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Anonymous Posted on May 15, 2012

Dell inspiron n 4010 hangs often

My dell inspiron n4010 often hangs recently.. What may be the problem, Is it due to over heated or fan problem.....even if i use cooling pad, i face this..Some suggested that it may be due to wifi connection.. so they advice to go for LAN... kindly help...

  • Anonymous May 18, 2012

    thanks for your tips in correcting my problem,, Actually my friend also had this same problem and it was solved by not connecting to wifi connection.. so once i tried to not connecting wifi and always works with LAN internet facilities,now am not facing this hanging problem for two days... i dont know the real problem why its hangs when i access to wifi.. so i thought that there s s/w problem so i reinstalled wifi.. again am getting same problem,,, so presently am not connecting to wifi ,.. please add your suggestions too...

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I suggest you open the laptop, and clean it out first. THEN go on with the diagnoses.

Dell Support > Inspiron n4010 Notebook PC > Service Manual,

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/insN4010/en/sm/index.htm

1) FIRST remove all power. Remove the AC adapter (Charger) and Battery.

2) FOLLOW Anti-Static Precautions.

Anti-Static Precautions:
Your body carries Static electricity. Static WILL fry out (Short Circuit), the delicate hardware components on a computer.

Relieve your body of Static.

You should use an ESD wrist strap, and connect it's alligator clip to a good ground source.
This is an example of an ESD wrist strap,

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103245

This pictorial guide for disassembly of an Inspiron n5010, should help also.

http://www.insidemylaptop.com/taking-apart-dell-inspiron-n5010-inspiron-15r-laptop/comment-page-1/#comments

The screws, and cables, etc., are in a different place, but disassembly is still the same.

Use a can, or two, of compressed air for computers.
Also you may wish to use Q-tips, and a soft small brush.
(Makeup brush? )

DO NOT use a vacuum!!!!

A vacuum creates Static electricity.

For additional questions please post in a Comment.

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joecoolvette

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    joecoolvette May 19, 2012

    Tried downloading, and INSTALLING the WI-Fi driver? (Many download, but fail to realize it has to be INSTALLED also)
    Yes?
    Then suggest the Wi-FI module in the laptop is bad, or possibly has loose connections.

    1)http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy...

    2)http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy...

    3)http://www.ehow.com/about_5556826_blueto...

    Remember, ALL power removed before starting. Remove the AC adapter, (Charger), and Battery.
    FOLLOW Anti-Static Precautions.

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First check that cooling fan of dell laptop is working properly or something is wrong. If you get anything wrong, then first clean the fan & check again. If it is still not working so you need to replace your cooling fan with new one.

If your hard drive faces any issue, so you need to fix it before replacement of laptop cooling fan. You can also run complete disk scan program to check & fix the errors & bad sector. Also defragment your hard disk so that every necessary file can be easily access at booting time.

So these are very solution if your dell laptop is facing hang/freeze problem.

Feel free to get solution for your Dell Inspiron computer with Dell technician at http://www.vtechsquad.com/dell-support/

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  • Posted on Jul 06, 2010

SOURCE: we need not able to connect internet due to lan

reinstall the driver from the supplied discs. You put the disc in the drive and then let the computer boot. OR see here for new drivers
http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?spf=Inspiron&ssysid=inspiron_N5010&ssysn=N5010&s=biz&c=us&l=en&cs=555&ec=&ira=False&cat=sup&subcat=dyd&rf=all&evl=&nk=f&k=Inspiron+N5010&p=1&nf=&rpp=12&sort=K&~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False&p=1

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  • Posted on Mar 15, 2011

SOURCE: my Dell Insipiron N4010 intel

These fan are meant to run constantly at a low power and on high when using a lot of processing power (like playing a game or HD movie).
I would boot into Dell diagnostic and make sure the high and low settings of the fan aqre working properly it may be that the fan is on high all the time when it should be in low mode.
Dell Diag. Press F12 at boot Select Dell Diagnostics Go through the basic diagnostic ~5 minutes After basic diag the advanced diagnostic will start Go through the menu and select the Fan test

Jose Quiñones Jr.

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  • Posted on Jun 10, 2011

SOURCE: i bought dell inspiron n4010

1. Try going to this website
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INSPIRON_N4010&os=W764&osl=en&catid=&impid=
2. The default OS is Windows 7 and Click on the Network Category
3. Click on any any wireless driver available

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  • Posted on Mar 21, 2012

SOURCE: dell inpiron n4010 bios

Go to google and type in "dell support" (without the quotes) in the search box. Look for drivers and downloads and click the link. Input your computer's model (inspiron n4010) and the operating system. You'll see all the drivers including the ones that pertain to flashing the bios. Download and install it.

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