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Dell Latitude E6400 power won't stay on

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Hi everyone:

My Dell Latitude E6400 P8700 2.53GHz with Win7Pro 64 OS that had worked very good. Recently when I press its power button; it turn on (fan running, lights lit up) about 2 seconds then shut down and has 3 lock lights (Shift lock/Cap-lock & . . .lock) after flashing 3,4 time they stay on>

I did remove power cord and battery then hold power button 30 sec; put power adapter back turn it on , it acts the same like before. I also reseated memory sticks; nothing work!

PLEASE, help.

Thank you


Latitude e5430 fan runs full blast on and off while doing nothing.

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My latitude has always done this, as some similar posts said I went throught bios, There was absolutely no fan setting anywhere, I checked every single category. The fan doesn't just run quietly all the time, it's either off or on. I have tried speedfan, couldn't find fans, tried someone another fan software, error. The annoying thing is that the fan just blows cold air out the side of my computer alot of times, if it is cold it shouldn't be running full blast...right?

E6410 backlit Keyboard

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I have E6410 with backlit keyboard. It was working fine until last month, and all of a sudden it stopped working. Reading all sorts of discussion on forum, I am sure that I have backlit keyboard and BIOS option is activated. It lits up while system boots up but as soon as i login to windows, it stops working. I have no idea what to do. I have checked all the options, i thought of. ANY HELP PLEASE??

Inspiron N5010 - 8 Beeps and thin Vertical coloured lines appear on LCD

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There seems to be an inherent fault that DELL are unable to resolve:-

The laptop on bootup produces repetitive 8 beeps and the LCD screen initially has thin coloured faded vertical lines. After extensive testing and contact with DELL support  I am no closer to a solution other than DELL advice to change the whole motherboard I.e 90% of the laptop. The following may help others or hopefully may identify with someone who knows which component is actually faulty:-

The following diagnostics have been carried out:-

1.       The laptop works fine connected to an external monitor - Except the damn thing keeps beeping so have plugged in some earphones.

2.       Holding the D down on power up does produce the red/green cycle of colours on the Laptop LCD so would indicate the screen is ok.

3.       Despite 2 and with the various internet threads and feedback I purchased a new LCD screen, this produced exactly the same fault.

4.       The next advice was to change the LCD cable, but yet again still the same fault persists.

5.       I then found a downloadable video diagnostic tool on DELL site so ran this on the laptop, the results stated everything was fine?

6.       So back to DELL support explaining all of the above and the advice received is to change the motherboard as it might be a fault with the cable socket on the motherboard !! Approx £75.

I have spent enough time and money being misled by poor diagnostic advice, how can it be a socket on a board if the screen ‘D’ test cycles correctly through the colours, in theory it cannot be the video chip because the external monitor works and it cannot be the screen or cable as I have changed these (Unless the new screen has exactly the same fault).

Unless I find out the exact cause I will not be purchasing another DELL and certainly will not purchase a motherboard only to end up with the same problem in another 12 months or so.

Inspiron 15R 5520 CPU

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Is it possible to upgrade the CPU in the Inspiron 15R 5520, I have an i7 2.2 GHz fitted.

Venue 11 Pro. The volume control button broken down

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I bought it 1 month ago, I think it still in guarantee period, it is a hardware problem so I need it to be repaired. But I come from China the way to fix your computer in China doesn't available in America, I want to know whether I need to send my tablet to a repair station or I should call the custom service to ask for a door-to-door service? Thank you

I figured out the cause of laptop hanging not shutting down after Windows 8.1 shuts down

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Hello,

At last I figured out what causes this issue.

For me it is caused when I enable "Fast startup" and when I let Windows to turn off the display and then a download manager shuts down the laptop while the display is off. Sometimes, the laptop hang doesn't shut down.

For me the cause of this was the Intel HD Graphics 4000 driver which I download from the dell site and its version is 10.18.10.3277 it's released in 2013.

And when I download and install the generic latest Intel graphics driver 10.18.10.3621 from Intel site, this issue doesn't happen.

Dell, can you please find out why the old intel driver causes this or can you please update the driver and fix this issue please?

My model is Inspiron 15z 5523

Please Dell, please update the Intel driver so I download it from the Dell site with the issue fixed.

XT2 display flickering

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I had the XT2 for a couple of years and it flickers the display. It does not happen when connected to external monitor, but there are a few angle the monitor does not flicker. The fix is trying leave it on a stable table and pinching the corner. I was thinking a loose cable in the monitor. Maybe could be fixed by hexagonal screw driver.


WIFI not connecting to office network.

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Hi!

My DELL 15R 5537 (i5, 6gb, 500GB, WIN8, TOuch) laptop is not connecting to my office network via WIFI..

It is detecting networks. but no matter how many times i type in the password, it says, 'Cant connect'

Please Help!

Jason

Screen switches off for a moment with flashes of horizontal white lines when using the Windows 8 Movie/video player app

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Hi!

The screen of my Dell inspiron 15R (i5, 6gb, 500mb, windows 8, TOuch) laptop momentarily goes off with flashes of horizontal white lines when I watch movies on the Windows 8 movie/video player app..

Why does this happen? It doesnt happen for players like VLC.

Jason

Correct Screen?

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I have a Damaged Screen of Dell Inspiron 15R SE 7520 and I'm willing to replace it.

However, I dont have the original screen of the laptop, so I cant get the model number from the back. I searched online for websites who can sell screens that match the model of the laptop but Im not sure if they are correct.

I remember my original screen had 1920x1080 resolution and the screen wasn't shiny (Matte). Im not sure if my laptop screen was FHD or WUXGA which are both 1080p, does they have a difference?

Here is a websites that ship to my country and provide screens that match my model.

1920x1080, Matte, WUXGA: www.laptopscreen.com/English/model/Dell/INSPIRON~15R~7520~SPECIAL~EDITION/

Could some one please tell me that ^ is the correct screen that will match my model?

Dell 1520 Won't boot

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Hi,

My dell 1520 died a year ago. I remember thinking the motherboard died.
 But when I booted it up today, it went past the boot screen, gave some error messages and said something along the lines of date was wrong. I let me change it and boot it in the bios. I tried booting ubuntu through a usb stick and it showed the xubuntu loading screen, but failed afterwards.

When I booting again, it was just a blank screen.

The scroll lock and caps lock blink, and numlock stays on.



So does that mean my motherboard is fine and that it's just the cmos/bios battery

Alienware 14 i7-4700MQ Over Clock?

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Yeah I'm thinking of OverClocking the laptop to increase performance a little bit on the Dolphin Emulator. Can anyone tell me if it's wise to OC the CPU, and if so, how much I should increase the clock speed by? Thank you.

My windows 7 laptop keeps restarting

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When i turn on the laptop is says loading and then restarts. I have just done a diagnostics test and the error code 2000-0333 popped up what does this mean?

Battery compatibility

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I have an old Inspiron 1300 with damaged screen and have just been given a Latitude 120L with a dead battery but otherwise in good order.  The battery in the Inspiron is Type HD438 rating 14.3V Capacity 29WH.  The dead battery in the Latitude is TypeKD186 Rating 11.1V Capacity 56WH.  They are identical in form.  The question is whether I can replace the Latitude battery with the higher voltage rated Inspiron battery.  The Latitude works fine without a battery.

Any advice gratefully received.


XPS L702X will not power up

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While using my XPS 702X it powered down and would not power back up; power cable was in. Is this a motherboard issue?

inspiron 14z cannot see hard drive

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Hi,

I have a problem in bootin my inspiron 14z. Everytime when I start the boot, it always stuck at Dell logo. Sometime, it said that internal hard disk drive not found to resoldve this issue, try to reseat the drive. I appreciate any comment on how to solve this problem. The system was running well just until last night.

Lek

my webcam has gone blank on my Inspiron 15 (N5050)

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hi people,

i went to use my webcam today and it was blank just black when there should of been a picture, i have look in most places and it says un install and it will re install when you restart. that didn't happen.

I just don't know what to do, i am disabled and use my camera to communicate as rarely get out.

hopefully some can.

many thanks if you can help.

Dell Backup & Recovery 1..7.1.2 DOCUMENTATION

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For attention of DELL SUPPORT STAF

I am trying to get (purchase if necessary) printed copy of DELL BACKUP & RECOVERY 1..7.1.2 DOCUMENTATION

I have already been offered version 1.3 on http....ftp.dell.com.......manuals .......

I still have never been told why I was able to purchase datasafe premium when this was no longer supported ad wasting my time! (refer Philip Yip forum)... 9.4.01 datasafe

United Kingdom

XPS  L702X    Windows 7  bought February 2012

Built-in webcam not recognized in newly bought Dell Latitude laptop

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Hi all!
Basically, the title says it all. I have bought Latitude E-6440 by Dell recently with preinstalled Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on it. The webcam is not seen by Ubuntu at all. I checked with Dell support website, and I found only one large file with pack of drivers for my model. Webcam was not listed there. I installed it anyways, and nothing changed. Cheese, Kamoso and Skype are not showing anything, no flash lights near camera spot (there should be some, according to the manual that came with laptop ).
Do you guys think there is something we can do ourselves to make it work?
I fear the driver for this webcam just hasn't been written yet at all in the world.

Thanks to all who can help!

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