dell backup and recovery manager
I have a one year old Dell Latitude and just now decided to create a dell backup and recovery disc. I am using an external hard drive, 500 gigs. I followed instructions and started the backup. The...
View ArticleDELL Inspiron 17R SE fan speed too low, reaching 90 degrees consistently
As the title suggests my DELL Inspiron 17r se is constantly over heating when I play games. I updated my bios and graphics to the most updated versions and still no joy. It doesn't help that DELL won't...
View ArticleConnecting a dual monitor to my Inspiron 1720
I am trying to connect a dual monitor but it keeps telling me no signal. i don't know what to do. Any suggestions?P.S.I am not tech savy.
View ArticleWhat Kind Of Memory Does My System Support?
Greetings everyone,I have a Dell Alienware M17X R4 system, and was wondering what kind of memory it supports. Currently I have 6GB of RAM (1x2GB, 1x4GB) and want to upgrade to 16GB of RAM (Windows 7...
View ArticleHow to amend Service Tag on XPS 15z L511Z
Hi,I bought an XPS 15z L511Z with a damage motherboard, just replaced by another and it worked great, the only problem is Service Tag is blank, could you please help me to reset it?I followed these...
View ArticleScreen issues
I have a Studio 1558 laptop running Windows 7. Recently, when I open an application (ex. Microsoft Word, McAfee, Excel), the screen fades to black, stays black for 2-3 seconds, then pops back up. It...
View ArticlePointstick mouse freezes while typing
I have a Latitude E6430 laptop running 64-bit Windows 7. Whenever I type on the keyboard, the mouse cursor freezes in place and stays that way until about a second after I stop typing. This only...
View ArticleRAM maxes out soon after boot up and laptop slows to stop
My Dell laptop, Inspiron 15 Intel (N5010), runs Win 7 with all updates and 6GB RAM, all original as purchased. At boot-up, the RAM load is at about 20+%. Even if I open no programs and do nothing with...
View ArticleReplacing/upgrading laptop screen
HelloI'm hoping someone can help me with an issue I ran into recently. I am replacing the screen on a e6500 laptop that had been cracked. The current model in the laptop is LTN154AT09 and while doing...
View ArticleUSB-IF xHCI USB Host Controller not working dell 14z windows 8
I recently bought a Inspiron 14z 5423 ultrabook. I can't connect any usb 3.0 devices to it and i noticed a warning sign for the USB-IF xHCI USB Host Controller in Device Manager. I though of trying to...
View Articlehaving problem with my laptop
Hello! Am having problem with my laptop everytime i turn on my laptop it keep taking me to the reboot screen and it will not let me goes anywhere else beside the reboot screen in the black and white...
View Articlechanging integrated graphics card
can integrated graphics card be changed? i heard that it can be disabled by the help of something called pgc-i port or something like that. is this possible with my dell laptop vostro 1540? plz suggest...
View ArticlePrecision M4700 Lock Status Indicators
Hello, I am running Windows 7 64-bit on my laptop. When I originally got it from Dell, with all the software installed, it had a feature that would show "Caps Lock On" and so on when I turned on caps...
View ArticleDell laptop constantly restarting
My Dell Inspiron 15r 8 months old today suddenly started acting up. It keeps restarting after the dell logo screen. after reading up a bit online i have done the following1)tried tapping f8 to boot via...
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Should I Update My BIOS?
Hello friends, Today in the morning I went to http://support.dell.com/ and Entered my service code to check if anydriver update is available. It showed me to Option,1) Filtered driver results for your...
View ArticleX200 won't boot, won't power up correctly, screen blank, speakers click...
My X200 never successfully turns on.When I press the power button, within about 3 seconds, the speakers (under the palm rest) start clicking. It's very regular: click (wait about 1/5 second) click...
View ArticleMicrosoft Word and Excel 2010 starter stopped working
Hi Everyone. Would appreciate some help on this... I have a Dell Inspiron N7110 and one day I try to open Word and Excel 2010 starter , and they both won't work.I do have an older version of both and...
View ArticleInspiron 17R SE mSata and SSD
Hi. Could someone at Dell tell me what I can safely do with my new 17rse? I'd like to do something along the lines of putting a 32gb mSata (no option pre-purchase) as cache for my HDD but does this...
View ArticleDell Inspiron start up problems Error code 20000142
Hi, I bought a Dell Inspiron 1545-8523 for my daughter for christmas :) It has been operating fine until last night. I dont have much technical ability at all. I have however run a diagnistic F12 and...
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GTA 4 Problem !
I recently brought a new Dell Inspiron 15R SE 7520 Laptop .I installed GTA 4 with Patch-v1.0.2.0. .The Game works smoothly for 15-20 minutes and then freezes or sometimes even stops.The settings are...
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