Hi everybody,

I bought a Dell Latitude E5520 in 2011 with a HD matte screen (resolution : 1368 x 768). I would like to upgrade my laptop screen with a HD+ matte screen which had a resolution of 1920 x 1080.

Is there someone here who have already done this upgrade ? Is it plug and play, with the same pin connector (the HD+ have 40 pins) ? What is the Dell Part Number ?

Thanxs for your feedback 

I have a virus on my laptop that is making it difficult for me to use. Example: While browsing Google Chrome, multiple windows will open on their own, tabs open on there own every time I click on something. I would like to factory restore the computer. When I attempt to use f8 when I boot and use thr "repair your computer" option I receive an error message saying:

"Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:

1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.

2. Choose your language  settings, and then click next

3. Click "repair your computer."

I also receive this message when attempting to factory reset through dell datasafe 2.0.

If anyone could provide advice or direction on how to fix this issue I would greatly appreciate it. 

Hi everyone

I have a Dell 17R SE 7220 laptop. I regularly clean its heatsink and fan assemble every 2-3 months to keep it running cool, because once the GPU was fried up and was replaced and serviced by Dell. My laptop is still under warranty.

This time it had been a while since i did that, and the laptop overheated too much. Even when using Google Earth, it would heat up and turn itself off, GPU temperatures soaring above 90 degrees  Celsius..

This one time it got shutdown while i was away. I came back and found it off. Thought it would be another overheated-auto turn-off. I started it up, but then  it refused to start up.

When i press power button, the keyboard lights up, the quickset buttons blink, the Power/HDD indicators light up. and in 2 secs it turns off. The fan does not start spinning though. But that might be because the laptop doesn't get heated up enough for fan to start up. I have checked again for any loose connections, reseated HDD, RAM, Wifi, SSD etc (the ones located just inside the backboard, easily accessible) but nothing works. I tried it both on battery and AC power. I also tried discharging everything by removing battery and holding power button for  30 secs, but doesn't  work.

I've checked the forums. Somewhere it says that CPU pins mights be loose. Before opening it up again to re-seat everything on the system board, I'd like to know if there is an easy solution for this.

Regards

~Uday

Model : DELL Vostro V131
Here is my problem 

When i press shut down, the laptop will shut down as usual but at the end the processor and the lid is still on.. I tried shut down in safe mode but it get stuck at the shut down screen.

and 

When i put my laptop into sleep mode, no matter i press what button, it still wont awake..

May i know any solution to resolve this?

I cant send back to DELL Malaysia because currently i m in UK..

Any help and guidance r highly appreciated.. Thank you..

I am using dell inspiron 15 and windows 8.1 .

Here's the problem.
Whenever my laptop goes to sleep either by itself or by pressing the sleep button 
It never , ever wakes up no-matter whatever key I press or click .
It stays in the sleep mode for ever .
I tried this couple of times and waited for an hour to wake it up but it never did , lastly I had to long press the power button to emergency switch-off

From then I have tried my level best to avoid it from sleeping,
I have changed the power options to "Never Sleep" because sleeping for it equates to dying ultimately .

Any help or suggestion is welcome.

Hi,

My dell inspiron 14z 5423 webcam not working. I try to reinstall the device at device manager but failed than i uninstall it but i can't find this device on my drivers disc or the dell drivers download page.which driver should i download? 

Hello to all,

I have a Dell Latitude E6430 with about 1 year old. I bought it new and I have a issue that I would like to know if someone found the same problem.

Yesterday I wanted to activated the BitLocked encryption in my Windows however when I went to the bios to activate the TPM security it is blocked with a "admin password" and I cannot do nothing on the bios.

I tried all the passwords that I know and I searched on the user manual looking for a default password and I couldn't any. What I think that is strange is the fact that seems that this password isn't defined from factory so I was wondering if this laptop was sold as "a brand new" laptop when it isn't. I'm asking this because it was the 1st time that I went to bios, I can access to it but I cannot do anything else.

Someone knows if Dell can confirm this situation? Is it easy to reset this password? Is it Dell able to do it?

Thank you.

Hi All

I don't know if this issue has been resolved. I have an old Dell D630, when I switch it on I get a grey/black screen. I then switch off and then press the FN + On button when switching on. After that I am presented with a blue/red/white/green screens one at a time. This follows by a beeping noise and nothing happens afterwards. 

Is there anybody who can suggest a solution to my problem?

Thanks in advanced

Mandla Kubayi

Hello, 

I got a Dell inspiron 15 3521 for my boss. After 2 weeks, the screen starts shaking , turning black when he's browsing or watching a film The screen flickers. 

What can do to stop this occurrence?

Please advise

Best regards

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?

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

Hi

Please could someone help my laptop has a blank screen when I start up. It goes into recovery mode then the screen goes blank with the cursor avaliable. I have tried to start up in safe mode and a blue screen flashes very quickly and then the blank screen appears. This has happened before and it seemed to recover itself. I am doing a pre-boot system assessment but it seems ok. The only other thing is the battery has gone and the laptop gets hot. Have replaced the battery twice and it does not seem to be charging at all when I plug the mains in.

Thanks   

My VOSTRO 3450 HOT SPOT Notworking. i tried all the option as you mentioned.

below are the system info:-

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Hi.

Thank you for yout support.

I have a Studio 1555 that occasionally had problems with wifi card. When connected with wifi, sometimes, a bluescreen error appeared. 

Yesterday I tried to resolve forever the problem, even it I had it only few times, and I updated the driver on Dell website.

The result is that the wifi card does not work anymore. It does not see wifi networks. The diagnostic system says that there is a problem and I cannot use wifi anymore.

I've tried to download old drivers, update all other drivers (audio, etc.). No good news.

Have you any idea?

Thank you very much.

I have a Dell Inspiron 15Z.  At random intervals the cursor jumps up to the top right or left hand corner.  The display zooms in so far that you can't read anything.  

I have turned off my touch pad and only used a wireless mouse, but this does not help.

I have done a Malwarebytes scan and quarantined all files detected but this also did not help.

My laptop is only 13 months old.

What is wrong and how can I fix it?

I have tried to turn off the touchpad on my Dell Inspiron 9300 without sucess.  I am using windows XP.  What I have tried is clicking on the touchpad icon on the lower right bottom of the screen.  I then select Touch pad.  But there is no disable box or option.

I need to turn this off since I am having problems with the touch pad and now have an external mouse which works well.

sir/mam , i want to enter the bios to change the boot order of my laptop DELL N 4050 , biosversion -A08, to boot it from DVD , please tell me how to do that ?

Hi All,

New user here.

I Googled this problem and was sent here. I've read that many others have this problem, but are mainly US based. I'm in the UK. My laptop is just under 3 years old (seems I've done well that it lasted this long!). 

I'm more than a little fed up as my old Dell was purchased in 2003 and is still working. I'm not hard on my laptop - it's never taken from home, maintained well and on my last de-frag (2 nights ago), it was in good health with only a quarter of the memory used.

I was told by Trading Standards that I should complain directly to Dell as under the Sale of Goods Act, I should expect something like this to last longer than this. They were interested to here that it seems to be a common fault in the US, too. 

What are the chances of getting this repaired? Will I have lost everything on it? How much will a repair cost? Should I just bite the bullet and buy a new laptop?

Thanks in anticipation of any help/suggestions.