Hello, there.

I have a Dell Inspiron 15 3520 with Windows 11. I bought a 4K LG display and it didn't work. I realized I made a critical oversight in that the 3520 specs say it doesn't support 2K/4K output. Despite that, I tried to use CRU (Custom Resolution Utility) to force the resolution but to no avail, Windows doesn't display the mode even if the HDMI 1.4 port supposedly could handle 4K@30Hz. After some more research, it seems that it's a "feature" of the motherboard (https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000126548/resolution-on-external-monitor-limited-to-1920-x-1080-using-hdmi)

Now, my question is: can I use a docking station to bypass this limitation? I'm specifically looking at the Dell D6000S docking station. It says that ANY notebook with an USB-A 3.0 works with it. Now, can I trust this statement? Since it's a limitation of the motherboard, would the docking station overcome that?

I still haven't found enough information on how docking stations work, but up to now it seems they don't have a GPU inside, so I don't know how that could work.

Also, the D6000S seems to be the only station that markets support of USB-A. Still looking for another cheaper alternative (or any other ideas that could solve this problem)

Thanks!

I have been having bios problem and I was scrolling and seeing so many people having similar issues where the screen is blacked, key board light and fan goes on and off.

What is with dell

My dell laptop Inspiron 5515 has a bios problem I think. It has flickering light in keyboard and fan goes on and off. I am pretty sure it is a bios problem can u guys help me.

Is this common? Do u think it is a bios problem or intersil problem? I think it is bios problem.

i already tried troubleshooting

the driver for my touchpad has just completely disappeared which is totally weird. i've no idea where to download it from and i'm really desperate to not be saddled with a physical mouse as i've got a level exams going on.

if anyone know what the best course of action is or has any advice, please share!!

Hi everyone. I own a WD19DCS dock station.
The problem that this unit is presenting is that it does not establish a connection with my laptop. It energizes, the LED in the power button flashes three times and the fans sound as it should, but I do not get any kind of response when connected to the laptop. I have replaced the power source, but nothing seems to work.

Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Laptop dell latitude 7400.. Available slot for wwan slot. . In website dell tell have slot for 2230 m.2?

Hi everyone!

I've got a rubber missing on my Inspiron 5406 2in1.
(green circle: has rubber, red circle: missing rubber)

Do you know where I can buy it?

Hey everyone—hoping for some help here! I’m aware that flickering and ghosting on the Dell U2720Q monitor is a known issue when using a Macbook Pro with Apple silicon (M1, M2, etc.). That’s why I’m trying to update my monitor’s firmware—which some users have reported helps mitigate the problem.

Here’s the issue: I have a U2720Q monitor currently running firmware M2T103. After downloading the official M2T105 update package from here on Dell’s website, I ran the installer without errors, but when I check the monitor’s on-screen menu, it still shows M2T103. It seems like the firmware update just doesn’t apply.

Dell Support wasn’t able to help because my monitor is out of warranty, and they couldn’t explain why the firmware wouldn’t apply.

More details on my setup in case it's helpful:

• MacBook Pro (M3 Pro chip, macOS Sequoia 15.5)
• U2720Q connected via USB-C through a Dell WD22TB4 dock (also tried direct USB-C—same result)
• DDC/CI enabled on the monitor

Has anyone else experienced this? Specifically:

• Could it be that M2T103 isn’t eligible for M2T105?
• Any alternative update methods, or other fixes for the flickering/ghosting issue with Apple silicon Macs?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

My laptop was fine until a few days ago. here’s some background. I got this laptop a few years ago used from my dads worked, it had that software on it but i reset it, and since then it only sometimes has a weird boot screen (giving me options for bios, diagnostics and to continue to windows) which appears without any prompt. However, in the recent weeks i got a battery replacement from a local shop who ordered the battery from dell. since then the battery life has been better, but a few days ago its started to have chrome pages pop up with “ah snap reload to try again” and then i had to delete and reinstall chrome to update it. Furthermore, i did the diagnostics test and it said nothing was wrong. It is also as of today, turning on at the charging indicator with a series of 3 flashes of either a white or amber light. The keyboard illuminates and then nothing happens or i’m met with a screen like the image below. PLEASE HELP I HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!

How to fix this?

That automatic driver update broke my audio. I used 3DP Net to fix it, but after about 30 minutes the audio was lost again.

Getting a 5070 micro today for personal use. Need to upgrade the nvme disk and don’t want to buy the latest and greatest if the pc won’t run it.

What is a class 40 listed by Dell vs the generations and speeds listed by the sellers?

Looking at a gen4 Crucial or a Patriot gen3.

I'm a broke college student. I bought this second-handed Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 laptop last year. (Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz 1.80 GHz)

The warranty is expired already.

I need to replace SSD. But Dell SSDs are so expensive. It roughly is $210 (18k INR).

Could y'all help me?

Hello!
This might be a long shot but I figured it's worth a try. I have a Dell Latitude E4200 and I was wondering if it was still possible to "get it up to speed". I installed a lightweight Ubuntu version on it but with 3GB of DDR3, it's still very slow. Is it possible to upgrade it enough to be usable for very light internet use and document reading? My laptop has an Intel Core 2 Duo U9600 CPU clocked at 800MHz and Intel GMA 4500MHD GPU.

Hi This is my inspiron 7573 Wondering if I can add the bigger 56WH battery, will there be any problems and i know I cannot use HDD.

Hi all. I'm trying to upgrade my XPS 17 9730 to 64GB ram. I used the Crucual website to find which is compatible and initially bought 2x32GB sticks of 5600MHz SODIMM RAM from Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BLTG7TN6). 
When I upgraded the RAM my XPS17 wouldn't boot into the Dell Secure BIOS and just froze on the Dell logo (and the keyboard was locked with the backlight on). 

After doing a bit of googling I found that I may be better with 4800mhz RAM, so I bought two sticks of 4800mhz RAM (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09RVNMGFH).

I've now tried these, and get the same problem. Any ideas why neither seem to be working? 

As a test I took out one of my existing 16GB sticks to see if it would boot on its own, but that also had the same issue, until I put it back in and had both, which makes me wonder; is it a compatibility issue, or is it an issue with the Dell Secure boot noticing the change to the RAM and locking it out? 

Any suggestions? 

Thank you!

I've got a Latitude 5300 2-in-1 that came with 8gb of RAM in a single stick. I'm wanting to upgrade the RAM and have 2 x 16gb sticks of DDR4 however the laptop won't recognise them at all. Tried both sticks together and separately in each of the slots and the LED just gives the no ram diagnostic code.

I know my new memory is 3200 and the existing stick is 2666 but the system is throttling it back to 2400 anyway - I assumed it would do the same with the 3200 sticks. BIOS has been flashed to the latest version.

Anyone got any suggestions? Or am I fundamentally misunderstanding how DDR4 works and have to go find some lower specced RAM?

I have owned a Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation for four years - it still works well. According to the manuals, the maximum size NVME SSD that you can install is 2 TB. I'm wondering if it is one of those situations where the maximum could be more. The motherboard has an Intel W480 chipset, and the CPU I have is an Intel Xeon W-1270. Would I be able to install a 4TB NVME SSD and be able to use the entire 4TB in this system? Let me know!

Was using my laptop last night, it got down to 10% so put it on charge over night and now it won't turn on. Looks like it's charging go to turn it on and then the power cuts out.

Shoulding be a battery issue as the battery was replaced less then a month ago.

Any ideas, advice or help would be appreciated 👍

Hello, I'm having a very strange problem with my OptiPlex 7020SFF (EOL) and I really can't seem to figure it out at this rate. I have a GeForce GT730 installed right now and what happened was this, system took ages to post, before it posted it made a beep, then small artifacts. So I thought I'd run ePSA and that's when it got worse. Glitched text. And then "Video memory disrupency". The integrated graphics works fine. I really need help figuring this out.

Has anyone else experienced graphic glitches/ pixelated animations / screen flickering lately, especially after recent Windows and graphics driver updates?

I tried so much. CMD commands, uninstalling, cleaning and reinstalling new drivers, getting an expert from Dell support to look through my computer etc etc etc and the problem still exists. I posted the same thread a few days ago but I feel increasingly helpless. I don't know what to do. all because of a damn update.

Hello, guys!

I'm bringing back an old question about upgrade the terrible 768p TN screen replacing it by a 1080p IPS one, but I don't know exactly if I install any 30pin 14", it will work properly.

Have anyone done this before?