New Inspiron 9300. When I slide the card in or out the computer makes the 'doorbell' sound so I know it knows when the card is there or not. The card doesn't show up in 'My Computer' and I cannot access it.\nIt has worked once or twice but not at all now. Dell support is no help.
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I've had similar experiences with multiple brands like HP, Fujitsu, and Gateway laptops and printers with SD card readers built in. The first thing is to look for updated drivers and if that doesn't help it's most likely the card reader just won't recognize your brand of SD card or it may just not be able to read larger memory cards if yours SD has a high capacity. \n\nI don't have a Dell, but my HP DV1000 laptop won't recognize my 2GB Corsair and 1GB ATP brand SD cards but will recognize my 2GB Sandisk SD card. My printer on the other hand, doesn't recognize the Sandisk but does recognize the other two, weird i know. You may have to try different brands to find the one your laptop works with best or just buy a usb card reader. It defeats the purpose of the integrated reader but that solution works the best if you have different brand SD cards like me.
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If your computer cant recognize your CD Drive, Restart your computer and then go back to my computer and see if its there again. If not then go to system restore after saving all your important files in My Documents and go back to when you remembering it working. If that doesnt work then you need to call the Dell people and ask them cause without your CD drive I do not know how to load your Recovery Disk they give you.
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I'm not saying your problem is what mine was, but last Friday my Dell laptop started doing the same thing.  It would go to the black Windows XP screen and then it would just go black.  And stay black.  I found out the next day, after having the Geek Squad people at Best Buy look at it that it was my motherboard.  I had let the battery die and when I plugged it in, sparks flew up from the surge protector and they said that's probably what did it.  Had to buy a new computer.\n\nIf you have any friends who are good with computers, ask them.  \n\nBut if it is something that can't be fixed, those people were able to transfer all my files (not programs just files) from my old computer to my new one.\n\nGood luck - I know exactly how horrifying that is!!!!
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YOU have discovered the problem with buying a pre-loaded system.  If you change the hardware, your OS won't load.\n\nThey got a special price on the OS, BUT it HAS to be used on THEIR system. (SOMETIMES even a minor upgrade, an additional PCI board, etc., is enough to cause it to stop working.  THEY wantyou to buy a NEW one, NOT upgrade the existing machine!!) \n\nThe ONLY solution is to either reinstall ALL the original parts; or buy, or download a new OS for your "upgraded" system, depending on the OS you decide to use.
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Find out what card you have.  Go to the web site of the maker of the card and download the drivers for it and install the drivers.  restart.\n\nSometimes, if you remove the card form the slot, restart windows, then shut down, and put the card back in and then restart, Windows suddenly remembers to look for it and installs it...sometimes not.
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I would call Dell. the customer service can take you through the process step by step.
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Contact dell and tell them you want a new battery. dont leave it any longer, cos after the 1st year they dont want to know about the battery.\n\nTrust me your battery is fubar, its happened to me several times.
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In general, the video card that goes in laptops and notebooks are built straight into the mainboard for ease of manufacture and shock-proofing. Only very recently did Alienware and other boutique laptop makers introduced laptops that has modular video systems, and even then you MUST go back to the maker to see if they make a better module for your model. \n\nHP has discontinued the model and nothing on their website suggests that the video card can be replaced. \n\nSo I am afraid there is no solution for your problem.
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check with dell , or go to your local computer store compusa bestbuy .....and talk to a tech person there also you can buy something and try it if it does not work then reuturn it also you should have gotten an internal wireless card !!!!or you can get a usb one (they are much more slower ) good luck and keep asking :)
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Thers probabl;y something wrong with ur memory.Take the card out and just blow it and place it back in.
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do tech support nation wide and suggest Dell inspiron 9300. HPs have a lot of issues customers have found and so are the Toshiba satellites. Gateways have issues too. I have found Dell to be a very reliable company and being an owner of an inspiron 9300 have not had any issues except for the poor Toshiba DVD CD ROM that I had them replace with a Sony. Good folks there at Dell.
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You problem is due to wrong driver, cause Dell have their chipset, it require their driver for the right model, so it is not unusual to install the wrong one. \nAnother thing is may be you got a more powerful video card on the Dell, the onboard one is disabled, so even if you install the right dell driver, it cant help. \nIf your case is of the latter, you need to get more info from reading the print on the card, search for the right driver to install then you will be ok.
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Dell techs are stupid and when ever they cant come up with anything else they automatically say the motherboard is out. I would reccommend going to a computer place and having them check it out. I called on mine one day and she went though like 3 things, and decided it had to be the motherboard...when actually it was just the battery.
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I provide helpdesk services so I visit the Dell tech support often ... on fustrating feature of their support is they do not directly reference the hardware installed on a Dell system but generalize. They are also very protective in that if you are not the origional purchaser of the hardware they will not talk to you... Their overall intenet support is well below average ... their phone support is being outsorced to India and alot of people have told me that it is very below standard...
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ok, it sounds like the video card might just be bad.  But there are some basic touble shooting step you can take before going to dealer were you bought the card.\n\n1st Make sure you have lasest video drive and the latest version of Directx.   Once your sure of that run the directx test.  New card can past this test and still have things wrong but if it fails one of the test it can tell you what's wrong.\n\n2st If you have the old card that worked, try reinstalling that to confirm there are no other hardware issues.\n\nIf you are still having the problem it's more likely a software problem or believe it or not another piece of hardware is having an issue, like a memory going bad on the mother board, I've seen it happen before.  And it's not uncommon to have issue pop up when other hardware is upgraded.\n\n3nd Make sure everything is plugged in nice and tight.  Again it's not uncommon to loosen a connection somewhere and not even be aware of it.\n\n4rd Reinstall New card, boot to safemode (F8) will computer it turning on but not yet in windows.\n\nMake sure to removed all old video drivers (I find we don't have to do this with XP as often as with win98 but since your having a problem it's best to be sure there is no driver conflict going on.\n\n5th Once done, reboot by turning power off and then on. (don't use reboot switch or windows reboot)  Again xp is more reliable but it can still has problems time to time so a cold boot is best for this.\n\n6th. Once you are booting in, hopefully XP will detect the new card and you can install the drivers.  Once they are installed, reboot again and do a cold boot like before.\n\n7th Back in again and things looking good, go and make sure you have the lastest driver (Might also make sure you have the most current version of the video driver.)\n\nTest driver, run the directx test again.\n\n\nIf you've done all the above and made sure the onboard video it turned off on the mother board, I'd say it's a card problem and you need to talk with dealer.  At least by doing the above you can tell the dealer what you did and why you think it's the card.  especially if old video card is still working.
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what articles? the ones you get through forums from anybody, or did you go to dell. they usually tell you every thing to do in detail. here's their site and suggestions for your pc:\nhttp://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/tree?c=us&cs=19&journalid=5170A3EF98E511DABDFF85A0E486CE68&l=en&s=dhs&treeid=8D6EF73F9874488880A6CDD994900DD9\nIf this dont work and your still under warranty then you gotta call tech support so they can service the laptop. and dont be suprised if they say that the battery is not covered under warranty (batteries usually don't have as long of a warranty).
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Until about 5-6 years ago I would tell you how great Dell was... Now they're terrible!  They have one of the worst customer service/tech support of any computer company that I've delt with. The systems themselves are about as good as any but when your buying a system you want to have atleast 'decent' support for it.\n\nEven being a computer tech I have major issues with Dell's support.  I can 'know' what the problem is after performing diagnostics on the system and after the long wait times and finally getting ahold of someone it takes nearly an hour before they finally agree with me and send the part. I know they have to make sure the parts are bad. However, when you call with an issue and step one is to wipe it out and use the restore disk.... I mean come on!