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Disable touchpad

I have a Dell N4010.  How do I disable the touchpad?  The touchpad is not listed under the mouse in the Control Panel.  I recently restored my computer am I missing a download?  The hot key doesn't...

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Can't turn on System Restore

I have a Dell N4010 and recently had to do a manual restore with the original CD's.  Something keeps turning off my System date.  Now I am getting an error when trying to turn it back on.  It says an...

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Windows7 sound problems M1530

Like lots of people I have struck the problem of no sound when I upgraded to Windows 7. I found the answer below on a forum to use the VISTA driver which I did OK and the sound works but it is real...

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personal request

hello all, appologies for the grammar and lack of capitals etcc, my phone doesnt seem to like dell forums....     i bought an alienware mx seventeen r three a year ago, the thirtieth of april twenty...

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Beep code

My Dell Vostro emits 3 series of 5 beeps before starting up as normal. If the clock shows the correct time does this mean the CMOS clock is OK and that replacing it will not fix the problem?

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5 beeps on startup with Dell Inspiron, battery has been replaced

Hi,Please can someone help.    I have a Dell Inspiron 15R N5110 laptop which beeps 5 times on startup, sometimes this stops when you login to Windows, sometimes the 5 beeps continues very quietly after...

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My brand new dell xps15 was stolen

What do I do? 

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laptop won't switch on and keeps beeping

Hi guy please can someone help me, my dell inspiron M5030 laptop won't switch on it keeps beeping. Theres no start up screen or anything just a blank screen and beeping noise Please help.

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Dell Longevity Mode

I enable it, and it says that, you can use this mode to protect your battery from frequent charge and discharge cycles. Battery will only charge between 88% and 100%. (whit desktop mode disable)So what...

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will a SSD help me get > 2hrs of battery life on Inspiron 15R SE 7520?

I want the rapid boot times an SSD will give me over the current 750GB HD. But I only get 2 hrs of battery life now, and I'm wondering if people have also seen extended battery life?I've got a 1080p...

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Dell laptop fan is not working. error code 2000-0511 validation 1202

i got a laptop Dell inspiron N4050 13 months before. and it is very good in use. 7 months after its purchasing the laptop give some unusual sounds and in a weak i diagnose that fan was not working. i...

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Inspiron 1525

Hi,I have a Dell inspiron 1525. Today I was watching some movie on it, than I wanted to restart it, because of some updates, then it went: No bootable devices press F1 bla bla. I took the HDD out, and...

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Bluetooth is not working

Hello friends!I have Dell Vostro 1550 Laptop.Os- window 7 ,32 bitEarlier I had window 7,64 bit on my laptop ,when I install 32 bit window on it after a clean format,Everything work perfectly except the...

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Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition (7520) i7 Running Slow

I brought what I thought should be a relatively fast Dell Inspiron 15R SE (7520) i7 laptop 3 months ago but I am disappointed by both the start-up and webpage opening speeds. The system came with 8GB...

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Dell xps14z intermittent red screen issue

Hello,Laptop is 9 month old and still on warranty, its never been dropped, or damaged. When its booting the Windows loading screen sometimes goes red, and when Windows loads there are red lines all...

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System Block

Hi, I am experiencing System blocking i don't know is it caused by hardware or software or bad system installation so i seek for a good advice.I really like a fast response because i am about to heat...

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Inspiron N5040

Hi there,As of yesterday, my Inspiron N5050 screen went static white. It happened suddenly as I picked it up and the whole screen did this. At first glance, I thought that it was a glitch, so I...

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Suddenly shuts down when playing games

Dell Studio 1555Intel Core 2 dou CPU T9600 @ 2.80 GHZ2.00 ramWindows 7 home premium 64 bitATI modbility Radeon HD 4570I've had this computer for about a year-Dell sent it as a replacement after they...

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Bios password reset

I entered an admin password in bios which I can't remember now. It is an xps14 ultrabook, still under warranty. Please help to remove that password.Thanks.

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internet speed

what will cause mr inspiron to be below speed by 30 mbps? Ijust wiped the hard drive and have not loaded ant programs on.

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