Top 20 Dell Latitude D800 Notebook Questions & Answers

Could be an incorrect bios hard drive setting. Dell has a good customer service area. Did you use same type of drive SATA TO SATA? IDE to IDE? If you changed over there might be a setting to account for the difference.

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I love Google for locating answers to technical problems. If you copy and paste everything that follows the equal sign into the Google search block, you MAY receive results similar to mine. = dell laptop cannot identify power adapter http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/78657-35-dell-inspiron-n5010-adapter-problem Bottom line, bad power supply center pin connections, blown power supply or motherboard ID chip or... If you cannot beg borrow or steal another power supply, Google offers a cheap solution. Again, copy and paste everything that follows the equal sign into the Google search block. Your results MAY be similar to mine. = dell pa10 power supply Lowest price located (in less than 20 seconds of shopping) was $10 total. This included shipping and handling. I have been using one of those ultra cheap power supplies more than two years with my BIOS settings enabled (see below). This fully compatible supply has one problem. It radiates enough electrical noise (EMI) that one of my weakest over the air (OTA) TV channels is impossible to watch. This problem is present only when I am within ten feet of the receiving antenna AND the power supply is being loaded... laptop screen on or is charging a nearly dead battery. ***************************************** If your laptop operates normally and is able to charge the battery, BIOS revision A11 (and later??) allows that annoying message to be turned off. 1. Turn on laptop while holding down F2 key If Windows is up and running... press Start and click RESTART (Turn Off takes too long) or press Control-Alt-Delete When the Windows screen disappears, repeat step 1 2. When Setup screen appears... Press Alt-P to reach page 3 of BIOS 3. Use arrow keys to reach and set Adapter Warnings: Off (Disabled) 4. Press Escape Save and exit *************************************

I don't understand your question. Are you trying to install Win7? Do you have the installation disc? Why are you using a setup from another manufacture? Do you have any instructions for your notebook?

Well, a DST error (Drive self Test) error means the hard drive is bad

For latitude there's not much to do. check the power adaptor/connecting pin --- if any problem. If not than u need to replace the board.

I may have addressed this question earlier. If your Dell shows absolutely no sign of life... no LEDs, no nothing and you know for certain the battery and/or power adapter is good then... If you have access to a docking station (ANY Dell dock that will mate with the bottom connector on your D800), put the D800 in the dock and use the power button on the docking station. If the laptop powers up, you may have a simply problem with the laptop "Press to turn on" button. ABOVE THE LAPTOP KEYBOARD... Use a small flat screwdriver blade to remove the Center Control Cover (just beneath the display/cover hinge and above the F1-F12 keys). Locate the cover's flat ribbon cable connector above the Page Up key. Pull off and carefully reinstall. Try the power button now. If it works, put everything back together. Otherwise seek profession help.

I know about a virus program at www.malwarebytes.org. Some say it's great. I had it and it found a lot of trojan horse virus. They have a free version you can try. Be very careful typing the addr in and don't forget the .org. hope this helps

One of the big problems with laptops is they come with the operating system repair on the reserve partition and you may not have a physical Windows Operating System CD/DVD disc to install the OS from scratch. Many times Dell allows for a back Up disc set to be made when the computer is first set up, you may not have done a back up set? Nevertheless; you can try to do a F8 when starting the computer. Select the REPAIR option and/or Safe Mode. Run your options. If that failed to work; you will have get a CD/DVD Operating System like Windows 7 or 8.1 and install the OS from scratch.

Recovery disk are need if not if you have the have windows disk you can do a clean reinstall.

right click on the taskbar(the bar which shows active windows or apps usually below your screen) and select show windows side by side for win7 or tile windows vertically for win XP

FIRST THING, REMOVE BATTERY. IT WILL SLOW DOWN THE DAMAGING PROCESS. Like any electronic components exposed to moisture or liquid, corrosion sets in real fast on the circuit board. If you have the tool and the knowledge to take the laptop apart, remove the case and see the extent of the damage. Easy to recognize by the greenish/white deposit on the circuit board. If it's only near the charging port, you could be lucky and get away without any damages but just cleaning the corrosion away. Hope this helps!!!

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Hello Lacey Elder,1. Right click on your desktop 2. Select Screen Resolution 3. down at the bottom you will see the following text"This is currently your main display.Make text and other items larger or smaller << this is what you want

Remove the BIOS battery and the main battery for 20 mins. then replace the batteries and boot up the laptop. If you still cannot get into the BIOS without a password then - REMOVE BIOS PASSWORD with these programs PC BIOS toolkit is a password removal/decrypt and BIOS settings modification/backup/restore. http://www.syschat.com/download120.html&act=down CMOSPwd - CMOS password recovery tools http://majorgeeks.com/CmosPwd_d239.html Using a computer with Internet access, download the files from these WEB sites and create a bootable CD disc to run them.

Restart your computer During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the Delete or F2 key this will vary depending on your computer and operating system Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys load failsafe defaults or load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart This will set the boot order If this fails you might try some of these Acer: - Ctrl+Alt+Esc ALR PC: (F2) or (Ctrl)(Alt)Esc) AMI BIOS: (Del), (F1) or (F2) AST, Advantage, Award, Tandon: - Ctrl + Alt + Esc Award BIOS: (Del) or (Ctrl)(Alt)(Esc)

Depending on the motherboard, it will be any one of Hesse keys to get to BIOS, try either, F1, F2, or the DEL key when you first switch on.

Your Windows profile is likely corrupted. That doesn't mean your files are gone. Your profile is stored on the C: drive in part in two locations (I am assuming Windows 7) It is stored in C:\USERS\<LOGIN ID> is where you will find your files (Like your My Documents, Favorites, and Desktop icons) Many of your settings will be stored in the registry in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive.Basically, I would rebuild your profile, but BACK UP YOUR FILES FIRST!!!!! the way you rebuild your profile, is to delete the files and login again. Windows will act like you have never logged in before and create a new profile folder.So ....the way you do it, is .... Login to the Administrator account in Windows 7.Browse to C:\USERS folder. Make a back up copy of the folder that has the name of your Login ID. Rename the <Login ID> folder to something Like <LoginID>OLD or whatever.reboot your machinelogin again using your credentials.if that doesnt work, as long as you have backed up files, try going into control panel and creating a NEW user and login using that. Then copy your important files back. (My documents, my music, etc) Don't copy the whole profile folder because you may copy whatever was corrupted right back. Just copy back the files you need.