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Dell Recovery Partition - Delete?

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Hi, i just wonder if its safe to delete 10GB Dell recovery partition? Im OK with loosing the ability to reset to factory installation. But Im worried if I may loose F12 functionality or F12-Diagnostics. I presume this is BIOS thing, but I rather asks before doing smth stupid. Thanks.


Dell E6530 Motherboard/ Slice Battery

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I have a Dell Latitude E6530 and having a problem I have never seen before. I have two 9 cell batteries in it, one as the primary and other as a slice for the bottom. When the slice battery reaches 1% the laptop abruptly cuts off instead of switching to the primary battery. However, I can unplug the slice battery while the laptop is on with no problems occurring. I have ran all diagnostics tests I could find and each time everything passes. I have been told that the problem could be either the BIOS outdated or the motherboard. All drivers have been updated and the most current BIOS is installed. I would like to know if the motherboard is indeed the culprit or to see has anyone else had this problem before I buy a new motherboard. Thanks

Not turning on and charging light goes off after connecting to pc

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Hi I have dell inspiron n5010 laptop. Last night I had a issue of 7 beeps and not switching on. As per youtube video I turned on the laptop with beep sound and wrapped in a blanket and kept it beeping for 15 minutes. After that I switched off the laptop. Again when I turned it on, it does not turned on and also when I connected charging adapter , charging adapter light goes off automatically. I am not able to switch it on, please suggest needful.

Inspiron 3100 w/ Windows10 continually goes into "sleep" mode after only 2 - 3 mins of inactivity

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This is very frustrating. My Dell Inspiron 3100 w/ Windows10 continually goes into "sleep" mode after only 2 - 3 mins of inactivity.  I have checked, cleared and re-entered all of my Settings for when the laptop should "Sleep", and I have set them all to NEVER. Yet the problem persists.  Can anyone suggest a possible solution?

Thanks!

Upgrading Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card

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Hi. I have an Studio 1749 and I'm looking to upgrade to a better WLAN card, which is compatible with my laptop.

Please can you advise on the best one to get?

Kind regards

Replaced Motherboard and Hard Drive

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Good Evening, I have a Dell Inspiron 15r 5520 intel core i5 6GB Memory originally with a built in Microsoft Windows 8.

  • Purchased in 2012
  • It has since been updated to Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. 
  • I upgraded to Windows 10 as soon as I found out Windows 10 was free for people who had Windows 8
  • Windows 10 was working fine until July and then that's when the Motherboard 'gave out'
  • I tested it and it said the Motherboard is fine it's just the HDD.

Well the Hard Drive and Motherboard overheated and both died.

  • I have replaced a Heat Sink AND Fan to attempt to save it (Yes, I used a rice size amount of Thermal Paste to reinstall)
  • So now I purchased a New 1TB (1000GB) 8MB Cache 5400RPM SATA 2.5" 9.5mm Notebook Hard Drive and that was fine.
  • I also purchased a replacement Motherboard for my Laptop, which came with no Software, leading me to purchase Microsoft Windows 10 Pro.
  • I have had trouble downloading the Windows 10 pro, as it would turn off during download and refuse to actually go on and give me the proper download for a while.
  • After 2 days of trying, I finally realized I had to remove the CD once it was installed, and Windows 10 Pro was installed on my computer. After a few downloads, Skype, Google Hangouts and Roblox(Online game) to be exact, the motherboard fried out.
  • I recently got a Motherboard on ebay from China and now I am trying a USA seller instead.

  • Is Windows 10 Pro frying my Laptop? I know I cannot download devices from Dell any longer but I would at least like it to work.

Can I get the Windows 8 back for free? Can I call Microsoft and Verify my Old Motherboard's Information for a new installation? (I have my old items still and serial Number, I just no longer have a Warranty due to the time expiration.)

Should I upgrade the Memory and can my computer's Motherboard handle that?

A couple of notes with the new Motherboard:

  1. My computer no longer had a Serial Number tied to Dell, but it was called a 'Inspiron 5520'
  2. Windows 10 pro seemed to not work with the Motherboard.

Thanks for answering my questions, any help would be appreciated.

Dell Inspiron 15-5547 is draining the battery overnight while powered off?

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Hi,

So recently, after the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (I think), I turn off my Dell Inspiron 15-5547 at night fully charged, only to find it drained by the morning.  Yes, I turn it completely off, not to sleep or hibernate.  Fast Boot is disabled.  When I turn it back on in the morning, the screen displays the "Battery Critically Low" error message and the battery indicator is orange, which means it is low.

The battery life itself is fine.  Lasts at least 2-3 hours while working on the laptop.  Even my 10 year old laptop with a 30 minute battery can last for weeks without being turned on.  So the battery couldn't have gone bad.

Samsung EVO 500 GB SSD, 8 GB RAM, Intel i5 4th Gen Processor, Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Plugged In, Not Charging

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Okay so I've had this Dell Inspiration 15 since December 2016. It has since had many issues such as of course the "Plugged In, Not Charging". This has happened 2 times now, and possibly a 3rd time and I find that it's very ridiculous that I need to be worrying about this, especially after 2 previous incidents. The first time, I thought it might just be a bad cable which we never got an answer for, so we had to buy a brand new plug. Just like the previous one, nothing seemed to be wrong but eventually after only a month or so after the first incident (which happened only 2 months after buying the computer), it happened again. This time we went to Best Buy. There they gave me a new plug and it worked and we were told its just that dell products went down in stability. This plug we have had for about 3 or 4 months. Now its happening AGAIN. I don't know what's wrong. It also is working but not, I have to adjust it slightly and pray to make it work and as of now it is working, but its very worrisome that its gonna stop working, so now that all of the background info is out of the way, here's my real question.

HOW DO I STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING? AND WHAT DO I DO TO FIX IT? Because I've spent almost 200 dollars now on plugs after taking a lot of care with my previous plugs and this current one and I really REALLY don't want to buy another. I want to know this because I'm pretty sure at some point its not going to work even after jiggling it around. I heard something about the battery and shutting down the system but I have tried some of it before and it never worked. I just want to use my laptop and not have to worry about the plug and change it every 3 or 4 months. Thank you for all who help.


New Motherboard, Can it Handle Windows 10 PRO?

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Good Evening, I have a Dell Inspiron 15r 5520 intel core i5 6GB Memory originally with a built in Microsoft Windows 8.

  • Purchased in 2012
  • It has since been updated to Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. 
  • I upgraded to Windows 10 as soon as I found out Windows 10 was free for people who had Windows 8
  • Windows 10 was working fine until July and then that's when the Motherboard 'gave out'
  • I tested it and it said the Motherboard is fine it's just the HDD.

Well the Hard Drive and Motherboard overheated and both died.

  • I have replaced a Heat Sink AND Fan to attempt to save it (Yes, I used a rice size amount of Thermal Paste to reinstall)
  • So now I purchased a New 1TB (1000GB) 8MB Cache 5400RPM SATA 2.5" 9.5mm Notebook Hard Drive and that was fine.
  • I also purchased a replacement Motherboard for my Laptop, which came with no Software, leading me to purchase Microsoft Windows 10 Pro.
  • I have had trouble downloading the Windows 10 pro, as it would turn off during download and refuse to actually go on and give me the proper download for a while.
  • After 2 days of trying, I finally realized I had to remove the CD once it was installed, and Windows 10 Pro was installed on my computer. After a few downloads, Skype, Google Hangouts and Roblox(Online game) to be exact, the motherboard fried out.
  • I recently got a Motherboard on ebay from China and now I am trying a USA seller instead.

  • Is Windows 10 Pro frying my Laptop? I know I cannot download devices from Dell any longer but I would at least like it to work.

Can I get the Windows 8 back for free? Can I call Microsoft and Verify my Old Motherboard's Information for a new installation? (I have my old items still and serial Number, I just no longer have a Warranty due to the time expiration.)

Should I upgrade the Memory and can my computer's Motherboard handle that?

A couple of notes with the new Motherboard:

  1. My computer no longer had a Serial Number tied to Dell, but it was called a 'Inspiron 5520'
  2. Windows 10 pro seemed to not work with the Motherboard.

Thanks for answering my questions, any help would be appreciated.

My will not boot/post/do anything at all...

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I got a brand new laptop on Tuesday and now it refuses to bot up. I have it plugged in, it's been "charging" for the past 3 days with no change. When ever I try to boot it up the caps lock LED flashed very briefly and the power indicator LED flashed 2 times orange and 4 times white with a short delay in between the 2 colours. it is a dell inspirion 5559 I know a little about computers but nothing that could help with this situation please help.

XPS 15 9550 Upgrading Parts

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I just ordered a XPS 15 9550 with a Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB+32GD SSD and Gefore GTX 960 2GB. As I would want to use it for gaming as well as work, here are the upgrades I had in mind:

RAM: add another 8GB (from Dell store it's ~$75)

SSD: upgrade to 256GB (from Amazon ~ $125)

Graphics Card: either 970 or 1060 (from Amazon ~$350-500)

I"ve never done parts upgrading before, so my question is what do I need to consider when making these purchases (like not every RAM 8GB I find can be used in a laptop, etc.) . Are there specific things I need to look out for when buying these as far as dimensions and compatibility?

The sales agent assured me I can upgrade these, but honestly I can't really trust their knowledge on these things.

Please let me know your thoughts, I can still cancel the order if I can't make these upgrades which are important to me. Thanks!

How to adjust webcam exposure on Inspiron 5559?

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I have an Inspiron 5559 and when I use the webcam for Skype or GoToMeeting, my video is overexposed.

How can I adjust the exposure to compensate for a too-bight image?'

Thank you

Laptop won't power on

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I own a Dell Inspiron 5520 laptop and a night that I was streaming, my laptop suddenly shut off and wouldn't turn on. Nothing happens when I press the power and when I plug in the charger the light doesn't even come on, though the charging brick light does (my computer was plugged in when this happened). I have looked this up and I have tried the only suggested solution which is to remove the battery and all connections and press the power button for 30-60 seconds, then putting the battery back in and attempting to power on. I have repeated this multiple times, even doing it with only the charger connected and battery out or both charger and battery connected but nothing seems to work. I am hoping that someone can offer me a solution before I have to carry this to a technician or replace it.

install windows 7 on XPS 15 9550

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My work has a security policy that requires that I have windows 7 on the laptop before I can access the company network.

I have been doing some reading but I still can not get windows 7 to install. The install stops close the the start due to missing drivers, any drivers I try and load aren't accepted. Any help would be appreciated, my configuration is as below

I7-6700HQ

16 gb ram

Samsung PM951 M.2 512gb

Nvidia 960M

Dell 1830 wireless

Realtek ALC3266 sound card

Thanks,

Andrew

Display Compatibility Inspiron 13 7347

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I would like to know if the current LCD I have with the model number of LP133WH2(SP)(B1) is compatible with LTN133HL03 or with any other 1080P displays.


Windows 10 Anniversary - Sleep mode BSOD

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Hello,

I am having the following problem with my Dell Inspiron 7559 after the Win 10 Anniversary update:

everytime I put my laptop in sleep and I try to wake it (no matter how much time had past), It wakes up, gets to the login screen and freezes and after some time it gives me a BSOD! But it freezes at 0% and I have to manually reset...

I also have Windows 10 installed on an SSD (if that matters) and have the latest version of BIOS and the latest drivers from Dell.

The two possible BSODs I get are KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR or CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED.

Dell Inspiron N5110 not booting

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hi!

i went into dell startup options [F12] and ran diags.

it thows up following error :

Error code :  2000-0145

Validation : 45371

Msg: Hard-drive 0 -S/N 5VEKQY27 ,self test did not complete.

[ In Bios HD is detected correctly].

What am i supposed to do now?

Inspiron N5110 Memory Test failure

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Hi Dell community,

my laptop recently runs slower as usual and i after readíng some topics in the forum, i ran some hardware tests.

Unfortunatly as you can see in the fotos below there is a memory test failure.

Would a replace of the memory solve the problem?

Any suggestions?

Fotos:

XPS 9550 Touchpad coming up

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The touchpad on my 9550 is starting to come up/rise.  It is so high I can easily slip a fingernail underneath it.  Can't find anything similar.

External HDD in NTFS is not working - DELL Inspirion 7359

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Hello, I was recently made Dell Update, where my BIOS was update. From this moment I can't access my external HDD witch is NTFS partition.

I took my older External HDD which is half FAT half NTFS and I can only read FAT partition. 

I have a error: 
"Location is not available

F:\ is not accessible
Request is not support"

Any ideas?

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