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Dell E5450 - random reboots, general erratic behaviour

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After much research, I had requested for a E5450 to be issued at work (since it sounded like a good choice to run Linux). Got one, only to find that it is has a buggy BIOS. Updated to the new BIOS (A07) and now have the below listed troubles.

  • Random reboots, for no apparent reason.
  • Undocking from a Dell E port replicator dock causes a reboot. This issue is consistent. Though, this is mentioned as a supported accessory. Docking doesn't cause a reboot, only undocking does.
  • Random slow reboots.
  • Hibernate/suspend does not work at all.
  • Audio is terribly choppy and flaky. Random hang up as well. (keeps repeating the same sequence for about 15 secs and stops with a 3 second beep)
  • This comes with a hybrid hard drive. Looks like the fall sensor is too sensitive to the extent that the machine cannot be used while on a bus/car at all. And while doing so, machine reboots a lot, randomly.
  • Upon high loads, the machine just randomly reboots - specifically while running on battery.
  • Extremely bad battery backup. Battery doesn't last for > 1 hr, with no load on the machine (just a few terminal sessions and one instance of chrome with max 5 tabs open). 

Anybody else facing a similar issue with an E5450?


How do you reinstall when a Dell Laptop Hard Drive Fails after warranty with no installation media?

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I'm trying to help my brother reinstall Windows on his 5 year old Dell Laptop. The hard drive failed. He bought a new one and now the new one has no Operating System. He has no disks from Dell at hand. He installed Windows 10 from the .iso and it won't activate. What's the best way to get windows running again in this case?

Dell Inspiron 15R N5110 Adapter "Failure"

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Hello,

About 4-5 years ago I purchased a Dell laptop - model Inspiron 15R N5110. All this time I used the original battery and adapter which came with the laptop. Today, while using the laptop, The laptop stopped working completely and I can no longer power it on. After the laptop stopped working I noticed the light on the adapter's tip wasn't on. I disconnected the tip from the laptop, disconnected the adapter from the power and reconnected it to the power. (NOTE: I believe the battery on the laptop is dead and that the adapter went off and I was using the laptop only from the power supplied by the battery. So: battery is dead. Without a connection to power the laptop won't turn on.). After I reconnected the adapter to the power. The light of the tip went on. As soon as I plug the tip into my laptop the tip's light goes off and I can not turn on the laptop. Also: no lights at the bottom are on (For example: the "battery is charging" light). I tried using my previous dell laptop's adapter as in the past I tried connecting it and it could charge the current laptop: same case. The light bulb on the adapter itself goes off the moment I plug in the tip inside my laptop. The moment an adapter is one red to the laptop the adapter stops working.

What can I do to fix this problem? If the solution is to go to a technical lab or buy a new adapter - what is the estimated cost?

Thank you!

Mouse wheel problems

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I have a Dell Inspiron 15 3521 with Windows 8.1 that's about 3 years old and I'm having an issue in which the built-in mouse (Touchpad, or whatever it's called) will constantly quit operating the wheel that scrolls the screen and such up and down. When it's working, even something as mundane as accidentally bringing up the start screen (or whatever that pop-out menu on the right side of the screen is called) will cause it to quit. Sometimes restarting will get it to work again, but other times (like now) it won't seem to start working again no matter what I do, even shutting down and restarting it multiple times. I have no problems with it when using an exterior mouse, but for some reason it doesn't want to work with the Touchpad. All my drivers are up to date (just updated some last night), Dell diagnostics is no help.

This is really annoying. Can someone offer any advice?

XPS 12 shutdown problem - windows 10

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Hello, i have a serious problem with my xps. After updating to windows 10, it is the third time that when i shut down the laptop it does not really shuts down and it is overheating. Today after the shut down i put it in my bag and after 5 hours i noticed that the bag was hot, i put out the xps and it was really really hot.

Screen was black and the only thing that i could hear was the cooler. I have disabled fast boot from windows 10 options, but the problem still remains.

Any ideas?

E6230 WiFi Replacement Card

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I was wondering if the Intel 7260 wireless card would work on a Latitude E6230, and if so, better than the Ultimate-N 6300?.  I have seen people replacing them with the older Ultimate-N 6300's, but those have 3 antenna connections on them, where the new 7260's are only 2.  It is getting harder to find the 6300's and I can pick up a 7260 with or without Bluetooth for around $20.  I would rather put a new card in than a used or pulled card, plus the 7260 is cheaper than a new 6300 right now!

Thanks,

Jonathan

Dell M3800 Laptop

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I am really fed up with my Dell M3800 Laptop !!!.

My mouse point continously changes to a very small size which can hardly be seen.I am having to change this back to the standard size via the mouse setting in the control panel every few minutes.Does anyone know how to fix this problem ?.

Laptop touchpad

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Does anyone know if a stylus, as used on a touch screen, will work on my inspiron 15 touchpad? It's impossible to draw a straight line with a rodent. And why does only my finger work and not, say, a pencil eraser? Thanks for your time!


Imaging devices not shown by device manager

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Hi All

I use DELL  Inspiron 3521 , running windows 10 , 32 bit.I cant use my webcam, imaging devices in device manager is not exist .

Please assist how do I rectify this?

Beeping

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Hello,

I have a Dell Inspiron 3420. It's making a beeping sound three beeps at a time, I would love a solution, if it's possible, how do I fix it? Thank you

latitude d630 memory capacity

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how much memory can this use, maximum.

Windows 8 & Drivers for new HDD

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Hi

I own a Inspiron 15-3521 that I bought about 2 1/2 years ago.  Recently the HDD died.  I bought a replacement but I need to know how to get the Windows and Driver installs.  I have the new drive loaded into a portable case assuming that this would be the easiest way to transfer the boot files since I don't have an install disk.  Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

JH

dell 1545 laptop crash after bios password authentication

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I recently purchased a pre-owned dell inspiron 1545 laptop and after password authentication it blue screens here is the crash report.

technical information:

0x0000007B (0xFFFFFA60005AF9D0,0xFFFFFFFFC0000034,0x0000000000000000,0x0000000000000000)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dell Inspiron 3420 "3" Beeping Sound

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Hi! if i get 3 beeping sounds it means system board failure right?so if i replace it with a new working motherboard compatible with my laptop it will surely work again? please answer me guys because im planning to replace my board with a new one ill order it online thanks hope for your quick reply thanks 

Usb device not recognised

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i have purchased inspiron 5521 with i7 one year bak. When i fornatted this and installed win 8.1. After that it shws that.usb device not trcognised. Please suggest me which drivdr to install it. Rply fast


Will it possible to apply solar panels on the laptop?

Clicking noise on start up

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My Inspiron 5721 now with windows 10 but started doing this with windows 8.1

It's been making some strange sounds sometimes when I start it up with only the battery it would make a click but not really beeping sound and it wouldn't boot up, since I didn't think the sound was good I immediately took out the battery especially since it sounded electrical.

  I plugged it , put the the battery in again and it would start up no problem, as time went on I had to do this every time. The last few days I have had to leave the battery out and turn it on without battery at all..

I saw on another post that it may be the hard drive so I did what was suggested

 I turned it off unplugged and took out the battery, held down the power button for 20 sec.  Then I plugged it back in and turned it on and tapped the F12 key on start up and nothing happened. doesn't work on my laptop.

But, as I was trying this I didn't have the battery in it and it starting making the clicking noise with it only being on AC.

I have been backing up my files in fear of loosing everythng. and I don't want to turn it off again just to test it in fear of it completely crashing.

Can you tell me if this is my hard drive,  or what test should I do 

I found this on another website

"you can run a hard drive test utility. I usually use Hitachi’s drive fitness test. This test is reliable and easy to use."

Can anyone suggest this or another test I can do without having to turn the computer off?

Thank you

Dell Latitude E6420 not powering on

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Hi good day. I have a Dell Latitude E6420. The problem is every time I left it unused for several hours, it won't turn on. The light in the power button shows up for only a few seconds and then it turns of. When I tried to plug in the AC Adapter, it won't turn on. However, when I press the power button for more than 10 seconds, the speakers make a weird static-like sound and when I press the power button again, the computer turns of and works fine. Please answer this. Thanks in advance!

PS The light indicators are not blinking. Only the power button's light is lit.

XPS 15 4K - when is the next hardware refresh/update?

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Hi all,

I had ordered a Macbook Pro 15 as soon as the new models were released, and got to the stage where it was ready to be collected from the local store, when a friend showed me the XPS15, with 4K screen. It wasn't a consideration because of Windows 8.1, but I'm on Windows 10 now and love it. I told the store to sell the model I ordered to someone else (there was a queue for them!).

However, looking at the XPS specs, it's still on the haswell chip (as is the mac), and it looks like the current incarnation of the XPS is coming up to 2 years old. I see the XPS13 is on the broadwell.

I'm desperate for a new notebook, as my current model doesn't really work, but I don't want to buy one and see an updated model released 2 months later with a Skylake chip, etc. I know apple are very secretive about this sort of thing, but there are rumour sites that hint at release dates.

Is there any kind of guide on when the new XPS15 will be released, as I could hold out a little longer if it's for a month or two? Otherwise, I think I'll have to go to the macbook.

Thanks in advance.

Getting Windows Back after HDD replacement.

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Dell PC - system restore after HDD crash and replacement - but unable to get Windows 10 back. System running on WIndows 7 with Internet Explorer 8 which I find I am unable to upgrade to Internet Explorer 10 or 11. Help.

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