Questions tagged [dell-xps]
A series of high-end Dell computers
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Dell XPS laptop BIOS complains after installing SSD
I installed a Samsung 830 SSD in my XPS L501X and now every time it boots, after the logo screen it beeps twice, rattles the DVD drive and displays this message (and nothing else)
Press <F1> to ...
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Why is Windows 7 throttling my laptop CPU?
I have been dealing with this problem for months.
The Computer
Model: Dell XPS M1330 (specs found here; I have the full 4GB of RAM)
Age: 3+ years
OS: Windows 7 Professional x64
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BIOS says 8GB RAM installed but only 6GB is available
my machine is a Dell Studio XPS 9100 with 8GB of RAM installed. When I open the BIOS setup and enter the System Info, it shows that my machine got 8GB of RAM installed but only 6GB is available (yes ...
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Map Two Finger Tap Middle Click touchpad Windows 10 Dell XPS 9360
Using two finger tap for right click seems superfluous on a windows built machine, as I already have a right click button on the track pad. I am certain it is possible to use two finger tap for the ...
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Laptop not booting from any bootable device (UEFI broken?)
I was trying to install Debian in a dual boot with the already installed Windows 10 on my laptop. Now when I boot up the PC it shows the Dell logo and the options to press F2 for Setup and F12 for ...
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Three Monitors with Nvidia GeForce GT 525m and Intel HD Graphics on Del XPS 15Z
I have a brand new Dell XPS 15Z as a replacement for my workstation and I am trying to plug the two monitors that I had with my old machine. I have been looking online and asking some of my coworkers ...
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Why are my XPS JBL speakers crackling (static sound)?
I own a XPS L502X laptop which has inbuilt JBL 2.1 speakers.
I use Ubuntu 12.04.
I regularly use this ear training software called GNU Solfege.
The issue is that my speakers make a static sound a lot ...
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Giant system dialog font on Windows 10
A couple of examples which should be self-explanatory -
Notepad++
Visual Studio
The setup is an XPS13 (3200 x 1800) but the screenshots are from external monitors (2 x Dell U2414H 1920 x 1080) ...
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Replacing laptop hard drive
I have two laptops, a Dell XPS running 64-bit and HP Pavilion 32-bit and I want to replace the Dell hard drive with the hard drive in the HP temporarily because my Dell laptop became very slow and I ...
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Windows XP corrupts registry every several hours
There is a Dell XPS 400 with Windows Media Center installer.
It is installed on RAID (Intel Matrix Storage) which is built-in chipset south bridge.
Raid has two 150 Gb WDC drivers connected as ...
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"A recently served boot binary is corrupt"
My Windows 10 said it needs to update, so I restarted it. Instead of restarting, I got the following sequence of screens:
"Preparing automatic repair"
"Enter the BitLocker recovery key:...
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Dell XPS M1330 with failed Nvidia graphics card, looking for motherboard replacement
I have a Dell XPS M1330, it is not working any more due to graphics card issues. When I called Dell support they said that my machine is out of warranty so I need to pay to fix it!
I heard that such ...
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How can I write Spanish accents on my Dell XPS Studio 16 keyboard?
I state the model number because generally you would type ALT + to type a letter from another language. But you would have to use the numerical pad with NumLock on.
Most laptops usually have the ...
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BSOD During Windows 7 Install
I current have a working XP partition a Dell XPS m1330 laptop along with a working Ubuntu partition. After launching the Windows 7 install DVD from within XP I run through the options for a custom ...
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Dell XPS brightness changes automatically even when Intel Power Saving is disabled
How to disable "Intel Display Power Saving Technology"?
I'm using a Dell XPS 13 9380 running windows 10 (cry).
When a bright image is displayed, the screen brightens. When dark images are on ...
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