Dell Laptop

Use XPS 15z without LCD

I would run my XPS 15z (L511Z) with the LCD removed and use an external monitor instead (via the port of the display).I removed the entire LCD screen & covered, including the connecting cable to the motherboard.I'm 8 beeps during power on (indicating

Processor does not reach 100% of the speed of the clock when 'PCI Lock' is disabled in the Advanced Start parameters

Hi guys,. Ran into a strange problem, so thought I'd give this forum to try. Tried to discuss on the Windows forums community but they have been seen nothing of all this. I noticed that the machine felt slow in the last month, but never gave him much

My laptop Dell Inspiron 7537 doesn't wake mode 'sleep'

Well, I'm a little frustrated with my new laptop. I was eager and save for a laptop touchscreen super nice with all the bells and whistles. My big questions is, after letting the lid of my computer closed and he goes to sleep, the next day morning wh

expansion of the screen

I have an Inspiron 8200 and my eyes get worse so I thought I would change the screen resolution of 1600 x 1200 at 1280 x 1024, but when I do I get a black box around the screen.  After reading the site I tried to go into the BIOS on page 4 and change

wake up from their hibernation and screen ends up black

I have a Dell Latitude D531, running Windows XP Home Edition. A common problem I see coming out of hibernation I often end up with a black screen. The only way I have reliable is to close the lid of the laptop. This makes the system from going into s

Inspiron 9300-2/3 of the LCD display does not

The LCD screen is partially broken. The upper 1/3 of the display is normal, the lower 2/3 consists of vertical lines. An external screen the whole screen properly. My camera is out of warranty. My question is: what is the best way to solve this probl

Issues running Chart 3d after upgrade to 8600 m GT

I recently decided to upgrade my Inspiron 1720 nvidia 8400 m graphics card to the 8600 m gt I have received and installed yesterday. Pretty simple.Here's the problem: everytime I try to load any program that seems to want to use graphics in 3d (games

The Inspiron 1150 partially frozen display

I saw not only this problem listed nowhere elsewhere.   Depending on the position of the LCD (open where it is), it will be either 100% very well or down 1/3 of the screen will be frozen with everything that happened to be there at the same time. Rea

Inspiron 9400 problem 7900GS graphics card

Greetings, I have random crashes with my current videocard(blue screens). This seems to happen every 2-45 minutes during the game. These games where works fine before without any problem. But lately all the matches (even older games) seem to crash re

replace the video card by another

I have computer laptop inspiron 6400 E1505 type of chip Intel (R) GMA 950 Type internal DAC Device Description Mobile Intel (r) Express Chipset Family 945GM For video card memory size share 224 MB Everything I need to know, I can replace it with anot

artifacts, 7900GS Inspiron 9400

Hello! Today, I got a problem on my laptop: I start the game computer and at one point, the entire screen was covered with blue dots of random semi and, in a few seconds, the computer crashes upward. Off in now power button and then turning it on aga

Left Side of LCD gets Darks after being turned On (Inspiron e1505/6400 SXGA +)

Hi all My inspiron e1505 now has a dark band on the left side of theLCD on an inch and a half. I recently traded in a new card mother Dell sent me because my old laptop was an annoying hum. Install the new motherboard and I noticed this dark band on

Update drivers for 8400M GS

I have a Vostro 1500, XP Pro with NVidia GeForce 8400 M GS running latest ForceWare (packet driver Panel & control) available from Dell, version 156.83. NVidia has released ForceWare version 169,21 available here (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_1

I can < in > slope my graphics card on Inspiron 6400 ATI X 1400 to Nvidia

I have a dual core Inspiron 6400 with the ATI Mobility Radeon X 1400 (about 2 years). I gave it to my daughter to take to College, where he met ALL its needs of college, EXCEPT one. Sporadically, the laptop freezes after playing world of Warcraft. I'

I think that my backlight is dead! What should I do?

Hey all. I have an Inspiron 9100, that starts up fine, but the screen is almost black. I can barely see anything on it and the brightness adjustment does nothing. This leads me to believe that anything that lights up the screen is out. What would be

Possible upgrade to a 1720 Inspiron graphics card (8800 m)

Hello I plan to buy an Inspiron 1720 or a Vostro 1700 today. In both cases, Dell offers the laptop with a nvidia 8600. I would like to know whether Dell plans to offer these laptops with a singel nvidia 8800 in the next few days? Thank you.

Blue ray on 1420 player? worth it?

Dell has a coupon code for 400 off laptop 1299 and above or phone 250 999 and above, I have a config with resolution 1440 x 900 and player blue ray and 128 MB 8400GS, after code promo and call 971 shipped. is this useful? Also, can someone tell me th

Latitude D630 screen resolution changes after no mooring and docking station re

I have a user with a Latitude D630 running Vista business with an external monitor.  Resolution 1680/1050 the value. Stop, UN-dock, take the computer laptop home. Lift the rear of the laptop, d-dock, power. Now, the resolution is 800/600. This notebo

Distortion of the screen, Inspiron E1705

Hello I have a problem, for the last few months that acted in my screen upwards. It's a little hard to explain, so I apologize. The best way I can describe it, is that the screen has white lines going through it, as if the screen has been tearing? It

Inspiron 1520 Vista prem got screen shading red/fuzzin

Hey,. I just got a new laptop today and it's a Dell Inspiron 1520. I am running windows Vista and right away, I noticed that the screen looked a little weird. The image is not sharp, and it seems to be a red shading or fuzz in places. I have checked