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New Dell Inspiron 17R 5721 cant switch to ATI radeon Graphics from Intel HD 4000 in games

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Hi,

I have red numerous threads about this issue made everything step by step what people/support says, my all drivers are up to date, downloaded from dell support site, installed with good order, BIOS also is up to date ect.

But when i try to run a game system use only Intel HD 4000 graphics and dont switch to ATI Radeon, despite the fact I add game aplication .exe to run on high performence in Catalys Control Center

Below are the screenshots

and here its says that this game runs on Intel and i dont know how and where to change it...?

Please help me. :)


Dell Precision M6700, AC use

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Hello

Due to extensive use of the workstation with continuos AC power supply I chosen profile that suppose to prevent battery charging to 100% to protect it when on AC source for longer time, however it does get charged fully to 100%. The profile is genuine DELL profile within Dell Battery Information tool, called 'Primarily AC Use'. I generally use battery quite a lot, however I expect to use the laptop on AC for long periods in next few weeks/months and would prefer to not ruin it because of that reason as they are not cheap. Could anyone help, how to set it up to make sure it remains uncharged fully while on AC source?

Regards

Pat

Dell Inspiron N5030 black screen after Dell logo

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Hi all,

My Dell Laptop Inspiron N5030 is not starting up at all. After the initial Dell logo screen followed by the blinker on the top left it just goes black and blank. I have two issues to seek your help in;

1. Creating back up of files at this stage. I have got around 1000+ pics plus other important documents/ files i don't want to lose and i have not had them backed up anywhere.

2. How to resolve the start up issue, if at all and after i have been able to create the back up.

Please help. 

Cheers,

D630 screen black

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Hi everyone,

Have a d630, was a good working laptop . My son dropped it which broke a lid hinge and now the screen is black, if you hold a flashlite at certain angles and turn it on, you can see the icons on the screen. I plugged an external monitor into it and it works. The lid still opens and closes, just have to keep the right side tight to help the broken hinge My friend seems to think it could be an inverter.I want to use it for work, it has windows 7 and worked great. I was shopping complete screens with bezels and hinges on e-bay, $40 or so, but who knows the condition. Is there a way to test the inverter, possible broken wire, are they hard to install? Any thoughts or diagnois would be appreciated, thanks Mike

Battery Issues

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Hello,

I bought a new dell laptop yesterday. The make is :Dell Inspiron 5720.

When i booted the laptop this morning, i got a boot up message: " Battery cannot be indentified. Cannot charge"

However i proceeded with boot up by pressing F1.

And the battery icon taskbar indicates a 42%charge. But it also indicates: "Plugged in not charging"

I have been using the laptop for a while now but i have noticed that the charge level has not decreased and it still at 42%.

Kindly help.

Upgrading help

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Hello, I know Basic maintenance for computers but no idea about upgrading. I own an Alienware M18x laptop. It's a good computer but I didn't realize how outdated it was until I started playing Total War Rome II. 10 fps on lowest settings is no bueno. So I'm thinking its time to swap out the GPU's, processor, and maybe upgrade the RAM. So it all comes down to selection. I do have a budget so a compromise between performance and cost would be best. Any other parts I will need to make it work would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

M18xR1 (purchased 2011)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2820QM CPU @ 2.30GHz

RAM 8 GB (16 GB Max)
2 500 GB Solid State Hybrid drives
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M (1)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M (2)
Network Adaptor Intel Centrino ultimate n 6300 AGN

Inspiron 17R 5721 very poor quality gaming performance

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I bought this laptop which has the built in intel graphics driver but also an AMD Radeon HD 8730M card. 

I am frankly appalled by the quality of some of the games when I run them. 

Some games are fine, eg Mass Effect 3 and Borderlands 1

Other games eg, Far Cry 3 and The Witcher 2 are unplayable - extremely poor frame rate even on ultra low settings and resolution.

These are not even particularly new games!!!!

Far Cry 3 for example, I am running low settings and 1024x786 resolution and still not smooth + plus some weird shadow problems (this guy has the same problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9VXJSYbcLc )

I find this completely unacceptable as I spent over £700 on this laptop specifically to play games using the 2GB card. However, I suspect that the card is not even being used and the system is falling back on the intel graphics. 

How can I resolve this issue? I have installed the latest intel and AMD drivers from Dell driver installation page. Didn't help whatsoever.

Help me Dell, you're my only hope. 

Windows 8.1 issue

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Earlier today i downloaded windows 8.1 thinking that it would be an upgrade to my computer using experience. Just to find out that it make my computer slow and made some of my applications not work and it made my video quality decrease. I was hopping someone could tell me how to revert back to windows 8. I did not have a restore point, windows 8 came pre installed so i do not the dvd to refresh my computer back to windows 8. I looked on line and could not find any solutions that could help me. Help would be greatly appreciated.


Dell Inspiron N4050 And the Keyboard of Death

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Hello everyone, i've had my dell n4050 for about 2 years now.. and almost a month ago, my keyboard stopped working, so i went to a store and they installed a new one.. everyone was perfect up until 2 weeks from that, my laptop out of the blue stopped working.. whenever i tried to turn it on it would start for about 2 seconds but immediately go off... so, i got some time on my hands today and decided to go ahead and open it to see if somethig was loose or something, to my surpirse i accidentally unplugged the keyboard, connected the plug and tried to put it on, it came back to life! So i got all excites and reconnected the keyboars.. but my computer went off again.. this goes on and on.. everytime i plug in the keyboard all led lights go off, and my computer wont turn on.. any help?

My Dell Inspiron N4110 Can not Detect my Hard Drive

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earlier today i restarted my Laptop. when it booted up again a very faint beeping sound started.  after about 1 min of loading. it goes straight to the boot menu and the faint beeping stops.  I couldn't figure out what was going on so i started a diagnostics.  When the Diagnostics ended it said "could not detect hard drive"

I tried reseatting  my hard drive and it did not work, I also have recently changed my cmos battery.

Graphics card Inspiron 17R 5721

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Hi folks,

I`ve got a brand new Dell Inspiron 17R 5721. Now when checking my system configuration nowhere the integrated AMD Radeon HD 8730M graphics card is listed. Now I wondered how to find out if the card is installed or not?

Tnx,

Fios

cannot connect to his wireless network when the laptop is in the Dock.

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cannot connect to his wireless network when the laptop is in the Dock.

Neither the original Docking station, nor the Replacement Dock will work with that setup.

THE USER is using a wireless Connection thru the Docking station. Apparently.

I Asked the EU if it worked with a Network cable, as that is how I always think of a Dock network connection.

He said he had not tried that, and I asked his to check it out (Try it).

 

EU may have to try an Ethernet cable connection on the Dock

Docks may not work

EU to provide the part number on the docking station.

CN-0PW38012961250d8370 -A06

 

Is the dock station compatable with the Wireless Connection.?

 

Factory reset for Dell inspiron 15R

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Hi, I sold my Inspiron 15R I bought last Feb (because I bought a new Dell last week), and need to know how to do a factory reset before I send it to the buyer. I need to ship it off by tomorrow so advice today on how to do that would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank you!!  

Vostro 3450 motherboard specs model: 0YW3P2 BIOS A11

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I would like to know the specs for a Vostro 3450 motherboard.

The model is 0YW3P2, release date 02/09/2012, BIOS version A11.

In particular what is the SATA connection Gbps speed, for both the hard drive connection and the optical drive connection? 

It ships with a 3.0Gbps hard drive and a 1.5Gbps optical drive.

Thanks.

Dell XPS 15z (max conf) - How to disable automatic brightness correction?

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Hi there,

I have this laptop from 2 days. It is awesome except - too much heat when playing games and this strange feature- auto brightness correction (so annoying).

What i mean? - when open some app with black background - brightness go little low, when switch to something white (app or browser or else)- brightness go normal.

I check my Display settings (in intel and nVidia) but i dont find some options which can control this.

I am using Windows 7 64bit Home premium.

Can somebody helps me?!?!

 

 

Thank u!!!!!

 

 

/ps : sorry for my english/


How to disable automatic brightness adjustments on Dell Inspiron

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My laptop is a Dell Inspiron with an i3 processor and Intel HD Graphics chip. It has a 15.6" screen and its model number is N5050. My problem is that the computer automatically adjusts the screen brightness based on what images are being displayed on the screen. (This happens only when the laptop is running on battery, when it's plugged in there's no problem) For instance when I open up a word document the screen becomes very bright because of the white background it is displaying but when the screen displays a darker image like a webpage with a black background the screen brightness noticeably dims. At first I just assumed this was some graphics or power saving setting. I checked both the Intel Hd Settings menu and the power savings menu but I couldn't find any options that corresponded to this description. Is there some well hidden setting causing this, is my laptop screen deffective, or is this just the way the laptop is? I need to know. It's driving me nuts.

Error code 2000-0142

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please suggest me what  require method apply to my hard drive to work properly. I have very serious.

I HAVE DELL INSPIRON 15 R . WHEN I BOOT MY LAPTOP THAN MANY TIMES TO TAKE STARTS UP.AND DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. AND AFTER SOME TIME  THAT IS SHOWS NOT RESPONDING. AND NO KEYPAD MOUSE IS WORK AND LASTLY POWER BUTTON DO SHUT DOWN.

Vostro 3450 add a second hard drive to the optical bay

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The Vostro 3450 laptop has a hard drive which is inaccessible for replacement.

I would like to add a second 2.5mm drive to the optical bay using a 12.7mm drive caddy.  Ideally the main drive could then be easily swapped or replaced.

1. Any suggestions about where to find an aluminum 12.7mm caddy that fits the Vostro 3450?  I understand that the 12.7mm optical drives/drive bays are  somewhat universal but have read about variations. The Vostro 3450 DVD drive is an LG,  [GT60N]

2. Any recommendations on  how well this might work as a primary drive? -Changing the bios boot order to the new drive in the optical/hard drive caddy-  I would plan to leave the original hard drive in place as a clean copy of the operating system and basic programs.  I am running Windows 7 Pro.

3. Also what is the SATA type on the Vostro motherboard for the optical bay?   6.0Gbps? 3.0GBps?  1.5Gbps?  (Will the data throughput be slower for the new hard drive installed in the optical bay using a caddy?  The Vostro 3450 motherboard is listed as [JYYRY 0JYYRY]

 

Help pleas .studio xps 1647

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Ok I want to have the best motheboard there is for a 1647 .I have everything ro build it with .I called dell the official number like 4 times .they dont have the answer the im looking for . So the question is not simple.which is rhe part number of the best studio xps 1647 motherboard with the best and biggest size on the ati amd radeon? Right now I have 2 mother boards . One with hd 4647 and the other  I only have the part number which is 0wdh9c.

Inspiron N7110 can't access Nvidia graphics card

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I received my Inspiron 17R N7110 about a year ago as a graduation present. Because it was a graduation gift, I didn't do a thorough search of the computer's specs and didn't find out until a few days ago that it is supposed to include an Nvidia GeForce GT 525M graphics card. However, I can't seem to find the card in the Device Manager and attempting to download the drivers for the card simply fails. What should I do? Is it possible that I do not have the card? Thanks for any responses!

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