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Studio 1735 Power shut down problem using AC

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When plugged into AC, my Studio 1735 laptop shuts down at random times. I have heard this may be because the battery (which is several years old) needs to be replaced.  However, the shut down occurs when powered by AC. I never use it on battery power, it sits on our kitchen counter plugged into the wall.  


Intermittent fan rattle / noise

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I have a brand new Inspiron 15 5000 series that has an intermittent fan rattle - has anyone else experienced this also? A quick youtube search shows this to be a recurrent Dell laptop issue. If you've had this issue - any attempts to fix the problem and if so, how did you go about it ? Thanks

laptop keyboard not working

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hi y'all.  i have a dell inspiron i5 touchscreen laptop.  my physical keyboard and mouse pad suddenly stopped working.  all except the f12 and the airplane mode keys.   my touchscreen keyboard works but is a little laggy.  help me please!

Dell Inspiron 15 5000 touch screen lag and stylus question

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I just received my Inspiron 15 5547 computer 2 days ago and one thing I noticed is that intermittently the touchscreen freezes for 3-10 seconds at a time, when this happens the computer is not frozen, I can still move the cursor with the touch pad or with a Bluetooth mouse.

I have contacted tech support and they advised to give it a few days to see if it continues to happen and confirm that the computer in fact does not freeze. I am wondering if this is normal for this model? Or if this is an actual hardware issue with my computer. Has anyone else experienced this? Googling it does not really come up with anything confirming it is an issue with the model and the tech said it is not a known issue.

I also am wondering about getting a stylus to use on the screen for drawing. If I get one like the Adonit Jot or one like used for a Samsung Galaxy Note III would that work? Would it cause any damage to the screen? What type would work best or be recommended or not at all?

5320 hot

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Inspiron 3520 seems to get very hot and cut out for a pastime.Use on the lap blocks the fan intake.When stood on a hard tray it still gets hot and cuts out. Looked at the "feet" which are hardly proud of the base at all, giving very little space for cool air to be drawn in even when stood on a perfectly flat hard surface.  Is this a peculiarity of my machine, or have other people experienced this, and either way, hat can be done about it?

My laptop's touchpad won't work while it's charging.

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So here are the facts: 
-I started using a wireless mouse starting June. 
-And then sometime in August, my touchpad stopped working right, so I had to use my wireless. 
-Then my wireless stopped working and my touchpad started working. 
-And then my touchpad stopped working when I have the power plugged in. 
-It will only work while if it's plugged in if I have my HDMI cord connected to it. 
-I have tried updating drivers, turning the the touchpad on and off, diagnostics, restarting, and all of that. Tried cleaning the touchpad too. 
-Dell won't help unless because the warranty is up. I'm too poor for the $200 they want from me. That's like buying a new laptop. 
-I have a Dell Inspiron and I bought it two years ago.

upgrade ram to 16gb for xps l702x (with 2 slots)

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Hy to all,

please can you tell me, if it is possible to upgrade my xps l702x with 2 slots to 16gb ram? i have read, that one slot means a maximum for 8gb. so i can uprade to max. 16gb. is this 100% correct?

thanks a lot!

Gerd

latitude 6430 case finish poor

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other owners disappointed with the "quality" of the finish?  my new unit finish has cracked around the grey finished area around the deck and flecked off - I have inspiron 1500 and latitude 6400 that look better 6/8 years later so.  Dell comments on this?  I expect the case especially on a business laptop to be manufactured properly did dell make a mistake on this one?  I noticed this series was short lived - is this the reason?


How to get a Service ID for stolen computer?

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I have the order number, customer number, purchase ID but the laptop is stolen so I can't get the service tag to report it stolen.

JOe

Inspiron 17R often won't boot Windows 8

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When it boots up, it works normally... no problems. But the odds of it booting up are getting worse and worse. I can't really count on this machine any more... what a shame. One day, about 3 months ago, it turned on and went through a Windows Upgrade process which took about 35 minutes... it couldn't complete the final step so it had to back it all out. The problem of not booting up has been for the past month. It doesn't matter if it's plugged in or not. I've looked for a solution online, there are suggestions like doing a system restore, and installing Windows 7... but, as I mentioned, when it does boot up it seems ok. It doesn't seem to be something that radical. I saw another suggestion about upgrading bios, but the person said they tried it and it didn't help. When I tried to change the bios settings, I was unable to navigate with the arrow keys to the one suggested to make the change.

I've seen a lot of posts about issues with the 17R and Windows 8, but no conclusive answer.

Thanks in Advance for any help on this...

New Inspiron 14R not starting windows

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Dear All,

i have bought new inspiron 14R first time i start it it get blocked at the first cmd window with a message:

Windows IP configuration 

this operation failed as no adapter is in the state permissible for this operation.

any suggestion please?

New battery issues

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 Hello all,

 I have purchased a replacement battery for my Latitude D830 from a dealer on ebay. It was a 6 cell 5200 mAhz .

The first one was either lost or shipped wrong and I contacted seller and he rushed to send one that had 7200 mAhz.

My laptop has taken 20+ hrs to charge it to " 61%" and has been stuck on this scale for a real long time.

 Is my pc capable of charging this all the way, or could it be defective battery or WHAT? I'm not sure

what to think..Maybe I might need a separate charger??   Any ideas from you guys??

NO UPDATES FROM QUESTION RSISED 4th AUGUST re DATASAFE

xps 13 ultrabook integrated webcam and unknown USB device alert 43

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Hi,

I have a problem with my integrated webcam and unknown USB device error alert.

After warranty monitor replacing integrated webcam doesn't appear on device manager and do not work. I have tried to reinstall drivers even whole windows and nothing helps. 

Please let me know if there is something that I can do to make the webcam work, or it is just defective part that I had installed by dell technician. 

The unknown device error appearing all the time could be webcam but I am not sure. 

Thanks in advance for all the replies.

Adding Wireless 5540 HSPA Mobile Broadband Mini Card

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I have a dell XPS 17 (L702x) which has an Intel 6230 Wireless World Wide Mini card (WLAN) and TV Tuner mini card, I want to remove the tuner card and install the 5540 HSPA Mobile Broadband mini card(WWAN) in it place.  The Dell parts person told me that I could install it, the problem is that the tv tuner card has only the black antenna wire.  My question is will the mobile broadband card work with only the black antenna wire hooked up.(the sales rep. told me it would) but I want to be sure before doing this.


Dell XPS L502x --- Plugged in, not charging

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Is this a common problem on Dell laptops? I had an old Dell laptop that after 7 years of abuse (survived undergrad and grad school), began displaying this notice. I had taken it to Best Buy where they told me that they charging port (?) had come disconnected from the motherboard and that it would be cheaper to buy a new laptop. Seeing that I had abused the laptop and it was close to 7 years old, I was not shocked by this due to tons of plugging/unplugging and having jerked the cord out accidentally countless times. 

Since my previous one lasted so well, I replaced that laptop with an XPS L502x. This laptop has seen little use in the last 3 years and has mostly been located on my desk. But now this message is popping up again and the charger cable is loose. The laptop has only been unplugged and moved maybe 30 times in the last 3 years. 

For an almost $2000 laptop that has not been abused and barely used, I would have expected it to last a lot longer. I have purchased 3 desktops from Dell (not counting what I've purchased for my father's business) and this is my third Dell laptop. Until this, I have had great experiences with Dell. However after searching on Google, this seems to be a very common issue due to the construction of the charging port. 

I have tried the tricks including the BIOS trick, cleaning/blowing out the plugs/contacts, and everything else that turns up in google. Are there other things to try or has it come disconnected from the motherboard also?  

Compatible part for 1745?

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I am looking to get a replacement for the little black plastic clip that holds the keyboard ribbon in place for my Dell Studio 1745.


The part is not sold seperatly which mean buying a new motherboard - ideally I would like to pick up a 2nd hand faulty motherboard and reuse that clip from that but the 1745 seems to be rarer that hens teeth.

I am hoping that someone can tell me if they know of other motherboards (models) that would use the same part?

How to switch to AHCI from Intel Smart Response in BIOS in Windows 8.1 after installing cloned SSD

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I have a XPS-9530 running Windows 8.1. I cloned the mechanical 1 TB HDD to a 1 TB Samsung 840 Evo. Computer boots fine and runs OK. Samsung Magician software reports some slow SSD performance and notes AHCI is disabled. Which is no surprise since the BIOS was set to Intel Smart Response when the SSD was cloned.

I want to know the procedure for enabling AHCI (and I don't want to do a clean install of Win8). I understand the SSD performance will be better and I don't need RAID. I have read many opinions about how to do it, with some users reporting BSOD when trying. It would be nice to learn a definitive procedure from a knowledgeable source.

Thanks!

Battery and Intel Graphics on Inspiron 15z 5523?

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Hello,

DELL-Terry B,

I have an Inspiron 15z and I always installed your recommended Intel HD Graphics 4000 driver which is version 10.18.10.3277 but this was released in 2013 and this driver also causes my system to hang not turning off even after Windows 8.1 shuts down (When I let Internet Download Manager shuts down laptop when it finishes downloading while the screen display is turned off) This always happens, sometimes laptop doesn't power off when Windows shuts down while display is turned off.

I installed the latest Intel HD Graphics 4000 which is version 10.18.10.3621 from the Intel website but I noticed the previously shut down issue while display is turned off doesn't occur so I think the latest Intel graphics driver fixed it.

Now does the Intel Graphics driver have to do with the battery life?

Because I noticed yesterday with the new Intel driver I noticed the battery only ran for 2 hours and 40 minutes. It always ran for 3 hours and half.

Battery Charging and Discharging for 1st 15 minutes when connecting AC adapter on Inspiron 15R 5520

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Hello,

When I connect Dell AC adapter to my Inspiron 15R 5520 laptop my battery is charging and discharging for first 15 minutes but after 10 to 15 minutes it is charging normally(charging continually). Previously when I connect my AC adapter and the moment I switch on my laptop starts charging and it continuously charges up to 100%. But recently from the last one week when I connect my AC adapter, my laptop is not immediately charging and after 5 to 10 seconds it starts charging and discharge after charging for 10 seconds. This is happening in first 10 to 15 minutes, but after that time it starts charging normally and working properly. My problem is my laptop is not charging properly in the first 10 to 15 minutes. Please someone help me to solve this. 

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