I've been having strange problems, mainly since updating to Windows 10. Sometimes, I get no response to clicking on the Windows icon bottom left corner. Other times, it has a transparent background etc. I have also been randomly getting a BSOD with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error. A link to the dump file is here...
I am running BIOS A11, GTX690, 16GB ram, i7-4820K @ 3.7GHz. Can anyone who know how to interpret dump files point me in the right direction?
Thanks.
I have Win 10 Pro privacy settings set NOTto allow any apps to use the webcam on a brand new Inspiron laptop.
Was looking at a specific page on digitaltrends.com using IE11 and suddenly noticed the webcam LED was on. I closed that window and the LED immediately went off. Navigated back to the same page, and the LED came on again. QED - That site seems to get around my Windows privacy settings. [:O]
Fortunately, I put masking tape over the webcam when I first got the PC, so they didn't see me in my PJs. [:P]
And are sites turning the mic on even if the Windows privacy settings have it turned off..? [+o(]
I have a Dell all-in-one 2720 running WIN 10. It was in sleep mode when all power was lost in the house. When power was restored I received the 5 beeps when trying to reboot. I got into F2 setup and set the date & time. Now it asks for a bootable device. The hard disk and everything else passed the extensive Dell pre-load diagnostics. Does that not check the boot records?
I guess I can reformat that hard drive and re-install windows. I do not have a disc image but I have current File Histories. I have a Microsoft Surface pro (64x) WIN 10 that I could use to make a bootable USB. Not sure how hard that would be. Any suggestions?
My granddaughters boyfriend was given this pc. He asked me to see if it worked.
When plugged in and hooked to monitor, It powers on and runs but all I get is a black screen w/cursor blinking.
There is no Dell screen, No boot options displayed.
I removed the HDD and cd/dvd rom drive. Still nothing but black screen w/cursor.
I'm baffled...
I'm good with pc's and have fixed many but still I'm little more than a novice. This is a problem I've never run into before.
Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Everybody,
I have a brand new Inspiron 24 7000 Series (Model 7459) with Windows 10. After an hour or so in sleep mode, the computer crashes.
Also, if I put it in sleep mode and awaken it in a few minutes, the computer comes back with the spacebar key stuck (the cursor flies across Notepad) and when I try to click the Windows start icon, it only opens the Cortana menu. After a few minutes this behavior stops and every functions normally.
Any ideas?
Regards
Dear All,
I would like to add my old master drive from my old computer (WD 1 TB SATA) to my new XPS8900. Any advice on how to do this would be greatly appreciated. I have looked at the service manual, but that did not seem to have info on doing this-or perhaps I was not well-versed enough to make sense of it. I also want to make sure it is read as the slave drive and not the boot drive. I will then go in and delete all the old windows files (I have information on the drive I would like to keep if possible).
thank you, Don
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Hello! I have a 2010 studio xps 8100 (Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz, 8GB ram) and it is awesome when it is working. Last week I was out of town and when I came back it would not start up. I can turn it on and the fans start up, but it doesn't pass POST and so doesn't boot. I tested the ram and it seemed ok (two beeps when tried to boot up without ram, no beeps when ram is properly placed). The original graphics card died last year and I had replaced it with an EVGA Geforce GTX 750, which I chose because it was one of the few cards that could work with the 350w psu that came with the computer. I thought that maybe the psu was failing so replaced it with a 500w psu, but the problem persists. I then read somewhere that if you are having date/time snyc problems (which I was when the computer could turn on) that you need to replace the battery on the motherboard, so I did that and still won't start. I'm not sure what else I can do, is the motherboard dead? I've tried the drain the power trick (holding down power button while unplugged for 30 seconds) and that hasn't worked either.
I have a Precision t7600 with A12 BIOS. Asus hyper PCIe card installed with SM951 M.2 NVME SSD.
Currently the system runs flawless, booting from (2) RAID0 sata in LEGACY BIOS mode.
I installed the NVME on ASUS-HYPER PCIe card. System recognized the SSD right away. SSD formats, copies, passes windows tool tests. Yay - fun and fast. Ok now I would like to boot from this fast SSD.
I physically disconnect mechanical SATA drives, from the system.
Create usb-thumb windows 8.1 install, and attempt to install to NVME SSD. After the system partitions the SSD, I click "OK". The first cycle install operating system to SSD - good. The system reboots gracefully. Normally after this step, system SHOULD NORMALLY boot from the drive and continue to install. On MY system, will fail at this point:
"No bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility Press F5 to run onboard diagnostics."
If I leave the USB thumbdrive in, it will automatically boot from the install USB and recycle the windows install from START again - and do this for eternity, instead of booting from the brand new install to the NVME SSD.
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Going on day 3, really frustrated. I can NOT get this system to take an install, in the UEFI, on the SSD. I tried windows 8.1, windows 10 and Ubuntu 16, same problem each time. I recently updated BIOS from A10 to A12. I have tried to use RUFUS procedures to create the thumb-drive boot / iso image. Tried different utility "ISO2DISC" which seemed to do the same thing as RUFUS, and provide me with same result. I skipped those hack utilities - installed win 8.1 and win 10 directly from the Microsoft download site to the USB drive, which provides same fail result. Tried same procedure with Ubuntu - same fail result.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated to help me trouble shoot from here, please.
I have an XPS 400. I have done the windows 7 upgrade advisor, and it stats there are 3 issues, but everything else is compatible. What it says are
1. dell photo aio printer 924 -dell inklet drivers - Does this mean If I upgrade to win 7 my printer will not work?
2. intel r pro/1000 PL network connection ---- before installing windows 7 go to the device manufacturers website to download latest.... Confused as I went to Dell for my specific computer, and it states there arent any updates etc. So a bit confused?
3. Power DVD - known issues. I know my DVD on my tower isnt working. Which I dont care about.
Im just trying to get the first two understood and squared away to make sure all goes well. Do I go to the intel website? Which I did but cannot seem to find what I need to download latest intel pro/1000pl.
Not a computer wiz. Just trying to keep this simple as pie. :)
I bought an XPS 8900 four months ago. I had to call Dell tech support on May 25th because it wouldn't reboot without going to the bsd. It's got worse. I tried two brand new hard drives and a new windows 10. The operating system won't load without going to a new bsd. All the machine does is loop to a new bsd. I've spent countless hours with tech support and nothing is working.
I'm at a level 3 tech but I can't get a response, email or phone call. It's June 30th now.
What's considered a reasonable time before something is done. Not over 30 days. Thank god I have a laptop at home. The experience has been horrible. As of right now Dell still hasn't done anything and no one will talk to me.
This shuts down while using and emits 6 beeps while flashing amber on the power button. I can shut it down and restart after five minutes and it runs fine - until the next time it does it. I ran Dell diagnostics and it passed all with flying colors.
I do not have a usb keyboard anymore (wireless) so I cannot get into set up to check for codes. Per Dell, the beep code of 6 for the XPS series is real time clock failure. All other info I see says it is video card. Current vid card is Radeon HD 5870 which is old, I know. Does any one know what I should get as a replacement, assuming it is the video card? TIA
I have a Dell Optiplex 745 refurbished desktop. I came with Windows 7 Pro installed. I subsequently upgraded to Windows 10, which afterwards installed the first update to the OS. About 10 days ago I got a message that some app had caused a problem and I lost all the folders on my desktop except the default ones. I decided to restore from a backup and the computer reverted to the original W 7 Pro. No problem, I thought. I have only to connect to the internet and upgrade again to W 10. Trouble is, I can't connect to the internet. There is no problem with the internet itself as other computers connect normally.
I've been on to Microsoft who have been helpful. The procedure recommended by them requires startup in Safe Mode. My problem is that I cannot. At startup I have two options - f2 Setup and f12 Boot Menu. Neither of these has a Safe Mode option.
Microsoft advises that I request assistance from Dell or the Dell Community to enable me to access Safe Mode startup. I must add that while I am not a complete novice with computers I am far from being an expert. Any help will be very much appreciated.
After all this is (hopefully) sorted I think I will stick with Windows 7!
I have a small desktop dell inspiron model 3646 and ever since getting it last year my lexmark x2650 printer combo won't print most of time until I reboot. It then works a few times and then I have to reboot again and it prints again. I also get a message communication not available usb port. I have unplugged and plugged into another a port and get same results.It does this over and over.
I have updated the driver for printer to best of my ability and still same issue. The printer prints great so it is not printer.
Thanks so much!
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Hi, I bought and received a new XPS 8300 last week... Intel Core i5-2300, 8 GB RAM... having big problems right off the bat.
The computer will periodically completely freeze, rendering the mouse + keyboard useless, and the only way to get out of it is to do a hard reboot (hold power button for 5 seconds to turn off, then turn on again). There's no blue screen of death, rather the image on the monitor just freezes. This is happening upwards of once every hour, which is completely unacceptable. There's no apparent trigger, it occurs while I'm on the Internet, while I'm in MS office, while the screen saver is on, etc.
At first I thought it could be a driver problem with the monitor (my own Samsung, not from Dell), but I installed the correct drivers and it still occurs. Then I figured it could be malware (even on a new computer), but a thorough scan revealed nothing. I'm now concerned that this is a CPU heat issue, and have taken to temporarily putting a full-size fan in front of the tower case, which is already well-ventilated. This has apparently slowed down the frequently of the hangs, but they still arise. I have already installed a few programs and transferred a few files, and really don't want to go through the hassle of returning the case to Dell for weeks on end.
Any thoughts? Anyone having similar problems? This is maddening.
Hi Everybody,
I have a brand new Inspiron 24 7000 Series (Model 7459) with Windows 10. After an hour or so in sleep mode, the computer crashes.
Also, if I put it in sleep mode and awaken it in a few minutes, the computer comes back with the spacebar key stuck (the cursor flies across Notepad) and when I try to click the Windows start icon, it only opens the Cortana menu. After a few minutes this behavior stops and every functions normally.
Any ideas?
Regards
After upgrading to Windows 10 my SD card reader does not work.
Anyone else have this experience? Any solutions for this and I would be very grateful.
I tried to update all the drivers for Win 10 but do not know which one is for the SD Card reader.
Thanks,
tomwoc
I am working on upgrading my T3600 desktop to Windows 10 and it is not working. We are loading up our upgrade media on a USB drive like we have done for others in our office but when the setup restarts the first time a screen comes up asking for which keyboard to use and then goes to a troubleshooting screen. The only option that does anything shuts down the computer. Then windows 7 starts up again normally.
Hi, I bought this product less than three months ago and yesterday I noticed a vertical line appeared right in the middle of the screen. It hasn't gone away and I'd like to know what is causing the problem. Thank you very much.
