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Dell Inspiron 15": Whirring sound from battery when I open my laptop

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:35:32 -0700

I just changed my laptop battery today. I connected it to charging, then open my laptop to see how long to 100%, before I turn it off again for full charge plus another 2 hours as per instruction.

Suddenly, there is a whirring sound coming from the fan which now seems to work. I thought the fan working and the sound is only temporary, but it doesn't stop.

I turn off the laptop, the fan stopped. Then I turned on again, then again there is that sound from the fan working again.

Now I just turned off the laptop, waiting for the full charge of the new battery. But I'm afraid there will be that sound again when I open my laptop.

What could be the issue here?

I'm afraid my laptop is overheating somewhere thus that whirring sound. Mind you, the sound is a bit loud, thus cause my concern.

⟐ Answered April 14, 2026 at 6:35 MST

Dell Inspiron 15 5000: Battery Replacement for Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:14:21 -0700

I need to change my laptop battery for Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series, 15.6" Full HD Touch Display, what is the correct replacement battery for this?

⟐ Answer accepted April 14, 2026 at 6:14 MST

Dell Inspiron 5555: How to upgrade the hard drive to solid state drive.

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:43:28 -0700

Also how to trancefure the files

⟐ Answer accepted March 18, 2026 at 14:43 MST

Dell Inspiron 5000: Battery replacement. What is the protocol for your company to fix mine

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:51:10 -0700

Dell. Inspiron 13 -5000 Series.

⟐ Answer edited March 11, 2026 at 0:51 MST

Dell Inspiron 5555: Battery dies every 10 minute

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:48:44 -0700

Battery conpasity is 24% is that bad?

⟐ Commented March 06, 2026 at 9:48 MST

Dell Inspiron 5555: How to charge the thermal paste

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:57:13 -0700

Never had changed it for 11 years factory original thermal paste...

⟐ Answer accepted February 26, 2026 at 17:57 MST

Dell Inspiron 5555: How to upgrade the ram

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:15:02 -0700

How to upgrade the ram because I have a 4 gb ddr3L that I need r ed to use

⟐ Commented February 24, 2026 at 9:15 MST

Dell Inspiron 5555: I got this for free by my step mom it works well but how to upgrade

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:30:33 -0700

It has theese specs

⟐ Reopened February 23, 2026 at 17:30 MST

Dell Inspiron 15-5515: Audio have static /robot sound when playing sounds

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:30:00 -0700

The laptop when playing sound there's a static/robot sound from audio. Already update the drivers needed for audio and for windows. I have tried disable and enable and update the drivers.

⟐ Commented January 31, 2026 at 4:30 MST

Dell Inspiron 15-5583: Battery doesnt even last a minute

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:13:43 -0700

My new laptop which i bought secondhand has terrible battery
It does have a hard drive which prolongs the boot, but even still, off the charger I never even get to enter my password as it plummets from 100 to 0% in less than a minute

A laptop with a bad battery is just a bad desktop, so I want to have some battery life at least - so at the very least i can transfer between rooms without having to shut the laptop off and on again

Is the only plausible fix to replace the battery?

⟐ Answer accepted January 01, 2026 at 0:13 MST

Dell Inspiron 14 5100: Why does an extension cord help

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:03:37 -0700

My Dell has an iffy power cord connection with the power supply not being super high quality, leading to iffy/wobbly connections often. This extension cord seems to really help it have a more stable connection, but I'd like to know why because it makes no sense to me. I also plugged into a different outlet.

⟐ Answer edited October 22, 2025 at 19:03 MST

Dell Inspiron 15-5593: How do I repair a broken hinge?

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 22:39:29 -0700

One of the monitor hinges is broken. I am unsure if it is a hinge pin or if the hinge has disconnected with the base. Do you have a repair guide and repair parts?

⟐ Answer accepted October 08, 2025 at 22:39 MST

Dell Inspiron 15 5000: Mi laptop fa problemas al encender, no corre corectamente

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:28:41 -0700

Pide reboot,

Dice: no boot device found. Press any key to reboot the machine

Y asi continua haciendolo cada vez

⟐ Answered September 19, 2025 at 1:28 MST

Dell Inspiron 14-5425: Blank Screen on Dell Inspiron 14 5425

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:08:58 -0700

Issue:

Got the thing used, upgraded the harddrive, it was working for months. Now the screen doesn't come on anymore. It was literally working fine and then when my girlfriend went to open it up one day, it just wasn't working anymore. And there is no obvious damage. It did not fall. It was not exposed to heat or cold, etc. It was always kept in a padded laptop bag with a snug fit.

Here are some things I've tried:

Hooking up an external monitor... waiting long enough for it to maybe be booted into Windows, tried Win+D, also tried FN+F8, no dice, nothing on any of the external monitors I've tried.
Tried removing the RAM -- this did result in blinky codes on the charging led (amber/white POST codes). Put back in the original RAM, no more blinky codes, upgraded the RAM, no blink codes -- the LED is all solid white as long as there is good RAM is there.
Disconnected the battery (both the main battery + RTC battery), held down the power button for 1 minute. Reconnected and turned back on. It does the power up, power down a few times thing and then just sits there with the keyboard lights on, until I turn it off. Still no video.
Holding down the D key at power up -- nothing shows up on the display panel.
Shining a flashlight at the screen to see if there is a picture but no backlight. (Seems to just be dark. Might be an OLED display? If I understand correctly, this trick doesn't work on burnt out OLED displays?)

Other Observations:

The battery is working great. Able to charge it up. Turn it off/on, and the keyboard lights up.

The RTC battery has over 3v.

I have inspected the mainboard and screen panel PCB under a microscope, I'm not seeing any obvious signs of damage to any of these components...

I've noticed that all of the LCD replacements for this system are either for the 2-in-1 or for the non-touch. I'm not even finding anyone who sells the touch version of this display for a normal Dell Inspiron 14 5425 / NV140WUM-N42 (30-pin, with Touch).

Next steps(?):

I'm thinking about checking the voltages on the screen panel LCD test points, but unless otherwise marked, not sure what to check for...

I could order a new LCD panel but they're expensive and the one I have now might be fine... it might be the LVDS cable, or it might be the motherboard... -- I would like to test the panel somehow with a test kit or one of those HDMI-to-LCD monitor driver boards. But I can't find any that specifically support the 30-pin NV140WUM-N42 panel, or any that have even remotely the correct connector for it. Not sure where to search to find such either.

Questions:

- Any other ideas, folks? Anything obvious that I'm not thinking of?

- Any sure fire way to tell if it's the screen or the main board that is fried?

⟐ Commented September 10, 2025 at 13:08 MST

Dell Inspiron 17R-5737: Fans spinning repeatedly after clean install of Dell laptop

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 10:56:37 -0700

Hi,

I have an old Dell Inspiron 17R 5737 I just did a Windows 10 clean install on. I did all the Windows Updates and installed all the drivers from this page. BIOS is up to date.

However, now the fans spin up and stop repeatedly every few seconds, which is very distracting and annoying. The laptop isn't especially hot. I tried to find a fan setting in the BIOS, but there's nothing.

I've been on it for a few hours but I'm out of ideas, would love some help. Thank you :)

Dell Inspiron 13-5368: I dont know the value of 2 resistors

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:49:36 -0700

Hello, I bought this used laptop and it doesnt charge, there are 2 missing resistors in the motherboard but I dont know their values, here is the schematic:⏎

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The 2 resistors that are missing in my motherboard are El4303 and El4304.

Here is my motherboard

And here is the original one:

⟐ Answer edited August 16, 2025 at 0:49 MST

Dell Inspiron 15 5000: Some of the key are not working

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:03:56 -0700

30% of my keys in keyboard is not functioning.

How can i resolve this. Should i replace with new keypad or good to sell and buy new laptop

⟐ Edited by author June 23, 2025 at 8:03 MST

Dell Inspiron 15-5567: Invalid configuration information -please run setup program

Wed, 07 May 2025 10:02:19 -0700

Invalid configuration information -please run setup program

Dell Inspiron 17R-5737: Can I upgrade my CPU on my I 5737 to allow for upgrade to windows 11 a

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:55:02 -0700

Can I upgrade my Inspiron 5737 to I7 processors so I can upgrade to windows 11 and do gaming?

⟐ Commented April 26, 2025 at 1:55 MST

Dell Inspiron 5570: My Laptop freezes due to an Update failure before 2-3 Months

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:25:56 -0700

So, before 2-3 months ago I put my laptop on update and went for a call, my little sister came in my room thinking she did something to the laptop that she though updating a laptop means you broke it. So she shut downs the laptop without me knowing, for some weeks it went good I did a lot of updates and all good but before sometime I notice my laptop freezing every 2-3 minute, I tried the restart and even factory reset but the results are still not very exciting. Some days ago my sister told me that she did shut down in middle of the update. I don't know what to do and even the store fixers went crazy asking me for $250 for fixing it. I don't know which update went corrupt and how to fix it.

⟐ Commented March 23, 2025 at 21:25 MST