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• The battery life for inspiron 17r special edition or what to buy for College?

  I am looking to buy a high mid range laptop for College. I need a laptop that can handle games, in addition to other activities of the College. I've narrowed my search up to three computers different portable all pretty much the same price, and now I don't know that we choose. My three choices are the occasional 17r, the xps 15 Inspiron and alienware m14x.

  I'm leaning toward the inspiron because its cheaper than the other two and still a great internals. My only concern is the battery life. The battery is low, and I guess with the i7 and the screen 17 inch hd that the battery of the 17r will be terrible. I need something that's going to allow me to study on campus, if need is and be able to handle the TRIPS would be nice. So my question is... Are their any availble upgraded battery for editing special 17r? I saw a battery 9 cells, but it is not listed specifically as compatible with the Edition special 17r, just a 17r. If there is not, are their suggestions for greater autonomy on the road (without the usual stuff like processes of cutting and dimming of the screen).

  Also, on a related note, the inspiron 17r will be able to manage the game well? I don't need a power plant, but I want something that can handle new games for the next two years even if I have to lower the settings as the games become more intense.

  Hi dtruax,

  After sending two children to College, I went through this twice buying decision. The first thing I will say is that you're probably not going to carry your laptop on campus, almost as much as you think you will. And all equipped with gaps of a computer on campus, 17 "laptop will become quickly apparent. For the most part he'll be back at home. So the battery life is not as important as you might think.

  Regarding the size, two of my students, who initially leaned over to a 17 "machine, were much more happy with a smaller screen (14" for my son, 15 "for my daughter), compared to their classmates with computers laptops 17".

  The three models, the XPS is going to be the best for gaming. But I go back to the advice we have been given. Spend a little less on the laptop and a little more to get a 4 year complete care warranty. Many universities offer a 4 year warranty free and tech support if you buy through their Bookstore, which is what we did.

• Inspiron 15R 5537 Bluetooth and Wi - Fi works together

  Hi all

  I have an Inspiron 15R 5537, aged about two years. I have upgraded to windows 10 and had since May (I attended the Insider program). The driver, I am running is the Dell Wireless 1705 Wi - Fi + Bluetooth driver, latest version. (The Wireless Dell 1704 1704 Bluetooth and Wi - Fi drivers even install not on this phone.)

  I have a Bose Soundlink II Mini Bluetooth speaker that I use to listen to the audio from my laptop and my phone. But when I connect the speaker to my Inspiron, Wi - Fi works very slowly and nearly stops working. For example, I can't stream a Youtube video and watch it while my speakers is connected via Bluetooth. It seems that I can either use Wi - Fi as usual and not connect to Bluetooth, or use the Bluetooth with my laptop and basically lose Wi - Fi. I had this problem since I got the speaker in mid June and actively started to use my Bluetooth.

  I called Bose a few weeks and we tried a lot of different things, and we concluded that it was not a problem with the speaker, but most likely my laptop. Call Dell technical support got nowhere since the laptop is out of warranty. So I hope that someone here could help me because I have no idea what to do now.

  Thank you

  Jon

  Hello

  You are using the 10.0.0.0, A00 driver DW1705 Windows 10 then?

  Try this.  Go into Device Manager and completely remove the current drivers, then restart your system.  See if Windows 10 install drivers for the card and see if the driver born in this help.  If it is not installed or if it does not help, you can return to the 10.0.0.0 pilot.

  Todd

• Integrated webcam in black and white, Dell Inspiron 15r 5537

  Hello

  I've had my Dell inspiron 15r 5537 during about 8 months now and noticed that the built-in webcam is black and white and it was fine when I got my laptop.

  I don't know when this problem occurred, but I can't find the drivers on the Dell website for my webcam. I tried to disable and allowing the camera but I have not uninstalled the driver because I'm worried he couldn't work together if I can't find the driver!

  Thank you and I hope that this can be corrected.

  Thejfw2000

  Information if this can help:

  64-bit Windows 8

  I5

  8 GB Ram

  2 GB AMD Radeon

  Thanks again

  thejfw2000,

  Please continue with happy. I have a suggestion that might work.

  Open Dell Webcam Central. If you do not have Dell Webcam Central installed you can download this file, also known as the Dell Webcam Central Version 1.40.05

  Click settings, and then click on restore by default. If the color button is completely to the left, I noticed that the webcam is black and white.

  Rick

• Computer laptop screen flickering and horizontal lines in Inspiron 15r SE 7520

  I have a laptop Dell inspiron 15r is who is 1.1years old (model - 7520). It worked well up to that of a few days. Last week, he began giving a horizontal line of white point at the top of the screen (like that... in white) for the entire width of the screen. Since yesterday, or a similar line began to appear at the bottom too. Two of these online come and go every 2-3 sec. And the screen will jump a little (like 5 pixels or larger) and it will also sometimes shake which makes it difficult to read letters.

  The problem exists everywhere, even in the start screen. In short, when I press power button / stop and screen start showing something problem also begins.

  Today, I plugged an external lcd display via a vga cable and it works fine. No line and no flickering. So I guess that the GPU is ok? What could be the problem? Would be - this contact that loose or something cable laptop computer screen?

  Another question: I got the security, including the protection against accidental damage and stuff for a year. But since I was outside this period, now, what do I do?

  And since I am outside the warranty period anyway is it OK if I open my laptop and try something?

  Help, please!

  If you have found the solution please share with me.

• Inspiron 15R (5520)-"Defective keyboard" and "defect with the 1 GB AMD radeon graphics card".

  inspiron 15R(5520)
  

  Problem wid the 1gb AMD radeon(HD 7670 M) Graphic Card and some keyboard keys. Graphic card is not identified. shows in Device manager but dosen't work. I have problem wid some of ma keyboard keys. I have to tap it twice or thrice to write.. Called up da customer support many times but no good response... I'm really exausted, Plz help...
  

  Hi Jelena,

  Sorry for the delay. If the operating system was already reinstalled and the scan of the PC came with an error, the video card will be replaced. Please click on my username and add me as a friend. Please provide the number of service system, the owner's name and contact number by only private message. I check the details of the system warranty and help you with this question.

• Compatibility between Inspiron 15R N5010 (5010-7015) and black WD ^ 2 (WD1001X06XDTL) double disc 2.5 "

  Hello

  I own a Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 (5010-7015) / i5 / 4 GB RAM / 320 HARD drive and I am interested in the internal hard drive of the upgrade of the series dual drive WD (Black ^ 2 - WD1001X06XDTL).

  The system supports SATA2 and a variety of capabilities between 160 GB and 640 GB only for 320 GB and 500 GB at 7200 RPM and 5400 RPM / min according to the manual.

  Is it possible that I could upgrade to a WD Black2, or I will face compatibility problems?

  The specific model (N5010) supports this technology? The list only I could find was this one: http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11024/~/wd-black%C2%B2-dual-drive-computer-compatibility-list

  If not, are there any other alternatives for a hard drive upgrade [i.e. Seagate 1 TB computer laptop SSHD (STBD1000400)] which would have full compatibility?

  As you can see I'm looking for something more closely a SSD, but not an SSD.

  The black2 is essentially a 120G SSD for the system - which IS supported by your model.  The hard drive is not even considered by the hardware of the system - it is managed by a pilot who is in charge (that's why the Black2 depends on the OS).  Windows accesses the HDD while software - NOT directly by the system.

• Dell Inspiron 15R and Photoshop CS5?

  Currently looking to buy a DELL inspiron 15R for my 16 year old daughter.  She is interested in graphic design and will be studying it next year so also get Photoshop CS5.

  Specs I'm looking at are:
  Intel® Core™ i3 - 370 M processor (2. 4 Ghz, 4Threads, 3 MB cache)
  15.6 wide screen brilliant HD WLED with TrueLife™ (1366 x 768)
  4 GB OF RAM
  500 GB HDD 7200 RPM
  Intel® HD graphics card

  This laptop has the necessary "grunt" for photoshop.  It exceeds the system requirements for photoshop CS5. but the specs are usually slower than the reality.

  Should I update the chip of an i5?  Intel Core i5 460M (2.53 GHz/3 MB cache)

  or if I should change the video card to an ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 - 1 GB dedicated card option?

  Thanks in advance.

  From my personal experience, I wouldn't go to an integrated card. This is one of the most important components for Photoshop, so invest in a decent graphics card (ATI or NVidia). It doesn't have to be an exepensive really one - I've been using ATI Radeon with 256 MB of RAM on my Dell Studio since nearly two years and it still rocks! (even when I'm working with Ps CS5 Extended 3D).

  I also invest in more RAM (it could be added easily - additional 4 GB, I bought because my Studio came with 3 GB).

  I wouldn't worry about the processor - I'm on Intel Core 2 Duo - and it works very very well, it's very fast which is very important because I'm training Photoshop.

  I hope this helps.

• Inspiron 15R 5520 and SATAIII

  My laptop motherboard supports hard drive SATAIII?

  Hi Therises,

  Inspiron 15R 5520 support SATA II hard drives. Hard drive SATA III is backward compatible, so it should work with the system. However, it will work at the SATA II speed.

  Please do not hesitate to answer questions. I'll be happy to help you.

• Inspiron 15r SE 7520 MaxxAudio 4 problem

  Hello

  My problem is that my Equalizer will take no effect after the last update of victory 10 birthday, I tried to reinstall the driver and app. All settings under speakers/headphones used effect on the sound.

  Hello. Dell provides 2 audio drivers Conexant for Win10, for the Inspiron 15R SE 7520.  Try them both and see if we have the function you want to use.

  Version 1.0.52.0 - October 4, 2013

  and

  Version 8.54.40.50 - 3 February 2016

  If you currently have the new driver, you must completely remove it before installing the old.

  1. open Device Manager (found in the Control Panel, or type devmgmt.msc in the search box).
  2. expand the section 'Sound, video & game controllers.
  3. right-click the Conexant High Definition audio driver.
  4. click on "Uninstall".
  5. put a check mark in the option to remove the software driver, click ok.
  6. restart the laptop. Because you deleted the Conexant driver files, Windows will install its native audio driver, named "High definition Audio Device".

  Go back to Device Manager and make sure that "High definition Audio Device" is installed. When this is the case, you can install the old driver Conexant. However, depending on the version of Win10 you have, it can automatically up-to-date for the new driver.

• Installation of Ubuntu on Inspiron 15R special edition

  I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition and I tried to install Ubuntu LTS 14.04 on it. The installation went well, but he could not start after installation. I tried to disable SecureBoot in the BIOS and I restarted the computer. He has yet to start. Help would be greatly appreciated.

  Try again installing with Secure Boot disabled and make sure of two things:

  1. to select UEFI DVD in BIOS to start

  2. need for 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 (supports UEFI)

  Keep you the version of Windows that has been preloaded from the Dell factory or you install with Windows or erase Windows and replace it with Ubuntu?

• How to do a clean install of Windows 7 on Dell Inspiron 7520 (aka Inspiron 15R Special Edition)

  The operating system that are preloaded on my Dell Inspiron 7520 (a.ka. Inspiron 15R Special Edition) is Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium. I have a retail version of Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate and want to do a clean install on my laptop.

  My laptop was able to boot from the retail disk.

  After clicking on 'Install now' and accepted the terms and conditions of Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, I checked the configuration box "Custom (advanced option" in which a new copy of Windows would be installed. The next screen that displayed contained the following bizzare message: no hard drive found. "Click on load a driver to provide a driver for installing mass storage.

  Could someone tell me where and how to find the mass storage driver?

  I am also having exactly the same problem:

  After getting BSOD (indicating iaStor.sys) every 20 minutes or so I decided to format the laptop and install my copy of opportunity of Win7 Pro SP1. I jumped in the Win7 DVD and I saw that the couldn t of windows setup find any HARD drive to install to.

  I downloaded the drivers from Intel (f6flpy - x 64) and them burned on a CD. It took me a few tries (I kept getting error messages), but the computer finally accepted Intel Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller drivers.

  Finally, I could see the readers. So I deleted the partition of 1 TB, created two new partitions (~ 100 GB and GB 890) and clicked on 'format' on two of them.

  But when I tried to select ONE of them as the destination for Windows drive, I received the following message:

  "Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 3. Details: Windows cannot install to the selected location. "Error 0 x 80300001.

  So now when I turn on my laptop (since there is no operating system or anything), I get a black screen with the following message:

  Windows Boot Manager «»

  Windows could not start; A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To solve the problem:

  blablabla (nothing really useful)

  Status: 0xc0000034

  Info: an unexpected error occurred. »

  Before I read this thread I also tried to change the SATA settings to AHCI and ATA, but both STILL produce ANOTHER problem: installing Windows recognises the hard drives, but it never rose from 0% of the phase of "expanding files" installation.

  Please, can anyone help?

• Dell Inspiron 15r white noise 5537 - helmet

  Hello

  A week ago I bought an Inspiron 15r 5537 brand new, and I just for the first time used with the laptop headphone. However, whenever I tried to use the headset with the mobile there is a significant amount of white noise emitted by the helmet (in a volume which is sufficient to divert the attention of audio playback).

  White noise starts when the audio is released and continues even when the audio is paused (or ends), but cut abruptly from 5 to 10 seconds after the end of the audio...

  Laptops have the speakers don't emit white noise: when my headphones are plugged in fact that the problem occurs.

  Any help would be appreciated?

  See you soon,.

  Scott.

  P.S., Computers are not particularly my area of expertise, so no simple statement would be ideal for my brain to benet...

  Scott, it seems to be a problem with this model. Here is the main thread where the owners have discussed the issue for 6 months without any resolution. Some say that you use the Windows driver audio native gets rid of the noise, but others say that it does not help. If you want to install the native driver, this is one of the ways to do this:

  1. open Device Manager (type devmgmt.msc in the start search box and press ENTER) and then right-click on "Realtek High Definition Audio" in the sound... Category of controllers.

  2 Select this option to "Update driver software". [This screen shot is of a different model that IDT audio - yours will be "Realtek High Definition Audio".]

  

  3. click on "Browse my computer for driver software".

  

  4. click on "Let Me pick from a list of drivers on my computer".

  

  5. put the "Show compatible hardware" check box if not already checked.

  6. in the list of devices, click on 'High Definition Audio'.

  7. click on "next".

  

  8. in the update driver warning box, click 'Yes' (the driver).

  

  9 restart the portable computer if you are prompted. If not invited, so no need to restart.

  10. to reinstall the Realtek driver, repeat the process but select the Realtek driver to step 6.

  Note that even if you use the native driver eliminates the noise, he may not be a satisfactory solution because it is a generic driver that lacks some of the features of the pilot of the provider.

  Don't forget that there is a short return period during which you can return your defective laptop. After the expiry of this period, your remaining option is to obtain the warranty service, but a solution could not be achieved.

• Smart response caching: HARD + SSD on Inspiron 15R drive SE, mSATA value SRT, still no button "Accelerate."

  Hello

  This is probably a common problem that has been explained earlier, but I cannot find an answer here-I found describing almost the same question, but still not the same as the son.

  So I have a cool Inspiron 15R SE with pre-installed Windows 8, 1 to HDD and SSD 32 GB on mSATA included for caching purposes. The problem is that, as far as I can see, without acceleration/cache that really happens with my SSD as just another drive.

  In the BIOS my mSATA operation is set to 'Intel Smart Response technology' which seems to be a good option for caching. Looks like on this screenshot I took from another thread, the yellow highlighted option is selected in my system:

  

  But when I boot in Windows 8 and run the Intel Rapid Storage Technology technology, I don't see "Accélération" button / tab - as if my drive is not eligible or is in the wrong mode. This is the screenshot of my Intel utility for you to see there is no option to activate the cache:

  

  If it's relevant, my SSD drive appears in my disk management console and is also available as a regular drive in Explorer and other files with a drive letter assigned managers (guess which indicates the acceleration is not in use).

  There is also a Hibernate (8 GB) on this disk partition, but there is still enough for caching (mandatory min 16 GB, 20 GB left) free space. Should I try to disable hibernation? My hiberfil.sys file is on the HARD drive so that probably won't help. Here is a screenshot of another utility pre-installed from Intel, Intel Quick Start Technology Manager, if this might be relevant:

  

  Any ideas are much appreciated, I've been strongly trying this additional disc and it was actually the main reason for me to choose this particular laptop model. It's a shame, I can't use it for some reason any.

  Thank you very much!

  I found the answer. To activate the acceleration must be no. PARTITIONS on the SSD drive even if it is still not enough allocated space.

  If the partition of QuickStart technology, with that my laptop came prevented Rapid Storage to accelerate.

  After I deleted all partitions on the disk, it worked.

  If you still need the partition of quick start or for other purposes, you can specify less space for acceleration during the installation and create your partition later.

• Dell Inspiron 15R (5521) drivers for Intel Centrino Wireless - N 2230 10/64-bit Windows

  Hey there!
  Please suggest me drivers for my Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 wireless network card.

  PC:
  DELL Inspiron 15R (5521)
  Intel Core i7-3517U CPU @ 1.90 GHz 2.40 GHz and 8 GB of RAM
  10 pro/64-bit Windows

  I should add that, first of all, I have improved my previous windows (W8.1 to W10 pro and everything worked perfectly (including the wireless network card) until I did a clean install of W10 pro... everything works fine except the adapter.)

  Also tried the drivers from the website of the manufacturer (DELL)... but no driver is listed for my card. I tried even to those who are listed IE wireless Dell 1703/1705/1901 & Dell Wireless 1704, but none of them worked. Also given a test for the drivers supplied by Intel... but has not worked.

  Well... seems that driver is not yet or I'm just missing.
  However when I search the drivers for another OS (like W8.1)... my driver for the card is registered, so South I return to W8.1 for now or just wait for the new drivers...!

  Please answer ASAP

  (: :) CHEERS)

  Hey mate!

  I understand your problem... but no one bothers even respond! ***!

  Well... I've set things on mine!

  What have I done?

  Yet once, I did a clean install of W10... updated my drivers except the ones adapter!

  Instead of using the latest drivers, I downloaded the drivers for Bluetooth and Wi - Fi for an OS as W8 diffenent... even if I was not convinced that they r going to work... but anyway... thought to give it a try!
  AND THIS FIXED EVERYTHING!

  The drivers installed without hassle!
  AND EVERYTHING WORKS FINE NOW!

  Hope this helps u.

  PS - Don't forget to say thanks!

  (: :) CHEERS)