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Dell Inspiron 5570: Why does my pc not recognize the os on my usb drive

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 16:36:23 -0700

I have changed the boot mode to legacy and changed the order so it checks the usb first but it doesn’t work it says missing operating system

⟐ Commented January 23, 2021 at 16:36 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

Dell Inspiron 5570: How to fix cpu thermal throttling and change my thermal paste.

Sun, 12 May 2019 06:03:03 -0700

my laptop is always under thermal throttle and i use cpu heavy applications and it lags due to dipping in core frequencies , i also tried to undervolt it helped a little but can’t work still.

so i though to replace my thermal paste but how do i take it apart and change it?

⟐ Answer unaccepted May 12, 2019 at 6:03 MST

Dell Inspiron 5570: Laptop won’t start up

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:25:28 -0700

I encountered a problem a while ago on this laptop and didn’t need it at the time so never got round to dealing with the issues. Recently I’ve tried to get it back working and read a few forums etc and got some answers which today temporarily fixed the laptop. However now I’m back to the same issue.

issue as below.

Dell inspiron 5570 black screen, won’t turn on, when press power button, the LED on the cap lock button turns white briefly then goes off and nothing further happens.

I changed the charger port and the CMOS battery earlier due to this problem, it booted back up fine and turned on, set the BIOS and was working fine, I’ve let it update as it’s been off for a while. And then upon restart it’s back to a black screen. And there’s only the brief white LED on the cap lock button when press power button.

unsure what it means as when I’ve looked up different led codes it sands amber then white but I’m only getting white. When I press and hold the power button for around 1 minute the LED at the side of the ac port flashes twice, pauses, flashes 4 times, pauses then 1 longer flash.

I have tried repeating what I initially did to fix it but no joy!

⟐ Commented February 14, 2024 at 5:25 MST

Dell Inspiron 5570: SSD Not working after hearing

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 02:57:41 -0700

This happened a while ago I have an external fan so I don’t really care about heating but one time my laptop was so hot that it just closed after I turned it on the next day I just hear beeping sounds and my 2TB ssd or hd not there there’s no drive D I tried everything but it’s not working, That was about a month ago and it still makes this beeping sound

this is the pic idk how to send it as a comment

⟐ Commented June 08, 2023 at 2:57 MST

Dell Inspiron 5570: Laptop not turning on despite battery working

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:38:34 -0700

The battery light turns on when its plugged in and it hasn't had any issues recently. It won't turn on, even after I tried a hard reset.

⟐ Commented March 24, 2023 at 0:38 MST

Dell Inspiron 5570: Why does my pc get stuck on the dell logo

Sun, 16 May 2021 18:09:48 -0700

When I turn on my pc it get stuck on the dell logo and says scanning and repairing drive (c:volume……)100% and it stays on the same drive not changing and about four hours later it blue screens

⟐ Answer edited May 16, 2021 at 18:09 MST

Dell Inspiron 5570: How do you fix PC not detecting the headphones in control panel?

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:05:57 -0700

The other day, I had just gotten a Razer Kraken X headset. Once I plugged the headset jack into the PC audio jack, sound came through the headphones. Nothing was wrong so far. I then wanted to test out the headset mic, so I joined a couple of my friends in a discord voice chat call. When I checked the voice settings, I only saw the built in mic (the PC’s built in mic not the headset’s) available as an input audio device. Figuring out this must be a bug, I made my way over to the Sound Control panel within my settings. There was NO headphones option for playback nor recording devices. I have tried reinstalling Realtek Audio, updating it, troubleshooting it, and researching problems that might’ve occurred. Nothing seemed to fix it. I later came across a conclusion to disable front panel audio jack detection, but in order to do that, I would have to have Realtek HD audio manager. I searched through my control panel and even tried opening it up through cmd prompt but still couldn’t find it. When I plug the headset in, the headphones icon does NOT pop up in the Sound Control panel. I think it is some sort of software issue and not a physical one. I can provide screen shots.

⟐ Commented January 08, 2021 at 21:05 MST

Dell Inspiron 5570: Anyone know how to fix a broken screen on a Dell Inspirion 5570?

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:27:25 -0700

the entire screen ‘may’ be bent, if so it may be just a touch and not enough to replace he entire top monitor, just the screen itself. any thoughts?

⟐ Answered December 11, 2019 at 7:27 MST

Dell Inspiron 5570: Where is the Bluetooth module located in laptop?

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:42:39 -0700

Where is the Bluetooth module located in this laptop?

Dell Inspiron 5570: Why is pc delays longer before dell logo appear at boot

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:12:51 -0700

When pc starts with power buttin, it has a long delay up to 30 sec before the dell logo appear on the screen. Sometimes the dell logo never appears, it shutdown automatically after 30 - 60 seconds of black screen. I changed a CMOS or RTC and saw no change. I also installed windows multiple times, crashing suddenly with the reason i didn't understand.

Dell Inspiron 5570: My aux headset makes noises and echos?

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:13:55 -0700

A few days ago, i plugged in my aux to my gaming headset (nothing special about it maybe like a 40$ headset) and i noticed that the audio was all messed up. What was happening was the environmental sounds (footsteps, gunfire, looting) was a kind of spacy sound with an echo. But there was an obvious difference when somebody talked in the video, the voice was warped and messed up and i could slightly understand what they were saying but not very well. Then i looked up some solutions and they told me to troubleshoot the hardware and it ended up reinstalling some type of hardware and when my computer rebooted the audio was TWICE as bad if not worse. Now i can barely hear voices and they are extremely warped and quiet and in game sounds are worse than before. Any ideas what i should do? I feel its necessary to also state that the headset works perfectly when i connect it to my ps4 controller and it sounds clean. Audio from laptop speakers work fine as well.