20 Most Recent Dell Inspiron 1520 Motherboard Questions & Answers

hi Anthony. this could be a couple of things wrong.check this link out. Fix Wi Fi connection problems or this one. wifi won connect to internet Google Search

ensure it's fully charged. plug in AC if that doesn't work, plug out ac, remove battery. hold power button on for 30 seconds put battery back in, then AC if that doesn't work, either AC adapter is broken and not charging the PC, or else motherboard is dead.

Save everything you want to keep on disks. The have the hard drive replaced.

see the site below for all dells http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-dell-bios-password.html How to Reset Dell BIOS Password

This message means what it says. It could be the wire has come out. Or the HD may have stopped working. Try pushing in the HD cable better at both ends.

Couldn't locate documentation on this unit, no 1520 listed. Typically both card slots must be filled and of matching size/speed etc. Good luck.

Hello the homepage is here:http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/ussoho1/Product/inspiron-1520Windows 7 is not a supported system.Especialy not the 64 bit. The 32 bit will probably work fine.Try to install the newest graphic driver and upgade the bios to the latest version.DO NOT run the bios upgrade before the system is running fine.Install any missing drivers.Look in the device manager.Any file here from dell needs to be unziped before you install it.Good luck

Gciappa,Dell Support > Inspiron 1520 Notebook PC > Service Manual,http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1520/en/sm/index.htmClick on Coin-Cell Battery in the right hand list.1) Remove ALL power. Remove the AC adapter (Charger), and Battery.2) Suggest lay a soft static free cloth on the table you're working on. Helps prevent scratching the table, and laptop.Turn the laptop over, Battery Compartment facing away from you.3) Remove the Memory Compartment Cover,http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1520/en/om_en/html/about.htm#wp1175774(Number 2 - memory module/coin-cell battery compartment )The RTC Battery is that small plastic 'bag', that has a Red and White wire coming out of it, and ending in a small white plug connector.(Real Time Clock Battery. Term coined now for CMOS Battery )Replace battery, close cover, reinstall main battery, and AC adapter.Regards,joecoolvette

I'm not sure how you checked the PSU but it is often the case that the voltages measure correctly but the PSU still will not work in the computer. I had one recently. I would buy a new PSU and replace it. If it still does not work, you can return the PSU. Unless you have a complex PSU tester, I would put my money on the PSU being defective.

Right-click on the desktop, then click "Personalize." Click "Change mouse pointers." This opens the mouse properties window. Click the "Gestures" tab in the mouse properties window. Click the "Use Vertical Scroll Function" and "Use Horizontal Scroll Function" check boxes. Click "OK." or you might click "Start" button in the lower left corner of your desktop.

Scroll up and hit "Control Panel."

Choose "Mouse."

Click the "Device Settings" tab.

Highlight the touchpad in the list of devices. Hit the "Enable" button.

Hit the "Apply" button and hit the "OK" button.

to disable

Go to the control panel to the Mouse options and click on the Gestures tab and there is an

option that under Virtual Scrolling "Enable Virtual Scrolling" disable that option and that

should stop the auto scroll. hope this helps

check with escape or delete

The most common way that we know on how to reset or clear the BIOS password is to physically remove the power from the computer by disconnecting the power plug and then removing the Cmos battery for 30 minutes from the motherboard.

Another way is to reset the clear CMOS jumper on the motherboard itself.

Both of the 2 methods mentioned works because most motherboards use a battery to sustain the BIOS/CMOS settings for the motherboards PROM chip. So by cutting off cmos the battery power, the BIOS/CMOS settings will be erased.

cmos battery Under the keyboard or bottom of laptop - If you are working on a laptop computer the location of the dipswitch (almost never a jumper) can be under the keyboard or on the bottom of the laptop in a compartment such as the memory compartment. Although on some motherboards the Cmos battery is soldered in

Often many users will leave the administrator account alone or have other accounts with administrator rights. If you're not logging into the computer as administrator or have other accounts follow the below steps to reset your other accounts password.

Reboot the computer into Safe Mode During the boot process tap the f8 button three times this will boot into safe mode where the only things working will be your mouse and keyboard enabling you to attempt to repair your computer Advanced Boot Options screen appears. Select the Safe Mode option using the up and down arrow keys, then press the ENTER key. Choose "Windows XP Home/Professional", depending on the version of the operating system. Press ENTER. Shortly, the welcome screen should show. Log in as "Administrator". Click Yes to not use System Restore Mode. Click the Start button. Choose Run and type in "control user passwords" (without the quotes). Click OK.

Select the "Administrator" user. Click Change my password. Enter a new password in the corresponding text boxes. Click OK. Write this password down and store it in a secure place Close the User Accounts window and restart Windows.

In User Accounts select the account you wish to change the password for, click change password and then enter the new password or click remove the password to remove the password from the account.

If all else fails you may have to clear the BIOS password by resetting the RTC (Real Time Clock) IC (Integrated Circuit) on your motherboard

Many RTC's require an external battery. If your RTC is one of this type you can clear the BIOS password just by unsocketing the RTC and reseating it

click start type cmd press enter

At command prompt type debugyou will get a - prompt where you can type the following (<enter> means press enter not type enter*)A <ENTER>MOV AX,0 <ENTER>MOV AX,CX <ENTER>OUT 70,AL <ENTER>MOV AX,0 <ENTER>OUT 71,AL <ENTER>INC CX <ENTER>CMP CX,100 <ENTER>JB 103 <ENTER>INT 20 <ENTER><ENTER> just hit enter on this lineG <ENTER>Q <ENTER> Basic BIOS password crack - works 9.9 times out of ten

Hope it helps

Remove the CMOS BATTERY And turn On the pc and go to Bios Then change password OR Follow Link And Read The Stepshttp://varuhardtech.blogspot.in/

Crack Dell Laptop Password U can search the above words via search engine and get ideal suggestion from search results!Then, there will be solutions supported:Step 1. Access other PC which isn't locked, download the Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0, install and run it.Step 2. Burn a password reset disk. You can choose CD/DVD or USB.Step 3. Connect the nearly created disk with the locked Dell laptop, config bios setting to make sure it boot from the password reset disk, reboot the computer. Step 4. Choose the user that you forgot its password, click "reset" button to begin crack its password.Step 5. A message box will pop up, just click "Yes", then the user's password will be cracked to blank.Step 6. Disconnect the password reset disk, and restart Dell laptop. You will login Windows with a blank password.Hope it helps you!

test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions,IDE,SATA

the leads from your ((motherboard to your hard drive)) make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd have secure connections and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty ?

even something as small as an electrical extension or a faulty fan lead can cause this problem computer needs all of the data and power to travel through every working device and to have an end for a computer to be able work properly

a motherboard and a hard drive any leads between them will fail before your motherboard or your hard drive check all electrical extensions make sure they are securely seated even the cd/dvd drives need to have current go through make sure these devices are working

also check your computer ram and cmos battery to make sure they are securely seated and the battery has plenty of chargehope this helps you

The only for sure way to check really, is to replace each part, one at a time with a known good part. Or an obvious sign like beep codes. And yes, I have noticed the older dells tend to toast motherboards. Could be something to do with power as well, though. Might want to check into that first

Hi,
Welcome to Fixya. In your problem with your inspiron it seems that the issue is caused by a motherboard failure because it wont charge the and detect the battery. Formatting the computer will start on reading the Cd then stores the files from the memory before it will be installed on the hard drive. As you can see if you were installing an Operating System it will detect and install all the hardware on the computer specially the motherboard. If you know how to change the motherboard or if you want to do it yourself i can provide you with a service manual. However if you still have a warranty with the computer then you can send it to dell to have the motherboard replace
Inspiron 1520 Motherboard Disassembly
If you have questions please let me know. Thanks for using Fixya.

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