20 Most Recent Dell Studio 1537 Laptop - Page 9 Questions & Answers

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If the system is under warranty and has complete care (Accidental Damage) coverage then you can contact Dell at 800-624-96-896 (USA) and get the system sent to the depot for repair.

If the system is not under warranty, then you need to make a decision on how much resurrecting this system if worth.

At a minimum, you are likely looking at a motherboard replacement ($150 or so parts, about as much for labor) if more than the motherboard is damaged, then it may well be cheaper to replace the system then to fix it (If the LCD is cracked it is at least another $100, if the hard drive is damaged another $50 to $100 and additional labor charges)

Computers have two seperate systems - one for video and one for sound.

The only computer (or laptop) connection that carries both video and sound is HDMI. If you do not have a HDMI/DVI connector on the back of your computer, then you will have to use the VGA-composite or s-video connectors to display your PC's output on an external monitor like an LCD TV.

On both my HP and Dell laptops the display settings (Start/Control Panel/Personalize/Display Settings) allow two modes - single or dual monitor mode. Single monitor mode allows me to switch between any one of three possible video outputs - VGA-composite, S-Video or laptop screen, or a split-desktop (display spread over two seperate monitors). Dual monitor mode allows the same display on any two of three possible video outputs.

Switching is performed using the fn keys on the keyboard (fn key plus the F2, F8, etc. function key with the display marking). You guys use single monitor mode until you figure out what your are doing. Select VGA-composite or S-Video.

Non-HDMI sound to your TV monitor or sound system must be obtained from your laptop's Headphone or S/PDIF jacks. Headphone is stereo and S/PDIF is 5.1 surround sound. Headphone is electrical, but S/PDIF may be electrical or optical (laser light). You must set the sound jack that you intend to use as the default on the PC control panel (Start/Control Panel/Sound).

None of these connectors is two-way in the context of an LCD monitor - your PC cannot record a TV picture or sound from the external monitor. To accomplish this you must purchase a video converter box that converts cable TV or video+sound inputs to USB format usable by your laptop. Do this and you can turn your laptop into a Tivo recorder/DVD burner using Beyond TV, Sage TV or a variety of other software packages.

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Make sure that the button is enabled on the computer first.

Hope this helps!

Sounds like a backlight failure of the LCD.
Things to try:

1. Replace the inverter, about $25
2. Replace the LCD about $200

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Close any programs that may have the optical drive in use such as DVD playback or burning software. These programs include but are not limited to:

• Roxio family of products
• Power DVD
• WinDVD
• Media Direct
• Windows Media Player
• Nero Burning ROM

Open Windows Explorer to view the files on the CD.

Please contact Dell

Either the inverter board and/or the main LCD screen is inoperative and must be replaced. If laptop is greater than 2.5-4 years old, does not pay to replace. Replace entire laptop.

Best of luck,
GuruTim

well try check for virus, spyware and clean all internet temps. may help

On the right hand side you can see a small space,use a small flat screw driver and take those LCD pipe hinge(the one having volume up,down etc) & then there are 3-4 screws to take off the keyboard Note:Call Dell check your system is still in warranty,then if you are on the phone while your doing this more benefit for you.If anythings happens DELL will take care of it

webcam driver(vista)
Goto start,type Device Manger in the Search box,open it,check under imaging devices or if the driver is not installed it will show as other devices,select it right click on it & scan for online drivers. go to support.dell.com for driver install this system is not compatible for WIN 7

You can eject from my computer open it right click cd drive and select eject.

Do you mean the screen hinges have become loose? If so they cannot easily be tightened as they need very high torque.

use air blower to clean the vents

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Try system restoring it by going to the date that it worked. Just type it in the search box on your start menu and go to it and follow directions.