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Connecting my laptop to a Samsung LCD Tv.

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The last time I tried to connect my laptop to my Samsung LCD Tv using a HDMI cable shipped with the TV, my laptop was somehow charged with static electricity. As I can feel it when I touched the palm rest panel it with my hands.

I started to worry about whether will this damage my laptop or not. In addition, before I decided to power off my TV, I did not manage to send any image nor audio to my TV. 

Questions:

1. Did I did something wrong so that was why I was unable to project any image to my Tv?

2. How's possible that my laptop is charged with electricity? Is this even normal? 

Additional Information:

Dell Inspiron 15R se 7520

Win 8.1 64-bit

Standard HDMI connection with HDMI cable

Thanks. 


Inspiron 13 2-in-1 Touch Screen Not Very Responsive

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I have a Inspiron 13 2-in-1 I purchased shortly before the holidays. The touch screen is nice, but when I'm operating in tablet mode, nearly every button and link I tap requires 14+ taps in frustrating repetition before any one registers. The screen responds to the fact that I'm tapping with the finger graphic, but it refuses to acknowledge that I'm clicking to open something. The windows 8 start menu works just fine, only one tap required for any tile. Everything else, however, program and internet sites, requires many taps before they register. Is there a way to fix this?

Not sure if it's a Windows issue or a hardware issue. I noticed a driver recently released called "Cottonwood LCD touch re-calibration (Dell Internal Only)." Should I try it???

Inspiron 5423 14z Windows 8 trouble

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So I have a 14z laptop and it's been nothing but trouble since I got it. It came with Windows 8 on it but I decided to put Windows 7 on it instead as I could get it through my workplace. It worked fine for a little while until the Intel video driver got updated via Windows Update and the system would freeze intermittently but basically every use. Then I discovered the only way to get Windows 7 to not freeze was to use the Windows Standard VGA driver, however things like Google Earth wouldn't work and it was just annoying to not be able to use the HD graphics to it's fullest.

I have since became a little more familiar with Windows 8 so I decided to wipe my drive and install Windows 8. Well my computer came with both a restore flash drive and a restore DVD. I first tried to restore via the flash drive however I could never get the system to boot from USB so I went the DVD route. I finally got Windows 8 to successfully load however if I then reboot the system then tries to go into System Repair and fails every time unless I put the DVD back in then select restore.


Can anyone help?!?!?

Dell Xps 13 and Dell Xps 15 with 5th generation processor?

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Recently i buy new Dell xps 15 with Core i7 4th generation processor and now Dell upgraded Dell Xps 13 and Dell Xps 15 with 5th generation processor its unfair from Dell and it means i wasted my money on old processor and technology what is this Dell?

Dell xps 15 electric shock issue?

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Recently i buy new Dell xps 15 and when i touch its metal surface its gives current shock tats dangerous and irritating what is this issue?

Need a replacement motherboard for Inspiron 15 (3531, Mid 2014)

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My Inspiron laptop is not able to boot. I am getting the message:

"No Boot Device Found. Press any key to reboot the machine_"

I took the laptop to a local service center and they said that I need a new motherboard. They said they  swapped the hard drive with a working one and got the same error message. By that their diagnosis is that the motherboard is damaged. 

Can someone please tell me where I can purchase a replacement motherboard?

Insperion 17R 5720 Internal Hard Drive Failure

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Laptop wil not boot up. Can not back- up either. (Samsung model ST1000LM024)

N5110 7 Beeps

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I get 7 beeps after I click the power button.  I can't find much help on my options but I understand this might mean a processor issue???  I am fairly handy so is this something I could do myself if I purchase parts?  My laptop is NOT under warranty. 


Inspiron 15 7000 (7547) No Input Driver Available

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Hey there. As the title says, there is no driver available for the keyboard/touchpad on this laptop. There is no way to adjust the current touchpad settings. I've followed all the troubleshooting steps for Windows 8.1, but this model simply lacks a Dell Touchpad interface or any settings to change gestures or scrolling speeds and sensitivity. None of the usual gestures even work, not even pinch-zoom.

This wouldn't be a big deal if there were a driver available to fix the issue, but there isn't - this model does not have a input driver available at all. All that is provided is an ancient Mouse Properties thing that seems designed for a wired mouse and some ETDWare SmartTouch thing that does nothing at all as far as I can tell. The literature for this model claims that the laptop has " a roomy, gesture-enabled precision touchpad, [which can] zoom, click and point with impressive accuracy and speed." Well the gestures consist of two finger scrolling and nothing else, and there is no zoom, not to mention any other gestures, and accuracy and speed tend to rely on users tweaking things to their own unique preferences (impossible as it is).

All this is to say, is Dell working on getting an input driver for this model? Is there an update in the works? Is there some other method available to remedy this unfortunate failing of an otherwise pretty nice machine? If I don't hear back in a week or so, I'm just going to return this and buy a different brand. 

Thanks for any help you can provide. 

dell inspiron 1545 bios problems

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upgraded my bios to a14 and now fan seems like it wants to run all the time and have had two situations where the laptop gets hot and shuts down. have read about this problem and tried to download the older version I upgraded from but and having trouble trying to get the software to run, gives me a warning about not recommended to downgrade, and stops. how can I make a boot drive to get into like old dos mode to try and install from there or any other ideas with a flash drive or something. this is really getting annoying 

Fan Operation Issues With Inspiron N7110

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I have a pretty good amount of knowledge behind computer software, and hardware operations. I am aware of the fact that the fan will increase speed according to increased temperature of CPU, and other components. However, is the fan supposed to periodically, turn on and off, each occurrence running at full speed for 10-20 seconds, then shut off again? How about the same question, when the laptop is physically(meaning you can feel it) hot? 

I don't think that this is a hardware issue. I've recently had a hard drive fail on me, and had another hard drive(same exact model hard drive) installed, and Windows 8 reinstalled. I think somewhere along the lines of the OS reinstallation process, some drivers were probably missed and this might be causing the issue. On the other hand, the fan in this laptop is the same one from the factory, which makes it 4 years old. What is the lifetime on the fans in the Inspiron N7110? Is there anyway you could direct me to some drivers that might fix the issue of the fan not responding to laptop temperatures properly?

Thanks!

--Jonathan

Fast_Lamborghini_2005@yahoo.com

Johnwayne145@gmail.com

Lappy not working

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Hi
I have dell inspiron N5110 laptop with i5 processor and in-built graphic card.When i start my lappy it asks for password and after that it shows a blue screen for about 1-2 seconds. Then either it automatically restarts or after some time a black screen appears like given below:



I have also run diagnostic test and all options are ticked marked EXCEPT hard drive_0

Can u plz tell the problem and reply asa soon as possible.

Laptop won't connect to charger or turn on

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My Dell Latitude stopped working. I put it in sleep mode and when I came back about 15 minutes later it was turned completely off and would not turn back on. I know the charger works, it's LED lights up when it's plugged into an outlet. But my laptop won't connect to it, the battery icon showing the charger is connected does not light up or it randomly blinks on and off. Is there a way to fix this?

Dell Inspiron N5110 screen flickering with color band after running it for 5 to 10 minutes

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Hi,

My Inspiron N5110 has screen flickering problem after I start it for 5 to 10 minutes. I have also added another extended monitor but it also has the same issue. Even I restart it, the flickering screen is coming in BIOS set up page also. I also observed that the top portion of the monitor (where the camera resides) is become very hot during that time. I am attaching the screenshot also for your reference. Can anyone please let me know if the Motherboard is having the problem or something else. 

Thanks,

Avijit

Inspiron 15 (3542, Early 2014) bluetooth not working !!!

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hi

i have windows 7 64bit and can't get bluetooth to find any device
i have updated driver and check every thing and it's still not work, when run dell diagnostic it's say all good but can't find my phone or any other devic.

Can some one help me with this ??

Service Tag: FQM9312 | Express Service Code: 34261230998


Hard Drive Failed, How can I get Windows 7 starter DVD for my Inspiron mini 1012

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Hi,

My Hard Drive has failed, on my Inspiron Mini 1012, I can replace the drive but no DVD came with the Mini with the OS one.

How can I get a Windows 7 starter DVD for my Inspiron mini 1012?

Many thanks

Richard.

Grey screen on booting on Vostro 1510 using XP

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I now have a grey screen on booting and it is trying to reboot itself.

It started with lines then dots. I managed to boot OK once after this but now just a grey screen. I believe I have managed to start diagnostics pressing Fn while starting as I heard beeps which kept repeating until I pressed Y, yes, I heard the sounds, I guess. But I can only see a grey screen so do not know the results of the tests. There are no beeps or diagnostic lights staying on or flashing to tell me anything. I had this problem before but cannot remember what I did if anything to remedy it.

Can anyone suggest anything?

Dell Inspiron 17R SE 7720 hiccup connected to power-adapter

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I need some advice. We have a laptop 18 months old. When it working on battery power eventing play smooth (normal). But when the power-adapter is connected then there is between 5 a 30 seconds a hiccup. When playing a video the screen locks and the audio skips. Playing a game is terrible.

Do someone have a idea how to correct this problem!

The laptop is reinstalled and we bought a new original power-supply that was no solution

wireless network connection

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How do I turn on the wireless network adaptor in my Dell Inspiron laptop?

Dell Depot Repair May Have Swapped Video Cards on Me - (Lesser card) on a LCD-LCD cable Suggested Repair.

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Just a quick post, I was getting the BLACK Screen- 8 Beeps issue in late Dec...Sent My Alienware 17 in through warranty to have a look at my issue...Received it back Jan 6th, which noted LCD and LCD cable as the issue. Great I said, turned it on working fine. Last night I decided to connect the HDMI cable to my external monitor. Nothing, so after some troubleshooting it turned out to be the HDMI cable. I just happened to have a look at my device manager/ video card and noticed that my original AMD Radeon R9 M290X with 4GB GDDR5 1 - IN Device Manager was now a Radeon HD78970M card? So, I've sent a note to Dell on this as well. I will be doing a diag via Direct X to actually see what the actual video card is. If the case turns out to be that my card was changed for a lesser card, I will be sending a complaint back to Dell asking why the change and why I wasn't notified....THOUGHTS...

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