20 Most Recent Dell Latitude C510 Notebook Questions & Answers

Go back to the Dell website and enter your computer model number and then go to the support tab and then find the bois file list and see if there is any earlier bios files that you could reflash the bios with an older bios version. Or, if you saved your old bios to a file before you updated to the newer bios you could reflash the bios using that one. You did save your old bios didn't you? Does your computer boot to the OS ok or not. I really don't have enough information from you to really help any further. Sorry, Dennis

sir windows NT does no provide a factory settings... best solution is to overwrite the OS with the same OS... to do so first backups your files and check for some restoration points on your system restore settings....

click the window button, press all programs then accessories then system tools...

if there is an oldest restore point choose it..

after restoring your system to the oldest settings... put the OS cd and let it autorun...

choose the overwrite the present OS or something like that... after reinstalling you will see all default settings and programs back where you want them.

try to update the video driver

theres a solution to this. all you do is. hold the ctrl for 20 seconds then as you.
turn power on press f-1 or f-11 botton press f-11 botton 16 times semi guickly.
and follows the promps worry not about any files or music being missed.
theyll all be there.

What do you mean blank page? And what is startup? Is startup the desktop with your icons? Tell exactly what happens and what you see when you power on the computer.Maybe you are saying your system booted up all the way except your screen is blank. If so try the steps below.

Shine a flashlight on the dark screen to see if you barely see the icons on the desktop. If so, then the LCD Inverter is bad. Plug in an external monitor and see if the display shows up on it. It can be any kind of monitor even the old big fat crt monitors as long as it has a vga cable to connect to your computer's vga port. If so that proves your video card is ok. The video will show on most systems when you reboot without you having to do anything. Some systems will require you to hit the FN (Function key) + F1 thru F12. Hold down the FN key then hit the correct key for displaying on the monitor (F1 thru F12). The correct key will normally have CRT/LCD on it or it will have the icon of a display. If you see no icons by shinning a flash light and the external monitor works, then your screen is bad. If you see no icons by shinning the flash light and nothing shows on the external monitor, then most likely your video card is bad.

If you're locked out of your computer, you can use a program such as OphCrack to recover passwords for local accounts. The LiveCD is incredibly easy to use, just boot from it and it does everything automatically.

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

Do you have the restore CD ? If not then you will need to reinstall the operating system the go to dell .com and down load the drivers You can also call Dell Customer Support and request the recovery CD
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/contact_technical_support?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn

If your laptop appears to boot up and the hard disk LEDflashes, then the problem is probably a back light fault. This can be a faultyinverter or a faulty CCFL lamp. Please click on this link and follow myinstructions to identify the fault and possible fix :- http://www.fixya.com/support/r3598095-faulty_laptop_lcd_screen

ok...u turn on ur pc and log on then insert ur upgrade cd.
the auto run turns on and u click install windows and then select upgrade option and follow the wizard

Hopefully this helps

Try the following: click start, RIGHT click on My PC, click on administration, select services and applications, select Start wireless configuration service, click start service. Close the window
Open configuration of wirless network, flag the option let windows configure my wirelss network
That should let you see and select your wireless device

I have to do this everytime I start my laptop. I would like to have the system make this automatically, but I don't know how.

Try to start it into Safe Mode first. After turning on the power, push the F5 or F8 key until it starts up into Safe Mode. If it begins to start and goes to a desktop, you might one of two things.

It may stop at a question of whether you want Safe Mode or System Restore. This will only happen if you are running XP or a newer version of Windows.

You must decide which one you want. If this problem is recent then you might want to use System Restore and go back about 3 days before the problem began. Otherwise, you will need to use Safe Mode to try to find where the problem is.

If you have one installed, run a good virus checker to be sure that you don't have a virus infection.

Good Luck,
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I am assuming this is a problem with Internet Explorer. To fix this, move you mouse to an empty part of a toolbar near the top (But not right at the top) of the screen.

Right-click and you should see a drop-down menu, left click on "menu bar" and you should see you file,edit, view history buttons reappear.

I would recommend a tine USB wifi N connector http://www.amazon.com/AirLink101-AWLL5088-Wireless-Ultra-Adapter/dp/B003X26PMO

No This is a reasonably old system, You will need to use either a PCMIA wireless card, or a usb wireless adapter. Both of these can work with this system.

Scan for the available wireless lans (Wi Fi) at your area. Whenever the scan finish, choose your own WiFi and click on connect. Provide the password (if any) and you are connected.

If you need more details clarify me your operating system (Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7). In case of a problem or clarification, don't hesitate to post me a reply.
If you are satisfied, accept my solution.

Thanks and regards
Stelios
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You can use external CD drive to reinstall windows, or use Superutilities CD to change the passwords. Also you can take the HDD out and attach it to a desktop PC to ghost an image on it.
You can too replace the internal CD drive with a working one.