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Latitude E7440 Intel Proset Wifi connection utility issues

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I've been having issues with this with this utility either not connecting upon resuming my laptop or even from a fresh start. I visit many offices at I am the IT manger and all the connections are saved in profiles but despite them being saved they won't connect even when I try to connect manually. The only way to get the adapter to connect is to right click Proset running in the tray and click "reset proset". Even now while typing this I am connected via wifi but the proset icon shows "connecting"

I've tried updating the wifi adapter drivers from Dell and Intel directly and also completely removed the drivers and re-installed them but I am still having the same issue.


No battery is detected

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Hi, I recently purchased a Dell XPS 15 laptop and, while using it in a coffee shop unplugged, it suddenly shutdown on its own. Tried to restart it without any success: as soon as the DELL splash screen was displayed, it would shutdown again. Once plugged in, it booted fine and I then noticed that the battery icon displayed a red cross and the over the mouse text read "No battery is detected". 

Purchased my laptop in August 2014, that's 3 months ago, been using it normally and never got damaged nor did it endured any physical stress of any kind. I was about to call the DELL support center when I figured I would post it on this forum and see if any of you had the same experience and had already found a solution to this issue.

Thanks for your support!

Iceman98

inspiron m5030 network adapter issue

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hi guys and gals

got a seriouos issue with my inspiron m5030 everything was working fine until i had to replace the hdd now 1st of all i noticed the power light on the power switch wasnt working then after i installed windows 7 again it wouldnt install the network adapter driver from the dell support site so i thought it had something to do with the power switch so replaced that and still no joy the annoying thing is if i plug my dongle in it works so why is the power light not working and why dont the driver detect my internal wifi and network any help or suggestions would be greatly received btw i have also followed the driver install order guide off of here aswell

Dell Inspiron 14z Screen glows black then beeps 8 times.

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My screen got cracked so I ordered a new LCD online.  I had the same problem before and thought the screen was not compatible because the cracked screen was still working fine, but now its happening again.  Are they just sending me the wrong part or is something wrong with my computer.

I want to disable the touchpad but it does not show in the device manager section

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I want to disable the touchpad but it does not show up in the device manager section.

Juan

Inspiron 3521 will not boot consistently, beeps until I shut it off

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My Inspiron 15 3521 just started with the boot problems and beeping.  It is not consistent in when it will boot up.  If it doesn't boot up, which is most of the time, it will beep.  One single beep about every 2 seconds with a black screen, until I power it off.  I have run hardware diagnostics and it passed.  I have refreshed my pc, didn't work.  It is very frustrating.  Please help!

Latitude D630 - Screen flickers, goes blank requires reboot

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My work computer will flicker, go blank/black and sometimes I can tap on the battery or the hard drive and it will come back.  Sometimes (more times than not) it will require a total reboot.  Lately it won't even load.  It will load the Dell screen then it says Starting Windows the logo comes on then it goes black.  It still loads and everything but I can't see anything.  I've replaced the hard drive so I know it's not that.  I've loaded the computer in safe mode and I have NO problems with it when it's in safe mode, only when it boots normal.

I tried the FN+Power but nothing happened when I tried that the numberlock LED is the only one that stays lit, the others didn't start flashing or anything

XPS 14z (P24G) - Install SSD in CD drive

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I wanted to install a 2nd drive in my 14z, in the CD drive, so I ordered this caddy (www.amazon.com/.../ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage;psc=1) from Amazon. It fits perfectly in the CD drive with the SSD in there, but I cannot close the back cover of the laptop once I install this. The sides of the back cover on the 14z (model: P24G) are curved, and I cannot find a caddy that will fit properly in the laptop so I can have a 2nd drive.

Any help on any caddy I can try or what to do would be appreciated. I want to have both a SSD and the HDD in the laptop, with the SSD with my OS and programs, and the HDD for my files and storage.


Is my Battery dead?

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Hi guys,

My laptop battery is not charging. If I am unplugging the battery, the laptop is shutting down in less than a second.

I have run the "diagnosis" thing that comes in the boot screen. 

Please find the attached images and provide me the suggestions.

Alienware Laptop M18x R2

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What an awful Journey, I bought an alienware laptop in 2012, yet i'm still waiting to feel this so called "gaming experience" not once have I ever played a game with maxed graphics, always runs on low, I use to think it was our internet connection, but we got virgin broadband which is super, I have never really understood computers until roughly now but after this amount of time I feel angry and sick that I paid £1700+ for a machine that is hardly upgradable, I wish i had bought a desktop that could do what I needed for £500, but no, I wanted the "ultimate" gaming machine, my system is

i7360 @ 2.4

16GB Ram

660 Nvidia

I though this was great and could run any game for a long time, but it doesn't, never has, I had an engineer today look at it for a few hours (online access) and resulted in a new graphics card coming my way, wouldn't even upgrade my card or machine as a gesture, instead wanted me to pay extra for a 680 Nvidia... what am I going to do with a machine thats bearly 2 years old and no good? games like Battlefield 4 for example I should be able to play with no problems as i'm above the recommended specs, but no, final fantasy online above specs, but no and so on, all lowest graphics, should I really have paid £1700 for this??? I've decided to complain to dell, I atleast want something better then what I have or the same but desktop version, I'm so annoyed and upset at the same time that i didn't do anything before, I hope this issue gets resolved within dell so I don't have to go down the route of the ombudsman.

5 or 6 X Dell Inspiron 5530 Hinge Fault!!!

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I am posting here as I dont know where to turn. I Will be contact Dell support once again shortly.

I am an ICT Support Technician in a high school. We have a fleet of several Inspiron 5530's/20's. 5 or 6 of them have hinges that are totally falling apart. One of my colleagues has previously requested warranty support however Dell have totally refused and put it down to wear and tear. 

You cannot tell me that 5 laptops have all been 'damaged'  by users? I've 5 or 6 teachers without their laptops at the moment as they cannot shut the lids!

I am hoping to ring Dell support tomorrow but I am pretty furious that Dell won't accept that their product has a defect!

Hope someone can help please?

Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop - USB Drive Stick Not Detected in Vista

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Yesterday, I replaced the faulty hard drive in my Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with a new hard drive. I've installed Windows Vista onto the new hard drive. The problem I have now is, when I insert a USB stick into the laptop, the drive doesn't appear in My Computer.

When I insert the USB stick into the laptop, Vista makes an audible sound which indicates it has been detected, but nothing else happens.

I've tried several things so far to try to resolve the problem. These include-

1. In Control Panel,Device Manager I went to Universal Serial Bus controllers and uninstalled all the devices listed then after I restarted the computer, the drivers were then installed automatically. This didn't solve the problem.

2. I went to Disk Management to see if the USB drive needs a letter. The only drive which appears is drive C:\ so there is no sign of the USB drive there.

Any help on this problem would be appreciated. Thank you.

Dell Graphic Card Driver Support

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Hello there, My Dell Inspiron 14r has Radeon 6470M as its graphic card. Are there any available compatible drives for Windows 8.1.

Whenever I try to install the graphic drivers from the AMD's website, the driver software is detecting it as 7000 series graphic card and is not functioning at all. Moreover, the drivers listed on the dell driver support page has driver for HD 7650/HD 7450 cards.

It is really disappointing that there are no compatible driver even after two years.

My dell Inspiron m5010 fails to turn on and beeps 7 times!!!

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My dell Inspiron m5010 fails to turn on and beeps 7 times!!! I don't no what to do I have a lot of important files on my laptop! :(

Recovering Data after formatted Hard drive and reinstalled OS using Dell datasafe local backup application

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Hello There!!

 I am new in the page, so I hope to find someone to help me. Accidentally I had done a human error after a problem with sound in my inspiron N4010 I tried to do a recovery factory but I didn't a backup of all my important files so that I lost all my information now. That I did. I used Dell datasafe local backup application to restore drivers, the hard drive was formatted and re-installed all of the software originally shipping on my computer, this didn't fix the sound problem and the worst using basic Dell Datasafe mode basic. not returned me all files. so that I lost important files. I will be appreciating a lot if someone can post here how can I recover data? what software should I use?  How can I do it? it is possible to recove lost data?

Thanks in advance 


Laptop Dell Studio 1558, WIN7 PRO SP1, BIOS A12, i5 520M CPU but thinks it has a different CPU than the one that it is actually installed

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Hello there.

Here is my problem: my computer has phisically installed an i5 520M proccesor with 2 cores and 4 threads, but for some reason, all the system thinks that it has an i7 processor with 4 cores and 8 threats.

There are no messages of error and the system runs all the diagnostics the same way that it will do if had installed that CPU but the reallity is other.

I do not know how that happened and when.

How can I make my computer to understand that it has another CPU?

Is there any risk or performance issues with this error?

Thanks a lot

Inspiron 1750 P04E motherboard replacement problem

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Hi, all.

My Inspiron 1750 17" laptop is broken. The screen is completely black during starting procedure and later on too of course , so I tried to connect flat tv via vga video connector but vision is jammed and is barely visible. I see a lot of artifacts on my tv but I noticed there is blue screen showing up and then laptop continues to restart. I'd say it's easy to figure out it's an integrated graphic card issue, so motherbord has to be replaced in my oppinion. Problem is I found many offers to buy that but when I disasemmbled my laptop I found its model number which is OHPKP9 and 99.9 percent sellers offer  G590T for the same laptop. I'm a bit confused because both motherboards look almost identically but I see a few differences. Is there anyone from users or Dell engineers who would be able to help me? Can I replace my model of MB using the second one and move processor as well. I tried to use official Dell's support but it was big surprise for me it's almost impossible when your warranty expired. I've never had that problem with Asus or Acer Company for example. You need contact technical supprt there is nothing easier but if you need to ask Dell's specialist even by email it's a pain :(

I would appreciate any help to solve my problem.

All the best

Arcy

Migrate Hard Drive from Latitude e6430 to Precision M4800 Mobile Workstation

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I'm getting my fairly new laptop upgraded from a Latitude e6430 to a Precision M4800 and I'd like to know if I can/should simply replace the 500GB 2.5inch Serial ATA (7,200 Rpm) Hard Drive (400-AEKW) with the 500GB 2.5inch Serial ATA (5,400 Rpm) Hard Drive (Hybrid SeaGate ST500LM000-1EJ162) I already have. 

Two questions are...

1. Will I be able to pretty much plug and play the drive and negate the need to have to reinstall all of my applications and migrate data (save for some obvious driver changes)?

2. is the higher speed on the new standard drive going to be better than the hybrid drive I currently have

Thanks in advance for any assistance anyone can provide. 

Laptop returned to Dell for repair.

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My sick laptop was taken by ups on the 31-Oct-14 and I've heard nothing since, how do I contact Dell to find out what's happening, I'm surprised not to have heard anything.It's under warranty. UK based.

I'm just going round in circles on the various Dell websites getting nowhere.

Regards

Nige R Garnett

Don't Know Bios Admin Password

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I bought aDell Latitude E6410 laptop yesterday and every time it turns on it says no boot or something. So I push the enter button and it resets. Then when it shows the dell logo again I press F12 and go to the boot sequence and its set on cd drive and not the internal HDD. So I choose to redo that all over again and then press boot from internal HDD and it works no problem but its a lot to go through just to start a laptop. How can I figure out how to change the admin password so I can set the boot sequence right. Service tag is B4FB2M1 any help would be greatly appreciated

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