Dell Team
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Notes
Dell Specs by model for newer laptops | Dell Manuals |
Dell Laptop Support | Dell Drivers and Downloads |
Late Model Dell Laptop specs by Model | Computersforu.com |
How to fix the 3 part screen in Dell Inspiron 8000 series in Hardy | Open the terminal
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The fans on dell 8500s *do not turn* due to a software issue in 9.10 (and all previous versions of Ubuntu!). | This link provides the procedure for working around the problem. |
Recycle Notes | Take systems that would be recycled but have working screens and processors faster than 2.0 Ghz to Sergio for online sale. |
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Notes on Dell Models
Latitude DX00 & DX10
- Admin passwords on these models require hardware hacking in order to crack. Unseating the CMOS doesn't appear to work.
Inspiron 6000
- These models will recognize the following battery models:
- U4873
- D5318
Inspiron 6400
- Ran into an issue with one of these systems running with an nVidia GPU (Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300), where both the nouveau and nvidia drivers would fail to load GDM, instead landing at a console login. Sifting through dmesg revealed some output where either driver would fail "... to evaluate _DSM: 5". The internet recommended adding a 'nomodeset' boot parameter to grub, which didn't change anything; however, then removing the 'nomodeset' option and attempting to boot would produce a black screen which prevented dropping to a console or even responding to Magic Unix Keys. Putting 'nomodeset' back in the boot parameters afforded me a console login again. Le sigh.
Inspiron 700m
- These machines have the Intel 82855 chipset, which necessitates using the
Dell-fix
script in Ubuntu 10.04. See here for more details. - However, after running the script and booting into the graphical environment, the screen's resolution is skewed (16:10 aspect ratio trying to run at 1024 X 768). In order to fix this and run at the systems native resolution (1280 X 800), edit
/etc/default/grub
and the following (in bold)to this line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash quiet i915.modeset=1"
- Save the changes to the file, and then run:
$> sudo update-grub
- Reboot the system, and you should now arrive at a much more crisp login screen.