Questions tagged [dell-xps]
A series of high-end Dell computers
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Is it possible to trash a BIOS chip while updating it?
I've an old Dell XPS Studio 1340 laptop, with BIOS version A11, that abruptly announced that it couldn't recognise its battery, and it stopped charging.. Reading that a BIOS update could help I got ...
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Dell BIOS Has Random Dollar Signs on Boot Up
On my older Dell XPS 630i, I get some strange boot up behavior that is causing me to be unable to install Ubuntu 16 LTS or 18 LTS. Windows 7 runs fine with no graphical hitches at all. I don't know ...
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Connect a Dell XPS Windows laptop to Ethernet via a generic docking station
I have a generic docking station for laptops. It connects to the laptop with a USB 3.0 connection, and supplies several USB connections plus an Ethernet connection.
When I connected it to a two-years-...
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Dell XPS 13 9370: screen brightness changes based on window contents
On my new Dell XPS 13 9370, it seems that the display backlight brightness is adjusted based on the brightness of whatever's on the screen.
For example, say I have Sublime Text open with a dark theme,...
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connect two monitors to XPS 15 laptop
I have an XPS 15 laptop with thunderbolt and hdmi and usb ports.
I want to connect it to two external monitors:
1. DELL P2715Q
2. LG 29UM68-P
DELL P2715Q
LG 29UM68-P
the spec sheet for LG says:
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What is "discrete graphics configuration" and how do I avoid it?
I read here that "XPS 9570/Precision 5530 may demonstrate BSOD(blue screen)/freezing/random shutdown/system heat issue during graphichs heavy loading condition. This happens on XPS 9570/Precision 5530 ...
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Changing keyboard layout of a laptop
In many Dell laptops, the Home, End, PgUp and PgDn buttons are combined with the arrow keys, so to press one of them you have to press Fn+Arrow; see bottom-right of the figure:
This is very ...
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The selected boot device failed. Press any key to continue
I am attempting to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows LTSB on my computer. To do so I have taken the following steps.
1) Procured an ISO file containing Windows LTSB
2) Tested that this ...
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My CPU won't run higher than 35% in all cores
I have a Dell XPS 15 with a Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2304 MHz, 4 Cores, 4 Logical Processors.
I'm struggling with an issue where I'm running UserBenchmark tests and it's returning ...
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Windows Defender, Bluetooth and Sticky Notes, all stopped working overnight. Plus blue screens
I've updated Windows.
Every time blue screen appears I run the diagnosis that requires me to run the Windows Defender. And I can't access it through any method. Every time I click on any executable ...
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dell laser mouse working strangely
The left click on the mouse is behaving weird. It stopped working entirely, but now it does work on most the time; It still does not work on specific buttons, such as being able to open a tab in ...
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Trackpad lag when scrolling through Eclipse code
System:
Dell XPS 15 (2018)
Windows 10 (latest update 5th of June)
Eclipse Java (April 2018)
Synaptics touchpad
The problem:
When I scroll in the part of the Eclipse window that contains the code, ...
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Keyboard is behaving wrong in Dell XPS 13 DE after Startup
After startup, I got wrong output when I pressed some keys.
3 -> 34/43
d -> df/fd
v -> cv/vc
And some other keys.
After few minutes. problem was fixed automatically.
It happens every time when I ...
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Dell XPS 9550 Dedicated GPU Fuse
On my dell XPS 9550 the dedicated GPU burned out due to heat sync issues. The GPU is dead, but the integrated GPU still works, so the laptop generally works. However, after the GPU burned out, the ...
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SpeedFan shows ridiculous numbers for Temp2 and Temp3
I have the Dell XPS 15 (9550). I have recently noticed that my fans seem to be running constantly, so I ran SpeedFan to see if I could figure out why.
Can anybody explain what these numbers mean, and ...
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Raid Controller Issues on Dell XPS 8100 Tower
I'm trying to upgrade a XPS 8100 i7 tower.
It has a IRST raid controller and Ive connected 2 x 4TB drives onto the board, but they are only showing at 1.6TB.
The new drives show up as 4TB on my ...
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synclient does not affect my touchpad
After I run
synclient MaxTapTime=0
synclient TapButton1=0
synclient TapButton2=0
synclient TapButton3=0
my touchpad still executes a click on tap.
Even setting something obvious like TouchpadOff=1 ...
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Windows 10 - All sound cuts out and emits loud buzz after 4-6 seconds
Playing any sound on my Dell XPS Windows 10 laptop works exactly as normal for 4-6 seconds, then cuts out and is replaced by a loud buzzing sound for about one second. Then sound can be played again ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 on Dell XPS 15 9560
I am trying to get Ubuntu 17.10 set up on my laptop. Since my SSD is running Windows 10, I can't repartition that, so I'm doing Ubuntu on a USB flash drive. I've installed Ubuntu on the flash drive ...
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Dell 9550 Crashes while on battery - Win 10
Been trying to solve this forever. Dell 9550 (XPS 15) - consistently crashes after 20-60 minutes while on battery power (fine on AC). The way the crash works is this: first the mouse/trackpad and ...
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Can't adjust brightness on Dell XPS 13 under Windows 10
Every time my Windows 10 installs a new major update I lose control over screen brightness. I can't adjust it neither via hardware keys (FN+F11, FN+F12) nor via system tray battery icon widget.
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How to lock the arrow keys to the alternative function of Home/End/PgUp/PgDown keys on Dell XPS 15?
How is it possible to lock the arrow keys to the alternative function of Home/End/PgUp/PgDown keys on Dell XPS 15 (9560)?
The dell XPS 15 9560 uses the Fn key in combination with the up, down, left, ...
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dell xps 13 9360 ubuntu external monitor stopped working usb c
since a firmware update my external screen stopped being recognized. any way to debug this?
more info:
I have only one hdmi-usb c adapter so can't experiment with a different one (but this one has ...
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How to Fix Fingerprint Reader on Dell XPS 9560 after January 8th 2018 Bios Update?
After updating to the Dell XPS 9560 Bios dated January 8th 2018, fingerprint reader and pin entry no longer work.
When trying to set the Fingerprint Windows Hello, I get the code 0x80070032.
When ...
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XPS 13 9350 battery grossly uncalibrated
For the past week or two, I noticed that my windows 10 battery percentage on my XPS 13 9350 would max out at 55%. powercfg /batteryoutput showed a design capacity of ~56mWh and a full charge capacity ...
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XPS 13 brcmfmac BRCMF_C_GET_ASSOCLIST unsupported
First, I'd just like to point out that this question has also been asked at the Arch forums without success. Further context might be obtained from that short thread. I'm posting here to broaden the ...
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Windows 10 Hibernating on Lid Close
This is a strange occurrence that I can't for the life of me figure out. For information: I'm running a Dell XPS 13" with Windows 10.
To reproduce the issue: I will close my lid while working on ...
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Map Two Finger Tap Middle Click touchpad Windows 10 Dell XPS 9360
Using two finger tap for right click seems superfluous on a windows built machine, as I already have a right click button on the track pad. I am certain it is possible to use two finger tap for the ...
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Cannot change FN lock behavior on XPS 9560
I got my new XPS 15 9560 about a week ago and I am currently dual booting Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Windows 10, with the latest BIOS update (1.3.4). The laptop has secondary functions for the f1-f12 keys ...
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Dell xps laptop ~ power switch ribbon cable broke
Is there a way to fix a broken ribbon cable? This happened yesterday and my friend told me I have to change the entire palmrest for it. What are my options in here?
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SSD causing issues with computer freezing
I have a Dell XPS 15 L521X. The computer will freeze when booting or starting up. I have opened up the laptop and found the issue, my SSD. When the SSD is out and unplugged from the laptop, the laptop ...
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Why is the Ubuntu VM screen corrupted on my HiDpi laptop?
When running a clean install of Ubuntu 17.04 on a fresh Dell XPS 9360 (3200x1800 display) I was soon shown the following screen after the initial boot:
Basically, the displayed image is corrupt and ...
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Computer restart loop w/blue screen, can't f8 safe mode
My computer will boot up to the login screen, then after a few seconds I get the blue screen of death and my computer restarts. This continues until I perform a hard shutdown. F8 won't bring up ...
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Dell XPS 15 hard drive wont stop spinning
My XPS 15 is very noisy; it seems like I can always hear the head spinning (that low-pitched gurgling sound like the computer is running - I think it's the hard drive). Is this normal?
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Very high CPU usage for Windows Audio service
I'm using a Dell XPS 13 (3960) laptop, with Windows 10 operating system.
Recently, after I was hearing loud laptop fans noises even when no high resouce programs running, I decided to check, and ...
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New Dell Computer Windows 10 (XPS) gives strange multi-window monitor
How do I turn off the multi-window monitor that comes on my dell XPS 15 computer. Attached is a picture of what I'm seeing
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Dell with Killer wireless has very slow Wifi (but my other devices don't)
I have a Dell laptop with a Killer Wireless AC 1535 card in it.
Sometimes I'm experiencing extremely slow connections (Kbits instead of Mbits) when connecting to my Linksys router at home. This mostly ...
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Cursor moves slightly during trackpad click
I've noticed this on a few laptops, but this question is specifically for the Dell XPS 13 with the precision touchpad. Often if I attempt to click using the trackpad, the cursor will move slightly ...
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Using a iMac (2011) in Target Display Mode with Dell XPS 15 equipped with Thunderbolt 3
I have a Dell XPS 9550, equipped with a Thunderbolt 3/ USB-C port. I am trying to use my iMac 2011 as a target display.
I read that this can only be done using the Thunderbolt (V1 on iMac) port, and ...
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Is it possible (and how) to connect a Belkin thunderbolt docking station to a Dell XPS 15 (with usb-c thunderbolt)?
I have the Belkin (thunderbolt) Docking station (http://www.belkin.com/us/F4U085/p/P-F4U085/) and I'd like to connect it to a Dell XPS 15" with a thunderbolt port in USB-C format.
Is it possible to ...
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Dell XPS 15 9550 4k Intel 530 UI performance Windows 10
My Dell XPS 15 9550 has a slight performance problem around the windows 10 UI. Every time I swipe to the next desktop or I use three fingers to swipe up to show the task view, the animations seem very ...
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Dell OEM windows 7 disk
I have Dell XPS laptop, which is not booting at all.
I have Windows 7 activation code attached to bottom of my laptop. Would like to know if I buy Dell OEM Windows 7 disk to install Windows 7 and use ...
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External monitor is washed out with Intel HD Graphics
I recently bought a Dell XPS 15 with an Intel HD Graphics 530 installed.
Here is what my monitor should look like:
And this is what my monitor looks like when I say it is:
So this problem seems to ...
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Windows 10 Start Screen animation choppy on new Dell XPS
I just got a brand new, shiny XPS 15
(16GB / i7 / 4k / 512 SSD / Nvidia & Intel GPUS).
Something that annoys me a little bit though is that the start screen animation isn't smooth. It was damn ...
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Error trying to install Windows 7 on Dell XPS13 9360
I just bought a brand new Dell XPS13 9360. It came with Windows 10 but I'd like to install Windows 7 on it because I really, really want to stay on Windows 7 and not upgrade until they pry it out of ...
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Dell XPS not sleeping
My Dell XPS 15 doesn't seem to sleep when I close the lid. I'll close it at night and when I open it in the morning the battery will be completely drained. I checked powercfg -requests but all ...
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Dell XPS 13 (9343) with SM961 NVMe SSD won't boot
My brand new M.2 NVMe SSD SM961 arrived today, and I decided to check if it improved the performance on my XPS 13. I know it'll probably be bottlenecked by the x2 PCI-E interface, but anyway. If I don'...
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Does the Dell XPS 9350 work with the WD-15 dock?
I have a Dell XPS 9350. I'm curious to know if the Dell WD-15 USB-C 180W dock will work with it and provide power to the laptop. I've heard conflicting reports on this pairing, and would like to know ...
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Dell XPS 13 HDMI works on Samsung TV but not on LG
I have a Dell XPS 13 which has updated display drivers (so it's not the issue).
It works fine on a Samsung TV (HDMI), but for some very strange reason it is not recognised by the LG TV which just ...
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UEFI-File System Not Found
I have a Dell XPS 13 laptop running Fedora 24. It's currently running legacy boot, and I need to enable UEFI. When I select UEFI in the BIOS and try to add a boot option, I get this message:
File ...
