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Slow SD on Inspiron 13 7000 (7368)

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The SD is a new SanDisk 128GB rated at 95MBS read and write, model no SDSDXPA-128G-G46.

Using Crystal Mark, I get 30 MBS R/W sequential on my Dell XPS8700 desktop under Win7HP.

On the 7368 under Win10, I get only 15 MBS R/W.

OTOH the USB 3.0 port on the 7368 is around 40% faster than the XPS when using a thumb drive rated at 260/240.

Why these significant differences?

Is there any way to sped up the SD R/W on the 7368? Maybe an aftermarket driver? Or does Crystal Mark bypass the installed driver and gives me the max possible hardware speed?

Ken C


Dell Battery change from 14.8 V to 11.1 V compatibility?

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Hello, I have a Dell Inspiron 3543. When I purchased it, it had a battery Dell 40Wh Type XCMRD 14.8V Standard. But as it isn't working anymore, I replaced it with Dell 60Wh Type MR90Y 11.1 V inspiron compatible.

As there is change from 14.8 V to 11.1 V, I wanted to know if it safe to continue using the 11.1 V battery or should I change it back to 14.8 V? Will the change in battery type cause any proble to my laptop? 

Dell 7559 seemingly losing power and restores

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I recently got a Dell 7559 and while I am impressed with the performance. I have encountered an issue in the last few days. Randomly when browsing (I have not yet encountered this in-game) the PC will seemingly lose all power. The screen goes black, the backlight turns off on the keyboard and I hear the sound of it powering off.

I run the PC plugged in and the battery is charged, so it is not an issue of being out of power.


Then it will restore itself to the W10 Login screen. I have updated all my drivers, and there are no errors messages in the Event Viewer. Has anyone encountered this issue? Does anyone have a solution?

UPDATE: I have just done both the F12 Menu diagnostics and the Diagnostic tool from the Support site. Both discovered no errors. I opened the laptop and nothing seemed to be out of place either.

Still unable to access my inspiron duo

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With reference to previous post - You suggested doing an f12 diagnostic test. It seemed to pass all tests but reached a stage where it came up with - Booting Diagnostic Utility Partition - Press any key to continue. In doing so it just freezes also quite hot to touch, using adaptor as battery no longer keeping charge. I am desperate to access info on it. but being notebook no back-up was done.

E5450 does not display on E-port II or E-port

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Hello all

I have client who did a firmware upgrade to his e5450 because his old E-Port at home would not read his new laptop. he has admin rights so couldn't really stop him. now the laptop will not register on either e-port it does not detect the monitors at all. I want to undo his firmware update but cant seem to find where when or what did it upgrade. He ran this firmware Synaptics VMM2320 MST HUB Firmware Update(http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverid=1XFPM ) can anyone help to restore his displays or do I reimage ?

Multi-card reader driver for Dell Inspiron 1420 Windows 10?

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Hi,

I have a Dell Inspiron 1420 that I upgraded to Windows 10 -64bit a few months ago.  
Has anyone succeeded in getting all hardware work under Win10 on this machine.  I know this laptop is pretty old and Dell does not provide drivers for Win7 and Win10 for this model (which I think is not really cool on their part).  

Most of my hardware pieces work except the MultiCard reader (the slot that reads SD cards, etc).  The machine sees the hardware in Device Manager, reports it as working fine, but when I insert the card, the file manager does not detect a new drive at all.  

Anyone succeeded getting Multi-Care Reader to work under Win10?  Perhaps drivers from other laptop models might be suitable?  

Thanks!! 

Help

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I had a really bad virus don't let me download any virus removers or open the one I had. I can't do anything so I when to setting and tried doing the factory reset. It will work but the virus will close it everything so my laptop suddenly shut down and restarted again into a blue troubleshoot screen I clicked factory reset and everything was good it restarted and since my laptop screen is cracked completely I can't see anything I'm using a external monitor to see everything. So I left it for a while about 7 hours and it was still the same I left again when I came back it was still the same but every two to three minutes my laptop screen will go black and the number lock key light will go on. and the external monitor doesn't show anything. I have the Windows 10 operating system. I have a HP Pavilion g series laptop and a dell external monitor. I have the  windows 10 backup cd I just need to the external monitor to show the screen when it loads up and to show the Bois settings. Sorry I wrote too much.

INSPIRON 3543

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HDMI TO TV NOT WORKING


Inspiron 15 (3521) -- hard drive "failed" on Support Assist self-test

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Hi everyone, 

A longtime Dell enthusiast, I love my Dell laptop and haven't had really any problems with it.  

But today the Support Assist self-test said that the hard drive had "failed" its test.  It gave the following error codes for the hard drive (ST500LT012-9WS142):

     WHD16-6GP  (SMART short self test:  "failed")

     WHD20-J2C  (Targeted read test:  "failed")

So, obviously, I'm just wondering:  Does anyone know exactly what this means?  And how serious is it? Though running a little slower, my laptop is still working....

Whatever help/info you all could offer, I would really, truly appreciate it (!).  I've already started looking into a replacement hard drive--and the cost is minimal, but I fear the aggravation of a full install of software (I've never done that).  Anyway, that's where I'm at; thanks everyone!  - Robert

P.S. This laptop is considerably past the expiration of its warranty.

Dell i15z-5523 3 beeps

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So my laptop has had this weird thing where i have to try powering on multiple times to get it to boot. So upon booting i hit f12 and ran diagnostic it said nothing was wrong and i then restarted it no problem. Shut it down and the next time i went to boot it just give 3 beeps. I think im going to be needing a new motherboard and i had a few questions. When dell installs new motherboards is the windows activation code the same because i had my free windows 10 upgrade and no that this info is on the mobo and dont want to lose that and have to buy a retail copy. I recently did a fresh win8 install with the dell recovery usb and then upgraded to windows 10 again with no activation issues and was wondering if it would be the same with a new motherboard?

My other question is whether dell links your service tag to your windows activation because i can get the motherboard and due it myself cheaper and use the asset tool to put my express service code and service tag myself.

Xps 13 weird green ring in sd card reader

Dell Inspiron 15 n5040 drivers

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Hi. I need a Bluetooth driver for Dell Inspiron 15 N5040. I can't find one at Dell website, drivers and downloads section leads to manuals and laptop technical information. Am I missing something? 

Inspiron 11 3137 3000 does not connect to WiFI >10 feet from access point

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Hi all,

Pulling my hair out at the Inspiron 11 machine type 3137.  We've had it for about two years and it has never connected to our home router at a range greater than about ten feet from the access point.

The problem started when we first took it out of the box, then running Windows 8, later 8.1, now Windows 10.  All the OS upgrades have neither made the problem better nor worse.

Router is a Linksys E2500, in other words, name-brand stuff.  4 other machines in the house work all over the house and can connect to the router from anywhere in the house.

The driver is the latest version, and we have ruled out problems with firewall settings.  We can ping any network service, but no luck on HTTP, POP3/SMTP, etc. protocols.

For the past two years my wife has solved the problem by sitting within 10 feet from the access point, but that's not what we paid for and not what we expect from Dell.  Any ideas?  Anyone had a similar issue?


Thanks,

Kevin B

Dell Premier Color user information or guide

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My XPS15 9550 laptop today installed considerable updates that took much of an hour to finish.  Upon completion selecting the Dell Premier Color shortcut icon for premiercolor.exe, it no longer brings up a window as it used to.  I can still go into control panel Display then drill down several levels to get at advanced color settings.  So tried to find online a guide for using this but could not find anything after considerable searching.  Much Dell ad info about how it is useful and users with issues that makes finding real help like a needle in a haystack.  The System Info SW info shows the process running from start up.  Version shows 2.0.199.0


What I would like to read is user guide information for using the program.

Can i replace a 4cell battery with 6 cell battery?

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I use the Dell Inspiron 15r 3537 model laptop and i want to replace the battery. It cuurently works with a 4 Cell battery but I want to replace it with a 6 cell  battery. Is it possible to do so ?


How to unlock bios

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Hi

I have dell inspiron 15  3542. I want to change boot setting but cannot able to change setting before unlock bios. When start up windows it's required system password and i know the password but when i enter the password to unlock bios it show invalid password. How to unlock bios or clear bios password ? Thank you

Inspiron 1520 startup problem

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Hello everyone,

I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 and from 4 days I have a startup problem.

When I turn on the Loptop the blue leds turn on but the screen remain black.

I tried reset the motherboard and the RAM but nothing good results.

I have two short beep cod, but I don't know the meaning.

What is the meaning of the two short beeps?

Thanks in advance.

XPS 12 9Q23 Mouse Right Click Not Working after Windows Upgrade

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HELPPPPPP!!!!!!


Microsoft very kindly updated my operating system last night (to Windows 10 Home Version 1607) without warning me.  As a result the right click function on my XPS 12 9Q23 has stopped working.  I have been researching solutions all day with no success.

If anyone can help me find a solution I would be very grateful!

Thanks,

STMicroelectronics 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer - update notification

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I'm running Windows 10 on a 5 yr old Dell, model XPSL702X  64 bit system.

I very recently received an update notification through Windows  re:
STMicroelectronics - Other hardware - STMicroelectronics 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer.

Before I accept the install, does anyone have an idea of whether I should ? I have no idea what the install will do...
The notification msg reads in part - 'We need to do a separate installation to complete the update..."

I have absolutely no idea what this update is for...I can't see any devices this might apply to.. though I'm not sure I know what to look for...

thanks

How to replace CPU on Inspiron 3521

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System Information
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Operating System: Windows 10 Home Single Language 64-bit (10.0, Build 14393) 

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

System Model: Inspiron 3521

BIOS: A12

Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1017U @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.6GHz

Memory: 4096MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 3978MB RAM

Page File: 2878MB used, 2506MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: DirectX 12

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