So I recently got my X51 and I'm loving it. I splurged a bit and got the blu-ray drive in hopes of playing blu-rays on my computer. The computer shipped with Cyberlink PowerDVD 10. Well, I popped in The Hobbit and it simply wouldn't play.

Numerous owners have reported that Dell Tech Support is saying that speaker damage is not covered if the popular VLC Media Player is installed on the laptop. A Dell liaison wrote:

I have a m4700 and replaced the CD/DVD drive with a HD Caddy kit and added my 500 GB Seagate drive. The system sees the drive and I can access the data that was on it (this drive was already in use in my other Dell laptop) but I cannot write to the drive. The message says it is write protected.

As I began using the newly bought PC, I noticed that my screen was blinking randomly among the day as I work, sitting in front of this PC all day/everyday 8 AM - 5PM. Sometimes 3-4 times in 5 mins or sometimes no blinking for 3-4 hour.

Okay, so I got my Inspiron 1525 about 1 year ago, it was used. But in excellent condition so the buying was not a problem. My charger started to break so i bought another charger off ebay.

1. I'm getting a Windows message about a "non-critical" error regarding the Away Mode System of my PC. Windows 7 advises me to deactivate it in the BIOS. I checked, but I can't find this "Away Mode System" anywhere. 2. Probably connected to problem no.

Laptop wont turn on with the power button, If I remove the battery and plug it in it will turn on. After it turns on I can press and hold the power button and it will turn off. If I turn it on by pulling the battery it works perfectly without issue. Any ideas?

I have having problems with my laptops turboboost working when it wants... actually ... if I don't have it plugged it the turbo boost works nice and game run smooth.. however if I plug it in sometimes it works other times it does usually it just sits in the energy saver mode..

I doubt it's water in the cooling system. If it leaked, you'll probably have to replace the entire cooling system or perhaps switch over to the fan and air-cooled heatsink system here or here. And there's always eBay or call Dell Spare Parts.

I can't get that - or the latest driver from AMD website (13.1 dated 1/17/13) to install. The installer runs, it just does not detect the HD7570 and does not update any drivers. If i go into device manager it always tells me I have the latest when I try to force update it that way.

To install the printers, most will install without any problems. Some printers will have problems installing because of Firewalls, Virus Programs and Security Suites. Sometimes disabling the Firewall, Virus Programs and the Security Suites will allow the printer to communicate and install.

I've got a M17xR3 which i bought a couple of years ago, and was wondering if there was anyway of arranging with Dell to get a graphics card upgrade. I'm currently running a Geforce GTX 560M which can't really cope with today's games (my fault for being cheap i guess!)