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The battery is functioning properly...I think I have to reset the CMOS...

Here is the link to it, it is the black thing ... https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/ca/en/cadhs1/inspiron-11-3179-2-in-1-laptop/insp-3179-service-manual/procedure?guid=guid-91bc4d99-5b82-4874-9d5d-427ba2ce3b14&lang=en-us I could get a cheaper one at ebay... Can I just buy the battery and...

I sure shall check it....i am going to ask dell for product code. Many Thanks.

I also cannot save changes in the BIOS ... it takes 40 secs to boot into elementary OS desktop from button press...It MUST be the coin cell battery I guess...

I own a dell Inspiron 3179, When I press the power button, it takes 13 seconds before the DELL logo appears on the screen... Is this normal ? could it be because of hardware changes (I swapped out the HDD with a Crucial SSD)? or boot mode ? the BIOS is set to legacy mode...could that be the...

Is there a way to charge an internal laptop battery externally ?

I bought a laptop a while ago and then I decided to use it as a stationary PC, so I took out the battery, put it in a thin box and stored it in a closet, The battery had some charge on it(I don't remember how much),the battery has been stored for almost two years... Is it ok to keep storing it...

So I have a Dell which has an AES screen, Dell sells an active pen that is compatible with it which I already own....I wanna know if ALL the other active pens work with my 2-in-1...Like Surface active pens or Lenovo's or Wacom bamboo's...I am asking this because the reviews say that Dell's...

do they perform identically ? how about the iGPUs ? which one would you pick ? Many Thanks

just wondering...I am looking at a Dell active pen, and on the box it says Bluetooth...Do I need bluetooth ?

the sad thing is in both cases the RAM sticks are soldered to the board...the CPU is the same in both models...I guess I will order the refurbed one...if I don't like it i can always send it back... Many thanks...

I am looking at two 2in1's one with 4GB and the other with 8GB...the GPU is integrated...the 4GB one is new and the 8GB one is refurbished...I am going to install Linux on them....I am worried the iGPU will eat up my RAM hence why i am looking at the 8GB refurbished one... Which one should I go...

My guess is the 4th gen ? i am looking for a CPU upgradable Laptop with the more recent gen intel cpu that is compatible... are the 5th gen intel laptop cpus and plus soldered to the board ?

I am searching for an older refurbished laptop with a decent 3rd gen+ i5/i7 processor which must have an eSATAp rev3 6Gbps port.. Can someone give me a model number so that i can check it out ?

I am looking at this laptop : https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/latitude-e6230/diagnose It has 3 internal PCIe mini slots, one is for the wifi card. For the 2 remaining slots, Can I install SSD's on them ? if yes, What kinda SSD should I buy ? and what is...