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Dell Inspiron 11-3162: How do I upgrade memory.

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:06:53 -0700

I have recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 11-3162.

it's 32 gigs of emmc memory have filled up quickly. I would like to upgrade it.

⟐ Answer accepted January 08, 2020 at 9:06 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3162: How to restore to factory settings?

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 09:17:34 -0700

Have tried everything to get it to factory settings nothing has worked....please help!

⟐ Answered October 03, 2018 at 9:17 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3147: Keyboard replacement possible? Dell Inspiron 3147

Sun, 28 May 2023 03:40:33 -0700

Inspiron 11-3147 2-in-1

Can the keyboard be replaced on the palmrest and keyboard assembly unit of this specific model? It is a laptop/tablet with touch screen. The display can bend 180 degrees to fold back against the base for tablet mode.

The Dell support website for the laptop lists a part for just the keyboard, but the Dell Owner's manual does not detail the removal of the keyboard. I have a a replacement keyboard to install, but I hesitate to remove the keyboard from the "palmrest and keyboard assembly" unit if the manual does not list this procedure.

The palmrest and keyboard assembly is a separate unit from the just the keyboard in the Dell parts listing. Both parts are available on eBay. The palmrest and keyboard assembly sometimes is sold with keyboard and touchpad, sometimes just the "frame" and touchpad without keyboard. Rarely just the frame itself - sans keyboard and touchpad.

Working on this 2-in-1 laptop/tablet is a new experience for me. The guts of the computer - battery, drive, mainboard, speakers,etc., reside on the topside/keyboard side of the computer. That unit is named palmrest and keyboard assembly. The bottom of the computer is simply a shell, with no parts attached to the bottom side.

Previously, I have torn this computer down and successfully replaced the Power Port Adapter. So I don't hesitate in the tear-down, only in knowing for sure if the keyboard specifically can be replaced.

Dell part listing

7W4K6 - ASSEMBLY, PALMREST, SILVER, 80, 3147

F4R5H - KEYBOARD, 80, UNITED STATES, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, T14S1

Inspiron 11-3147 2-in-1

Computer Model: Inspiron 11–3147

Regulatory Model: P20T

Service Tag: C267712

Manual lists procedure for removing

palmrest and keyboard assembly, but not for removing the keyboard from the assembly.

⟐ Commented May 28, 2023 at 3:40 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3147: Keyboard Replacement Guide for Dell 3147 (P20T-001)

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:43:44 -0700

Hello I only see 5 Guides on this System Model, I will do the replacement Keyboard on my own, Can and would you like me to make a Guide for this? Please advise before I start. Thanks..

You need me to take pictures of steps I do?

Advise and I will make the Guide! Thanks!

this will be my contribution for this AMAZING SITE!

⟐ Answer accepted October 12, 2019 at 12:43 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3147: How to instil my hinge cover

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 23:08:32 -0700

I was holding my laptop a certain way and one side of the hinge cover got tilted inward

⟐ Answered June 16, 2016 at 23:08 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3162: Where is the button to turn it on

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:12:46 -0700

inspiron 3162 where is the button to turn it on

⟐ Commented January 12, 2021 at 22:12 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3162: My battery wont keep a charge?

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 23:31:47 -0700

Whenever I try to use my laptop without the charger the battery does not keep a charge.

⟐ Answer edited March 23, 2020 at 23:31 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3147: Glass broken, how to find new glass and replace?

Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:58:15 -0700

Hey guys, I have an inspiron with damaged glass, making the touchscreen unusable. I'd like to get it back to working order, but i can't seem to find the glass. There are many cracks across the screen and the top right corner is missing a few pieces. Is it worth it to search for glass or should I look for entire top half replacements instead? If I can find glass, what's the best method to try and remove the many pieces?

⟐ Answered October 07, 2018 at 20:58 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3147: My laptop works when plugged in but not on battery.

Sun, 03 Sep 2017 08:55:23 -0700

My laptop only works when I have the cable plugged in. If I try to use it without the cable it does nothing. I don't see a battery on the back and windows says the batter is not charged.

⟐ Answered September 03, 2017 at 8:55 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3162: ac adapter error with annoying beeps

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:55:52 -0700

so i had this laptop lying around in my house, and i said "why not make this laptop useful again?"
i got the laptop, plugged it in and i am greeted with an annoying alarm beeping sound with an ac adapter error. the beeping was very loud too!
there also was no operating system, so i decided to install linux mint, which was slow, but that doesnt matter. the beeping stops when it boots into an os by the way.
the error message is this:
"
The AC power adapter wattage and type cannot be determined.
The battery may not charge.
The system will adjust the performance to match the power available.
Please connect a Dell 45 W AC adapter or greater for the best system performance.
"
i was using a third party adapter. later, i plugged in an official dell 45w ac adapter, as it suggested, and the same error happened.
any help would greatly be appreciated!
(specs are 32gb emmc storage, 2gb ram, intel celeron n3050 with integrated graphics)

⟐ Answered November 19, 2025 at 4:55 MST

Dell Inspirion 11 3000: Why dell inspirion can't on

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:55:30 -0700

my dell inspirion 11 3000 sometime can on but sometime cannot why this happen

⟐ Answer accepted December 16, 2024 at 12:55 MST

Dell Inspiron 3135: Why is my laptop slow intially

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 07:43:41 -0700

When i power on my laptop, all the application which i open load very slowly and takes time to perform normally, what is the fix ?

⟐ Answered August 28, 2022 at 7:43 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3162: Why won't windows install

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 22:14:28 -0700

It says windows installation cannot proceed

⟐ Answered October 25, 2018 at 22:14 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3162: How to add boot option

Wed, 02 May 2018 13:05:34 -0700

I have a dell inspiron 11 3000 series 2-in-1. how I can add a boot option in it?

⟐ Answer accepted May 02, 2018 at 13:05 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3147: Three beeps upon startup

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 13:31:05 -0700

Does not boot and instead get three beeps. Given three different possible solutions: Chipset Error (North and South bridge error)

Time-Of-Day Clock test failure

Gate A20 failure

Super I/O chip failure

Keyboard controller failure

How would I go about testing which one of those would be causing the issue? The website says to run Dell's diagnostics tool but it won't even boot up far enough for me to access that.

⟐ Answer edited October 21, 2017 at 13:31 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3152: Why is my battery getting very hot?

Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:19:07 -0700

I have had my laptop for about 4 months now and when I leave the computer running for a long time with the battery plugged in, it gets very hot. I'm not sure what to do about this.

⟐ Answer accepted April 30, 2016 at 11:19 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3147: Time Resets When I Restart

Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:47:39 -0700

Every time I restart my laptop the time is wrong. I reset the time, but the next time I turn off the laptop the time is lost again.

Sometimes if I do not change the time on the laptop right when I start it the time will fix itself after a little while.

⟐ Edited April 27, 2016 at 16:47 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3147: Do you think I can safely try to install 8GB of RAM into this laptop?

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:33:00 -0700

Hello everyone, I have read somewhere that Dell purposefully reprogrammed their BIOS so that they could set limits on any upgrades their customers could install. I won't be buying Dell or any other manufacturer that limits my ability to upgrade.

Anyway, on the official Dell website they say my laptop only supports 4GB max. But on a different website it says that my processor supports an 8GB max. Then on another website a user posted that they were able to install an 8GB upgrade.

So what do you thing? Should I just buy the RAM and try to install it? Or will I destroy my hardware poking around in there?

⟐ Commented November 30, 2022 at 19:33 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3162: No Boot Device Found and Hard Drive Working Outside Normal Parameters

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 10:56:55 -0700

This is a refurbished Dell Inspiron 11-3168. The OS is Windows 10. I know it's in the wrong category, but Inspiron 11-3168 doesn't have it's own category on here for whatever reason.

So my computer ended up getting a blue screen of death one day. It was taking too long to finish restarting, so I turned off the computer to see if it would MAYBE do the trick... That was a very bad idea.

Ever since then, I have had two problems: The first problem is that everytime I would try to turn on my computer, I would get "No Boot Device Found", and would be forced to turn off the computer. I think I tried everything I could think of. I went to the Aptio Setup Utility, and:

If I disabled Windows Boot Manager: Still no boot device found.

If I disabled Fast Boot: Still no boot device found.

If I disabled Secure Boot: Still no boot device found.

If I disabled Load Legacy Option Rom: Still no boot device found.

If I disabled Windows Boot Manager AND Secure Boot: Still no boot device found.

If I switched from UEFI to Legacy: Still no boot device found.

If I disabled everything: Still no boot device found.

If I changed the boot priorities: Still no boot device found.

As for my other problem: For some reason, my harddrive is operating outside of normal parameters and that I need a new one. My computer's warranty also expired. That's what I was told when I went to boot diagnostics.

Something that used to happen was that "Repairing Your PC" loop. That stopped occuring however, and now it only says, you guessed it, "No Boot Device Found". So... yeah, I don't know what to do now. Is there a way I can fix this somehow? At least without having to spend money? And if the harddrive is "operating outside of normal parameters" am I still able to at least get my stuff from off of it somehow? I absolutely have no idea what’s going on.

⟐ Commented February 16, 2020 at 10:56 MST

Dell Inspiron 11-3162: Series of beeps when I power laptop on?

Sat, 31 May 2025 22:28:22 -0700

Beeping non stop when I power on laptop. How can I fix?

⟐ Answered May 31, 2025 at 22:28 MST