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Dell G5 15-5505: How do u replace an LCD screen for this model? What parts do I need?

Tue, 23 May 2023 18:50:16 -0700

I cracked my screen and I would rather not replace my whole computer :(

⟐ Answered May 23, 2023 at 18:50 MST

Dell G5 5590: light spots on screen

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 06:50:01 -0700

My screen has a couple light spots on it. can really notice on a dark background

⟐ Answered August 23, 2022 at 6:50 MST

Dell G5 15 5587: How do I replace the thermal paste on the cooler?

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:24:14 -0700

How do I replace the thermal paste on the cooler?

⟐ Answer edited October 12, 2021 at 7:24 MST

Dell G5 5590: I poured beer into my Laptop

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:04:08 -0700

I poured beer into my laptop. After awhile, the screen died but the laptop is still running. Then the whole thing turned off. I can no longer turn on my laptop. Is this still repairable?

⟐ Answered August 31, 2021 at 23:04 MST

Dell G5 SE-5505: randomly shut down of my laptop

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:18:58 -0700

why my laptop shut down randomly without do anything

I make all update of bios and drivers but nothing

so I see some people have same problem
and they think this problem from dell

⟐ Answered January 17, 2024 at 11:18 MST

Dell G5 5590: My laptop crash and restart randomly

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:15:14 -0700

I don’t have the same exact Model G5 5590, I got G5 5505 model, since I brought it I have had a black screen and a random shutdown then restart problem with my laptop. It happens often but some days I be playing games without having any trouble shouting for hours. It all takes one crash and boom. I took it to BestBuy which from where I brought it, they run hardware and software tests, and they found no errors, they couldn’t help much with that as they told me.
I upgraded my RAM from 8gbs to 16gbs and I thought it may be the problem solver, but it’s the same problem, games crash and laptop restart.
I checked on the drivers and everything, still the same problem, I know there is a solution for this, maybe I didn’t know how to fix it.
Is there anything you can help with? Have you ever had problems like this and got solved?

⟐ Answered January 17, 2024 at 11:15 MST

Dell G5 SE-5505: How to change laptop's speaker of this device

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:49:04 -0700

Basically to sum up everything, one side of the speaker is broken(sound kinda like a rattlesnake rattling) and there was no guide on how to change it.

⟐ Answered August 22, 2025 at 23:49 MST

Dell G5 5590: I NEED TO ADD 16Gb OF RAM MEMORY

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:41:47 -0700

What is the original 16gb memory for this laptop and how do I insert it? And where? I have never done this by miself and need some help... It already has 16Gb and I need some upgrade. And a question: does it have 1 or 2 slots? Thx to you all!

⟐ Answer edited March 20, 2025 at 8:41 MST

Dell G5 SE-5505: The discrete gpu for gaming not detected

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 01:16:03 -0700

DURING GAMING ON MY LAPTOP, I PLUGGED IN THE HDMI CABLE TO ENABLE ME PLAY ON TV SCREEN. AFTER SOME TIME, I HEARD A LITTLE POP NOISE AND THE LAPTOP DISCONNECTED FROM THE TV AND THE GAME EXITTED. AFTER THIS I TRIED TO RERUN THE GAME AND IT STARTED STUTTERING. I HAVE TRIED BIOS RESET, REINSTALLING THE GRAPHICS DRIVER ALL THIS DIDN'T WORK UNTIL I OPENED THE LAPTOP AND I SAW ON THE MOTHERBOARD, CLOSE TO THE DISCRETE GPU ON OF THE SMALL POWER CAPACITORS WAS FRIED. I HAVE ATTACHED THE PICTURE FOR REFERENCE. QUESTION NOW IS I DONT KNOW IF ANY OTHER COMPONENTS IS BAD AND WHAT SOLUTIONS CAN BE OFFERED AS WARRANTY IS ALREADY EXPIRED.

THE PCB NO. IS PC8645

⟐ Answer edited August 02, 2023 at 1:16 MST

Dell G5 5590: I want to change the thermal pads and paste. please help

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:56:36 -0700

i want to change the thermal pads and the thermal paste. please help me with which thermal pads size i need to change. i currently have 1.00 mm thermal pads. i think there are different sizes needed.

⟐ Answered March 09, 2023 at 19:56 MST

Dell G5 15-5500: Stopped dead while using; Power cord light goes out when connected

Sat, 17 Dec 2022 12:25:37 -0700

I used my Dell G5 15 5500 (purchased in November 2020) mostly for Minecraft and email... a little bit of surfing. It was pretty much plugged in all the time. I was surfing and it stopped working without warning. Tried turning on again but no signs of life... no screen, no keyboard lights, nothing, not even life enough to try POST. I tried unplugging power cord, waited, plugged it in and it looked like there was a spark when the cord was plugged in - also the blue light on the power cord goes out as soon as it is plugged into laptop. I thought it was a bad power cord/brick so ordered a new one. New cord had same result except no spark.... and new power cord blue light also goes out when connected to laptop. Laptop still dead. Holding power button down for at least 15 seconds shows no signs of life. I think this happened within a day of some sort of update, maybe windows update but not sure what type. Does this make any sense?! This has been a great computer for me and still had lots of useful life left, heh, until there wasn't any life at all! Has this happened to anyone else? Thanks

⟐ Commented December 17, 2022 at 12:25 MST