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Fan on Dell Inspiron 15 constantly full blast?

I got a new Dell Inspiron 15 yesterday, and within 5 minutes of turning it on, the fan came on full blast, and is now constantly like that even if its just sitting there. The computer is never hot, and...

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Loud Button Click

Okay, my wife has an Inspiron 17 laptop and we are really annoyed with the loud "click" the buttons below the touchpad make.  I have a Dell Vostro and the buttons do not make the loud sound.  Is there...

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Can't access files off old hard drive despite computer recognizing it

Hey all,Hope someone can answer my question. Recently, the hard drive in my Dell Latitude Laptop crashed. I got the typical blue screen of death, but I am not sure of what specific error caused my it...

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need to open my xps l520x

The laptop has been always had charging problems since the day i got it. A couple of weeks ago I was moving the laptop and I cranked it by accident and now the charge wont properly sit in the laptop,...

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Not able to run 32 bit exe on 64 bit windows 7 Dell Inspiron

Hi ,I am not able to run 32 bit exe on 64 bit windows 7 Dell Inspiron. I have tried it running as Administrator and as Windows XP service pack 3 , but no resolution.Can you please.Thanks,Harry

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Dell Vostro 3500 - wont turn on

I have a vostro 3500, it wont turn on and no ligts come on. I've swapped the charger, I've swapped the battery. so i'm thinking its gone for good!??it's less that 2 years old, so this is really...

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Latitude Recovery Partitions: can I delete them?

Hi,I bought a Latitude E6530 (with Windows 8) some months ago.I use Ubuntu Linux so I would like to re-partitioning the entire hard disk.Using a GParted (a fdisk tool) I see 4 partitions which I don't...

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Restore your system easily by simple command

Hi DELL CommunityMy goal with this topic is to help DELL customers about system restoreDear customer,Today i will explain to you how to restore your system in case ofasoftwareproblem and easily by...

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Latitude E5400 Network Controller Driver

Hi all,I'm looking for the Windows XP 32 bit driver for a Dell Latitude E5400 network controller. I have a yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager against this, and it says the driver has not been...

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Buy another graphics card for Dell N4110

I installed Crysis 3 yesterday and it said that my graphics card doesn't support DirectX 11. So i wanted to buy another from AMD. Which i should buy? Also, how to install the new graphics card?

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Mcafee software from My Dell Downloads

Hi,I need to reinstall Mcafee Security. I've downloaded a copy from My Dell Downloads but I can't figure out how to install it. I've clicked on the "Setup.exe" file but nothing happens. I've even burnt...

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inspiron 15R 5010 laptop, i am trying to upgrade the ram to 8GB

Hi, i have the inspiron 15R 5010 laptop, i am trying to upgrade the ram to 8GB.i bought the "Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (8GB)" ram 2 x 4, but when i put them in the machine, all i get is a multi coloured...

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Inspiron 7420

http://reviews.cnet.com/hard-drives/wd-black-sshd-1tb/4505-3186_7-35567266.html Does that SSHD fit my laptop?

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Dell Inspiron M5030

Have had my Inspiron 18 months, 7 beeps, contacted Dell offered free collection and free fix.  Returned after 10 days, turned on the laptop, and 7 beeps!!  Repair sheet said they fixed the motherboard,...

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D630 hardware issue, help request

I have a D630 that is acting kind of weird. Wanted to see if anyone else had such a problem and if so what is the solution.In the bios i have it set to load first from USB, second from CD/DVD and third...

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Blu Ray support

I own a dell inspiron N4010 and was wondering whether my laptop supports blu ray so that I can view blu ray movies.

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Dell Inspiron 17 return hassle

Received a laptop with faulty monitor. Received RMA #165398628 but no return labels were sent to my email. Just called and talked to a rep who will supposedly send the labels to my home address.  I...

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Unable to use Wifi on laptop

Hi, I've just recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 3521 laptop which came with a Ubuntu installation. For obvious reasons I shifted to Windows 7 x64 Ultimate but immediately my machine no longer detected...

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Latitude E6530 NVS 5200M display issues

I have a 2 month old E6530 laptop that sits on a docking station while at work.  The docking station has two monitors connected via Display Ports and I have always been able to use these two displays...

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Laptop heats a lot when playing games

My Dell Inspirion N5110 heats a lot when i play any game . Even online games. Although it is a an i7 2nd generation processor which has 1gb graphics card . There is not much heating when i use it...

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