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Brightness controls not working on XPS 12

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A couple of weeks ago the brightness controls stopped working on my XPS 12. I've had it for nearly 2 years now, and never had this problem before - I could always adjust the brightness either by using the keyboard shortcuts or by using the Windows 8 brightness control from the charms bar. Now I can only adjust the brightness by restarting the machine, opening the BIOS and using the keyboard shortcuts from there. Not very practical!

I've tried using the brightness setting in the Intel HD Graphics Control Panel, but that doesn't work.

I've also tried altering the power settings to disable the adaptive brightness in all power profiles, no change.

At this point I can only assume that an automatic software update has caused the problem, but even reverting to an older version of the Intel driver hasn't made a difference. I'm currently using the recommended driver from the Dell support web site.

Any recommendations would be appreciated.


Problem with the keys

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I have recently purchased an Inspiron 15 3000 Series 3543. While playing some online games I noticed some problems with the keys. Whenever I press the keys W + R + (2,4,5). It seems like the keyboard is locked. I am unable to jump (spacebar), talk (t) or anything of that sorts. I'm wondering if that is ment to happen, if it is, is there a way to disable it?

I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 series 2 n 1 laptop

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 This lap top is crazy.  On the right hand side of the screen when looking at it, go out about 1 inch.  I get a row of circles or if I am logged in a row of diamonds.  Screens automatically open up and the computer has a field day and I have to shut down the computer.  The BIOS were updated by support and they said that it should clear this issue up.  Well nope it did not.  Any suggestions on how to fix this issue or should I get in contact with the techies from India ?

Unable to download files

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I have an old Inspiron 5520 with Windows 7. Even though I have administrator rights, it's suddenly not allowing me to download programs such as Mozilla Firefox. How can I fix this?

Inspiron 3520 15inch latop cannot be powered up even without battery on direct power

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The Inspiron 3520 laptop is already out of warranty. It has performed well until 3 weeks ago.

The power adapter LED will light green if not connected to the laptop.

When connected to the laptop, the power adapter LED went OFF.

All the LEDs on the laptop are not lighted up with or without the battery seated.

Had tested the secondary output of the power adapter is correct 19.5 Vdc.

Could you advise what is the possible issue with the laptop. And how I could bring it to one of your service centre for repair and what are the charges.

Dell Inspiron 7347 - reverse two finger scrolling/any setting for touchpad

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I can't seem to find the option for the touchpad setting. I want to reverse the two finger scrolling and to see any other options I can do with the touchpad. The only tabs I see in mouse properties are: Buttons, Pointers, Pointer Options, and Hardware. The hardware are: HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse.

XPS 15 L521X trackpad issue

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Hi,

I have been using my Dell XPS 15 for over a year. Before, I used Win7 and have no trouble with the trackpad. But when I updated it to Win 8.1 a month ago, the trackpad becomes more sensitive and when I drag, the mouse often jitters between two points, making the simple task of selecting a specific area of text or dragging and dropping folders or photos a very frustrating process to the point that it is almost unusable. And sometimes, when I use bluetooth mouse, the trackpad is off, for no reason.

I am using the latest trackpad diver version (16.3.7) which I downloaded directs from the dell website. I can see that there is the latest synaptics version 17.0.19 but I can't install it so I have to stick with the older version and now the problem is still here no matter what I try to do. Please help me!!

Regards,

Natalie

Alienware Graphics Amplifier question

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I was recently thinking about buying the graphics card amplifier for my Alienware m14x R2 but when I looked at the page, It only lists the 13,15, and 17 as working with the amplifier. Why would one of the laptops that has the graphics card built into the motherboard so that you cannot upgrade not work with this ? 


Cannot download Alienware command center

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Sorry if this is in wrong forum but couldn't find anything looking more suitable. I uninstalled Alienware command center as it kept causing problems. I then went to dell site to download latest version for my M18X R2 but I cannot find anywhere to download command center. What am I doing wrong and how can I locate the correct download please?

Thanks

Kevin

Upgrading WiFi card on Latitude E7440

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Hi all, If I order E7440 that comes with Dell Wireless 1506 802.11b/g/n card, is it possible to upgrade it to Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 card by myself? (Or other WiFi cards that support dual band) Will it work? I saw some wireless routers that broadcast 2.4 and 5GHz use special antenna so I'm not sure if it applies to laptop antennas as well because antennas must be designed to support the frequency that they will broadcast. Thanks!

inspiron 14z 5423 won't boot

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안녕하세요, 제 14z 5423 때 Dell 시작 화면에 붙어 다시 시작. 나는 기본적인 트러블 슈팅이 포럼에 많은 게시물을 통해 있었어요. 파워 업 동안 유지 FN은 아무것도하지 않습니다. 내가 전원인가시 F2 또는 F12을 누르 경우, F2 설치 또는 F12 부팅 옵션이 강조 표시됩니다,하지만 난 그 옵션을 선택할 수 없습니다.


또한 모든 케이블 (키보드 등)를 연결하고 HDD가 장착되어 있는지되었는지 확인하기 위해 충분히 멀리 떨어져 노트북을 촬영했습니다.

전원을 켤 때 HDD 표시등이, 다음, 고체 조명 Dell 시작 화면에서 고정하기 전에 두 번 깜박입니다. 도와주세요. 감사, 제프

카지노사이트

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카지노사이트 

Master pw

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Hi

I have  Dell vostro 1015.  I forgot my bios password, can I have  master password? Service tag: GC69RN1

Dell E7450 keyboard problem

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I recently purchased an E7450 in Turkey and right arrow/end button made a different clicking sound than the other keys -right out of the box-. I wasn't particularly concerned until (after about 1.5 months of use) the key dislodged and I saw that the connector underneath was broken. 

I called Dell Support (which is supposed to provide next day on-site service) and I was expecting a call and a visit the next day. However it has been 2 weeks now and today (in response to my enquiry) I was told that they do not have any keyboards in stock, it is expected to ship from abroad and they can not give me an expected repair date.

I am exteremely disappointed with the level of service particularly:

- not a single keyboard being in stock in the whole country (Turkey)

- not being informed about the progress and not being provided with an expected repair date 

WIFI problem

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I 'd like your opinion about a problem of mine...

I have a Dell 5547 14" and i have it usually in power. The problem is with the wifi signal. After 4-5 minutes of use it disconnects me! And it keeps doing this all the time and i don't know why!

I 'm sorry for my poor English and i would appreciate a solution to my problem.

Thank you.


Using USB Powershare on XPS13 (Early 2015)

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How does powershare work, is it always enabled, only when laptop is sleeping, some other time? Do I have to do something to explicitly enable it (since it does not seem to work with Windows 8.1 as delivered)?

And finally, is all this documented somewhere, and, if so, where?

E6440 and E7450 Issues

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone was having the same issues with the E440 and E7450 series.

 

E6440 & E7450 - We are getting a lot of the same issues relating to when the laptop has been un-docked and when trying to use it, it's a black screen and no other buttons can be used. Only thing you can do is force a shutdown. Also when trying to connect the laptop to a external monitor or projector the laptop crashes and you need to force a shutdown.

E7450 - We are also having a issue when the laptop is docked one of the monitors are flickering - un-docking and re-docking resolves this but I don't know what's creating the flickering.

All the laptops we are using are brand new out of the box and all drivers are up to date through Dell's website.

I have searched through quite a few forums trying to find some of the solutions but nothing has worked.. anyone had the same experience and figured it out?

 

Thanks, Si

 

 

Alienware 15 (2015) High CPU Temperature

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My problem is the CPU in my laptop is hitting 89c max temp when under near max load for a short time. This can't be good since the max temp Intel lists before this CPU throttles itself is 100c and summer is coming.

Laptop specs are i7-4710HQ, GTX 970m, 1tb HD, 8gb ram, 1920x1080 res screen, Win 7 OS, model Alienware 15 early 2015.

I got the new Alienware 15 about a week ago so it's not a issue of cleaning. I can feel with my hand the left side fan has good airflow but the right side appears to be much weaker. No strange noises from the fans, they in fact run almost too quiet. In the "Command Center" software under "Porcessor Power Management" the system cooling policy is set to Active. The laptop is resting on a cheap coolmaster laptop cooling pad which seems to have little effect aside from ensuring the laptop has room to get good airflow.

Aside from temperature the CPU appears to run normally when I view the task manager, only peaking in usage when there is something running to use it. I use HW Monitor & RealTemp to check the temperatures. I have run the diagnostic under the dell webpage support and it came back with no problems found. 

Only thing of note I did was update the BIOS from the dell support page for the Alienware 15 early 2015 model and updated the GTX 970m from the Nvidia site.


The GTX 970m runs at a nice 75c under max load. If I am correct that the big chip on the mobo is the CPU and the smaller rectangle is the GPU then the weaker fan is on the side with the CPU (looked up the disassembly process online, haven't opened anything yet).

The only Ideas I have are:

A, I'm being hysterical and this is normal.

B, The thermal paste for the CPU was applied incorrectly. (Likely send in for repair to avoid voiding warranty and not enough nerve disassemble the entire laptop to do it myself)

C, The fan for the CPU is broken. (Send in for repair)

D, The fans are set too low and need to be increased (I have no idea how to do this).

E, Updating the BIOS was a very bad idea.

Any help would be appreciated. 

Inspiron 7347 hinges

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The hinges seem to be off. the right hinge is back more than the left, causing the display to be a bit off when opened (right side leaning back) and off centered when closed (display not flushed with base, off to the right). i can't seem to find a way to adjust it. is this fixable or defective?

Computer randomly shuts off

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Hi. I recently bought a new Dell Inspiron 15 7547 and it randomly shuts off sometimes. Usually when it gets bumped this happens but sometimes even when it doesn't get bumped, it shuts off. I'm running on Windows 8.1

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