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Dell Inspiron 14z 5423 Boot problem - Stuck on Dell logo screen - (NEW POST)

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Hi

my Dell Inspiron 14z is stuck on the Dell Logo at boot up.

it was working well yesterday, but just become freeze at boot up

I can't press F2 F8 or F12 because it freezes at this point.

Releasing the residual charge did nothing (I drained the battery, have no courage to remove battery as the procedure is kind of complicated) - same problem

Restarting and tapping F12 highlights 'Boot options' but at this point it freezes.

Restarting with Fn pressed had no effect - same problem.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

Eric


BROKEN HINGE OF Dell Laptop

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The left hinge of my laptop 5548 inspiron is broken and that side has popped open. the person at the center told me it is a case of accidental damage and  I will have to pay for it. They told me that I will have to keep it with them for atleast. 1+1/2 months..i am looking for service center in Pune to get it repaired as early as possible.

inspiron 7559 squeaking while playing games

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Happy new year, I bought my Inspirion 7559 in September, and about 7days ago it's start to squeaking(like BIOS squeaking if find some errors) while I'm playing games(after about 30-45minut after start playing), or very rarely while laptop is not loading with heavy programs or games.

Before this happening i'm playing games for hours, and i haven't any problem things like i have now. I am using same programs, and playing same games so i can't notice by what it cause.
Updating of all knowing drivers and bios to last version did not give me any result.

And im also check each hardware part with diagnose utilities trying to find which one can cause this sound, but again, didnt find nothing.
I'm check with stress tests CPU and GPU from dell website, checked HDD for bads with HDDScan and checked RAM with windows  memory diagnostic utility.

My guess:

-Is it possible some think with power supply unit in notebook ? Cause some times i see that charge level is 90-95% and it charging even if i didn't plug it off. But it also can be a battery save procedure.

- Or may be while laptop heating hdd or power supply unit suddenly off and on again.

-CPU heating up to 86-100degree Fan operating is no different from how they worked when I just bought a laptop. Visual all cooling parts and fans is clean, of-course i cant check thermal paste condition cause i can loose warranty state.

Laptop Charging Port

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I have a Dell Inspiron 15R (5545). The laptop was charging and it slid down my legs while on a blanket to a carpeted floor. The laptop fell/slid down on the Charging Port and there was a small crack on the plastic around it. The metal pins inside had bent to the side a bit and the end of the charger had bent at a slight angle while the metal pin inside the plug was fine. The laptop indicated it was charging when I plugged it in though. A few seconds later, a blue screen appears and the computer restarts. I turn it on a couple hours to try it again, and when I launch a program, the computer gets the blue screen again. The blue screen is not being caused by the program because it has been working fine until I dropped my laptop. What should I do? Should I get the Charging Port replaced? Should I purchase a new Charger? Thank you for any responses in advance.

No Boot Device Found, Press Any Key To Reboot

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I, have inspiron 15 7537 and on starting the computer i am getting the message " No boot device found. Press any key to reboot." It seems that whenever I press f2 or f12 it just flashes the screen 2-3 times then it just goes back to the loop. The Dell icon shows and OCCASIONALLY it will show a loading bar under it but then it will go back to the loop. It wont load setup or boot menu yet when I plugged in the charger it seemed to setup a new menu which let me know I should plug in a 90W charging cable and to press f2 to go to setup but when I restarted I accidentally pressed f3 which stopped the message from showing and now I am back to the infinite loop of not being able to enter setup. Any ideas?

anyone get 3542 laptop Hdmi to TV

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has anyone hooked their laptop (i got 3542)  to a big screen tv through HDMI. i searched and found a few posts, but they were all people who had problems.. wanna watch the videos on my laptop on big screen tv..

XPS 9550 Always Slow Performance, again the power settings BUG?

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Hi,

I have a Dell XPS 15 9550 with the following configuration
16 GB Ram
500GB SSD
Full HD Screen

I experienced a big loss on performance from saturday. I did nothing different from usual, this is the PC that I use for work, so just normal operation with or without the wired power supply.
I noticed that because everything I do now is slowed down, from browsing the web to start programs, to run also 3D Applications.
The PC is completely updated to all the new Windows 10 updates and drivers. I did drivers updates through the DELL tools.

From the Task manager perfomrance monitor I noticed that the CPU speed is always 0.78 Ghz instead of 2.6 Ghz, no matter if I run heavy aplications or I plug or unplug the power cable.
I read from this forum several topics about a BIOS bug on this PC: entering the power save mode and going back to normal mode unplugging and pluggig the power cable, doesn't really affect the PC to go back to the full performance settings. People found a temporary solution logging off or restarting the PC, or disabling the SPEED STEP and C-STATE option from the BIOS performance panel. A DELL offical employee followed the case and DELL updated the BIOS tagging the solution as as solved.
I updated the BIOS yesterday to the last one : 1.2.18. --> Problem not solved
I disabled the SPEED STEP and C-STATE option from the BIOS --> From the Task Manager Performance monitor i can see now the speed of the CPU back to the full speed but the PC is still slow exactly as before.
I tried to switch between different power settings, from HIGH PERFORMANCE to BALANCED to DELL without any success or effective changes on the performance of the PC.

Do you know any solutions? I really dont know what to do now to have back the full performance of this PC.

Regards,

Matteo

Dell Inspiron 5559 Core i7 6th Gen won't start sometimes

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I will just get a black screen. There is power in laptop since when I press CAPSLOCK the light is being turned on. I do not even see the screen from where we enter boot menu, even when Windows loads correctly. 


Mouse Cursor is disappearing and RIght Side Bubble is coming

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I am using Dell Inspiron 5559 Signature Edition and suddenly mouse cursor is disappearing and right side of the screen one bubble is displaying.

All the drivers are updated but still the issue is the same.

I have reset the factory settings and at the time of factory settings restart same issue is again.

i have taken photo of the laptop bubble screen.

Please help me to resolve the issue.

New Battery only holds charge for 1.5 hours and battery icon giving up/down readings.

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Just received a new Dell battery for my laptop.  The battery icon starts out at 100% and time remaining at about 3. 5 hours left, then within 1 minute the time remaining levels off to about 2 hours left.  The battery showing time remaining is jumping up and down.  I am only using the computer for the internet.  No CD or DVD or gaming.  At best I get 1.5 hours out of a charge.  Is this normal?  Or did Dell send me a bad battery?

Sincerely,

Lou

Problem with biometric sensor after format

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Hi,

I perform format to my Dell vostro 5470 (win 10).

since then my biometric sensor is not working.

i can see under "Device manger" "synaptics FP sensors (WBF) (PID=0011)" but under control panel there is no biometric device.

i tried to install Digital persona fingerprint software but also there it says that fingerprint sensor is not connected.

please help!

Battery Plugged but not charging

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I got my Inspiron 15-5000 series recently notice that the battery charged up to 60% and stop charging after that.

I was trying to change the setting in the Dell Power Management Lite many times but the setting does not work and also try to uninstall the battery drivers several time but it seen does not work.

Any idea who to solve it?

Service tag not found and Server 500 error

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Service tag not found on an Ebay purchase.  After I enter my tag number, I get the message that it is not valid.  And after downloading the personal assistance software, the laptop displays the same ID as on the sticker on the bottom.  Also, I am getting the "Server 500 error/down msg".  any suggestions? 

Thanks for your help and I have about 10 dell computers around the house.

Jeff

Using laptop without integrated monitor.

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Hello community:
I started the year with this issue. The right hinge of the integrated monitor of my Inspiron 7537 is detached, the plastic part where the screws are attached is broken. I want to repair this, but in case it has no solution, I'm considering to operate my system without the monitor, just connecting an external HDMI monitor an use it has principal monitor. That's my idea, it's like turning my laptop into a desktop PC.
The question is: can I operate my laptop without the monitor?
I just want to be sure if this will not cause performance problems or electrical issues. The power cable of the monitor and the webcam will be disconnected from the motherboard, and also the Wi-Fi card because the antenna is stuck to the display, but I plan to move that antenna.
That's my doubt.

Thanks and happy new year.

Battery is not detected

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sir, my name is jawad raza. i found the big problem in my laptop. when i pluged in ac adapter to laptop then cross show on the battery and say it is not detected. so, tell me what can i do to solve this probem.

my laptop service tag number is <ADMIN NOTE: Service tag removed per privacy policy>

so plz tell me the proper way to solve this problem.... i am very worried about this issue.....

THANKS!


Dell XPS 15 L521x - Screen shows yellow flickering lines in white areas.

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I need some help with diagnosing a problem with my dell laptop. I have a Dell XPS 15 L521x.

I have upgraded the RAM on the machine from 8GB to 16GB and also the built in caching mast SSD (32GB) to 250GB and made it the primary boot drive.

I upgraded the RAM a year ago, but when I took off the heatsink I just reattached it at the time.

I upgraded the msata yesterday, but this time I removed the heatsink, cleaned it and reapplied the thermal paste.

The new upgrade did what it should, my laptop boots super fast now. The issue I have is i randomly get yellow lines appear over the white areas on the screen. I've taken a few pictures which you can see in the links below:

Picture 1

Picture 2

Edit: I have tested this with another external monitor whilst the yellow lines were appearing and they didn't show on the external. I think it could be something to do with the IPS panel. Also note, this happens randomly and with less frequency now.

Changing Boot Order

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I have a new DELL laptop with Windows 8.1 PRO installed. I installed imaging software on it right away, created an image of the disk, and created bootable rescue media on a USB stick.  However, I can’t get the laptop to boot from the USB stick and I believe it has to do with the BIOS boot order.  I'd like to ask for some help in changing the boot order.  I have some computer skills but feel I may be getting into an area where I need some simple, straight-forward instructions on how to accomplish this

I can access the UEFI/Boot page by pressing F12 or F2 during startup.  I'm just not sure what steps to take from that point to allow the computer to look for a USB device before the internal hard drive. Most of the selectable options in the BIOS menu are a bit intimidating to me and I don’t want to create more problems by guessing.

Dell Inspiron 5547
Intel i7 @ 2.00 GHZ
RAM 8 GB
Windows 8.1  6.3.9600  Build 9600
64 bit
Dell BIOS A02, 3/20/14
SMBIOS Version 2.7
BIOS Mode UEFI


Thank you for any instructions you can provide.

 

Dave…

BIOS settings error Detected in Latitude E6400

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Hi ! I am a new user.I have recently purchased Latitude E6400 but my  laptop can not boot to windows setup and they show BIOS error.  Please help me.

Unable to install windows 7 UEFI fail

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I'm trying to install Windows 7 x64 on my Dell XPS 13 (currently on Windows 8 x64 & got nVidia driver memory leaks, that's why I'm downgrading) but once I enter te UEFI and select my USB device to boot I get a black screen with a white blinking text indicator. And nothing happens it just stays that way until I reboot or unput the USB device.

Thought it could be a USB 3.0 problem but USB 2.0 ports dont work either. I have done manny OS intalls before never had a problem like this...

System Specs: core I7-4770k CPU Z87-G45 MSI motherbord Corsair PRO series (2x4GB @ 1333Mhz) RAM series 830 samsung (128GB) SSD GTX 770 MSI GPU HX650 corsair PSU

Maybe someone has a fix for this problem, or I'm missing something stupid..

Dell M6800 usb 3.0 issues

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Hello,

I have issues with the usb ports on my dell M6800.

1. First I can't transfer large files. Usb ports just hang and the transferring stops.

2. I can't transfer other smaller files for some reason unknown the laptop just stops reading from the usb disk.

3. Usb disk would randomly  disconnect.
I have read other older threads here the the same issues but no one is suggesting any solution. 

My OS win 8.1 x 64.

Can anyone help?

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