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Vostro 1088 not booting

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I have Dell Vostro 1088.
My laptop does not start not even boot. Only Power light and bluetooth led is on (1st and last led). Tried with removing ram, placing in differnt slot, tried to turn on with charger and without charger. When i plug charger the charging light flash for a second and never comes up. some times my laptop woks perfectly fine means out of 100 times it starts once. Please help


3521 i7 laptop power issue

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My laptopwas working and charging perfectly until yesterday. Now it does not power on. When I turn on the laptop without a power adapter It shows low battery warn and power downs in few seconds. When I turn it on with ac power it does not show battery low warning, charging led is on in laptop, but even then machine power downs in few seconds. But in those few seconds windows is booting. I tried to turn on laptop without battery using only adapter. But it does not turn on. What has happened here?

Unable to format Dell Inspiron 14R, Also showing blue screen with registry error

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Hi,

I have a 4 year old Dell Inspiron 14R. The laptop had gone considerably slow in performance and I was planning to re-format it or re-install WIndows on it. I had also uninstalled some Software but that did not help. Going through the F8 press at startup and tried to go to the Dell factory image, however the screen said the same is corrupted and realised maybe the system needs to re-install Windows which I can do from the startup screen (Boot through CD).

Unfortunately my Windows 7 CD (original which came with the machine) is not being read by the system. In the meanwhile in normal mode, the system gives a blue screen crash dump with registry error post starting, taking in my credentials and getting to the main screen. I am however able to run this in safe mode with networking without getting the same error. I have tried to move to a previous system update, however that has not helped and it has not been able to undo the updates.

Regards,

Rahul Poddar

DELL Insipron 3000 series model 3542 new GPU

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I would like to know if DELL Insipron 3000 series model 3542 support possibility to change GPU? I have 820M and i would like to change it to 840M

E7440 on dock not charging.

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I have an E7440 on a E-port dock that when connected does not charge. When I go to the Bios (which I updated to the latest available) under battery information it shows Unknown Adapter when connected to the dock. If I pull the same AC adapter out of the dock and plug it into the laptop it shows 130W. Anyone have any ideas what it could be? Like I said this is the latest bios. I have tried a known good dock and have the same issue. I tried blowing out the connectors with air. Tried different wall outlets & power strips. Running out of ideas to try.

dell xps 13 will not boot - lack screen with the cursor, but that is it

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I had some intermittent problems with the black screen, thought nothing of it , cause I would just turn it off and wait. then on the next try it would be fine, but this has been four days of nothing but a black screen with a cursor.  and on march 16 I paid for dell to check all systems remotely too.

none of the posts about this problem seem to fit - no dell logo, no f12, nothing!

oh and just incase dell people here is the Service Tag <ADMIN NOTE: Service tag removed per privacy policy>from that Mar 16 call.

Maximum Ram for dell n5520 corei5

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Hi, i would like to know what is the maximum RAM i can add in my laptop dell n5520,  the model is kinda old, but am used to this laptop. i would be pleased if anyone could help me and tell me how increasing my RAM will increase performance and will it or not decrease the heat produce by my laptop.

THanks in advance :)

Inspiron 13 7000 Ghost Touches Fixed by Depot Repair

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I didn't want to send my laptop off but did after similar experiences described here, incompetant techs that don't believe this is a hardware issue or simply aren't informed by the company the work for that THIS IS AN ISSUE.

I spoke with several people that have terrible dialect/accents from presumably India.  It also seems as if they follow a prompt based system, as I'd tell them what was going on and then there would be this wait as if they were waiting for a computer to tell them what next to try - TERRIBLE.

After several calls, and even having my service order(depot return) cancelled by them, why not sure??

Received the box, sent it in(took five days from New Mexico to Houston Depot) - i placed videos on desktop of ghost touch issues plus referenced this forum.  Laptop work was completed in less than a day, boxed up and send fedex back to me to make it a week (7 days) turnaround.

Screen was replaced and have not had any issues now going on three weeks, so I would say send it in and document what is going on take a video with cell phone and place on desktop.

Hopefully i have no further issues, but laptop is now fixed, thankfully.

Erik


How many cells my laptop battery has?

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Please tell me how many cells my laptop battery has. The battery reads as

TYPE: KD476

RATING: 11.1 Vdc

CAPACITY: 85Wh

Latitude 15 3550 Power Switch LED does not work

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I have a brand new Lat3550 (non-backlit keyaboard).  The power switch has an LED stripe that does not come on with power, but the front left edge indicator does light up.  Support Desk said it should light up so I had the unit replaced, but the replacement unit's power switch also does not light up.  Is this normal?


This is the first Lat3550 that we've purchased, so I'm just looking for a "real-world" answer.  An online part picture of the power switch showed an integrated LED that I'm presuming should be lit. 

Can an owner of a Lat3550 with a non-backlit keyboard tell me if the switch should light up?

Thanks in advance.  Such a little thing that's driving me a little buggy!

Brand new XPS 13 arrived today-Won't reboot after the first time

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I'm so bummed...have been anxiously awaiting arrival. It booted up fine the first time-have it plugged in to charge it up. Stepped through all the initial setups in the Quick Start Guide, connected to my wireless-all good. 

Shut it down and noticed that the power button stayed lit but figured that was ok. Now, when I turn it on, I see my mouse and it moves but the screen is completely black-won't boot up. 

Any suggestions? 

Thanks!

New XPS 13 (2015) car charger?

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Is there a way to power my new XPS 13 (2015) from a 12v power point in the car. I have the Auto-Air AC Adapter I used with my old XPS 13 but the plug is the wrong size for the new laptop.

Can you get an adapter to change plug size to the new model XPS ? 

 ........... Thanks

Can I disable Nvidia graphic card for improve battery life?

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Hi.

Im thinking of buying a laptop for my job (security consultant). I want to install a Ubuntu or Debian distribution (and maybe Windows too, but for normal use Linux).

The problem is that I want a laptop with a good battery life, but with good graphic card. Im interested in a Dell Vostro 3000 series:
- Intel i5-5200U
- 8gb RAM DDR3L at 1600MHz
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 820M
- Hard drive 500GB at 5400 rpm

I think about it, and the problem is when I use that graphic card, the battery consume is faster, but I need this graphic card for some tasks. The question is:
Is possible to, when I need more battery life, disable the Nvidia graphic card and use Intel HD graphic card? In that way, I can save more battery.

So please, if it is possible, let me know if this is a good laptop for this. And if you know other laptop for the same price (around 700 euros), tell me.

Thanks for the help
 

Continuous clicking/beeping sound Inspiron 15-3521

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Continuous clicking/beeping sound when I try to turn on my computer. My laptop turns on but the screen remains black and all you can hear is the clicking. I tried the 30 second power button hold thing and it only worked once. Now my computer won't turn on anymore it just makes the clicking for 2 days now. I also tried the FN thing and my laptop just continues to beep. This needs to be fixed soon! I'm in university and I have a lot of assignments that I need my laptop for! Please help! :(

Stylus for Inspiron 17 7000

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What type of touch screen stylus do I need for the Inspiron 17 7000, which I have just ordered?


Inspiron 15 1545

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I was gone over the weekend and turned off my laptop before leaving.  When I got back the power/battery status light was blinking alternately in orange and white.  When I unplug the power source, the computer still runs on the battery alone.


Why is my computer doing this?


Thanks

Alienware 17 R2 CPU throttling

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I have a problem with my laptop. When I start it it locks CPU @ 800MHz and 8x multiplier, no matter what the load is. I've tried FireStrike test and Guild Wars 2 and it has been 800MHz flat. When I plug AC adapter out and in again, it goes back to normal frequency and multiplier (3.2~3.5GHz and x33-35 under load). I run default "High Performance" power plan and "Desktop mode" is disabled. I've already updated BIOS to A02 which suppose to solve this kind of issues. Is there any other fix or is it something wrong with the laptop itself?

Inspiron N7010 17 inch Laptop will not power up

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I have a 5 year old Inspiron N7010 laptop that will not start up. I tried the battery, power out Flea power stuff with no luck. Before it died will the battery full, the computer would loose the date and time.  I would have to reset the time and date. It was suggested the mother board??  Any suggestions would be help full.  Thanks

XPS 13 - double tap on touch pad

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How can I disable the double tap on the touch pad.  I do not see this as an option

Alienware Warranty

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Alienware Basic Support, is "next business day - on site support"?

And includes international coverage?

Thanks

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