Hi internets, I have an Inspiron 15 7537 and one of the bottom screws have come loose and i need to get a replacement. Anyone have any idea exactly what screw is used in the location indicated so i can order a replacement. I seem to be unable to find any documentation about this from Dell.
Thanks in advance!
I'm using a Alienware M15x and recently both the battery and hard drive were pretty much shot.
Both got replaced and the hard drive had most driver put back except a few things. The one thing I'm currently looking for is the AlienFX driver as the command center isn't displaying it properly.
I've been facing this issue for 2 days now! Yesterday my charger(AC adapter) stopped charging my laptop in all of a sudden so i thought it was just the adapter that stopped working so the next day i went and bought another AC adapter with the same Input , and output power plugged it on my laptop and it started beeping then it showed me this:
The AC adapter is just the same as the original one 90-W as well but seems like my system doesn't detect the Adapter so i went to my BIOS , and checked
AC Adapter type: "None"
Just purchased Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 and would like to get a large capacity micro-sd card to suit. User guide doesn't give any specs, dell 7140 product brochure says Micro-SD Card Reader takes SD, SDHC, SDXC, supporting up to 64GB but user on Youtube says SanDisk Ultra micro SD XC1 128 GB memory card works on the 7140. Can anyone comment?
Frank
Ok, I upgraded to Windows 10, and I got a error message saying that Dell Support center is not supported, so I uninstalled it. After playing around I had to go back to Windows 7 due to some incompatibility issues (Majorly the sound playback). Now when I am using my computer I get a error message saying Dell Support Center has stopped working. I did a registry clean, and still get the error message. I tried to reinstall it, but it just freezes. Tried to install it in safe mode and says it can not install in safe mode, I am getting tired of this error message and want it GONE. Please help me.
Aaron
I just bought an inspiron 15 5558 last week and promptly installed Windows 10. Needless to say it has been a clunky transition and there seems to be a lot of kinks that need worked out, but one thing I did notice was occasionally when I press F11 my computer goes to sleep. Is there a way I can fix this?
We have a brand new Inspiron 5759 and want to connect our existing monitor ST2420L via HDMI. The monitor rapidly blinks on and off going into Power Save Mode, which causes the laptop display to blink continuously. Tried updating monitor drivers without success. Any other ideas?
My new Inspiron 3542 (updated to windows 10 64bit) has developed a fault that is driving me crazy.
I had the computer set to sleep when the lid was closed (either on battery or plugged in). This was working fine until recently. The laptop now powers off whenever the lid is closed, this is not a normal power down though, the power is cut instantly forcing the laptop to show the recovery or restart laptop screen when it is next turned on.
I have tried using system restore to roll back to a time before this fault occurred but the problem persists.
I have also experimented with the power settings including setting the laptop to do nothing when the lid is closed but the fault is till there.
The lid appears to be emulating a hard reset, the same as pressing and holding the power button to force a re-start.
I have been to the Dell support and downloaded a firmware update that was recommended to no avail.
Is this likely to be a hardware fault with the "Lid Switch" or just a bios or driver induced error.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am quite computer literate and would be able to follow any instructions offered. please do not re-iterate the "change the power setting" advice I have found elsewhere because I have tried multiple configurations of the power settings including do nothing for all the options available.
Many thanks
Nev.
Over the past 3-4 months I've been having many problems with my Dell Inspiron 5737 (that I bought a year and a half ago), which is running Windows 7:
1) This may or may not be linked to the other issues below, but the problems started 3-4 months ago, when I started having battery problems. The battery was no longer detected by neither Windows nor could not be seen in the BIOS. After pulling out the battery and doing lots of power button pushing and trying to diagnose the problem—initially, the battery could be seen by windows, but could not be charged, later it became undetectable by the whole system— the battery problem disappeared in a week, and the battery problems have not returned ever since. The battery works well right now, and hasn't really shown significant problems or wear.
2) 3-4 months ago, I started having slow Windows boot times—normally 30 seconds of boot time turned into 3 minutes, during which I could see the Windows logo, but the hard disk did not have any activity for like 1-1.5 minutes. The slow boot times were sporadic, 1 out of every 4 boots or so
was slow, but whenever the boot time was long, so did the shutdown time, which neared 1.5 minutes to shut down the computer, and even putting it to sleep took considerably longer. A week after that, I started noticing that the DVD-ROM drive disappeared from the Computer window, mostly when the loading boot time was increased. I went to the Event Viewer, and going back through the Warnings and Errors I found this:
Starting on the 2nd of September (out of nowhere) and ever since, whenever I booted windows and the loading time was long (and perhaps sometimes even when they were short), these Errors and warnings that had not been present until then started to show up very regularly:
"The speed of processor 0 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 71 seconds since the last report."
"The speed of processor 3 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 71 seconds since the last report."
"The speed of processor 2 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 71 seconds since the last report."
"The speed of processor 1 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 71 seconds since the last report."
"The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: cdrom"
"A fatal hardware error has occurred.
Reported by component: Processor Core
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: Cache Hierarchy Error
Processor ID: 0
The details view of this entry contains further information."
"Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller is disconnected from network."
"WLAN Extensibility Module has stopped. Module Path: C:\Windows\System32\IWMSSvc.dll"
"WLAN AutoConfig service has successfully stopped."
I don't know how significant each of the errors may be in relation to the problem at hand. First of all, it is strange that the system reports 4 cores instead of 2 cores (I have an i7-4500U dual core). Since I thought that the DVD-ROM was to blame, I modified a key in the Registry so that Windows
would manually load the cdrom driver, and for a couple of weeks that worked—the boots were fast once again. 3 weeks after that, the problem reappeared, and as of the time of this post, Windows boots in 4-5 minutes, and shuts down in 2 minutes. Even when the screen goes black to change from the Windows loading logo to the logging interface became 1 minute long.
3) About 2-3 times starting 2-3 months ago, after waiting for the slow shutdown of the system, I rebooted the notebook. The POST sequence failed. For 5-10 boots, progressively, the Dell logo did not show up (after pressing the power key, the screen showed only black), then after another couple of boots, the Dell logo appeared but the progress bar filled up to less than 50% and then stopped and the computer froze. After more tries, the progress bar on the POST section filled completely, but Windows did not boot. While this was happening, if I tried to press F2 or F12, the text displaying this option would light up, but neither the BIOS nor the Boot menu would display at all. After a couple more restarts after hard resets from the power key, windows started to boot, but slowly. No error message, nothing appeared in Windows.
This sequence of pre-Windows freezing (no logo up to full bar loading) happened 2-3 times with a couple of weeks in between, and each time I had to keep rebooting and hard-restarting the system for it to progress. This made me think that a motherboard issue was present. Sometimes, the DVD-ROM would appear in the Computer window, but now 3 fourths of the boots are slow, with equally slow shutdowns.
I also tested to see whether the problem would arise when loading Safe Mode, but Windows loaded very slowly even in this case only when I put the DVD-ROM driver loading Registry key back again. I'm considering reinstalling Windows to see if the problem persists. I also want to see how the notebook would react if I loaded a USB Linux. Right now, the DVD-ROM drive does not appear in the BIOS.
Also, as a small detail, the aluminum casing always electrocuted me (small but noticeable current) from the beginning after I bought the notebook, whenever I layed my hand on the casing and my elbow on another metallic surface. I don't know if this odd detail might is relevant or not, or whether it is normal.
As I have extended warranty, I considered handing in the computer for warranty, but I just wanted to see what you guys think of my problem. I'm also worried that the warranty guys might refuse to help me, saying that the problem might have been caused by me.
Thanks for the help!
Hello
Anyone knows if i can install fingerprint sensor on my dell e6500 laptop.By factory come with out but other same model have it
thanks
Hi there,
Can someone confirm and write me the version of Bios does your system runs?
Hi, I've got a XPS15 laptop and I've been struggling with the same problem since I bought it. I've received even a replacement and the problems are still here. When I'm running Photoshop, Premiere or After Effects the laptop starts to running hot intermittently, kicking the fans and making a lot of noise. A LOT. Just having the app open, even without any CPU charge, the laptop goes crazy.
Thanks.
There are lots of posts on here about problems with the E7450 and docking stations. Does anyone have an E7450 working correctly with a docking station? If so, please provide the model number of the docking station.
DVD light goes on,makes start up sounds but the system cannot see any files. Have used cleaners etc with no change. Any suggestions for trouble shooting
model: dell 15R 5520 service tag : <ADMIN NOTE: Service tag removed per privacy policy>
its showing the battery manufacturer is Sanyo. and its 48Wh battery.
my questions are
1. Is the battery am having right now is original or not? it is showing manufacurer as SANYO
below are the details of the battery currently am possessing.
2. i wanna replace my battery.. can i replace it with 60Wh, 11.1v type (PRV1Y)
i bought dis yesterday from a near by store. Manufacturer sold it to me saying its original Dell battery.
The details of new battery are : DP/N JKVC5 CN-JKVC5-51885-5BS8-18TS-A88 Is there anyway u can tell me that this battery original or not?
In batteryinfo app its showing manufaturer as Dynapack.
3. Does 60wh 11.1v works with my laptop?[:(]
hey my old hard drive failed so I went and got a new one it a sata 2.5 inch I ran the epsa and I have no error reports on there and it's not showing up in my bios section I'm stumped please help
So out of nowhere, this tiny light bar maybe an inch wide underneath the trackpad is flickering with no rhyme or reason. it persists after rebooting and doesn't seem to be tied to battery life or anything. its really distracting and annoying.
is there any indicator as to what this is, how to disable it, and why it came on randomly?
Im now on hour 9 of being too stubborn to ask for help about reinstalling windows and I'm finally giving in. I've tried alienrespawn and many others. I dont have a disc because I had it preinstalled when I bought it and I cant find my recovery card.
PLEASE HELP
What can I do? Will my hard drive be able to be recovered?
Hi All,
Please help me with the below querry.
I am using dell inspiron 15R 5537 with 8gb RAM, I want to upgrade to 16 GB.
Is it possible to upgrade ?
If yes after upgrade any issues we will face ?
Kindly give me your valuable inputs.
Thanks
Ramana
