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Dell Inspiron n4010 bettery light

I've taken good care of this laptop but suddenly a few days ago, it wouldn't turn on. The battery light and the left side by the speaker, would just turn orange. I left it plugged for a few hours but...

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I broke the smartcard reader connector!

Hello everyone,Being a total klutz, I spilled a couple of drops of onion sauce on the touchpad buttons of my Latitude E6420 last night. So I took off the keyboard to access the front panel (to which...

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Inspiron 1750 shuts down when battery is still 75% charged

Hello,I replaced my battery about a year ago with a Dell battery and recently it started shutting down when the battery is still showing 75% charged.  I looked for a new BIOS on the Dell website driver...

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Dell Inspiron 1318 corner of screen overheating.

My old Inspiron 1318 has been great. I just put a new inverter in it for the monitor and it works fine. However, before the old one burnt out I noticed the bottom right corner of my screen was turning...

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Dell XPS 17 Issues

Hi,I recently purchased a Dell XPS 17 Laptop from Ebay and mostly it works well, except for a few issues. I assume they are all related, but I don't know enough about computers to know for sure.The...

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Unable to get past Dell logo

Hi. When I boot my Dell inspiron 15z with windows 8 it won't go past the Dell logo screen. I have tried the f2 key and the f12 key. I just love this laptop and its only a little over a year old with...

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Dell 1470 Laptop NO WiFi connection

I have a Dell 1470 and I tried to upgrade my wireless card and now I have no internet. I have even purchased a USB wireless adapter and it does not work.The adapter and the card are recognized in...

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Two finger right click does not work

Can someone help me in laymen's terms exactly how to fix my right click and scrolling on my touchpad on my XPS 12. It happened after I updated to 8.1. So please step by step would really help me. Thank...

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My Inspiron 17R SE 7720 stopped charging

Hey there, So couple of days ago my Inspiron 17R SE 7720 stopped charging the battery. Now it says that it is plugged in, not charging. So i went to the store and i bought another charger. Still the...

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XPS 12 trackpad replaced yesterday - white powdery coating?

What is this white powder that keeps coming back? Regardless of repeated cleanings?

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Can I upgrade to 1TB hard drive for Studio 1737 laptop?

My Dad's Studio 1737 laptop is nearly full from all the HD videos he takes of his grandson! I'm looking to upgrade his laptop with a 1TB or at least a 750GB internal hard drive. Can I do this? From...

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Hi.. I tried to install BIOS driver in my Vostro 1540 laptop, its turned off...

Hi,I have Vostro 1540 laptop, while i was installing BIOS driver on my laptop, its suddenly turned off and not getting started back. When i am trying to start again, the screen is blank and getting a...

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Dell Latitude D620 Wireless Connectivity Problem

Hi All , I have a few D620 Latitude Laptops for work , and they all have connectivity problem , some times , like intermittent connectivity or some time would not connect at all , mostly the installed...

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Does my Dell have a backlit Keyboard

I bought my new laptop about a month ago and I really love it. I thought that when I bought it I read somewhere that it had a backlit Keyboard, but I cannot find anywhere if that is correct or not.I...

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My dell laptop would not turn on

Hy there,I have a problem with my laptop.when i try to turn on my laptop the lcd does not turn on and it beeps 8 times.If i try to get the signal to my tv screen using hdmi the same thing happens.Hope...

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Inspiron N5110 monitor not working

The monitor on this laptop does not come up when you turn the computer on.  It just comes to a white screen.  I did hook up an external monitor and it worked fine.  I know there is a cable that needs...

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Battery LED blinks on and off when the AC adapter is plugged in [ XPS 15 L502x ]

I just recently noticed that when I plug my charger into my laptop, when it charges to about 96%, the battery light blinks on and off.  It does not switch between amber and white, as it would if one of...

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Dell Inspiron 1720 Power up problems

My brother-in-law's Inspiron 1720 won't power up with the onboard power button (no lights, activity at-all). However it will boot into the media centre using the "home" button next to the power button....

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Inspiron M5030 7 beeps and no boot

Well I guess it is my turn for this issue. I have seen an overabundance of posts about this issue, and that it typically leads back to a motherboard failure. I only use this laptop occasionally, so...

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Inspiron 15r 5521 - Touchpad not working

I just bought new dell 15r 5521 and installed win7, the touch pad isnt workingi have installed the driver from dell site and i cannot even see the touch pad in the device manager

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