Dell's consumer laptop line is known as the dell-inspiron, while its business laptop line is known as the dell-latitude.
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Terrible display issues with Dell Vostro 1310
My laptop went spastic about a month ago and after doing a bit of research I have a slight suspicion its the graphics chip. I hope somebody can recommend a repair shop or any suggestions would be ...
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Dell U271 monitor DisplayPort suddenly not working
My new(ish) Dell U271 took a bit of a knock and it now suddenly doesn't recognise the Macbook plugged into it via DisplayPort - this had been working great for several months up until now.
When I ...
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Boot from Hard Drive via USB but not directly?
I'm having a bizarre problem, and it seems I'm not alone.
On a Dell Latitude 13, I get the error message "internal hard disk drive not found" during POST.
Yet, if I take the very same hard drive and ...
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Dell bh200 bluetooth headset license file issue [closed]
This fix worked for me. I just constantly get an error message where it cannot seem to find the license file. But I am not sure where to copy the license file to. Does anyone know?
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Dell Vostro suddenly giving “No TPM or TPM has…” message on boot
(Original question title was Dell Vostro suddenly giving "No TPM or TPM has problem" message on boot" but I was pinged by the stack exchange style police for having the word "problem" in my title!)
I ...
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Keyboard stops working when booting into Windows Vista Home
Two days ago I saw that MS Security essentials was prompting for a reboot on my wife's laptop in order to finish a clean-up. I have no idea how long MSSE had been waiting for a reboot, and like an ...
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Dell studio xps - windows vista unltimate - goes to sleep at random times?
My laptop goes to sleep randomly for no reson regardless of what I'm doing.
There is no setting that put the computer to sleep, that I know of. Under the power options in the control panel I set ever ...
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Cannot connect Dell D430 to Samsung LCD TV via VGA cable
For some reason I can't get my Dell D430 to show on a Samsung LCD TV. This works fine on a newer dell laptops (E6400). I've updated bios and display drivers from dell. Yes I know this is an old ...
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What are the advantages to install Windows 7 with UEFI?
I just received a Dell Precision M4600 and looking at BIOS it seems it has UEFI support but it is disabled.
So due to the fact that I need to reinstall Windows 7 from scratch, do you suggest to ...
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Are MSATA ssd compatible with Dell Vostro V13 Laptop mini PCI-e
Short : Can msata ssd disks be used and bootable in a Dell Vostro V13.
Long : I have a Dell Vostro V13 which hard drive and ribbon cable have died. It may be possible to replace both of these but I ...
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Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop - screen doesn't work: no power, brightness is 0%
There is a laptop - Dell Inspiron 1545.
A problem is a brightness of a screen is 0% (when BIOS starts, Windows works - all time). I can barely see a picture on a screen at a big angle (it seems like ...
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Activate Bluetooth on a Dell Precision M4600, how to do that?
I already checked inside the BIOS. There you can control, whether Bluetooth and WLAN belong together when using the hardware switch on the right side of the device. This is the case in my situation. ...
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What's the best laptop for Rs 35,000? [closed]
I've looking for a laptop and my budget 35,000 RS. (may be 1500/ 2000 more. depends on product).
So, as far as I found, HP is cheaper than DELL. Even samsung prices are fine but I am afraid whether it ...
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Factory Reset for Dell Dimension 1950
I have an old Dell Dimension 1950. I am trying to do a factory reset. I do not have original disks that came with it....my company was bad about keeping that stuff organized. I tried pressing F11 when ...
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Disabling Tap to Click on Dell Latitude D830 is broken
I have disabled Tap to Click in Touchpad Settings. I click "Apply." However, whenever I tap the touchpad, it registers as a click.
Can anyone help me? I have to use the Touchpad for scrolling and ...
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New Dell UltraSharp monitor flickering
I recently bought a new Dell U2312HM LED monitor and connected it to my laptop via the VGA cable that came with it. I’ve also installed the drivers
Now it’s flickering and the flickering becomes ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 freezes from time to time, don't know why
I've just installed Ubuntu a second OS on my Dell laptop. It has been installed 2 days ago and since then it's been frozen for about 4 times now and i have no idea why. I didn't use anything much to ...
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Dell optiplex 790, graphics not working on Win7 64-bit
I work on Dell optiplex 790 that has two graphics cards: embedded Intel (with VGA output) and 'normal' ATI Radeon (with DVI output). Unfortunately only the first one works. Although both cables (DVI ...
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How do I troubleshoot low wireless signal strength on my Dell Studio XPS?
My Dell Studio xps laptop has just started experiencing extremely low signal strength. I did set up a wireless printer the other day, so maybe I screwed something up in the process.
Here's what I ...
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64bit Dell stuck at login/splash screen
System: Dell Inspiron 1110 64bit, Windows 7.
Problem: When booting it'll reach the login/splash screen. Well almost, it shows the blue windows 7 splash screen image, the mouse (with loading symbol ...
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How to turn on the Bluetooth of my laptop?
This is my first question to the site.
I have a problem where I can't turn on the bluetooth on my laptop. If anybody could give help me solve this I'd be very grateful!
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Inadequate Power Supply - Can I upgrade Video Card on Dell XPS 8300 to assist Video Editing?
I have a Dell XPS 8300 with i7-2600 and 16GB RAM. It has a Radeon 6450. It also has an amazing (as in, incredible) 125 Watt power supply. Somehow, it runs.
Recently, I wanted to work with video from ...
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I need for my Inspiron N5030 to work on battery, solely
I have this problem with my Inspiron N5030's A/C adapter which comes from Dell. It won't let me run my brand-new laptop without it. The Li-Ion battery doesn't charge either, it's still stuck at 88%. ...
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Dell Vostro 3500 Drivers (All) Where can I download (apart from dell website, which makes it impossible)
Hi Where can I download all Dell Vostro 3500 Drivers. The dell website's download manager doesn't work, and I'm finding downloading one by one pretty painful.
Is there a better source?
Thanks
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More details about Dell XPS 15z - SSD [closed]
I'm planning on buying a Dell XPS 15z laptop, ultimate one, which ships with a 256GB SSD instead of a 750GB HDD.
I just want to make sure if the price is worth it, as this upgrade adds $300 to the ...
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What does 4 beeps mean when you boot up your laptop?
My laptop is by dell. I looked up beep error code and found this page. It has 3 beep codes but my computer is making 4 beeps. So perhaps this means something else.
What does 4 beeps mean when you ...
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Scroll Wheel Button Action appearing on its own, Dell Laptops
I have about 5 Dell Precision Laptops that are all experiencing the same problem. The action that occurs when you press in the mouse wheel, the two arrows that allow you to use the movement of the ...
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Dell laptop keyboard doesn't work
I'm trying to fix my in-laws laptop, it's a Dell Studio 1745 that's running Windows 7 64 bit.
The problem is that most of the keys on the keyboard do not work. The function keys work and the caps ...
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Dell Inspiron 1720 Caps Lock light flashes while booting
When trying to bootup my inspiron 1720, the blue light with a padlock and a 'A' inside of it is flashing, it then just shuts off after some time.
If I take out the battery with it plugged in, the ...
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Dell Driver Support for Latitude E6320 Windows 7 Enterprise
I recently did a reinstall of Windows 7 Enterprise on a Dell Latitude E6320, which is a 64 bit system. After the install process, and doing typical Windows Update stuff, I looked at my Device Manager ...
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Dell Latitude D620 LCD display incorrectly
I have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop. It was free. When I got it, it worked fine for three days. Then, whenever I turn it on, the screen is a garble of blue lines and shakiness. I hooked the computer up ...
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Dell XPS 17 Laptop USB SS Ports don't work until machine rebooted
I have a new Dell XPS 17 laptop and have an issue that the two USB SS ports on the rear of the machine are not recognising anything when I start-up. Have tried mouse, keyboard, headset, USB display.
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How do I save the hard drives from a broken Dell XPS 700 motherbord?
I have an old XPS 700, and the motherboard just died (this is a common issue with this model, my 3rd MB). I'm not interested in reviving the computer itself, but would like to access the data on the ...
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How can I determine which WiFi card I have in my Dell Studio 1558? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there software to tell what kind of hardware I have so I can find drivers for it?
I have a Dell Studio 1558 core i3 with Windows 7 (64 bit).
Some days back, I ...
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Hard Drive bay in Dell XPS L502X DVD-slot
I'd like to replace my XPS' cd/dvd drive bay with a holder for a 2.5" hard drive. I know I've seen things like this, but I can't for the life of me find anything like this these days! Any ideas?
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Dell Latitude e6520 gaming capabilities? [closed]
I am purchasing a very reduced Dell Latitude e6520 from a friend and was wondering what kinds of games I could play on it and what resolutions. I'm not buying it for gaming purposes, but I am curious.
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Ants is creeping inside the monitor [closed]
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Removing dead thunderflies stuck inside an LCD monitor
I was seriously working on a project, then I found an ant is creeping on a monitor, but when i tried to remove it, ...
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continuous hard disk access - slowing down my machine
I find from the hard disk access LED on the front of my machine that the hard disk is being accessed more often and probably because of that, my machine is quite slow. The machine becomes unresponsive ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 slow on a Dell Optiplex 360
My desktop is becoming very slow - even when the load as displayed by the w command is around 2 or so. I run eclipse, crashplan, dropbox, and some times matlab. Chrome is the browser used. I have 4GB ...
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Make and answer calls from my Galaxy S2 using Dell Windows 7 laptop via Bluetooth
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and I use a Dell XPS 502X laptop. In my office there is only one corner where I can get full signal and any my work space is at the other side of the corner.
How can I make ...
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How to get hibernate working on Windows 8?
I have been using Windows 8 x64 Developers Preview as my primary OS on my laptop.
Unfortunately I have been unable to enable hibernate (tried through registry and through powercfg.cpl). The closest I ...
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Accessing the recovery partition on a Vista machine that won't boot?
I've got a Dell Vista machine - Inspiron 1720 laptop specifically - which I'm 99% certain came with no media, just the recovery partition.
It's now refusing to boot, saying the system registry is ...
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Dell Precision M6500 crashes, BIOS displays “internal hard drive not found” [closed]
The power cord LED is off.
Turning the laptop off and on again helps.
BIOS version is A07.
Laption is running Windows 7 64-bit.
What could that be?
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Linux machine with two or more Intel CPUs [closed]
I am looking for a Linux machine with two or more Intel CPUs, one similar to MacPro with 12 core (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro). I have looked up the Dell website and ...
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Remove harddisk from “Dell Latitude D530”
I am trying to fix a laptop that will not start. The error is that it cannot read a value from the registry.
As a first step I am trying to take out the harddisk to make a copy.
Question is where is ...
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Why is my computer taking so long to copy from one drive to another?
I have two disk drives in my computer of about 120GB each. The 'C' drive has about 50Gb of data and the other drive (E) is almost empty. When I try and copy a large directory (65gb) from the 'C' drive ...
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Using all 12 DIMMs on a Dell T610 server
I have a Dell T610 server with 2 processors and 6 slots of RAM for each. I only have 1 processor installed.
Can I install RAM in all 12 slots or will it only recognize the RAM if that processor is ...
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PES 2012 results in a Nvidia error on Dell N5110 regarding System Requirements?
I bought laptop Dell N5110 and installed PES 2012. Nvidia graphics card has 1GB RAM, but when I try to run game message appears that there is just 128MB graphics memory.
Here is the message:
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Dell U3011 + Quadro 4000: “Flashing” when using 30-bit DeepColor
I have OpenGL code which successfully acquires and renders to a RGB10_A2 visual on a Windows 7 system, using a Quadro 4000 (current and previous drivers) connected to a Dell U3011 display via ...
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Debian 6 wireless stopped working
My laptop crashed the other night (issue with resuming from sleep) and since then I have been unable to use my wireless. I have looked at my /etc/network/interfaces file and all looks ok. To my ...
