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Bluetooth not working - Dell Inspiron Mini 1018

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My Mini notepad running W7 Starter was fine until I installed my free "upgrade" to Windows 10. I didn't like it so uninstalled. Everything is working again with W.7 Starter, EXCEPT Bluetooth, which I used for transferring photos from phone and more especially a Windows Bluetooth Mouse. Bluetooth was on the original installation when I [purchased the notepad new.

I can't find any way to "restart" Bluetooth and when I tried Dell Driver updates there appeared to be no Bluetooth application.

Any ideas please for getting it going again?


Failure to Power On and Spontaneous Shutdown on Brand New XPS13

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I have been using my brand new XPS13 (9343) for less than two months. I absolutely loved this laptop because of its design and performance. I even invested in a number of accessories (including the power bank and DA100 adapter) to complement this great laptop. But the laptop has started to disappoint too early. Since around three weeks ago, serious power problems have begun to show up.

1. In the previous two weeks, the laptop often would not power on after being charged overnight to fullness (as indicated by the unlit front LED). The laptop did not respond to the power button - no LED, no fan noise and the battery indicator didn't work. But when the power adapter is plugged in, the laptop could be powered on right away. Then, if I removed the power adapter immediately, the laptop would lose power and shutdown at once and would again be in the same coma unresponsive to the power button unless it is powered by the adapter. But if I used the laptop for 5-10 minutes and then removed the adapter, everything would behave normally again - it would be able to run on the battery and could be turned on by the power button. So every morning when I arrive the place where I work, I would have the adapter plugged in (the only way to turn the laptop on) to the fully charged laptop and use it for around 10 minutes before I remove the adapter. Because I utterly need the laptop to work, I had decided to stick to this routine.

2. But the problem has gone worse this week and I cannot bear with it anymore. Now the laptop cannot run on the battery for more than 10 minutes even though it is next to fully charged unless the adapter is plugged in. If I leave the laptop running on the battery, then it would lose power and shutdown at once after some random time. When it happened, the boot log showed "ASF2 force off". So whenever I work, I would need to plug in the adapter. Since this started to happen, the healthy battery has been withheld from its normal charge/discharge cycle and become virtually an unused device carried in a case despite its full charge, because the laptop is powered from the adapter all the time.

The power problem frustrates me a lot and I wish to have it solved soon. Part of me also wants very badly the open the laptop and inspect it (I am an electronic engineer) but I have not done so, for fear that I would void the warranty (Please let me know if it would not).

Chipset driver uninstall dell inspiron 3542

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Does this driver's folder is correct ? For a driver installation folder it looks empty . This specific driver is not shown in the Control Panel > Uninstall Programs . 

Is there a way to uninstall it ?

Inspiron 11 Hotkeys for windows 10

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Two of my children have Inspiron 11s. Since upgrading to Windows 10, I notice their hotkeys don't work anymore (search above F5, settings above F8, etc).. These still work on my m3800 after upgrading to windows 10. How can I get these working on their Inspiron 11s?

DELL INSPIRON 400

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Hello; Ever since I updated the pc from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10, every time I turn on the pc I see the dell logo and on the right corner see the options of going into the FIOS F2 or F12 but the screen get stock with the picture of a window [ Microsoft ] and nothing happening. Then I re-boot the pc and it goes all the way to Windows sign-in and up to the windows screen with the icons ...I changed the hard drive and added more memory and still have this problem. i don't know why is doing it...anyone had this problem or know how to fix it will be well appreciate, thank you  

DELL 7537 issues on Win 10 clean install

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Dear Dell gurus,

I have two issue on my laptop Dell 7537 on Win 10 x64 clean install and with up to date drivers to today. I try everything so maybe you can help me.

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If this System device is enabled my laptop never completely shut down. Display is black but fans still spinning and keyboard's backlight can be still turn on with hotkeys...

Solution: Hard shutdown or disable this device.

2)

If this device is enabled. Airplane mode can't be disabled, Wifi can be enabled, Bluetooth is grayed and is unclickable... The button to change wifi/airplane wont work ofc.

I've seen a lot of blue screens when trying to solve these problems and I do not know what else to try.

Any ideas? :)

Dell Insipron 7537 Win 10 clean install critical issues

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Dear Dell gurus,

I have two issue on my laptop Dell 7537 on Win 10 x64 clean install and with up to date drivers to today. I try everything so maybe you can help me.

1)

If this System device is enabled my laptop never completely shut down. Display is black but fans still spinning and keyboard's backlight can be still turn on with hotkeys...

Solution: Hard shutdown or disable this device.

2)

If this device is enabled. Airplane mode can't be disabled, Wifi can be enabled, Bluetooth is grayed and is unclickable... The button to change wifi/airplane wont work ofc.

I've seen a lot of blue screens when trying to solve these problems and I do not know what else to try.

Any ideas? :)

Inspiron 5520 charging issue

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My 3 yr. old Inspiron 5520 died with no warning. The charger lights up when plugged in but the light goes out when you plug it into the unit and stays out even after removing it from the unit until you unplug it from the wall and plug it back in. There were no notices or warnings of battery or charger failure. I'm guessing there is a fault protector in the charger that is tripping when plugged into the unit. Would a bad battery cause this or am I looking at a problem with the electronics of the unit itself? Or could it be a problem with the charger itself? How can I determine the problem?

Thanks


XPS13 wifi connection problem

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Hi, I just bought my xps 13 two months ago, when it just arrived I already realize there is a problem of wifi connection, which I mean I cannot reconnect to the internet I was using after sleep mode or close for a while. This problem happens more frequent recently, it is really annoying, and every time I have to restart the laptop to get connected! I need tech support for this issue, anybody know how to solve it? It seems like a lot of people have the same issue too! I hope DELL can solve it as soon as possible!!!

DVD driver for Windows 10

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My laptop: Inspiron 15 3537

After updating to windows 10 my DVD driver don't work.

Appreciate any help.

Thank you in advance.

Jorge Fernandes

Dxdiag saying laptop has a different graphics card

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Bought my laptop off Dell back in August, and specified the Nvidia GeForce 920M. Assumed I had the correct graphics card ever since, but checked dxdiag just now and it states I have Intel HD Graphics 5500. 

I'm only posting as I'm confused, since the online system requirements checker I just used says I have the GeForce card. Has anyone else had this problem?

Please someone can help me remove/unlock bios password on an Dell xps l502x

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hi can anyone tell me how to remove the bios password on an XPS 15 L502X? when I press f2 for bios settings it asks to enter password/unlock key and below it says Unlock key hint number, don't know what that is. Any help is very much appreciated. I can give the service tag if needed. It's not in warranty anymore. Thanks

Inspiron 5558 Display Replacement

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Hi. Can someone please help me with some info? Please. I own a Inspiron 5558 and I read that this model came with the option of two display types, the TN 1366 x 768 panel, the one that I have, and a Full HD IPS panel, the one that I would like to buy.

Can someone please confirm it it is possible to replace the panel?

I think that it is, I see that there are different configurations for this model, different specs, but the exact same chassis.I have seen that it is possible even to replace the keyboard with a back-lit one.

The Dell service from my country says that they need a part number for the panel, but I don't know where to find it for the IPS panel.


Thank you!

Intel Management Engine Interface Driver corrupt

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This Intel Management Engine Interface Driver from the dell drivers and downloads is giving the false version when actually it has the previous one .

The current newer version is 11.0.0.1153, A00 while this download gives 11.0.0.1146, A00 . It misleads users cause it writes that it gives 11.0.0.1153, A00 in the details .

So it should be changed by dell.

Dell Inspiron n5040 problems

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Hello, I'm out of ideas on how to fix the problems I'm having with my dell Inspiron n5040. I recently replaced the keyboard and power button on the laptop, and since then I've been having a ton of issues with it. The computer is randomly shutting off, as if I've cut the power supply from it. Most of the time it doesn't even make it to the account login screen before this happens. On the few occasions it does stay on and get past the Windows is loading files screen, it blue screens and before I can get the error code it restarts. I've tried unplugging the keyboard, same problem. Nothing is plugged into the USB ports, and the charger is plugged in so I know it's not dead. Any suggestions?


DELL Vostro 3350 motherboard "other sensor" temperature sensor locations?

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Hello. I have a Dell 3350 with i5 cpu. It has overheating problems. The computer shuts down after a while. Cooler fan runs gradually faster, so it works but it doesn't help. If I add external cooling (large fan), the computer temperature drops and it runs without problems.

I opened laptop, removed cooler, cleaned all the dust and replaced thermal pads (gpu, cpu and two pads over GPU memory chips) with Arctic Silver or similar paste. It didn't help. 

When I reboot to diagnostics (F12), most of te sensors look ok. CPU and two "other sensors" below are ok, GPU sensor is ok (16 degrees C), but "other sensor" below GPU sensor in the list rises slowly upwards until the computer shuts itself down. The sensor that reads high values is the last sensor in the list in the diagnostics.

I would like to know, where the last sensor in the list is located? Is it for GPU memory or CPU?

Regards,

XPS 13 9350 keeps waking up from sleep

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I received my XPS 13 the other day and it has woken up from sleep in my bag twice already - burning hot. I downloaded the latest drivers but it keeps waking up. Also, there seems to be no automatic driver detection like the 9343.

Why doesn't the XPS 13 9350 have automatic driver update detection like the 9343?

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On my XPS 13 9343, if I go to the Dell Support page, there is a detect button which will inventory my driver versions and tell me what needs to be updates. On my 9350, that detect button does not exist. I have to manually look at each driver and hope that I can tell if I need an update. Will this be fixed?

Dell XPS L502X Suddenly Not Starting

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I know my Dell is 4 years old but I am just giving this forum a shot because I am desperate!

Main issue: Not turning on - power button LED flickers and sound of HDD starting but then stops within 1sec each time power button is pressed.

Occasionally (very rarely) boots normally but screen keeps going black unless touchpad is touched. Any clicking or keystrokes make the screen go black. Cursor appears to move normally.

On set: one moment it was working, the next I come back and the screen was flickering. Pressed the power button and shut down initiated as per normal. Could not turn on after that. Was able to access Windows once normally after I managed to make the system perform a hardware check before boot up. Transfer and back up proceeded normally except touch pad could not be used to click, only move the mouse. Now it is not turning on at all.

Background: Dell XPS L205X, 4 years old, battery almost 0 capacity, recently installed Panda antivirus. Working fine before this. Installed windows 10 about a month ago.

Brand New Inspiron 5559

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I purchased this laptop less than a month ago. I need some help deciding whether something is wrong or not.

Every once in a while, after the start up when my background shows, my computer will make little beeping noises. The first time I booted up the computer right out of the box it said that my pc was having trouble starting up (no beeps though, just an odd thing to happen right out of the box.).The Dell Support Assist did a 4 minute test and it started up fine.  

The first time the beeping happened, approximately 3 days after I got the laptop, it was only 3 beeps. Three beeps and then everything is fine. About a week later it happened again, this time 5 beeps. A week and a half later I get this sad face blue screen saying my pc ran into a problem and had to restart. 2 days later it beeped 7 times. I ran a 4 hour BIOS diagnostics test and it said that everything is running fine.

I use this computer for web surfing, storing pictures, reading emails and listening to music. I don't do any gaming whatsoever.

Does anyone have any advice as to what's going on with my brand new laptop?

Also, thought I might add, that sometimes when I'm surfing the web, my screen will flash and it will say that my Intel HD driver failed, but successfully recovered. Whats with that?

PLEASE HELP!!! :(

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