it stopped working !
I tried intel SSD toolbox ,but it just give me the model of the drive and all the other options is blocked (update firmware included )
Since the model of the SSD is Samsung , i guessed that i might find the update in Samsung website ,i used Samsung magician software ,but also same as Intel SSD toolbox 
I ran a system analyize from dell ,and update the bios ,but wasn't able to diagnose or fix the laptop ar update the firmware of the SSD

F2 and F12 keys do not work at startup on Latitude E6510 Notebook

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I have been trying to get to the system setup menu by pressing the F2 key at startup and the boot menu by pressing the F12 key at startup.  Neither key works.  The notebook proceeds into Windows startup (I am running Win 7 Pro 32-bit).  How can I get to the system setup menu and the boot menu on this notebook?

Stripped Screw

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I have a Dell Studio 17 - I went to replace the keyboard this morning and one screw was in super tight. Despite my efforts to be careful, I ended up stripping it. Obviously - being a laptop, my options are limited (plus, being in Europe - they're even more limited! Grrrr). I tried the rubber band bit...no luck. It's in there really tight.

Any other options? I am going to try to get a hot glue gun to see if that might help. Anyone ever try a Grabit? If it really works, I'll see if I can't get my parents to send me one.

Inspiron 7537 Bluetooth Issue

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I bought three new Dell products at the beginning of March. Since then, I have been dealing with a variety of issues with each of them. The current issue I can't seem to get solved is with the Inspiron 7537 Bluetooth. I have a bluetooth keyboard and mouse (both Microsoft Brand) connected (sometimes) to it as it is used mainly as a desktop. The problem is that several times a day, they disconnect and the Bluetooth driver totally disappears. Sometimes, the driver reappears (in device manager) and I can connect them again). Not sure how to solve this one. Any suggestions?


Latitude 5430 / 6430 Random Freezing

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Our organization uses both the 6430 and 5430 as the laptop standard pending what the position being filled is. Previously we were using 5420's and we ran into the exact same issue with freezing. Since then we contacted Dell support and our Account Rep got our systems replaced unit for unit due to the excessive failure of the 5420's making it impossible to work through the day.

We have replaced the 5420's with 5430's and 6430's and we continue to see random freezing. We are running the following:

6430

- Windows 7 x64

- Bios A13

- 8GB of RAM

- Office 2010

5430

- Windows 7 x64

- Bios A12

- 8GB of RAM

- Office 2010

Each model has the same issue as the old 5420's in that it freezes randomly for no apparent reason. This happens to clients several times a day. Has anyone else experienced this issue with these models? If so, what did you do to address the issue. To my knowledge Dell is VERY aware of the ESD issue that exists with the 5420 model. This appears to be more carry over of the same.

Inspiron 15 Series

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how do you fix the "ghost touching" on an inspiron 15 7000 series?

Dell Lattitude E6220 Touchpad Not Working

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Hi,

My touchpad has stopped working, it does not appear in device manager, I have installed the latest drivers and updated the BIOS to A13, tried the hotkeys (FN+F5), all to no avail.

Does anyone know how I could fix this?

Thanks!

Dell 1525 Inspiron

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My daughter 1525 is have the following problem: When trying to restore. I get a message the recovery partition is corrupt. The laptop battery won't charge new or old. The laptop won't recognize a disk while trying to make a recovery. Last the cursor jumps while typing? Any help I would be grateful. Kevin

Dell Inspiron 15 3520 Display Problem

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Hello,

My laptop is only 4 months out of warranty and the display becomes impossible to read out regularly.  I cannot have it off of a flat surface or move it at all.  So far, if I do not move it at all, it will work.   However, if I sit with it on my lap for any amount of time, the display becomes impossible to read - not black - just all white and part of the screen is all the colors/pixels slanted.  Does anyone know how to fix it?

Thank you.

Model: Inspiron 15 3520

Memory diagnostics

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I have recently acquired a s/h XPS L502x(Core I7). I have increased the memory to 8Gb(2x4Gb) and although I haven't had any crashes or BSOD's (yet) there may be a problem: Running the Dell extended diagnostics returns error code 2000-0123 for several tests, starting with MATS Running the Windows extended diagnostics it hangs at 21% Running Memtest86 returns no errors after 1 pass. Crucial tell me that there is probably nothing wrong, but when out of three tests one reports that there is and another fails I am not so sure. Does anyone have any ideas? (I'm running W7 Home Premium) Thanks PS I have tried each module by itself in each slot with the Dell diagnostics, and only one of them returns errors.

XPS 15 9530 - Noise problem?

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Hi all,

I just got my new XPS 15, amazing laptop but there's 1 big problem,

A high-pitched scratching/screeching noise is produced from the power button area ONLY when the power is plugged in and the battery is fully charged.

I've seen other forums and others have exactly the same problem, Any ideas?

I found this example http://z.mk/e6vq , the power is plugged into the laptop at 6 seconds.

Thanks


type 1/2 pcmcia

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in the latitude family, id need to know which of them would come with the type 1 and which of them would come with type 2 PCMCIA slots.somebody can clear that to me?

Dell 15-7537 replace screen panel 720p to 1080p

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I have 15-7537 and my screen panel 720p. Now, i want to change my panel 720p to 1080p matte panel. But i dont know complatible screen panel. How can i learn this info? Could you post panel id if you have 1080p model?

Inspiron B130 network drivers

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I have an old B130 laptop wich has been in storage for a couple years now. I cannot connect to the internet through my wireless due ti I think the drivers are not there. I have tried to download them to a memory stick and load them but it won't take it. What do I need to do or buy? Thanks in advance, Gene

Windows 8.1 problems during installation.

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Hi all,

I have a new Inspiron 14'' (7437). Some weeks ago, after a reboot, Windows Boot Manager show me an error about MBR sector (or something as missing /Boot/BCD error).

After many fix and test, recovery from a live usb, etc. I decide to reinstall Windows 8.1.

Some questions :

1)Where is the good old "OEM CD" ? Dell doesn't ship more it? I tried to access on DELL partition for a reinstallation, with Dell Factory Reset Mode, I tried CTRL+F9, CTRL+ F11, F8, CTRL+ALT+F9, CTRL+ALT+F11, but NOTHING. No access to it. Any other mode to reinstall Windows from DELL (PBR Image) partition? If I cannot access to that partition, DELL give us an SO download from somwhere?

2)I tried to install a generic Windows 8.1 Pro version (UEFI Mode in BIOS). After the reboot during installation (preparing files phase), my pc go every time in the USB drive again and try to re-install Windows showing start screen language again. If I remove the Usb pen (I tried to force it to go in HDD), it show me "no bootable devices" error. What Is wrong?


Please, DELL support or some desperate user as me, could you suggest me some trick to solve this ugly situation? :(

Thank you very much

Pierpaolo

Windows won't boot after using recovery disk

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Status 0xc000000e is what i keep getting. Windows boots fine from disk, but won't boot after restart. What's causing this?

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