Dell Inspirion - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

cd drive right? might be jammed in there should be a small hole in side or front panel to eject manually might need to remove from desktop and do it that way. not easy

Go into the BIOS settings then to the Date and Time and set the Date and Time, Save the settings and Exit.IWhen you boot up later and the Date and Time is incorrect then the BIOS battery is flat and a new replacement battery is needed. The BIOS battery keeps the laptop's configuration plus the Date and Time settings unless the battery is flat.

click start control panel administrive tools computer management then select event viewer depending on what operating sytem you have this may vary extend the events there you will ((see errors in red)) you will no what exactly what the error was and at what time it occured you might be able to work your way through the problem or uninstall then reinstall some of these files/software related to the problem or if its a driver problem reinstall the driver hope this helps you

First I would check the Jumper settings which is on the back of the Drive making sure it is set to Master

Hello, the ethernet is integrated into the motherboard on that model. You will have to buy a PCIE network card and then open up your computer's case and unscrew one of the pci slot covers and just push it down into the slot and screw it back on.

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You are lucky, it is a small replaceable circuit board. Remove it and test it. https://www.google.com/search?q=dell+11+pro+5130+on+off+switch+replacement ..

Check out Big Fish Games. It is a subscription service but they have all types of games including adventure and hidden object. You can also tryp Pogo since they have both a fee and subscription service. Last, but not least, you can try one of your local computer stores or the electronics section of "big box" stores like Target, Walmart, Kmart, etc.

I believe you have used the wrong type of CMOS battery. Try putting the old one back in and see if it will boot. If not the CMOS NAND chip may be broken. If this is the case contact Dell and order a new one.

It is too old, plus XP is a virus magnet and has been unsupported by Microsoft for nearly 15 years. Mainstream support for Windows XP ended on April 14, 2009. Windows 7 and 8 have passed you by, Windows 10 is current and Windows 11 awaits. https://www.google.com/search?q=Dell+Latitude+won%27t+connect+to+internet.+Windows+XP ..

Use a program called Kon-Boot it will bypass all Windows security altogether

Make sure the second HDD is formatted GPT otherwise it won't work.

well in order to get rid of the self test window from your monitor... check the cable that connects your monitor to system tower & reset the connection... becase that is the only possible cause of the self test showing up on your monitor...

" as the self test option only appears when there is no video signal going from your video card to the monitor...

Amazon, or if you only want the main lead, Walmart.

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I would try another power supply and plug that in.

Insiro o c?digo em meu PowerDVD 15 e n?o ativa (Bloqueado)

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/r83546/EN/setup.htm#Using the OSD
"NOTE: When using DVI source, the contrast adjustment is not available"

Log on to Dell Support with another computer. Enter service tag and follow instructions from there.

Here is Dell's proprietary pinout for this P/S

Pull the hard drive, clone it, make sure you have the data. Then redo the machune