I got my alienware m17x R2 last year and a few weeks ago for some reason the Optical drive decided to stop reading any form of DVD CD that i put in. I have tried all types (dvd movie, dvd games, software) but can't figure out why it has started doing this.

Please share the troubleshooting steps performed by you. You may check in ‘Device Manager’ if the wireless card is detected or not and if detected is there any exclamation mark, question mark or red X on wireless card. Please follow the steps below:

I downloaded and installed the new driver which restored my scrolling but now the touchpad is jumping all over the place. I tried reducing the sensitivity but it is still doing it. It is driving me NUTS!

I have the XPS 12 Ultrabook. I would like to get a cable to run from the laptop to my TV's HDMI port. Should I go with USB 3.0 to HDMI or use the other port on the laptop, which I'm not sure what it is, the manual just calls it video port. Is it a DVI? Thanks

I bought a Dell Inspiron with the following specs and scrolling does not work. This is immensely frustrating. I have used macs for years and don't know the ins and outs of windows. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Inspiron 17R - 5720

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.

The BIOS has no settings for it. It will boot from a flash drive. I would like to boot from my Acronis 2013 Recovery Console CD. Anyone have any success to boot from a USB CD/DVD drive?

I have installed Linux on my machine and was observing the battery status. In the fields "Energy when full" it is showing as 65W, while the design energy is 69W. What is worrying me is, this number is reducing rapidly! (2 days back, it was 65.8W)

Hi, I had to replace the screen on my Inspiron N7010 after the LCD randomly died. Replacing the screen was easier than expected, but the front bezel (34YFF) isn't reattaching -- when one portion of the piece pops securely in, another piece pops out like a game of whack a mole.

DigitalPersona Personal Fingerprint 5.2 6.2.1.309 32-bit 64-bit This version is for in-OS upgrades to Windows 8 only, and DPPF 5.2 must be installed to use this update.

Have the infamous spinning logo on the Dell splash screen and the computer is 4 months old.. That's as far as it goes. After rebooting several times I get the Preparing Automatic Repair and then it goes to a wonderful black screen and does nothing.

I have an Inspiron 7520 that originally came without a msata card. I've changed the daugtherboard and installed a 128Gb Crucial mSata Card. My idea is to use the msata as an individual Unit with SO and common applications and the Original 750gb HDD for the rest of the data (Not an Hybrid disk).