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Dell Precision Laptop Windows 10 Audio changes randomly when headset/earphone plugged in and tapped/touched by hand
I am using a Dell Precision 7530 and every time I plug in an earphone or headset via the 3.5mm jack the audio settings change randomly when the side of the laptop is tapped or touched by hand.
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Error 0xA005004B when trying to convert to RAID 1 with Intel Rapid Storage Technology
I have a laptop with two 500GB hard drives that I want to convert to RAID 1.
Currently Windows is installed to one of the drives (port 0), and the other drive (port 5) is unused.
I'm trying to convert ...
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Has my laptop battery lost 40% of its capacity?
The past few (work) days, I have noticed that at the end of the day, Windows was reporting that my laptop was plugged in, my battery was not fully charged, and that the system was not charging the ...
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If I use a CPU with more cores than the specs of the motherboard allow, what will happpen?
I have a Dell Precision T3600 with a Xeon E5-1607 (quad core) and want to upgrade the CPU for a E5-2658v3 (12 cores). The motherboard of the T3600 seem to only support up to 6 cores according to the ...
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HDD password on Dell Precision
Does anyone know exactly how Dell Precision handles HDD passwords?
The BIOS allows to set a password for any internal drive, plus an eSata drive. However, during boot, it asks for password for HDD-0 ...
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Dell Precision M4400 Overheating and FPS drops
The dell laptop that I have keeps overheating during games and the fps drops about 20 minutes after the game starts. I have disabled Speed Step, lowered the processing power in Windows Power Options ...
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Installation of windows 8.1 in Dell Precision T3400
I got myself a T3400 PC. I installed windows 8.1 in it. Everything seems to work fine except for my internal speakers.
After I installed windows 8.1 the audio symbol showed that it was muted at the ...
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Dell Precision T3500 - single SATA disk as RAID
Hopefully a quick question - my workstation has been configured with a single SATA hard disk, but the BIOS has the SATA controller configured as RAID, so essentially the disk is being exposed to ...
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My Windows 7 64-bit is reluctant to use all 8GB. Why?
The computer recognizes all 8GBs of RAM. When using some memory hogging applications, the computer would barely pass 4GBs of usage.
Things I've tried:
I reseated the sticks with not much luck.
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Using HDMI output from Dell M1530 with a dead screen
I've got a now fairly old Dell M1530 laptop (that has had various problems due to the well documented overheating issues) that has in the last week had its LCD panel die on me. It's not the inverter ...
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What happens if no ram is in a dual CPU riser?
I have a Dell precision T5500 with a dual CPU riser. There are 6 slots on the system board and 3 on the second CPU riser. The Dell recommended configuration is to divide between the system board and ...
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Dell Precision 670 not booting
Our Dell running XP did not boot one day and was making a beep code that I had a hard time finding on the Internet. It was one of the RAM sticks so I replaced it. Before that I removed the ...
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Dell Precision 690 - NIC lights do not light up
I am baffled...NIC on Precision 690 not working. Just bought so do not know history. Installed Windows 7. I have:
tried different cables and confirmed that cables are not the problem.
Tried removing ...
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How can I determine if my Dell M4600 built-in SD card reader can support SDHC cards?
I'm running x64 Windows 8, and the SD card reader in my Dell M4600 is unable to read my SDHC memory card.
The reader is listed as "SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller" in device manager. I'm ...
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Is that possible to upgrade Nvidia Quadro k1000m with gpu upgrade? (Replacement of N14P-Q1-A2 with N17P-Q1-A2)
I have Nvidia k1000m on my Dell precision m4700, but it's some kind of weak gpu. After i didn't find Nvidia m2200, m1200 & m1000m graphic cards on the market which all are mxm 3.0 type A just like ...
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How can I access the .efi directory of the bios and replace the .efi (specifically BOOTX64.EFI) files?
I believe the .efi files are screwed up, some way, some how. When I first got this machine, not long ago, I had no problem booting into a Windows 11 install disk, installing the OS, and had successful ...
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How many monitors can Intel® Pro Graphics 630 support?
I have Dell Precision 5520 that goes with
NVIDIA Quadro M1200 with 4GB GDDR5 dedicated memory
and Intel® Pro Graphics 630
How many displays I can use at the same time?
I understand that since NVIDIA ...
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CPU upgrade failed on a Dell Precision Tower
Just got two new Xeon Gold 6240 CPUs for a Dell Precision 7920 Tower. Dell's website says these chips are compatible with this computer. After installing the new chips, I'm getting a pre-boot failure ...
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Memory speed discrepancy between spec, BIOS and diagnostics
I have a new Dell Precision M4800 computer - the memory for it was spec'd at 1866MHz.
When I ran the Dell built-in (to the BIOS) diagnostics, though, it reported the memory speed is 1600MHz. This ...
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Nvidia quadro 2000M and Intel HD graphics - How many monitors can I use while laptop is open?
I've got a NVIDIA QUADRO 2000M and an INTEL HD GRAPHICS 3000 card on my Dell Precision laptop. I'd like to, hopefully, be able to plug in 2 monitors and have my laptop open (so 3 screens total) - is ...
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Connecting several screens to Dell laptop
Is it possible to connect several screens to my Dell Precision laptop M4600? It only has one VGA and HDMI outlet?
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My computer won't boot
My computer won't boot from hard disk but it can boot from usb or dvd.
When I'm at the installer screen of Windows, it can't see my hard drive, but my BIOS displays it correctly. My computer is a ...
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Dell precision T3600 & T3630 series hate YAHOO
I own many Dell desktops and laptops.
The Precision T3600 and T3630 are very good. But for some reason, they all hate Yahoo.
yahoo.com is always slow to display and the page layout is so cluttered ...
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Dell T3600 Front Panel Issue
I am having the weirdest issue with a Dell T3600 I cannot figure out, and any help is appreciated. I know this is going to be long, and I appreciate the time anyone takes to read this and help me. I ...
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Upgrade from TPM 1.2 to 2.0 on a Dell Precision T7610
I need to upgrade the TPM firmware on my Dell Precision T7610 from v1.2 to v2.0, however there is no TPM upgrade available on the Dell support website. They have an upgrade utility that covers a wide ...
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how to set DELL Precision 5530 running Windows 10 to run I7 processor at max speed (4.3GHZ) continually?
Need to run our Intel I7 6core processor at max speed of 4.3GHZ on our Dell Prec 5530 laptop, so that our computation app (compiled by Julia lang) runs continually at max speed 4.3GHZ.
I tried going ...
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Bad motherboard or something else? [closed]
Not sure if this is a good question to ask...
Background:
I acquired a Dell M6800 laptop that was considered bad or dead. Little troubleshooting was done at the time it was sent to the waste pile. I ...
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# of DIMMs per channel vs. channel memory mode
I have purchased a Dell Precision 5520 laptop with two identical 16 GB DDR4 memory cards installed. The information section in BIOS states that single channel memory mode is being used. There is no ...
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Dell T5400 AMD RX460 GPU needs old Nvidia GPU
I am not one to ever post anything so I apologize if this is the wrong place!
My Google skills have failed to find an answer for something very strange that I've encountered. After days of looking ...
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Disconnect the SAS on T7500
I have a Dell Precision T7500.
In BIOS I have turned off the SAS controller, which means that I can't use two HD's and the DVD drive, which I am fine with.
I have an Adata SU800 SSD in it, which I ...
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Windows 10 on Dell precision m65
I have a Dell Drecision M65 with Windows XP. Its specs are:
Processor: Intel Yonah Core Duo T2400 (1.83GHz/2MB L2 Cache)
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Hard Drive: 80 GB SATA @ 5400RPM
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New hard drive on Dell Precision 490 not being detected
I have been given an old computer dell precision 490 to run some tests on it and a new hard drive to install. But after placing the new hard drive and turning on the computer I get" Drive 0 not found: ...
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Bad blocks in hard disk - S.M.A.R.T - report
I have a DELL PRECISION M4400 running Windows 7 Professional.
Recently, the laptop started freezing and would go to sleep and would not be able to wake up unless a hard reset was given.
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Dell 490 BIOS / Win 7 Pro x64 will not recognize second matching Xeon 5160 CPU
Upgraded to Win7 Pro x64 from Home Premium x64 (Anytime Upgrade online), specifically to add second identical physical dual-core Xeon processor.
BIOS only shows one CPU in socket 0.
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can't plug in IDE drive to Dell Precision 380
I have Dell Precision 380 and want to add an IDE Hard drive to it.
The IDE drive is Seagate and Jumper settings are
I unplugged the IDE cable from the CD drive and tried that way but it won't start ...
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Dell Precision M4300 Lock 9 Character
What does it mean when character that looks like a Lock with a 9 in it on the upper part of the Dell Precision M4300 keyboard lights up?
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Temperature monitoring on Dell Precision M4500 under Linux: sensors-detect doesn't, what next?
I have a Dell Precision M4500, Intel Core i5 CPU, running Linux (Ubuntu Lucid), and would like to keep an eye on CPU temperature.
I've tried lm-sensors: sensors-detect didn't find any sensors; ...
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PC4200 Memory in Dell Precision T3400?
Is there any way to get PC4200 (ECC) memory to work in a Dell Precision T3400? The company purchased this machine a few months ago for us for dev work, but spec'ed it with 2GB of RAM. That doesn't ...
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Windows Dell: Monitor Display Resolution Changes When Closing Lid
I have a Dell Precision 5480 (2024 model). Everytime I close the laptop lid, the Display Resolution gets smaller. When I open the lid, it gets bigger. I'm trying to find a solution to keep same ...
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Thunderbolt Host Controller missing in Ubuntu... is that normal?
Is it OK to have Thunderbolt bridges, NHI, and PCI Express Root Ports but no "Thunderbolt Host Controller" using lspci on a TB3 capable system?
My Dell Precision 5510 (TB3 capable) laptop ...
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Laptop Broken black screen
After booting, my laptop is stuck on a black screen with a flickering circle and cursor. I have tried everything, including reinstalling Windows using a USB, but I cannot use a single key. Can anyone ...
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Dell Precision Tower 5810 usb to VGA headless driver setup
I have a Dell Precision Tower 5810 and want to connect it to a monitor which has a VGA port.
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are the ports available on dell precision pc. As far as I can tell, my only options for a monitor ...
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PC running debian overheating
I installed Debian 9.13 (stretch) amd64 to a (pretty old) PC tower, and it randomly powers off a few minutes after boot, every time I boot, since the first ever boot into the new system. I booted into ...
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Is my RAM 2667Mhz or 3200Mhz?
Is my RAM speed 2666 or 3200 MHz?
From my research 3200MHz runs at 1.2V, as per my voltage below, and 2667Mhz runs at a higher voltage of about 1.35V. I looked up the datasheet of the mikron ...
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Keyboard plugged in display cannot be used until monitor wake-up message disappears
I have a Dell UltraSharp 49" (U4919DW) display and I use it as an input to connect all my devices (keyboard, mouse, headphones, etc.) and connect to my laptop (Dell Precision 5560) through USB-C. ...
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Dell Precision T3600 doesn't start BIOS when inserting a HDD WD40EZRZ (4 TB, SATA)
Intention: I want to put a 4 TB WD WD40EZRZ HDD (3,5") into my Dell Precision T3600.
State before and what IS working: I've got a Dell Precision T3600 with a 256 GB SSD and a 1 TB WD HDD (2,5&...
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Dell Precision M4800 will not boot after installing Windows 10
I've recently attempted to upgrade my old Dell Precision M4800 from Windows 7 to Windows 10, but I believe I screwed something up in the process, because it doesn't seem to boot properly anymore.
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All external disks are suddenly write-protected
I can not use my computer to modify or delete any data from any external USB disk. If I plug in the same disk into another computer, there is no problem. This started right after I did an update of ...
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Can't Find Arduino Drivers Windows 10 Precision3560
I'm unable to upload anything to my Arduino Nano because it says it doesn't have the drivers for it.
I've tried going to the Device Manager and going to the USB serial to "update" the ...
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Dell Precision 7520 GPU fan going ON OFF ON OFF
My dell 7520 (out of warranty), 3 months ago I started getting this weird on off pattern for my GPU fan.
One dude helped me, temporarily, now it started again after 1 month!
is buying a new fans gonna ...
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