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Dell vostro 1014 BIOS A02 CORRUPTED and how i flah it again?

I never saw that type of problem in my dell vostro 1014 laptop.  it worked till morning and i  restarted it  for my general purpose. after restarting  i saw the bios loading bar is very slowly...

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Inspiron 17R 5721 slow wifi transfers

HelloGot brand new "Dell Inspiron 5721" (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) and I have a huge problem with wifi card.I have 802.11b/g network in my home, and max speed that I've seen is around 1,5-2 Mbps.Other devices...

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Connecting to WIFI Issues after reinstalling Windows 7

Hi,I have a Dell Studio XPS 1647 laptop.  I recently had the hard drive fail on me and I replaced it and reinstalled windows 7 home premium on the new hard drive.  I can connect to the internet through...

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Is it possible Switch dell laptop hard drives?

Can I install a 64 bit hard drive from a Dell Inspiron N5050 labtop.Into a 32 bit Dell E6400 latitude with windows 7 home premium.

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Need a start up CD

 Where can I download a new start up CD FOR MY LAP TOP

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Laptop Freezes, Screen glitches

Hello Dell friendsI have Vostro 3550 that is being a little bugger. When the teacher is using it, it will randomly freeze and cause a screen glitch. Once it freezes, it is unresponsive to the power...

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Windows has encountered a problem! Please Help

Was restoring my Dell inspiron N5010 lap top to an earlier point in time but it was taking forever so i turned my laptop off. Now every time i start it up i get an error message sayingwindow has...

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Moving Windows 8 OS to SSD Drive XPS15 L521X

I just got my XPS 15 L521X from Dell Outlet today and noticed the Windows 8 Operating System was installed to the much slower 1 TB spinal Hard Drive.  I would like to move it to the 128 GB mSSD...

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OCZ SSD Drive not detected

Hi there,I am using a DELL Latitide E6530 and was about to upgrade it to use a OCZ SSD 256G Drive (VTR1-25SAt3-256G).However the E6530 does not recognize the drive even after a BIOS upgrade (A12) .I...

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xps 12 (haswell) won't wake up after going to sleep

My new laptop will not wake when it has gone to sleep.Neither the keyboard, touchpad, screen or the power button will pull it from its slumber.The fan starts, the light on the keyboard comes on, but it...

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RE: Hardware Problems

Hi,       so, i'm having lots of issues with my laptop. I have an alienware M14xR2 Service tag: <Admin Note: removed per privacy policy~RK>. I have all my drivers updated. Recently my CD-rom has...

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Docking station

Last year teachers at my school were supplied with new Dell Latitude laptops.  This fall we were given docking stations for these computers.  The principal says that we should not use the docking...

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Dell Inspiron m5040 laptop start up problem

I've had my laptop for almost a year now and it's ran fine ever since I bought it. However as of yesterday it was working fine and I shut the lid after being on it. Upon returning to the laptop hours...

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my laptop wont shut down properly

I have dell inspiron  N5050 running on windows 7 , the problem is that when i shut down the it shuts down normally the screen goes black but the power light is  still on and the fans are still running....

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buying a new battery

hello guys,i am planning to buy a new battery for my dell laptop Inspiron 15 r (N5010)  which was bought in December 2010it has a factory fitted 6 cell battery which has now reached to a state where it...

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Dell studio 1558 nothing happens

Hello!Today I was at my dell studio and it turned off suddenly. I was just reading my e-mails and it turned off totally. If i tryed to turn it on, it woun't start. If i press power button only chargin...

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dban wipe and now cant reinstall windows 7

I did a dban wipe on my inspiron 1440 and now I cannot reinstall windows 7. At first the computer said bootmgr is missing, that's gone, but now when I reinstall it goes to 100 percent and says failed!...

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Won't start up past dell logo

I have an Inspiron 5720, It wont start up past the logo screen.  I read another forum about this where the user changed the SATA settings and it booted up, but i have done that and still nothing.  I...

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Display issue

I noticed a change in display colors. It now doesn't look as nice as before, and I see remarkable pixilation in some areas. What I have tried:-Flashing BIOS into the latest version-Flashing BIOS into...

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how to enable hardware virtualization in dell inspiron 1545

hello friends, As i past 2 years i was using dell inspiron 1545 with win 7 professinal 64 bit ... now i will add virtualization network with others... but, i have a problem is "MY HAR DWARE...

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