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Battery Indicator not working properly

I am experiencing a problem with my Dell XPS15 L501X laptop battery. When i put it on charge the battery charges till around 40%(when the problem started it used to get charged till 80% but now it...

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XPS L702X Windows 8 Upgrade

Searched this subject but I'm still not satisfied with the answers I'm seeing. Anybody have any success upgrading to Windows 8 on a XPS L720X? I'm most worried about the Waves MAXXAUDIO feature. I ran...

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XPS 15 AC adapter type cannot be determined

When I’ve been running my XPS L501X on battery alone (disconnected from the AC adapter) for a half hour or so and then reconnect to the AC adapter, I get a message saying that the AC adapter type...

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Dell Inspirion 1525 problem

Dell Inspiron 1525 after plugging in the AC power light comes on and the battery charge indicator. And then nothing happens. The computer will not turn on. Help!

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Dell 15 R Laptops....inherent heating problems

Hi ...I am a Dell laptop user for past 1 and a half year....My dell laptop used to get heated up after 5 months of purchase...I called the technical support but first they tried to convince that laptop...

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video card defect?

My Inspiron 1525 is not starting up windows anymore. After pressing the power button, the laptop will startup and the windows logo appears, after few seconds the screen will go black and I can only see...

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erratic keyboard

I have an Dell Inspiron 1525  about 5 years old.  Within the past year or so the keyboard started acting erratically when typing.  The curser jumps all over the place and I will insert text where it...

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Does not see ssd

Hello, my Inspiron 14z not see ssd drive (worker's for sure), so I decided to update the BIOS. I downloaded the latest version (A06), but when trying to install get the error: "Error: Driver fail while...

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Dell Inspiron D620 BIOS update problem

Hey, I have a problem to update my dell BIOS to version A08,  the updater says "Error 8193: Intel (R) ME Interface : Cannot locate ME device driver" Anyone recieved this problem, anyone knows how to...

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xps m1730 - error code 2000:0411 - keyboard backlight cable

Hello!This might be part of a bigger problem, however, I'd like to treat this as a separate issue...Diagnostics comes up with error code 2000:0411 which means that the keyboad backlight cable was not...

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Dell Inspiron 1545 Webcam is not working

Dell Inspiron 1545 Webcam was working upto last week but since a week it is not working, When I click the icon it is showing "please plug is supported Webcam".  Webcam is already installed.  Also it is...

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Windows Explorer and file navigation problems

Hi all,I've had some problems in the last few days with Windows Explorer. Windows Explorer decides to freeze (often causing me to hard-reset, though not all the time) whenever I right-click on an icon...

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Dell Inspiron 1545 Webcam not working

Dell Inspiron 1545 Webcam was working upto last week but since a week it is not working, When I click the icon it is showing "please plug is supported Webcam".  Webcam is already installed.  Also it is...

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Battery on new XPS 14 not charging to capacity

I've recently purchased an XPS 14 ultrabook and the charge doesn't seem to hold anywhere near the figures I've seen quoted. I've tried changing to desktop mode, longeivity mode etc but no real...

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reset my bios

what shall i do to reset my bios to old version

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Internet issues with Alienware M14x R2

I got my Alienware about 3-4 months ago, It's a pretty nice laptop, however it seems to have a weak network card or something. The router is no more than 3ft away from the laptop at all times, and it...

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Laptop won't come back on after closing the lid. The power option is the...

Its very frustrating.  I've re-checked the power options and nothing is wrong there.  Now I have to re-start the  laptop everytime I reopen the lid.  Can anyone help me?

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Dell XPS 15 (L502X) Wireless Issues

Hi,I bought dell XPS L502x with Intel centrino wireless N 1000 a year ago. I havn't had any problem with the wifi until the last 3 months. I get access to internet but it's slow and sometimes doesn't...

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Wifi problem

Hi All Dell communityMy wifi signal got red x on it... I cannot connect to the internet from home. At home if i want to use internet, i must use cable to enable access the internet.However at office i...

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Question about a dust problem

Hi guys, good evening.I have a Vostro 3550 notebook for around one year and a half, and recently it's been heating up more than usual.I'm pretty sure it's dust building up inside of it, so I've been...

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