2) I am asking question 1 because this machine had a virus... which upon rebooting to complete removal the machine would show the windows moths flying around and coming together, than a fast flash of a blue screen with white letters, then it would begin to boot again... in an endless loop.

As the other thread relating to manufacturing defects with the M14x hinges has been close I feel its a good idea to open another so other M14x owners have an opportunity to document these issues.

I can not get the monitor to work at 3.0 speeds. After a long time with tech support they told me that it is not 3.0. The USB cable that came with the set does not have blue on either end. The ports on the side are not blue. The ports on the bottom are not blue.

I see several threads looking for XPS 8500 video card upgrades that can be used with the stock 460w PSU or upgraded PSU. However, in upgrading the GPU for this machine, there are some cards that will not be compatible and will result in a black screen.

How will I type an ENYE character in my dell inspiron 3420? I have no numeric lock key on my keyboard. Thanks in advance. maisiekaye

Model is Inspiron 5520.. Windows 8.. I received the laptop with a single C drive on hard disk.. I want to make partitions..how do I do it srohit Hi srohit, Please back up all the data and then you can create the partition, refer to the link below to create the multiple partition

It's not clear from your description whether you mean that your drive has failed, or that it is missing in Windows. Let me suggest you click the link below to my troubleshooting guide and follow the instructions to test the hardware.

I'm currently using my laptop for 2 months and today when I shut down my Dell Inspiron 15 a while ago and open it again after an hour I continuously get this error

we recently bought the laptop with a korean system language. can we change the system language to english? riabeltran

in the bottom right corner, there appears a microphone icon (grey square with microphone pic inside) whenever I speak or there are loud sounds around. Not like it bothers me much, but I'd like to know if I can turn that off somehow?

Hi Karen, I upgraded my M11xR3 to Windows 8 and I cannot get webcam to work either. (Integrated) Webcam does show up in Device Manager list, under Imaging Devices. Microsoft Driver Version is 6.2.9200.16420, from 6/21/2006. Any hints for activating the webcam? Thanks, TomE

There can be various reasons causing this issue, including the router settings as well. Dell Inspiron 14R 5420 comes with the following wireless card configuration: