20 Most Recent Dell XPS M1710 Notebook Questions & Answers

On the mother board is an internal battery (round, silver type). Try replacing it and see if that fixes the issue.

Open the 'internet options' either from in explorer or in the control panel. Open the 'connections' tab and click 'advanced'. At the bottom there is a button that says 'LA
N Settings'. Make sure to clear all of the check boxes and restart your browser.

You can try both of this steps:
1. Press and hold the Fn key and press either arrow up or down to increase or decrease the brightness.
2. Restart the computer and tap F2 key 5-10 times during the dell logo splash screen to go to BIOS information. select video by pressing the arrow down key, then press enter. select either Brightness or Brighness AC then press enter, then select the brightness that you desired.

HI there!

A amber light power button means that the
distribution of the power is not working properly,

And as you have said the battery won't charge anymore,

Usually what fixes that problem of yours is a BIOS
update but from what i see you cannot fix it with a BIOS update anymore.

And on what they said yes your gonna need to replace motherboard because it's not detecting the charger anymore if you can still access BIOS setup go to battery info you will see that the ac adapter is unknow.

So for the fix of your problem there you'll need to get a motherboard for your computer.

Hope this helps!

The only thing that should be on the recovery partition is the recovery programs. It appears you are storing your data on it. Remove your data or programs and put them on the C:\ drive.

You are looking at a failing video card.
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call dell support and have the service tech do the parts replacement.

video card or LCD need to replace.

try to connect to a desktop monitor if the issue are the same , its video card

if not..LCD

if the video card is not working , then you'll need to replace the system board.

Try booting into safemode, press F8 during bootup. Then you can try either using a System Restore from windows or you can try to finish uninstalling mcafee and / or Norton. You should definately give AVG Free edition a shot. It's awesome and better yet, FREE!!!!

hi,
reboot your system and at the blue dell logo tap the F2 Key, and now you will be at the bios screen

check if you get these lines at this screen on the screen and if you get these lines here as well, you might have a hardware problem call dell technical support for this, they will run a few diagnostics and if needed replace the faulty hard ware.

further Queries are welcome

e210882, so we must guess what PC this is?is it?WOW you got me, let me guess a ebay trash mobo sold neat there. and you read that e210882 (BUGUS #)

Any error code for a hard drive isn't good, and should be reason to get a new one right away. So long as the drive is still able to be accessed, you have a chance of retrieving your data. There are free utilities to help you 'clone' the data to a new drive, but you may want to ask a tech-minded friend for help if you've never done it before. It sounds like the drive isn't dead yet, but is definitely on its way out. Good luck!

there is a head phone jack in the front and the back. have you tried them both?

is this wifi. no total system stated, we cant guess what you have in total. id join a forum for Harman Kardon AVR 365 ask them, my guess firewall issues,? ports blocked by the router or the ISP. diagnosis is tedious.

The best thing to start with is to service the pc. You have to put new thermal compound on your CPU every 3months . See me on facebook Nic fourie on how to service. Your own pc

Right click on the speaker icon in the system tray (bottom right, next to the date/time) and select recording devices. It will give you a list of whatever devices you have on your computer that are designated to record sounds. Choose the on board microphone, right click, and select disable device.

Something is jammed in one of the fans ??? (there are at least 2 = one at the back of the power supply = should be easy to see - and one inside on the CPU heatshnk (harder to get to) Else its likley the Power supply or monitor is 'shorting out' internally .. If it's just 'ticking' it's likly your hard drive going bad (unless, of course, you happen to have a CD/DVD disc inserted into the CD/DVD reader ...sometimes these 'tick' during power-up as the PC tries to boot from the disc :-) )

I know this post is over a year old, but i feel like chiming in anyway. The motherboard may have suffered from cheap cap syndrome. This happens when the components used to populate the motherboard were poorly made with inferior products. The capacitor's may have swelled up to the point of uselessness. This would give you post errors, or no post, or even no power. This is not to rule out the power supply, but it is more likely the motherboard. To test the power supply, unplug the big 20+ pin plug from the power supply to the motherboard, and use a conductor such as a paperclip to connect the one and only green wire in the mix to any black wire (there is a black wire on either side of the green one, you can use both) If the power supply is still good, the fans and drives will come on and spin up when you make this jump with the paperclip. If for some reason you notice the fans twitching but not spinning, then you know the power supply IS bad!

With the tray open, visually inspect to ensure the cd is still in line with the spindle. Something long and thin (such as a thin knife or spatula) slide it between the top of the drive and the top of the cd. Carefully tip the tool down to try and release the CD from the spindle. Do not attempt to force it! If it is not jammed in the drive, the CD should drop free. Carefully pull the CD out of the drive. Look at the CD to see if it has been damaged from the drive. If the CD will not come out, it needs to be take to a repair service.

Here's the repair manual for your laptop, including instructions for removing the screen. https://www.hansonsgeeks.com/PDF/Dell/Owner%20Manual%20xps-L521x.pdf You'll need a T5 screwdriver for most of the bottom screws. When I did this project Ace Hardware had the screwdriver bit for my drill for less than two dollars. Good luck!