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Dell Studio 1555 not Booting - Beeping sounds. Will replacing CMOS battery help?

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Well my laptop was working fine till last night, I had just kept it on Sleep for some time. When I tried turning it on again, it wouldn't (even the Dell logo doesn't come). Then I tried everything from removing CMOS battery for sometime to trying Fn+Power button but nothing works. This is the second time that I've had this issue in the last 6 months. The last time, the guy at the service centre said it was some Video Card problem. Although, I have a hunch that all he did back then was replace the CMOS battery with a new one (found it to be a Mitsubishi cell - don't know if that's the brand that comes with the laptop by default). So, I don't want to end up spending a lot of money on this again. Will replacing the CMOS battery with a new one help?

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Surya 


Wifi Switch not working - dell inspiron 1525

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The wifi switch at the side of my dell laptop (dell inspiron 1525) is broken therefore I can't switch on my wifi. What's the solution to either fixing the side button or getting the wifi to work another way? 

Latitude E6230 sold Sept 2012 in USA - Does it have CE label

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Hi,

do Latitude E6230 laptops sold in autumn 2012 in the USA have a CE label?

The label sticker should be inside the battery bay.

Could someone with such a laptop look if the label in the battery bay showa such a CE sign?


Regards,

Gerd

M6500 freezes

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Three times so far today (and it's only 9:30 in the morning) my brand new M6500 has locked up.  The video is completely frozen (no updates to clock or any other dynamic video).  Keyboard and mouse are unresponsive.  Pressing the power button works only if I hold it down to force a power off.  Despite this, the disk light is still going, indicating some activity.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can figure out the problem?

Special note: To try to find a common cause for this problem, members of this thread are maintaining a spreadsheet with their individual configurations.  You can access the spreadsheet at the link below.  Please take care as this spreadsheet is fully editable.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArbgwfRFUvfHdDBuT0xhMEkwOVdielJqVHc0MWRFZUE&hl=en&authkey=CM3Qx9YO

Upgrade on Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop

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Dear people,

The first time I tried to upgrade a dell machine has worked out great, therefor i would like to upgrade my dad's old laptop.
It is a Inspiron 9400 which currently runs a intel core solo t1300 with 512 megabytes of ram.
I'd like to upgrade the ram to 2 gigabytes (this would be the maximum) and the cpu to the best one that is possible for my machine but I'm not sure what the best cpu I could run is.
So what is the best cpu I could run on this machine?
If there is anything else I could do to speed up or get a better performance out of my machine, please tell me.

Regards,

MrTheFastFender

(Maybe this question about this particular machine has already been asked, but I'm not quite sure if there are any major differences in 9400's other than cpu. I found other 9400's that use 4 or 3 gigs of RAM which would be impossible (according to the internet) because of the chipset so that's why I'm asking it anyway)

Touchpad doesn't work when any key is pressed

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On my new Alienware 17, whenever I try and use the trackpad while a key is pressed on the keyboard, the trackpad freezes in place. I have tried looking for a setting that this might be to turn it off, to no avail. Considering how negatively this impacts gaming, and with that being the primary use for these laptops, I hope that I am not the only one who this has happened to, and because of that, that someone knows how to fix it.

XPS L502X WWAN CARD DRIVER......

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Hi

I have a dell xps l502x running on windows 7 home premium. I recently bought a 5550 wwan card ( Ericsson F5521gw 2XGNJ) for which i tried installing dell wireless 5550 driver. it was not successful and i got the message saying authentication failed and no compatible device detected!!!

Please help It's urgent!!!

Thanks

Auto rotate not working on my XPS 12 with Windows 8.1

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Just recently my screen does not auto rotate with Windows 8.1 installed. The button does not work to unlock the auto rotate. When trying to flip the laptop the screen does not rotate.

Very frustrated as I use this feature very often.

All my drivers are up to date.


Inspiron 15z 5523 won't boot

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Inspiron 15z  5523 won't boot. I did get it to boot several times. I updated the bios to v2.7. I ran the long diagnostics, "All Test Passed". Now when starting up I get 2 beeps pause 2 beeps. I re-seated the memory. Tried switching the module. Each time pushing the static release button by the memory modules. I bought a new memory module. I put it in both memory module slots each time pushing the static release button, with the same results, won't boot, still 2 beeps. Could it be the system board? This laptop is just over a year old.

Dell XPS 15z Shutdown without warning! Will not turn on!

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I was using my Dell XPS 15z when it turned off (didn't shut down). The system made a click noise and then it was gone; it will not power on. I get no battery lights and I get nothing when pressing the power button. I verified the AC adapter is working. When I plug the AC power in the wall socket, the light comes on; however, when I connect the Ac to the laptop the power light goes out on the AC adapter. The system was not hot, no burning smells. There appears to be substantial number of XPS systems experiencing the same failure.  I have tried a second AC adapter and no joy. I have read most of Dell's responses to this same issue. The fell its a motherboard failiure. Has Dell issued a recall for XPS 15Z since this is a known issue? 

Dell Studio 1737 Media Bar Problem

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Hi all -

The media bar of my Studio 1737 has some lights that have stopped working and I wondered what a possible problem might be.  The right-side lights for wi-fi, bluetooth, and hard drive indicator will not illuminate.  The middle buttons for volume, DVD/CD playback illuminate fine.  It doesn't actually cause a problem, just wondered what could be causing them to not light up as usual.  I replaced the actual media bar with a new one, so I'm thinking it's some connection on the motherboard?

Any suggestions would be appreciated --

L702X Horizontal Dead Lines

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Got an issue with my L702X.

This is a camera photo (not screenshot) of the top 1/6 of the screen. The issue occurs regardless of operating system (i.e., Windows or Linux). It started as a single line but seems to have multiplied. It is either the screen or GPU that needs replacing I'm just not sure which. Any experts out there know which needs replacing?

Spec:

  • I7-2630QM
  • 550M GPU
  • HC9GK1 - LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 17.3FHD, WLED, LVDS, AG, Z, CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS

Dell XPS 15 L521X - Battery temporarily disabled

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Hi,

Another post about Dell XPS 15's battery problem! My laptop suddenly shut down when I was using it. The battery icon says: "plugged in, not charging" and the start screen says my battery is temporarily disabled. I checked the BIOS and the battery is still in good health (it says 90W).

I have so far updated the BIOS and tried to uninstall the Microsoft ACPI Control Method Battery but the problem still remains. Can somebody help me with this? Many thanks!

Latitude E6520 freezes and shuts down randomly

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In the last few days first time last sunday) it occurred 4 times: the laptop freezes for a couple of seconds and suddenly shuts down like the power was off (but it was connected to the power and also the battery was charged). No errors are reported in the logs. The battery has been changed not too much time ago. All the Dell PC diagnostics are passed successfully.

At first, my idea wsa that the problem was related to the temperature, I monitored the temperature and I found that under stress the CPU reached 90 degrees C. Then I used the laptop only with an external fan and I checked that the CPU temperature was less then 50-55 degrees (hard disk was under 35), but it happened again.

I am very worried, what can I do?

DELL Inspiron 15-5547 and touchpad under WIN7

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hallo,

i have my new 15-5547 laptop and i changed hard drives (250GB SSD instead of 500GB WD Blue). i installed a WIN7 x64 and all drivers, but i can't find any drivers/soft for touchpad. problem is i can't use multi-touch function witout it.

any ideas? thanks.


Dell Latitude D830 hard drive upgrade

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Hello.

I have an old Dell Latitude D830 and I wish to upgrade the Hard drive. I  was thinking of going for a Seagate 500GB SATA SSHD Model ST500LM000. Does anybody have any experience with SSHD drives  and will they work ok in the D830

Thank you

Dell 3360 Windows 8.1 Fingerprint reader not working

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Hey guys, I have tried following so many posts but I had to re-format and re-install windows 8, upgraded to windows 8.1 and can't get my fingerprint scanner to work. It detects and I installed the biometric validity censor in device manager, but when I install digital persona 5.1 it says it does not pick up the reader or something , where as the reader is detected and installed in device manager. I have tried the latest driver from dell drivers and that did nothing, uninstalled /re-installed digital persona and same thing. Please help. Thanks

Dell Inspiron 1535 21 not booting

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Hi,

my 6 month old Dell hung upon me today all of a sudden and is not booting after that. 

I kept seeing the Dell logo (without any progress bar), then a screen that said:

Checking media [Fail]

Checking media

No Boot Device Found. Press any key to reboot the machine_

Please help

Doesn't seem to detect hard disk when I go into F8 everything else seems to be fine.

thanks in advance

Dell Inspiron 14z (N411Z) Battery Not Fully Charging

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Hello,

A couple of weeks ago, the battery on my Dell Inspiron 14z (N411Z) stopped fully charging. It now levels out at about 60%. I have tried powering the system with just the AC Adapter and it works fine. I have the most up to date BIOS for my system (version A06) and don't know what to do. Can anyone please help?

 

Thanks 

Touch screen not Working on Inspiron 15 7000 after Windows 8.1 Upgrade

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Hi,

I bought my Dell Inspiron laptop 2 weeks ago with Windows 8.  After I upgraded to 8.1 I got a please wait screen that froze and and had to fix it.  Now, a few days later, my touch screen has stopped working.  After searching the forums I did a system refresh (couldn't find anything useful).  This did not fix the problem, it does mean I need to re-install all my apps etc.  I do now get a USB device not recognized warning come up. Also My Dell says I need to install a driver but it does not seem to be finding anything.

This is the hardware info:

ACPI\VEN_INT&DEV_33A0
ACPI\INT33A0
*INT33A0

Can anyone help please?

A

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