Quantcast
Channel: General Hardware - Recent Threads
Browsing all 28119 articles
Browse latest View live

Laptop Turns On Only Fan+Power Light; No OS/BIOS

Sometimes when I try to turn on my laptop (Vostro 3450), the screen will turn on but remain dark. No screen output will be visible. No beeps or other sounds either, the fan goes to what sounds like...

View Article



Turn Inspiron 1721 on - Black Screen & Nothing

My Inspiron 1721 laptop has stopped working. I turn it on  - the fans start for a few seconds and it goes silent then screen stays black.I left it on over night and turned it off and back on this...

View Article

Inspiron N5010 wont shut down, wont sleep, fan runs at full speed continuously

Hi,Recently my laptop was dropped.  It's a Dell Inspiron 15R N5010, and of course it's out of warranty and I don't have a recovery disk.  The hard disk died so I have replaced it and performed a full...

View Article

Dell Vostro 3350 LCD Display Reversed

Hello,I have a very bizarre issue with a Dell Vostro 3350 laptop. The LCD screen image is flipped backwards left to right, even at initial bootup of the computer (motherboard post and bios screens)....

View Article

Inspiron 1440 need BIOS password

I need a default BIOS password for this Inspiron 1440.  I can supply Service Tag #, Express Service Code #, owner name, date of purchase, pic of screen, etc.  Please tell me how to proceed. Thanks for...

View Article


E5520 hard drive password at boot

Hi,Suddenly my laptop is asking authentication at bootup with hard drive password. Please help. It was working fine till last use and suddenly not booting up. Please help.Zaki

View Article

Extra hdd in inspiron 17r model 5737 dvd caddy issue

I have recently bought a inspiron 17 R ( model 5737 ). And i replaced the hdd with a solid state disk (240 Gb). I now want to replace the dvd drive with the original 1 Tb sata disk in a caddy. the ssd...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

HDMI to 2 dual monitors

Hi,I hope this community can help me.  I have an Inspiron 15R laptop which only have (1) HDMI and (4)USB output.  The video card is only a Intel HD Graphics 4400. I want to connect 2 dual monitors both...

View Article


What dell driver is needed for a e5430 to repair missing PCI Device?

I am running XP still and now a PCI Device showed up missing for my E5430. What driver do I need? Thanks

View Article


dell Inspiron 9200 acts like wifi doesnt exist, please help

So im not the most computer smart person in the world, a while back though, my dell inspiron 9200 took a major dump on me, completly crashed. I had a friend who said he could fix it, so i allowed him...

View Article

something wrong with my drivers? xps m1530?

i'm still working on fixing my computer issues. just about every driver i have tried to use fails me.BIOS version/date: dell inc. a09, 7/14/2008SMBIOS version: 2.4 so... basically, i'm running windows...

View Article

Dell XPS M1530 with Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

Can anyone help me find a driver that actually works with this configuration??  The drivers from the intel site seemed to install, but I still get an exclamation point next to the device in device...

View Article

Inspiron 1545 intel wireless driver/suite installation problem

i have an inspiron 1545 with intel 5100 card.  I was using windows xp before but now i upgraded to windows 7 64bit home premium.  I downloaded the intel wireless software and the installation cannot...

View Article


Dell Inspiron n5110 issue!

My laptop has an issues with it's charging. I'm not experienced with computers so I cannot fix it. My computer will not even turn on unless it's plugged in, then it will turn on and it says 0%...

View Article

Unable to install wireless driver for Dell Inspirion 3421

Hi guys. I really need your help.. what should i do? Only LAN Driver js working. Wireless not working. Im using windows 7 pro 64bit SP1. Please help me.

View Article


Please help on Dell Inspiron 1520 :(

Friends,I am getting NTLDR is missing and press ctrl + alt+del to restart - message as soon as system boots up.So I am trying to get it repaired using my XP professional SP2 CD. I am on the screen...

View Article

Inspiron N5110 Screen Freeze on Startup

My Inspiron N5110 will not start.  When I turn it on, the display sometimes comes on and then immediately distorts with static lines and then freezes.  Most of the time the computer turns on but...

View Article


E-Port Plus II,APR,USB 3.0 docking station and U2713HM

I have purchased a Precision M6800, the E-Port II noted in the subject line and the U2713HM 2560 X 1440 resolution.  I have two problems.  The first is it doesn't matter which port I plug the monitor...

View Article

Inspiron 15 7000 (7537) Samsung SSD Compatibility Issue

Recently bought a Samsung 840PRO 256Gb SSD. Cloned the drive using bundled samsung software. Worked fine initially although still felt a little sluggish. However I soon encountered errors stating that...

View Article

My Battery check

Hi,I bought a new battery, Seller says its Dell Original Battery. could you please confirm is this is original or not?Here is the serial no:KR - 08NH55 - 71769 - 39L - A1LT - A05DP /N 08NH55Awaiting...

View Article
Browsing all 28119 articles
Browse latest View live


Latest Images