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XPS 15z doesn't recognize the AC Adapter and won't charge battery at 7%

Hi,I have a had Dell XPS 15z for a around a year and a half and it very suddenly stopped charging whilst plugged in. I didn't notice until the low battery warning came on that the computer had stopped...

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Latitude 3330 - How many DIMMs

I just ordered a Latitude 3330 and I'm surprised by the lack of information for it online. I have a basic question. My machine configuration has 4GB RAM (1x4) and I see the specs say maximum is 8GB. My...

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The keyboard of the Inspiron 15R is not working!

Hi everyone,I got this problem suddenly after I installed a plugin for online shopping from a bank and the whole keyboard is not working.Then I delete that plugin and   restarted the laptop several...

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laptop automatically shuts off

Hi Everyone,I have Dell Inspiron n5010 it is automatically shuting off after 5 min, 2 min, 1 hour and sometimes I press power button it not starts.I cleaned fan, heatsink and apply new thermal paste...

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Dell XPS L502x 5 Beeps - Real Time Clock Failure

Hello.I had a problem with my Note, first the Harddrive was broken and i exchanged the harddrive. Now during new start up, it was not possible to restart it. So i made an BIOS reset. Now it is still...

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Dell 17R Special Edition (7720) - Disappointing FPS drop

dell 7720 3rd Gen i7 3630qm 2GB Nvidia GT 650M DDR5 8GB RAM 1TB HD I've installed Max Payne 3, the gameplay is decent during the first 5-10 mins i.e 40-50 fps, but then there is a drastic drop in frame...

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Install SSHD as second drive, Win7, Dell Inspiron 7720

Hi everybody!I recently bought an Inspiron 7720 with Win8 pre-installed. The only slow-down in its performance, is the 5400 rpm disk.I installed a new SSHD (500GB Hybrid Seagate) as second drive and...

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2 beeps, repeated twice, every 30s

I have a Dell Inspiron 15z, bought in Jan 2013 in India.For the past 10 days, the laptop gives out 2 short beeps, repeated twice, exactly every 30 seconds. I ran My Dell utility on my laptop to...

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Dell Inspirion 1545 - Drivers not getting installed

Friends, I am in trouble now. Last week, my laptop got crashed, and the only way I know to fix is to re-install the OS and I did so with the OS CD provided with the shipped box. Everything was...

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Dell Inspiron 15 3521 wireless will not work

I too like many of the individuals in the forum can not get my wireless to work. I am working on the laptop for a friend and installed Win 7 64 bit. I have everything working except when I unplug the...

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Dell studio 15 SSD replacement

Hi there,Does anybody know what kind of SATA use in Dell Studio 15 (1555), SATA 1, 2 or 3?I want to upgrade my drive to SSD, any suggestion which ssd model is compatible with it?regards, thanks in...

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Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Factory Reset help?

Windows Version: XP Home Edition SP3I checked the disk management. There are 3 partitions and one of them has a volume name DELLRESTORE, status is labeled healthy but unknown. I've tried several times...

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Real time clock failure - Black screen - Not starting anymore

Hey.Wrote already yesterday. The problem with the real time clock failure is solved. I pressed the power button for some secondes after taking off battery and ac adapter. After this the Laptop started,...

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DELL Inspiron N5050 problem

HiI'm using DELL Inspiron N5050. When I start my laptop it boots with a slow speed,after the desktop icons are loaded a colourful splash screen is appearing and after 5 minutes it gets off. And...

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Flash Video BIOS

Hello,I own an Alienware m17x with an Nvidia 560m graphics card. On Dell's drivers page, it notes that the BIOS is an urgent update for the card. I have experienced some bugs with the card, so I'm...

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Error Code 0xc0000034 on Inspiron 14z 5423

My Inspiron 14z on day 2 of use wouldn't shut down. Whenever I click shut down, it restarts instead. I tried both signing out first before shut down as well as shut down from settings. I'm running...

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Inspiron 17r SE 7720 overheating

I purchased this laptop from a reseller about 4 months ago. It has been upgraded to the following by the reseller: i7-3630QM 16GB DDR 3 nVidia GT 650M 256 SSD + 1TB HD To be honest I purchased the...

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Dell Driver Analyze Fails

Hi,I have an Inspiron 15R 5521 (Service Tag: Admin Note: Removed Service Tag as per Privacy Policy) running Windows 8 Enterprise. When I try to run analyse system for updates from here, it fails and...

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program not listed after install of driver from CD

My laptop  is DELL Inspiron N4010 with I3 processor with windows 7  home premiumI unsinstalled Intel Pro wireless and installed the driver  using the CD provided by DELL.The program is no longer...

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Problem with my dell laptop while starting

I have been using Dell Inspiron n4050 for about 1 year 2 months. I had to face blue screen error after using 3 months and that problem was solved after re installing windows. Now I have to face the...

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