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Lattitude, Docking and HDMI Monitor problem

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Hey,

I've got a  Latitude e6410 with an Intel GMA HD , Bios version A10 and Windows 8 64bit. At home, I'm running my laptop on a PR02X docking station with 2 monitors. While one monitor is connected via the DVI port (no probs), the other one (Philipp 227e4lhab) is using a DVI->HDMI cable.

That seems to be the problem, cause every time the laptop goes sleeping the following happen: While one monitor (the DVI one) is waking up, the Philips one shows only a warning with "no cable connection". Switching the monitor off and on again solves the problem, but it's really annoying over a longer term.

Is there any solution? 

Cheers,
Phil 


dell 1555 motherboard gone.can I get spare parts in the USA

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dell 1555 motherboard gone.can I get spare parts in the USA .my laptop has t6500 processor and I

 was told that mother board formit s out of stock in india.ni m in  US rite now.is it possible to get it here

Laptop force turning off

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Hey, my laptop (Inspiron n5050 ) keeps forcing itself to random turn off even when plugged in , as though its holding the power button in till it goes off. Seconds before it turns off when I type , random characters appear then help menus for whatever app I've got open comes up then the machine goes off. This happened before so I ran virus scans and got nothing so I believe its a hardware problem ? Cheers. Josh

Latitude E6410 LAN speed slows when Docked

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I hope someone can help me out here.  I have a Latitude E6410 with the Intel 82577 internal NIC.  Whenever I dock my laptop the LAN speed goes down to 100Mb instead of 1Gb.  I thought about using the internal NIC when docked but it gets disabled so it will use the NIC on the dock.  Anyone have an answer? Thanks.

Still Waiting For Help......

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I purchased my laptop in march 2012. I have had nothing but trouble, pain and suffering, from this unit. I teach technology classes and needed a laptop that could do animation, programming, and video/audio. I thought this unit would be perfect for what I needed to accomplish and so I would not have to live at my campus to prepare lessons and practice using new developments in software. I wanted to spend more time with my family but instead I now spend time trying to get the lemon either fixed or replaced.Since purchasing the laptop I have had to have the DVD R\W replaced 4/29/2012,  wireless adapter and motherboard 3/11/13, motherboard and wireless adapter again 4/2/13, motherboard(again), speakers, and power chord 5/22/13, motherboard(again), keyboard and god only knows next 5/23/13. So far I have had a grand total of 4 wireless adapters, 4 going on 5 motherboards, speakers, DVD writer/reader, power chord, and coming up keyboard replaced on this unit. Still Dell has not replaced the defective unit. I wonder how much money they are willing to sink into this project before they realize it would be cheaper just to replace the unit with a new one. I also hope when the service tech order my keyboard he knew it was back lit or they will be sending another one. I am sincerely upset about everything that has occurred and would like to know if anyone else has experienced such catastrophic results with this particular unit. Did they finally resolve your issue or am I doomed to this for another 3 years?

Moving onto the phase, now the Dell Escalation Team is supposed to be reviewing the status of my laptop to decide whether I will recieve a refurbished unit or not. I am really dissappointed and frustrated with everything that has happened prior to this moment. On 5/23 the Dell Escalation Team recieved the information about my laptop and supposedly started reviewing what the nexy step should be. On 5/30 I spoke on the phone with someone who is supposed to be with the Dell Escalation Team and was advised that it would take 5 to 10 business days and I would recieve a refurbished replacement unit. When I tried to check on the status there is no information available. I chatted online with support and once again no information available. The laptop is in worse condition than before it was serviced. It now has minor scratches to the monitor, dents in the palm rest where the Tech used the wrong sized screws to put the dvd writer back into the unit, and while doing all this damaged he also managed to lift the right arrow key out of socket on the new keyboard where it is now on the verge of falling off of the keyboard. The Tech also left the unit in diagnostics mode where every time you type any key it would make an annoying beeping sound. He did not even now why the laptop keyboard made beeping sounds. I personally had to figure out what was going on. Wreless adapater number 4 also started acting up after the Tech worked on the unit, sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. I am now officially the proud owner of a useless piece of junk that cost me not only money but time. I am beginning to think there will never be a an ending/resolution for me. Has anybody else had this much trouble with support?

Inspiron 14z laptop freezes up at the Dell start-up screen

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Like the others in this thread, our laptop does not go past the start-up screen.  F2/F12 and just the Func key--none of them have any effect.

How to format my DELL Inspiron15R

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Hello:

Recently I brought DELL laptop - Inspiron 15R 5520 and this comes with preloaded Windows7 Home Premium. I want to format my laptop and do partitions to my hard disk. Please help me out

Inspiron 6000 Device manager

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I'm runing Windows XP and my computer couldn't connect to the internet.

I checked my device manager and it is showing that the Ethernet Controller is not configured.

I've tried to download the driver but it is a cab file and I don't know what else to do because all the files extracted was in HTML, Gif and XML document.

There is no installer in any of the files.

Please advise.

Thank you,

Robert


Latitude 6420 disc

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could somebody post the iso of dell latitude E6420 windows 8 64bits?

Dell 13z Video Memory Integrity Test Discrepancy

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My Dell 13z (Windows 8) cannot boot. When I press F12 for setup and run the Diagnostics, here's what I get:

Error Code 2000-0332

Validation 126154

Message: Video Memory - Video memory integrity test discrepancy

Everything else tests OK. 

What should I do now?

Studio 1745 boot to black screen

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Hi,

My Studio 1745 crashed the other day and now starts up with a black screen and 7 post beeps. I looked in the manual and 7 beeps signifies a processor failure. Is it possible to replace the processor? If so what processors are compatible?

Dell Inspiron Mini 1018 question

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Hello,

I havethe followingquestion,today Idropped mynotebook andof coursethe consequenceswere immediate.  It looks like the matrix got broken. There's a strange thing (like a line) on the screen. 

Becausethe notebookhas asentimental valuefor me,I want tofix it, somy questionis, if there is a way to fix it. How much it will cost?


Thanks in advance!

Battery/charging problem, help! (E6420)

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I have a Latitude E6420. My charger is not charging the battery, and it's gone through a few stages in the last few days. If you tl;dr, just look at "Second Problem" since that's the current state.

Conjectured possible cause of this whole mess: I used somebody else's charger a few days ago, only for ~30 min. The computer did its standard response; it recognized that the adapter was wrong, did not charge the battery, and ran a bit slow. This may or may not be related, I'm just putting it out there.

First problem: Maybe a day or two later (perhaps the next time I ran the computer while not plugged in), when I tried charging the laptop with my own correct adapter, the adapter powered my computer but would not charge and gave me the "plugged in not charging" message on the power icon in the taskbar. However, on two occasions, the battery did receive a charge, at least for a limited time. (I don't really know what I did special those two times. Crazy machines.) The battery ran fine when the adapter was not plugged in.

During this time the battery light above my keyboard (with the lights indicating power, wireless activity, etc.) would light up for a second or two when I plugged in the charger, and then would stay off.

Second problem: Now an hour or two ago, I decided to update the BIOS. Suddenly the computer cannot run with only the battery in. The AC adapter must be plugged in or else the computer instantly turns off. The computer still recognizes that the battery is in: the taskbar power icon still says the battery is in and power is plugged in but not charging. (It also recognizes when the battery is not plugged in but still works fine.)

The battery light above my keyboard (with the lights indicating power, wireless activity, etc.) is rapidly blinking in orange.

I also briefly checked 'under the hood', and on a cursory look everything seemed to be in order. But I should mention, after doing the BIOS thing on the startup setup screen, it told me something along the lines of Battery Is Functional But Degraded. I think all it meant was that my battery was too old to last for too many hours. However, on 100% battery (as of last week) my laptop could still easily last up to 5 hours.

Help! I realize this may be a common problem (hopefully with a common solution!), so even linking me to someone else's case would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Funti Mepperson

Dell Studio 1558 i3 330M ATI HD4570

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Hi everyone,

I want to upgrade my Dell with second hard drive - SSD.

Is it possible to remove DVD drive and on its place insert SSD?

Which interface should I buy SSD with: SATA I or SATA II or SATA III?

warranty renewal

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hi

i bought laptop from Dubai as i was having issue i contacted Dell Bangalore they informed that warranty will not cover in India for one time exception they sought out the problem . i ordered for India warranty by paying , but now they are saying  that yours laptop is bought from US so to renew your warranty we need your US invoice details but i have invoice of Dubai .


E6230 BSOD caused by WAN driver

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Hello

I have one E6230 running Windows 7 Ent. x86 that crashes occasionally. It seems to be caused by Ericsson 3607 gw WAN driver. Updating the driver to latest version available on Dell driver download didn't solve the problem. Is there any other source to get more recent driver or any ideas how to fix this?

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* Bugcheck Analysis *
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SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M (1000007e)
This is a very common bugcheck. Usually the exception address pinpoints
the driver/function that caused the problem. Always note this address
as well as the link date of the driver/image that contains this address.
Some common problems are exception code 0x80000003. This means a hard
coded breakpoint or assertion was hit, but this system was booted
/NODEBUG. This is not supposed to happen as developers should never have
hardcoded breakpoints in retail code, but ...
If this happens, make sure a debugger gets connected, and the
system is booted /DEBUG. This will let us see why this breakpoint is
happening.
Arguments:
Arg1: c0000005, The exception code that was not handled
Arg2: 82c89082, The address that the exception occurred at
Arg3: 8ebaca7c, Exception Record Address
Arg4: 8ebac660, Context Record Address

Debugging Details:
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EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - K sky osoitteessa 0x%08lx viittasi muistiin osoitteessa 0x%08lx. Muisti ei voi olla %s.

FAULTING_IP:
nt!IofCallDriver+5f
82c89082 ff548838 call dword ptr [eax+ecx*4+38h]

EXCEPTION_RECORD: 8ebaca7c -- (.exr 0xffffffff8ebaca7c)
ExceptionAddress: 82c89082 (nt!IofCallDriver+0x0000005f)
ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
Parameter[0]: 00000000
Parameter[1]: 007300ed
Attempt to read from address 007300ed

CONTEXT: 8ebac660 -- (.cxr 0xffffffff8ebac660)
eax=00730079 ebx=c000000d ecx=0000000f edx=894700a8 esi=8b93c958 edi=8ba7eba0
eip=82c89082 esp=8ebacb44 ebp=8ebacb54 iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz na pe cy
cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00010287
nt!IofCallDriver+0x5f:
82c89082 ff548838 call dword ptr [eax+ecx*4+38h] ds:0023:007300ed=????????
Resetting default scope

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME: System

CURRENT_IRQL: 0

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - K sky osoitteessa 0x%08lx viittasi muistiin osoitteessa 0x%08lx. Muisti ei voi olla %s.

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1: 00000000

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2: 007300ed

READ_ADDRESS: GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from 82dbc84c
Unable to read MiSystemVaType memory at 82d9be20
007300ed

FOLLOWUP_IP:
Mbm4bus+bf11
820bff11 ?? ???

BUGCHECK_STR: 0x7E

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 820bff11 to 82c89082

STACK_TEXT:
8ebacb54 820bff11 820c5518 8b93c958 894700a8 nt!IofCallDriver+0x5f
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
8ebacb74 820c5c3c c000000d 894700a8 821a9000 Mbm4bus+0xbf11
8ebacb94 82c89086 8ba7eae8 0f000000 8bb2b0e8 Mbm4bus+0x11c3c
8ebacbac 821a3129 00000100 821a9000 821a89ec nt!IofCallDriver+0x63
8ebacbd4 821a3334 00b2b0e8 b5565508 8bb2b030 d554gps+0xd129
8ebacbec 82e67771 8bb2b0e8 b5565508 85ac5a70 d554gps+0xd334
8ebacc00 82ccf34b b5565508 00000000 85ac5a70 nt!IopProcessWorkItem+0x23
8ebacc50 82e5c283 00000001 acd72ba5 00000000 nt!ExpWorkerThread+0x10d
8ebacc90 82d02a19 82ccf23e 00000001 00000000 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x9e
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiThreadStartup+0x19


SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1

SYMBOL_NAME: Mbm4bus+bf11

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: Mbm4bus

IMAGE_NAME: Mbm4bus.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4e52928d

STACK_COMMAND: .cxr 0xffffffff8ebac660 ; kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x7E_Mbm4bus+bf11

BUCKET_ID: 0x7E_Mbm4bus+bf11

Followup: MachineOwner
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Kind regrads

J0ne

Having Prolem With DELL Warrenty

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Hi there,

I have alot of problem with dell warrenty and hope you guys can help to fix my problems.

Fist, i want to transfer my latop warrenty from Australia to Vietnam. However, i bough this laptop through ebay so, i do not have owner information.

Second, my laptop turn off for few munites using. So, i take its to Dell Vietnam and they change my fan, main board, and other things then i have to pay about 50 Aud for transfer components. However, when i came to take my laptop. I realize they break my scream but did not tell me anything. Moreover, my latop till turn off atfer few munites running. 

I fell really disappointed cause they take a week to fix my computer problems and then they break my scream.

I do not know what to do now. Could anybody give me an advice for that. I think, i would nerver buy any product from dell again.

My computer service tag: 

<Admin Note Service tag removed per privacy policy>
Thanks alot

Inspiron 1318 M1330 will not post

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Hi.

My 4 year old Inspiron m1330 (1318 series) will not post. I was having video problems; display was smaller than screen and was very dim. Fn + up and down arrow keys would not adjust lighting. Bios would not recognize panel. I have ordered an inverter and an lcd cable to replace. Battery is charging and AC Adapter is good. Have verified that laptop will power with either batter or with AC adapter alone or with both connected. However, as I have tried several different things to sort out display problems, I've removed panels on bottom, keyboard, center control panel assembly (power button, "9", "A", and "down arrow" led light and volume control, CD ejector, etc. I might have established a static charge but I have removed batter and ac adapter for minutes and pressed power button for 1 minute. I intend to try replacing power button circuit board and ribbon as well as the center power button control panel assembly with ribbon. Keyboard seems to work ok except for no lcd backlight adjustment. After all this, I now cannot get the laptop to post, where previously I had been able to do PSA+ test (unrecognized display panel). Suddenly no light would emit from power button when attempting to power on. Removed battery and replaced and then I could get power button light to come on with a high pitched noise, a brief blink of one of the lcd (hardly detectable in room light) and then the "zip-whine" of a sudden power off and the lights go out on the laptop. I can Fn+power button and for a few seconds I get all three led lights ("9", "A", "down arrow") solid green and then all the lights go out with the zip-whine of a power off. When I press the "D" key plus the power button, the power button light remains on longer and then a couple seconds later the 3 led lights turn on solid and then all goes dark again. The fan does not come on. I do not think the HDD spins. There are no beeps. It is hard to tell but there may be a very brief dim light flash from display panel but that could be imaginary, it is so brief and so dim... could even be a reflection on glossy screen. Does anyone think I've shorted out something with static by touching where I shouldn't or maybe I've damaged a connection ribbon (why I've ordered replacement power circuit board and center power cover assembly). And, by the way, the usual run through the lights beneath the CD ejector, rewind, stop, play/pause, fast forward, and volume control that occurs on post and boot up stay absolutely dark. The machine does not advance that far in post before it just whines to a dead halt. Much appreciation for any other things to try before scrapping my failed display repair attempt.

Power Plan

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Is it any way to choose a default power plan that will be active after restart?

I have Dell XPS 12, and I want to have Dell power plan as a default plan. But every time on startup, after restarting or turning on my laptop, Power saver is enabled. And I have to manually enable Dell power plan.

Any solutions?

Thank you for your answer.

problem in charging my battery

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Hi, I've been using a Dell Inspiron N5110 from last 1 year (warranty expired last month) however I've been facing a challenge in charging my battery from last few days. The challenge is that the battery doesn't charge when connected to charger but the laptop still works on direct supply and goes off the moment there is a power cut ie the battery is not getting used neither is getting charged when connected to charger but the laptop works fine. here're some other observations

  • The battery icon says "plugged in not charging"
  • The battery indicator light blinks 4 times red and 1 times white
  • The battery is perfect as I removed it and checked it in another Dell laptop of same model and the laptop worked with the battery
  • The charger is also good as the BIOS screen is detecting the charger and it is able to run the laptop
I've already spoken with the customer care on call and the only advise they could give was to change the motherboard for this small issue. I can't pay 11000 for replacing a motherboard for this small issue and there must be a repair solution to this problem. i've found in the forums that this a very common problem with several Dell laptop models and Dell company should come forward and do something about this. Need your help please.
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