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XPS L502X Keyboard Not Working

Hello there!I have been having problems all week with my laptop overheating so today I decided to clean out my heat sink and fan. I was able to disassemble the laptop without a problem and removed a...

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Devices on my Precision M6500

I just bought this laptop a few days ago, replaced the HDD with an SSD, and reinstalled Windows 7 Professional x86. A few things about devices on my laptop confused me...I've gotten notifications from...

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Fiscal number

What is the fiscal number of a laptop? I think it is my tax ID but I'm not sure. In what format should I write it?

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Inspiron 11 3000 Series (3137) 8gb RAM?

I'm looking to upgrade the ram on the newly released inspiron 11 3137. The laptop has one dimm slot that is also user accessible. It is currently only shipping with 2gb of ram. I realize the manual...

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start>shutdown>restart, is taking forever, very slow. Why? Dell 520 Latitude...

My problem isI click START >Shutdown and have to wait and wait forever (3-5minutes) for the final prompt to either restart/shutdown/log off.Its is real annoying.I am using a 2007(bios) Latitude Dell...

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New XPS 15, 9530 WIFI issues.....

Got our new XPS-15, 9530 Base model last night, and the WFIF will not stay on.over 2 hours on the phone with Tech Support, and they are sending out a Tech to replace the WIFI card. I'm not even sure it...

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Laptop Trackpad behaving strangely

HelloMy trackpad isn't working well. I tried Restore and installing the latest driver - no luck.I keep getting a different design on the cursor something that looks like this <I>.The normal...

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How to take backup of Windows 8 OS?

Hi,Can someone guide me how to take the backup of Windows 8 OS from Dell Inspiron machine? I dont want to take the entire system backup but OS back up alone would do. Please provide detailed steps.

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Problem with graphics driver

Hello folks,            I am having 3 years old Inspiron N5010 Dell series laptop with 4 GB RAM, i3 2.27 GHz processor, 500 GB HDD, 1 GB Graphics from ATI and 64 bit Windows Home basic. I am facing...

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Replaced old battery but still getting pop ups that tell me to replace it!

Hello!I'm new here, and after some googling I've been unable to solve this problem. My old battery started to die on me, so I bought a new one. I took out the old one, held the power button for about...

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N5110 touchpad mouse button not working

I have a laptop Dell N5110 and the left/right  mouse button suddenly stopped working.  I tried reinstalling the drivers with no successful results.  Everything else on the touchpad seems to be working...

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dell inspiron m5030 wont boot, 7 post beeps continuously, no screen, doesn't...

I got a popup and an attempt to install an exe file when i browsed a site with my virus software on.  It then went to priviledge escalation mode, and at that point I hard powered down the computer....

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Alienware 14 screen upgrade?

Hello, I have the newest Alienware 14, but with the 1366 x 768 HD display. I want to upgrade to the FHD 1920 x 1080 panel. Is this possible to do on my own? If so would this panel work?...

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can i disable network boot on Inspiron 15 3521

my Inspiron 15 3521 uses Insyde H2O bios, and there appears to be no setting to disable network boot.  alternately, i would like to change the boot order so i can boot from HD (win 8 UEFI) before...

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Dell Mobile Broadband Utility showing No Device Detected

Hi all,I have a brand new Latitude E6530 with Dell Wireless 5630 (EDVO-HSPA) Mobile Broadband Mini-Card.  I know for a fact this device was working when I received the Laptop.  I have rebuilt the...

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Inspiron 7520 & AMD Radion 7730M (2G)

Hi,Had a new laptop delivered yesterday, including AMD Radion GPU.... but don't seem to be able to use it?!The Device Manager shows both the onboard Intel HD and AMD Radion...and seems apps and game...

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Dell Inspiron N5110 Core i7 Did not Power up ??

Yesterday,2 out of 3 USB's ports were not working and there is also some noise comes after sometimes in regular intervals below the CD drive side.Then I go to Dell Online Diagnosis shop and check my...

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XPS L501X Laptop Shuts Off Randomly

Hi folks, My XPS L501X laptop shuts off completely and without warning. What happens is the cursor freezes. The computer does not respond to anything. After about 15 to 60 seconds, the screen goes...

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Dell N5040 boot issues

I have a Dell N5040 that shut down on me a year ago. Local tech guys checked it said no viruses just corrupted windows. Reinstalled windows 7 ran for 6 months and same issues reoccurred. Ran boot...

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Mouse buttons loud - design issue or defective? (new Inspiron laptop)

Hello all,I just received my new Inspiron 15 (Model 3521, non touch) and the mouse click sound is loud (unlike any Dell laptop I have ever owned).  It is loud enough that I could not use this computer...

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