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Laptop want turn on

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When I try to power my lapto on, all I get is a black screen and beeping.


Wi-fi driver problem

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I recently installed a new windows 7 64-bit on my dell 15 inspiron 3537.
I installed all the drivers,and everything is working perfectly fine except for the wi-fi driver.
I have installed all the official wifi drivers from dell,but my laptop just won't connect to wi-fi.
What's wrong?

Apps that came with my new Inspiron 15

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I buy a new laptop every 3 years from Dell with 3 years of McAfee and 3 year warranty. So just bought a new Inspiron 15, quite happy with the computer which does everything that I need. However it was furnished with Windows 8.1 of which I had heard poor reports, well it is not poor, it's horrid. I didn't get a touch screen as I want to use a mouse (when I want to play with a touch screen I get out my tablet) as my laptop is for work not play. Had to download Classic Shell in order to get back to a sensible set up. However Dell (or maybe Microsoft) had provided some Apps. The Mail one is unusable (downloaded Incredimail 2.5 which works great). Skype was the App not the program which has far less functionality, had to kill off the App and download the program. I had to do this for several Apps and their equivalent program. The question is why, I have no shortage of storage at 500GB, so why would I have to try to operate with an App with low functionality rather than it's equivalent program. Is it because Windows 8 is supposed to be a graphical OS ? I can see that Microsoft may be committed to Windows 8 but why do Dell continue to force it on us in Europe, in the USA Dell offer Windows 7 as an option. But why of why would anyone think that we would prefer an App to a much more functional program. Come on Dell, you have 3 years to sort yourselves out or next time round I will be looking at the competitors.

Help Needed : Letter "i" key is stuck and not functioning (Model: Dell Inspiron-1520)

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FYI my Dell Inspiron-1520 computer was working fine until a few days ago when the letter "i" key got stuck and won't work any more. Need help to repair the key. Please advise. Thank you. Kang Wai Chin

Dell Precision m6500 laptop

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Hi there,

Hope everyone who reads this is well and headed towards great!

I have a m6500, real nice mobile workstation, and the front latch mechanism broke.  The device that one pushes to release display so it can hinge up, the latch push button on the front.

That particular device doesn't seem to be in the service manual.  A small round pin or roller fell out and the button pushes in without doing anything with the catches.  Actually I think the button's native state is to hold the display down, as it is not locked in now.

Anyone know what is needed to get to the latch mechanism to replace or repair it? Perhaps someone else has had the same issue.  I hope the entire innards do not need replaced, and hopefully the latch can be replaced by itself without replacing the entire base body.

Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions or general process concept would be appreciated.

Hope everyone has a super weekend

thank, Joe

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I cant access My Dell Download

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Hi,

I've been trying to access My Dell Download for weeks now but I'm out of luck.  I have Dell XPS 17 L702x.  I've done all the instructions and fixes I've read.  I called Dell support and the guy went through different fixes and methods that he knew of and rebooting many times, using safe mode, etc...  but no luck and I still can't access My Dell Download at all.

Dell sent me a Recovery and Restore usb and I used this to restore my xps to factory image... I installed all the drivers from the Dell drivers and download. installed the latest .Net Framework, active x, all Windows Update so I can use IE11 to access My Dell Download once again.  I logged in and registered and installed SysPro.exe but it just keeps looping with "Examining your computer please wait..." forever and ever...

I still don't know what's wrong until now.  Can anyone help please?

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.

Inspiron 15R SE 7520 won't turn on

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When ever I turn on my laptop, the power light goes on and the hard drive light flickers but the screen remains totally black and it then proceeds to beep(four consecutive beeps followed by a pause) and continues beeping until I hold down the power button to turn it off. Does anyone know why this would happen and what the beeping means?

Thanks..


Half of touchpad unresponsive on new Dell 5537

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Just started up new laptop(inspiron 15r) and the right hand side of touchpad will not work. The buttons are fine and i have been into touchpad setting and played around with various setting..but no joy.

Dell Inspiron 3520 - Can't Turn Touchpad Off, even by uninstalling the driver

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I have a brand new Dell Inspiron 3520 laptop with Windows 8. Just got it and I hate it already. The touchpad is in a horrible place, and I can't turn it off. The controls do not work at all. I have so far:

1) turned it off through the Control Panel, which did NOTHING

2) Uninstalled the driver, which did NOTHING

I had it turned off for the longest time, then it turned back on, now I can't make it turn off again. NONE of the controls work for it. I'm just about ready to get a refund and never buy another Dell if this can't be fixed.

Backlit keyboard

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I use a dell inspiron 5521(i7/8gb/1TB/2gb graph) which has a normal keyboard. I want to use it with a backlit keyboard.if my laptop can be used with a backlit keyboard please help where can i buy it?? I have searched all over the internet but tired of not finding it. Pls help

Apps rather than programs-why ?

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I buy a new laptop every 3 years from Dell with 3 years of McAfee and 3 year warranty. So just bought a new Inspiron 15, quite happy with the computer which does everything that I need. However it was furnished with Windows 8.1 of which I had heard poor reports, well it is not poor, it's horrid. I didn't get a touch screen as I want to use a mouse (when I want to play with a touch screen I get out my tablet) as my laptop is for work not play. Had to download Classic Shell in order to get back to a sensible set up. However Dell (or maybe Microsoft) had provided some Apps. The Mail one is unusable (downloaded Incredimail 2.5 which works great). Skype was the App not the program which has far less functionality, had to kill off the App and download the program. I had to do this for several Apps and their equivalent program. The question is why, I have no shortage of storage at 500GB, so why would I have to try to operate with an App with low functionality rather than it's equivalent program. Is it because Windows 8 is supposed to be a graphical OS ? I can see that Microsoft may be committed to Windows 8 but why do Dell continue to force it on us in Europe, in the USA Dell offer Windows 7 as an option. But why of why would anyone think that we would prefer an App to a much more functional program. Come on Dell, you have 3 years to sort yourselves out or next time round I will be looking at the competitors.

Alienware M14x Problems

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Hey I was wondering if someone could help me out. I currently just bought an Alienware 14 for gaming and school and everything with it is great but the wireless. When I play games it lags terribly bad and I don't know why. I think the wireless card may of been bad when they sent me my product. I noticed this when I received it but it only does it on games and that's why i never called support because I only needed it for school at that moment and didn't have time to play games. What I possibly think is that the wireless card may be bad. I have 3 years support for dell and Alienware so someone please help!

Sleep mode problem in my Inpiron 15R

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I bought this laptop 6 months back. When i leave the laptop with unsaved documents or some windows open and after logging out, it return to sleep mode after sometime. In the sleep mode the laptop's power buttons blinks in a FADE-IN and FADE-OUT way. Till now what happened is normal i guess.

Now, if i need to bring back the LOG-IN screen, I tried pressing any key but the screen is still blank and it doesn't returns to the LOG IN screen. Instead the power button keeps blinking, I have to press the power button which makes it RE-BOOT.


This is happening for the past few months as i got more work to do in the coming days. I am really getting frustrated when it re-boots with my documents in open condition and works is in progress.


Please send me the solution soon.

my bluetooth is not working properly

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I updated my laptop to windows 8.1 .....but the bluetooth is not connecting properly and I cant able to share file using the bluetooth....i dont know how to downgrade my laptop to windows 8 again ....can u plz help me ....


Dell Latitude E6410

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Hi,

Let me know how to activate/turn on Blue tooth on dell e6410 lap top.

 

Thanks.

Weak and Unstable WiFi Connection on Vostro 5470

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I got this new computer from company IT w/ Win7 on it. WiFi conection is very weak and the speed  is slow while other laptop works fine at the same location. I have updated driver of intel N-7260 but there is no improvement. Please help.

My Laptop is not detecting a Hard Drive already there? Please Help?

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So recently my laptop Dell Latitude E6530 started to give me problems. I knew it would happened because Hard Drive did not have a lot of space. However I did what usually everyone would, scan the Laptop using Dell Software for issues. What I came to see is that there is a hard drive in my laptop that has 289GB space! My C: drive had 78GB.


Now what I need to know why can't I see that Hard Drive? Or why can't my laptop detect or use it? Below are the screen shots.


This is the one, I'm talking about. Every where I looked for my Dell laptop specs, I found Hard drive with this much space but I thought maybe Mine just had a smaller Hard Drive:

Now this is my C: Drive

Am I missing something? I'm really confused. Please help me understand this!

Vostsro 1520 BRICKED after failed BIOS Flash

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Short and sweet.   Attempted a Bios update via Dell's windows utility.  Laptop locked (froze) and I had no choice to pull battery and AC.  Now the laptop is bricked.  NO power period.


Removed battery/AC : did the hold the on / off button for 20 seconds.  Did not work.  Disassembled the laptop to remove the cmos battery.  Reassembled and still bricked.

I'm miffed that a Dell utility did this.

Sudden shutdown, no BSOD, Inspiron n7010

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My Inspiron n7010 keeps shutting down suddenly with no warning. It doesn't have any beep codes or error codes displayed on the screen when it shuts down or starts up again. Any ideas as to what would cause that? I thought maybe overheating, but it doesn't always seem hot when it happens. Today it happened within 5 minutes of turning it on, so I don't think it even had time to overheat. It seems completely random. The lack of a hardware error code is leaving me confused. It is running windows 7 home premium 64 bit. 

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