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Inspiron 1764 stuck on POST

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My buddy asked me to fix his laptop which was having 'windows issues' but I'm stumped, I can't even get it to boot.  He tells me 'this was not happening before', but thankfully I had him take it out of his bag and turn it on when he brought it over, so he knows it's nothing I did.

Anyway, during POST, the status bar goes about 2/3rds of the way across and just stops.  F2 and F12 do nothing (even immediately after turning on the laptop and just spamming the keys).  It never gets past this point.  I reseated the DVD drive, memory and hard drive, just in case, but it didn't help.  

Anybody seen this before or have any ideas?  I could only find one reference to this problem on a different model via google, and reseating the DVD drive solved it for that one individual.


Dell Studio 1535 A/C power does not work

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It powers on using the battery.  When plugged in the battery does not charge and it will not power on using just the AC power. 


I tried changing to a known good AC power adapter from another Dell laptop.  Did not work.   Battery works.

I tried installing a new power plug.  (took apart most of the laptop to get at it).  Did not work.  Battery works.

Can I assume the mother board is OK since the battery power works and they both connect in the same area.

Rugged extreme sirfstarV nmea question

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I have a new dell rugged extreme laptop with dedicated sirfstarV gps module. I was told by dell before I purchased that it supported nmea protocol. However it came default with the sirf protocol enabled. Does anyone know how to change to nmea? Is special software needed? If so where do I get it from?

Studio 1558 fan issues

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My laptop, studio 1558’s fan stopped working on Oct 3, 2014. These are the things I tried before it came back to action:

1. Slapped the back of laptop – No improvement

2. Tried updating the bios – No improvement (updated to 2012 version of BIOS)

3. Ran Speedfan to see the core temperature – Temp was going to 90s and laptop was shutting down

4. Searched for option in BIOS to manually control fan – No such option in studio

5. Tried installing i8kfangui, some code written to manually control studio fan – Couldn’t install the x64 version on windows 7 as it required driver signature, but no driver signature was found on i8kfangui driver

6. Restarted the windows after disabling driver signature required option – Before windows logo comes, press F8. There will be lot of options for modes of windows – Still wasn’t able to install

7. Tried system restore – System restore failed because of some idiotic reason

8. Cleaned the fan vents using a hand dryer – hurray, fan started working, should have done this first

 

Need help w/ XPS 18 KB/mouse problem can't pair!!!!

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i can't pair my KB/Mouse (logitech KM714) that came with XPS 18 and i have tried download new driver and still didn't work. search thru the forum and haven't found the answer yet. plz help thanks

Inspiron 5421 (i7, 6GB RAM) : Integrated Webcam Always show Disconnected or Couldn't be initialized

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Hello,

 In my Dell Inspiron 5421, integrated Webcam is not working, always appears in hidden devices and shows device is disconnected.

 I even tried to reinstall Chipset many time but no success.

 Please help me if there is any other process of installation or if it is having some special setup files or drivers.

Information about Inspirion

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Hello everyone!

I have just got my Dell Inspirion 15r with intel i7 that turbo boosts to 3.0 and graphic card amd radeon with 2gb.

Can I turn off graphic card and use integrated intel hd 4400, to save battery life?

How to turbo boost processor? I read that it should do it automatically, but it doesn't go over 1.8ghz.

Any help?

Thnk you in advance!

Dell 7537 HDMI problem

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Hi,

I plugged my HDMI to VGA cable on my Dell 7537. It does not gives any display on screen attached to it.. Laptop doesnt even makes any sound when HDMI calble gets conneted.  What should i do?


PCI bus driver crash error

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My Dell Inspiron recently visited customer service centre in Bangalore, India. After 1 month of usage when I visited My Dell>Check Up>Blue Screen Troubleshooter, it shows several errors regarding
The "PCI bus" appears to have caused a system crash. Every error are within 2-3 days interval.
I am running windows 8.1 with all drivers updated.
My USB slots are sometimes not working seems loose to me, and DVD drive also loses contact.
Also when I close the lid on battery (I have sleep setting), laptop generally never wakes back. Its running but the hard disk light never blinks. After a hard shutdown, everything comes back to normal.

Flip Function Key on Inspirion 17 5000 series

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I just bought this laptop and notice i now have to hold down the Fn key to activate the function keys.  Is it possible to make the Function keys the default so i don't need to press Fn in order to use them?

Alienware 14 : Scratches on touchpad / Peeling off rubber on lid

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I've been using my Alienware 14 for quite sometime now. I recently started noticing scratches on my touchpad. Now it feels a lot rough to use it and I actually have to use my USB mouse so that it doesn't get scratched fully. Also, there's the rubber on the front lid edges have started peeling off giving a bad look to the laptop. 

I guess no one deserves a bad looking laptop after paying such a premium price for Alienware laptops.

Anyone else facing the same problems as me?

Dell shipped wrong hard drive size for laptop

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I just found out my laptop was shipped 6 months ago with wrong smaller hard drive. I am wondering anyone else having the similar issue. Is this a common practice or just an incident of honest mistake? Anyone has suggestion to effectively resolve the problem. I spent 45 min to call customer care and pushed around through 5 persons and end up told to call the number I begin with.

I fell I am cheated by Dell now. 

My dell laptop sucks

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I have been with dell for many years and this will be my last purchase. I have been arguing with them about my issues and my issues are my laptop frezzes all the time the windows software crashes I get nothing from this machine been contacting dell a month after I got the replaced hard driver replace and reframed over a dozen of times, replace hard drive and no one wants to help me tried to get on it today and keeps on crashing so sick of sending it in

inspiron 15 i5 4210u 12gb 15.6' - battery

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Hi

just bought the laptop - what is the best way to keep the battery alive for the longest time?

is it recommended to always connect my laptop to the electricity, or wait untill 100%, unplug, and when reach 5% plug again?

thanks

Can't boot to BIOS/UEFI dell XPS 13 9333

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I'm current owner of a dell xps 13 9333 that after I've changed the uefi option to legacy can't boot or access BIOS. I've tried F2/f12/fn+PW (works), different keyboard, etc. Useless.

I have tried a USB boot win8 (nfts) and nothing. Operation system not found and no boot device found.

I'm pisst off with my dell. I'm serious. A 1000£ laptop can't do a simple BIOS options?????

How the hell I access my bioooosss?????


Administrator logon requires a password. New computer Dell Insprion 15R 5537

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I purchased my new laptop in July 2014.  I have just now started loading software and configuring my machine to my preferences.  Today I had a need to access the Administrator's account. I did have to establish access to the Admin account which I have done.  Now when I attempt to logon, it asks for a password.  I have attempted to bypass the password screen but that does not work.  Note - - I do not use a password to logon to my account.  No passwords have been used with the machine.  It would appear I need a password from Dell to get into my computer Admin account.  

Can someone please advise.

Dave

Vostro 1550 beeping on startup

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HI,

When powering on my Dell Vostro 1550 I get 5 loud beeps, pause, 5 loud beeps...5...5...  Once the home screen begins to appear the 5 beeps decrease in volume but continue to deep faintly the entire time the laptop is ON.

This problem starts whenever I use HDMI output of my Laptop and then disappears over a period of time. I have checked on the internet and every one suggests that it is because of CMOS battery failure; however, in my case if I reboot the system the time does not change, so it cannot be CMOS battery.

Can anybody suggest a solution?

Inspiron M731R/5735 battery is not charging

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bought Dec 2012 -battery is at 17%, plugged in but not charging.


I recently had to get a replacement adapter/powerchord (because the nasty cheap Chinese plug on the first one was rubbish, the plastic casing broke and the wires got damaged) - it's part 10 instead of 12 (90w instead of 65w but the tech said that would work too - it's a Dell adapter)

ran Dell diagnostics, battery passed. I tried all the various things suggested everywhere, taking out battery, pushing power button 60s, putting back in, plugging back in. no change. checked the BIOS - all looks fine - nowhere I can change any settings for the battery there. When I came out of BIOS, I got a message that the adapter could not be recognized and that the battery may take longer to charge. Well it's not charging at all.

With a laptop not even 2 years old I don't expect to have to buy a new battery or motherboard (or a new adapter even but hey...) so what do I do. It would be great to get a real answer that works - I looked through the forums here and there doesn't seem to be a real solution - I'm not a techie. Thanks for any help!

M3800 Battery Concerns

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I'm considering M3800 purchase, but I keep reading about the poor battery performance. How bad is the battery performance; should it be a deal breaker for an M3800 purchase?

Dell Inspiron N5110 startuo screen problem, white or black faded out screen with horizontal lines

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Recently, when I open my laptop the screen will appear faded out with a white or black background, with blue and white horizontal lines, at first I thought the screen was damaged, but when I restart it, it will start up normally the second time around. 

Please watch the video attached to see what I mean. There is no audio in the video, and also, when the laptop starts there is no weird and unusual sounds or beeps. I don't believe my screen is broken because it can restart normally the second time...so what could be a possible reason and solution to this problem? Is the motherboard dirty and needs to be cleaned? 

(Please visit the site to view this video)

If the video does not play, the link to it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVVzWnEQD1k&feature=youtu.be

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