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Touchpad gestures/scrolling/pointer not working after windows 8.1 update on Dell Inspiron 11 3137

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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?


Precision M6700 giving terrible Performance

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I work as a Video Editor so i needed a heavy machine with portability.  Precision M6700 seemed to be a good choice for this. But it has some serious performance issues.

1) Disk activity is always at 100% even when it's idle.

2) CPU activity is always low.

I am running Windows 8.1 currently. 

Any ideas. I am a corporate customer and would like to escalate this ASAP.

-Vipul

Inspiron N5110 will not load windows

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HI, this is my brothers laptop.  He stated that it just stopped working.. I turned it on and it says loading windows, gets to the Dell Inspiron page and then goes to the Windows Error Recovery page.  It says to launch startup repair, I've done that and it can't find any issues.  I've run the diagnosis from the boot up and it says everything is fine.  The hdd is acknowledged in the Bios and is the boot drive.

I have noticed that it seems that the CD drive is trying to start when it's looking for windows?  I've checked the boot in the Bios and it's set for the hdd, I also hit F12 and boot from the hdd, but it still sounds like it's checking the CD drive.   Any ideas?   Thanks.

Latitude E6540 BIOS update A10 breaks keyboard input

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The A10 BIOS update for the E6540, released on the 4th of July, causes severe keyboard issues on Linux. During routine typing, keys will 'stick' until any other key is pressed. The keys that stick vary and seem random: sometimes it's the space bar, sometimes alphanumerics and sometimes, worst of all, the backspace key.


This went on for a couple of weeks, I then noted that the BIOS update changelog included "Keyboard input improvement." and so rebooted back in to Windows 7 and downgraded to A08. I have had no problems since.

OS: Arch Linux, kernel 3.15.x, KDE 4.13.x

I've also had problems with the backlight coming on on its own, after the lid has been shut, but I have not been able to determine if this is a firmware issue. I do note however, that LCD backlight issues have been addressed in this BIOS update as well. My current workaround is to use the possum mode thingy (Fn + B), which turns off all sound and vision.

XPS 17 bursts into flame

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Has anyone had issues with their Dell XPS 17 bursting into flames? 

I purchased one for my son on 12 Dec 2010 ($1,481.09) as his XMas and college graduation present.  Last night while in his new home, it burst into flames while on his lap.  No damage to him or his wife but burned a hole through their carpeting and totaled the computer.  Same original battery.  His degree is in computer technology and he works as a computer tech for a credit union so he knows how to maintain computers

Jeff

Dual boot: Insirpon 7537

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Hi,
I have an Inspiron 15 7537 with windows 8.1
I wont to have a dual boot with Ubuntu 14.04

I see the partition table:

NAME             TYPE         DIM          USED
/dev/sdb
 empty space                   1Mb
 /dev/sdb1       FAT32       524Mb         33Mb
 /dev/sdb2       FAT32        41Mb         41Mb
 /dev/sdb3                   134Mb          ?
 /dev/sdb4       NTFS        786Mb        467Mb
 /dev/sdb5       NTFS     989462Mb     141840Mb
 /dev/sdb6       NTFS       9253Mb       8465Mb
 empty space                   1Mb

What is the partition betwenn 1-4 and 6?
If I wont to create a 250Gb for Windows, 250Gb for Linux and 500Gb of shared NTFS disk how can i do it?

Precision M4800 and touchpad two-finger tap.

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Please help with enabling touchpad two-finger tap, thanks!

Hello. I'm fresh and quite satisfied owner of M4800. 
As I had unpacked the machine, it had Windows 7 64bit factory installation. To my great suprise I could use two-finger tap with touchpad, didn't need to press physical right button for right click menu options. The sun was shining to the moment I ran Dell Client System Update, it found recommended Touchpad driver update, I installed it and now the two-finger tap option is gone. It's extremely sad! 

I hope it's somehow possible to get this two-finger-tap-option working again.

With hope and best regards.

Laptop won't boot to windows!?

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I recently deleted some partions because I was trying to remove opensuse from my laptop. After I did this I turned on my laptop and it opened the grub command line. Well I got past that with some commands and now when I turn my laptop on it says :

Loading DRMK V8.00...

DRMK Version 8.00
Command.com Build 37
DRMK Kernel Build 15
Copyright etc....

C:\>_ 

It wants me to put in a command line....?
I have already tried pressing F8 on startup and it does not have any effect.. 

Please help!


Auto Disable Synaptics Touchpad when USB Mouse is connected

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HI

Anyone any idea how to get the " Auto Disable Synaptics Touchpad when USB Mouse is connected" feature active again.  I found an old entry in a forum that referenced changing a setting in Registry to Hex 33 and implied that this would make the OPTION become visible in the Mouse settings in Control Panel.  But  it appeared to simply disable the touchpad ALL the time.So I assume Synaptics have changed things since this 'fix' was posted in 2009 I think. .

I have W7  XPS,  and Driver version 15.3.22.0 for Synaptics Touchpad. 

Cheers

K.

Error message: 0f00:75D

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How do I repair error message 0F00:75D on inspiron 1505

How to update BIOS in Dell Latitude E5410, OS is Win 7, 64bit

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Hi am using Dell Latitude E5410, OS is Win 7, 64 bit. currently BIOS version is A07 and i want to update to version A10.

please suggest me to How to do step by step? and if do update can i get good performance? 

LAN port broke due to fall. Does Complete Coverage warranty cover it?

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My laptop's LAN port broke due to a fall. Can I claim it under complete cover coverage programme or accidental damage ??

Dell Inspiron N5010 battery problem help?!

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Okay, so i keep on getting the "plugged in, not charging" on my battery meter . I have checked  BIOS and my adapter type is 65W so the laptop does recognize the adapter ( i have read that the problem could be the adapter if it says unknown etc but that isn't the case here) . I have taken out the battery and held down the power button for 60 seconds but that hasn't worked.I have done the battery health check test on the Dell website and test said the test was passed so the battery might not be the problem but i am not sure as i am not an expert. Anyone help me solve this problem and tell me what could be the problem? 

Wi-Fi connection problem Dell XPS 14" intel core i5

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I have a XPS 14" with Core i5, 4GB RAM with Windows 8 preloaded

I am not able to connect to the Wi-Fi in my home. The laptop is just a few days old so I have not tested Wi-Fi connectivity in other places like Starbucks, etc.


I am 100% sure that my wireless (Cisco Linksys) is working normally since I have other devices and three other family members (kids and my wife) that connect no problem. We are not doing anything fancy with security or firewalls.


I can connect to my home Internet by using the ethernet cable (that is how I'm connected at the moment).


Ironically, I was able to connect to Wi-Fi for a short period of time (about 1-2 hours) a couple times only to see the Signal/connection just stop working. I am pretty good with computers and work professionally in software sales.

I have downloaded many updates from both Dell and Microsoft including product drivers. Ive run so many updates that I couldn't tell you all of them but (as is common with Windows products) I have spent many cycles (update / restart) updating hardware drivers, etc.


Please let me know how to troubleshoot this as all of the standard Windows & Dell help suggestions are not making a difference. (i.e. forget the network, disable and re-enable, unistall/reinstall driver, etc).


Thanks

Laptop to TV, VGA to hdmi cable

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Hello, I have the Dell N5030.I bought a VGA to HDMI cable to connect the laptop to the TV so i can watch films etc through my laptop. Im really struggling to work out how to connect it to the tv however, everythings in the right slots but i think i need to adjust something on the settings. Anything would be appreciated, thanks guys


E7440 Intermittent Boot Problems

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Hi, (Apologies first post and originally posted this in the desktop forum)

I have a new E7440, i7 vPro, with a 256GB mSATA drive and running Windows 8.

After only 2 days it came up with a "No bootable device found" error message. (I have no external drives connected or modifications made to the system).

After removing the battery and checking connections to the drive (LiteOn LMT-256M6M) the system rebooted, and worked fine until it was next turned off when the error re-appeared. 

When I hit F5 and did the on board diagnostics, it came up with the message that the hard drive was not installed. Again after removing the battery and check the drive it rebooted and I managed to make a recovery disk.

Dell, (the support from their ProSupport team have been good), replaced the hard drive within 2 days with an new identical drive, re-installed Windows and downloaded the latest driver firmware DM8110F, (which was the original installed driver) all was well until...a day later when the problem has re-occurred. 

I will continue to work through the problem with the pro-support team, and post details of any working solution we find but wondered if anyone else has experienced the same issues.

Dell M1730 How to use recovery Drive.

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I need to factory restore my Dell XPS M1730, there isnt a repair my pc option in F8 and there isnt an option for anything to restore my pc in F12. I have a recovery partition (D:) drive beside my main HDD, i was wondering if anyone could help me ? Thanks for your time.

crashes

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Our laptop crashes off and on.  The screen tells us what to do if this is the first time it happened (restart computer) and to contact support if this isn't the first time.  Tries to do a memory dump, but says that it failed.  Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?   It says we can disable caching and shadowing in BIOS.  We have a Inspiron N7010.

Laptop seemed to reset self to factory settings...in a way

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I logged on to my laptop (Dell model N5110)  this morning and, first, I noticed that a lot of my icons were missing. So, I restarted my computer and it was saying preparing desktop.  I continued to log in with my password and everything and it looked like it did an almost factory reset.  The background changed, some of my programs I have were on the desktop, such as zune and several other programs I've downloaded.  However, my documents, pictures, and other folders were empty.  When I searched for the names of the various pictures and documents files, they popped up.  I dragged them to my desktop and put them on an external harddrive.  I'm able to open the pictures completely fine; however, whenever I open a word document, it says the file could not be found.  Also, I searched for my programs, and they're there when I search, but when I open them, it treats it like a first time use, asking about basic user preferences.  And I noticed that the cursor for my mouse isn't the typical windows 7 cursor, and the font isn't the same either on webpages and such.  For example, when a program is loading, it shows the classic loading cursor with the cursor and hourglass, and not the spinning blue circle.  I've noticed that my cursor sort of moves around randomly and will click on other parts of a page and drag it to the bottom. I'm running a computer scan of my system (I always have it running) to see if there are any viruses.  I am also unable to perform a system restore point, because it says there are no restore points (I had restore points in the past, though). Please help immediately, as I go back to school at the end of August!!!!!!!!!!!!

Screen goes Grey with lines

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My Dell Inspiron 3520 screen goes grey with horizontal lines during use. It reminds me of an old TV except the lines do not scroll. It started after I upgraded from 8 to 8.1. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to fix this problem? Thank You
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