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Dual Band Wi-Fi

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I have a new Inspiron 17, 5000 Series and it came with only 2.4 Band Wi-Fi, not the dual band.  I can hardly believe it.  Everything I have ever gotten from Dell has had the dual band, including my tablet.  I have a dual band router but cannot utilize it for my laptop.  My laptop is so slow.  There is also interference from my next door neighbors big, bad computer setup he has for his company.  Why do I only have 2.4 and how do I correct this problem?


Need Bios for Dell Inspiron 5520

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Earlier today I updated my Bios through the Dell website. The program started to flash the bios and went to a black screen where it stayed for over an hour before I determined something had gone wrong.

I had to remove the battery in order for it to shut off. I started it back up after I put the battery back in and the LED lights come on and it continually beeps. There is no number of beeps its just beep pause beep pause... on and on. It is not Beep Beep stop so I cannot get a code from it.

Right now Im wanting to put an older version of the bios back on using a USB Flash drive.

The only problem is I cannot search for the Bios for my specific motherboard to download it. My service tag has warn away from usage.

I did get my motherboard model from removing the ram.

It is cn-0n35x3

Is it possible to get the download link for the bios and anything else I might need to perform this.

I am wanting to do a BIOS flashing/update using an USB Flash Drive

how to recover/reinstall OS on dell inspiron 15 3521

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I have a dell  inspiron 15 3521, when I purchased the laptop a recovery disk was provided but at that time it came with Windows 8 later I upgraded to Windows 8.1

Ques. Is there any way I can recover the system with any loss of data? Can you please provide me steps

I ran SFC Please see the results screencast.com/.../nEWngX16ak

Upgrade WLAN mini card 1397 in inspiron 1564 model

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Team

I would like to upgrade the wireless 1397 mini card, for inspiron 1564.

Any idea which are the good new ones for compatibility? hoping to get better wifi speed on 25mbps internet.

Thanks in advance.

how to recover/repair OS of dell inspiron 15 3521 windows 8

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I have a dell  inspiron 15 3521, when I purchased the laptop a recovery disk was provided but at that time it came with Windows 8 later I upgraded to Windows 8.1

Ques. Is there any way I can recover the system with any loss of data?

I ran SFC Please see the results screencast.com/.../nEWngX16ak

Hard Drive Not Recognised. Trying to Boot from USB to recover files

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Hi,

I have an Inspiron i5 7000 series laptop and it will not boot up, and running diagnostics reveals that the Hard Drive has failed.

The lid was closed too heavily preceeding this.


I want to try and recover the data on the hard drive, if at all possible, as have not backed up recently ...

I am trying to boot up from a USB, but when selecting Boot up from USB in F12, it is giving a message

*ACCESS DENIED* Press any key to continue. [OK]

Can anyone help to advise what I need to do to Boot up from USB?

Thank you

Charging my battery on “desktop mode” / Dell XPS

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Hi everybody,

I’m currently using mi Dell XPS as my main computer, and since I can’t remove the battery I’ve recently tried charging my battery in desktop mode, which apparently will charge it’s battery between 50% and 100%.

I just wanted to know if it‘s a safe option for my battery since I intend to leave my computer connected at all times, I can’t afford to disconnect it each time it gets fully charged. Do you think I will damage my battery life?

Another thing,

According to what I’ve read, I should see my battery varying from 50 to 100% at all times in desktop mode. In my case it goes to 100% and it stays there. Is this normal? Am I damaging my battery life?

Generaly I leave my pc plugged in for 8 hours, then when I go to sleep, or take it outside, I unplug it.

Thanks for answering, I’m quite concerned

Thanks in advance

Dell 7352 failed to start up after 3 weeks of purchase.

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Hi Support,


Please I need your guidlines on how i can fix my new dell 7352 13 2in1. I powered the system one morning and got a message that BCD\boot\Mircosoft\BCD is missing what can i do?. I have try to boot with USB windows 8 so as to correct the error but the system stops at a black screen after displaying the windows logo at first and nothing more. kindly give me the steps of bios setting to boot usb and what could make it stop at black screen.


Dell Inspiron 3521 won't start up, just beeps

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My Dell Inspiron 3521 does not start up. Only thing that happens is a beep every second. The screen just stays black. Any idea what the problem could be? 

Dell Inspiron 5520 corrupt bios

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I installed a bios update earlier today from dell downloads and something went wrong. After the program started to flash the bios my screen went black but all LED lights remained on. I let it set for over an hour until I restarted it. Upon starting it now its still a black screen and it beeps. One beep at a time non stop.

Iv done a bit of research and I found out some mobos have a way to enable a backup bios using a USB flash drive or cd.

My mobo is cn-0n35x3 and it has 2 bios chips. Am I able to enable the second one with a rom file using a usb flash drive? If so where could I download this rom?

If I cannot is there any other suggestions aside from buying a new mobo? My laptop is no longer under warranty.

Thanks

Need bios latitude files(NOT APPLICATION TO GAIN FILES, IT WILL GIVE ERROR)

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As the title says, i need the bios files for my dell laptop that is in a factory reset state. meaning i cant download the file on there to get it. The laptop im using now is not a dell so i cannot run the application of the bios driver to gain the files to put on my usb so i can run the installation of windows 8 for my laptop. it says "no sign drivers are there" pretty much saying i dont have the bios on my usb so please and thank you. Sendspace., megaupload, a torrent, any is fine. 

Checking media.. No Bootable device found error in new Dell 5547

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Hi,

I bought a new Dell Inspiron 5547 from US. It started showing Checking Media.. No Bootable device found error on starting.

As I am currently in India Please suggest how to get it fixed. How can I claim my warranty or free service in India.

Thanks...

precision m6600 has plastic cap with prohibition sign and covers ram slots under keyboard.

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precision m6600 has plastic cap with prohibition sign and covers ram slots under keyboard (c,d). installed there modules do not work, laptop does not start, however same modules in bottom slots (a,b) work just fine. Does somebody know, what does that mean and why such restrictions are there? I planned to install 1333 32gb ram, but now I have doubts, if it is possible. My cpu is not quad, usual dual-head I7.

Backlight for Latitude E7250 with AC

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Hi, 

Does anybody know how to activate this backlighting on the keyboard? Mine isn't lighting up automatically when plugged in.

Thanks!

Dell XPS 15 internal disk upgrade

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Hi,

I have a Dell XPS ( L502X ) model. Since last 6 months, I have been getting failed hard drive test notification from Dell Diagnostics. It shows that smart and target read are failing and that hard disk is not reliable to use anymore. 

So I have started to think of upgrading the hard disk. I checked with dell customer care, but I am not satisfied with the information. I had two queries, one is if I can upgrade it to 1TB hard disk, I was told I can buy any internal laptop hard disk as long as it is of 5400 RPM. I remember during purchase there was an option for 7200 RPM also, why is that not applicable here?  

Second query is if I go for a SSD or a SSHD, will it be possible? I was not that it won't work. I find it hard to believe. Will need help here in this matter. 

I would like to go for SSHD if I can take that, else I will go for 1TB HDD. But why won't 7200 RPM work, is there hardware specs different for it to work? 

Please let me know what I should do regarding this issue. 

Thanks


BIOS UPDATE FOR DELL INSPIRON N5110

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I had DELL N5110 laptop and my bios version is A11. Is there any chances to get bios update with uefi support from DELL?

Best Anti Virus for Dell (Inspiron) - Deborah Ferrari

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Hello All,

I am Deborah Ferrari. One of my friends have a Dell Inspiron a Laptop with window 7x64. The laptop is having viruses like "Autorun.inf" and can not be removed using avast's new version. I'm here for the suggestions of the best anti-virus she should buy according to laptop configuration to resolve this issue.

Thanks.

Deborah Ferrari

Permanent Battery Failure

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I have an Dell Inspiron 15R 5537 which about a year and a half old. The computer prompts on start-up that my battery has failed permanently. I tried updating the BIOS but that didn't work. What should i do?Please help me ASAP. 

Vostro 3560 fan producing wierd loud sound

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So, for few months now, my fan is producing so loud wierd sound it makes me crazy, sometimes I'm scared it'll blow. Last night I've opened my lap, everything in parts, took motherboard off, then fan, opened fan and there was no dust in it.


I'm sure it's fan cause when I put everything back on, i didnt closed it with final peace to see when I turn my lap on what produces sound - fan or hdd, and it was fan. When you turn it on fan runs for few secs, and in that time the sound was coming from fan, as soon as it stopped the sound dissapeared.


Any suggestions?

XPS 13 (9343) unwanted keyboard character repeat not fixed by A04 firmware update

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I wrote this as feedback to DELL after reading this:

www.dell.com/.../EN


This is what I have to say:

A04 does not fix the problem of "character repeat". I've flashed to A04 several weeks ago and the problem persists. Interesting enough I've also noticed this problem with the previous XPS13 model that I owned, and on the DELL support forums I also found users of other XPSes that encounter the issue.

To illustrate my problem: this is with my bluetooth keyboard: asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf

This is with the XPS13 internal keyboard (after flashing to A04): asdfasdfasdfasdfasdffasdfasdffasdfasdfasdffasdffasdfasdf

Seriously this is unacceptable! Sure, it only happens when I type fast; and when I don't use an external keyboard. But this model is marketed as a DEVELOPER EDITION! Developers they type on keyboards for a living.

Major Heyden, who helped with Linux compatibility on the XPS13-2015, finally gave up on this machine. I don't know why exactly but I know that the keyboard really frustrated him too.

Once again: when making a developer edition latop, please make sure the keyboard works really well. The mechanical quality of the keyboard in the 2015 XPS13 is noticeably worse then the keyboard in the previous XPS13 edition.

Currently I'm in contact with the DELL support channel here in the Netherlands, but they seem to be oblivious of the fact that so many have already complained about this. They offer me to pick up the laptop and test, but all other victims of this issue say that this will not resolve the problem.

Here are some links to other pages on the DELL support forums that describe this issue:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19280281
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19626873
http://commweb-ps3.us.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19627147
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19633313

And this is Hayden Mayor's blog on the XPS13:
https://major.io/2015/02/03/linux-support-dell-xps-13-9343-2015-model/


I really hope this issue can be resolved shortly, and for all models.

Otherwise, thanks for supporting (to some degree) Linux on your machines!

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