I have a new XPS 13 with 16 GB mem, i7, windows 10 64bit and since I got it a few weeks ago I have been having the following very annoying problem. At random times the excel GUI disappears, although it seems to happen quite a bit when the screen comes on after the laptop … Read more
I installed CentOS 7 On Dell XPS 15 9550 but WiFi adapter doesn’t work. How can I install the drivers? I read that the solution is upgrade kernel to 4.2. How can I upgrade it without Internet connection ? Answer If you do not have the new kernel, you need to get it. You did … Read more
This is driving me crazy. I’ve been struggling for 30 minutes to find Intel Rapid Start and Intel Smart Connect options in my Dell’s BIOS. I’m trying to install Ubuntu and some users recommend these be turned off. I want to take all measures before I proceed. Unfortunately, for the life of me, I can’t … Read more
I have Dell XPS laptop, which is not booting at all. I have Windows 7 activation code attached to bottom of my laptop. Would like to know if I buy Dell OEM Windows 7 disk to install Windows 7 and use my activation code to activate it, will that work ? Thanks Answer Yes, OEM … Read more
My XPS 15 is very noisy; it seems like I can always hear the head spinning (that low-pitched gurgling sound like the computer is running – I think it’s the hard drive). Is this normal? Answer Not normal for a HDD to be cranking away non-stop in a laptop, unless you’re constantly writing to it, … Read more
I have a Dell XPS 603i which was my fathers. One day it just died and I have been trying to figure out why. A few things I have done/found is: both hard drives when connected to another computer are RAW. I know this isn’t good and the data seems unrecoverable in anything I’ve tried … Read more
My daughter spilled a small amount of water on her XPS 13 9360 keyboard a few weeks ago. The keyboard stopped working the next day. The backlight comes on, but none of the keys work. I purchased a new keyboard and did some significant surgery to replace it. Unfortunately, the new keyboard still does not … Read more
My TV arrived today and I was so excited to use it also as a second screen with my laptops (Dell XPS 13 & Dell Alienware R3 15″). My problem is that I cannot do that right now. The wireless display setup seems extremely straightforward for most, except for dell users as I’ve seen in … Read more
I have a Dell XPS 8100 with an i7 870 and a GTX 460. It used to run Windows 10 (which worked fine), but recently I decided to try installing a Linux distribution on it. Initially I decided to go with Ubuntu. It gave me no video unless I ran it with nomodeset, but even … Read more
Purchased a new Precision 7530 from Dell.com, chose ‘the’ UHD UltraSharp display. There are two hardware options for the UHD — SHP1430 and I think the other is SHP1540. I got a defective SHP1430 and made the D: face IRL as soon as I booted it up. Dell PremierColor tells me this thing was made … Read more
