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Dell G15 5521 Special Edition: Why when I plug in my laptop it turns off instantly

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:32:05 -0700

Why when I plug in my laptop it turns off instantly

⟐ Answered March 27, 2026 at 6:32 MST

Dell G15 5521 Special Edition: Why is my touchpad not working

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 03:27:39 -0700

The sensor of my touchpad is working but the cursor will not move

⟐ Answered March 21, 2026 at 3:27 MST

Dell G15-5530: black screen not displaying

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:41:11 -0700

keyboards lit

nothing displaying

fans not spinning

still blinking 2 amber and 3 white lights

⟐ Commented March 01, 2026 at 21:41 MST

Dell G15-5510 Gaming: How can you tell if it broke down?

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:31:36 -0700

The other day, while I was taking my laptop to university, some liquid spilled on it. I didn't notice and turned it on, but it was too late; the laptop wouldn't turn on anymore. Now I don't know what to do to fix it because some people tell me it's the CPU, others say the power supply, and I don't know how to figure out what's wrong or how to fix it.

⟐ Answered December 08, 2025 at 20:31 MST

Dell G3 3579: Replacing c drive 1Tb with 2.5" 2tb hdd

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:56:13 -0700

Will a 2.5" 2TB sata hdd fit in my dell g3 3579 in place.of the drive

⟐ Commented December 02, 2025 at 4:56 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 G15-5511 Gaming: Storage space low for no reason

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 06:11:55 -0700

I recently got a Dell G15 5520 that's running Windows 11 with a Core i7-12700H 16 GB memory, and I use it for both gaming and research, because my old one was excruciatingly slow. I haven't had it for a month and the disk space is already low, even though last night I checked it, and it was 227 GB of 453 GB free. Now it's 56 GB of 453 GB free! I ran both defragment and disk cleanup, neither worked. Settings say temporary files are taking up 212 GB, installed apps 65 GB, and other 34 GB. But when I go into temporary files, it only shows 24 GB of stuff, including the downloads folder. I'm Starting to think it's an unfixable virus or something, because my antiviruses WOULD NOT detect anything (I have both McAfee LiveSafe and Malwarebytes Premium). Soon I'll just put all the stuff I care about on a hard drive and factory reset the thing. Please help soon! 🙏🙏🙏

⟐ Commented June 12, 2025 at 6:11 MST

Dell G 7000 Series: My audio device has disappeared.

Sat, 17 May 2025 12:45:32 -0700

I have run the troubleshooting, and the response was, the troubleshooting steps could not fix the problem.

Please advise

⟐ Answered May 17, 2025 at 12:45 MST

Dell G3 3579: Why does the bottom of my laptop screen get a splash screen when

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 01:13:48 -0700

My computer screen will appear about 5 minutes after booting up, at the bottom of the screen about 3 cm splash screen, usually black and white or colorful horizontal bars, about 5 minutes after booting up will fade away, what's going on?

⟐ Commented April 30, 2025 at 1:13 MST

G Series: Why cant I reset my laptop

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:52:51 -0700

i am not able to reset my laptop.

⟐ Answer edited March 24, 2025 at 21:52 MST

Dell G3 15 3500: The graphics card is disabled when plugged in

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:07:49 -0700

When I connect the power cable to the laptop, the graphics are disabled, but if I disconnect it, it works. I have already reinstalled Windows and used the disconnected battery to rule it out, but I still haven't found the problem.

⟐ Answered March 22, 2025 at 14:07 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 G15 5000 Series: Why won’t my laptop turn on?

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:20:50 -0700

After the first two years, my laptop sometimes would just stay at low battery while charging. Since it is a gaming laptop, I would leave it plugged in most of the time. Only when I would use it without it being plugged in and then charge it, it would charge fully. Now it won’t even boot. Or start up. I tore off the back cover but the battery doesn’t look swollen or bad. I can’t really see the battery health because my Laptop won’t post. My power adapter is working and the pin inside barrel connector is not bent or corroded. I think the issue is either the female barrel connector in laptop or the battery. Can anyone help me determine which it is?

⟐ Answer edited February 04, 2025 at 0:20 MST

Dell G7 15-7588: Display flickered for few seconds and is unresponsive now.

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:14:57 -0700

The display started to flicker for few seconds while using and suddenly went off. The charging indicator and power indicators are working. Could hear windows starting sound, but display looks dead

Dell G3 15 3500: Is it okay if I change my battery to a 53Wh instead of 51Wh?

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 02:47:53 -0700

I have this Dell G3 3500laptop since 2020, i would like to know if i can change the battery, to a newer one, with 53Wh even though the battery that my laptop has is a 51Wh, because everytime i turn it on, must remain connected to the charger, and i know it is bad for a laptop, it says in the alert the laptop doesn't charge anymore because of the battery... I'm just begun working from home, and i am new in tech related issues, please help.

⟐ Answer accepted January 02, 2025 at 2:47 MST

Dell G3 15 3500: Game shift key not working

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 02:57:34 -0700

Game shift key not working while gaming

⟐ Answered October 28, 2024 at 2:57 MST

Dell G15-5510 Gaming: I change my battery and is now working

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:32:45 -0700

I change my battery on my dell g 15 5510 with exact same specs 69kf2 and the laptop is not recognized the battery and now the battery led is flashing amber and white flash rapidly. This the battery that I ordered Dell 69KF2 Battery

⟐ Answered September 30, 2024 at 0:32 MST

Dell G15-5515: Water Damage, still usable!

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:41:08 -0700

Every since I got some water damage on my laptop, the GPU is no longer detected. If you push on the righ part of the case of the laptop, you can cause a short and immediate black screen shutdown. The laptop still works amazing for CPU only tasks and even mild gaming, the battery life obviosuly improved with no GPU😂

I've been living with this for around 6 months and now I'm becoming interested in troubleshoot the MOBO and soldering if needed to fix my laptop! any reccomendations?

⟐ Answer edited September 20, 2024 at 16:41 MST

Dell G15-5510 Gaming: Alienware command center not working

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 07:52:25 -0700

How to delete cracked Alienware command center

⟐ Answered September 14, 2024 at 7:52 MST

Dell G3 15 3500: Hard disk gets detected then undetectable when trying to access it.

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:22:22 -0700

Hello, my Dell laptop was starting to not detect the hard disk since due to a Windows Update. Tried to System Restore but again faced the BSOD. It got to a point where the SupportAssist OS Recovery can even cause the hard disk to become undetectable when it's used for like resetting. I tried to use a Windows 10 ISO USB to install, and the hard disk can be displayed when trying to install, but at some percentage it shows "Windows cannot access the installation sources" and the hard disk once again becomes undetectable (It did succeed in formatting the hard disk).

Note that the hard disk will once again be detectable after around 3 to 4 hours when left on in BIOS settings or just turned off. I just want to find a way to fix this hard disk not found at all, or at the least eliminate the four hour wait to get hd disk detectable where there's high chance that it gets undetectable.

Please guide me to fix this, any method is appreciated and feel free to ask any information about my laptop. One method can be to boot OS from USB, but I want to know other methods. (Preferable methods are those not involving disassembly of laptop for fixing physically in the inside but any method is allowed to be posted here)

⟐ Commented June 29, 2024 at 19:22 MST