20 Most Recent Dell Inspiron One 2020 All-in-One Desktop Questions & Answers

"error 0x4001100200001005 if problems persists contact Dell support" The reason you get a 0x400 error is because the OEM hard drive was replaced with a retail hard drive. OEM drives are "tattooed" or branded.. and the recovery media will search for it before installing. Prevents the spread (aka pirating) of OEM recovery media to computers that it did not ship with. I got the same error when restoring an Inspiron 2330 Touch using the DVDs I created when the system was new. In my case I had to boot to a Windows OS DVD, go into recovery console and open DISKPART Perform the following steps to wipe the disk: In recovery console, type DISKPART At the diskpart prompt, type LIST DISK Note the number of the disk you want to restore the OS to Type SELECT DISK 0 (0 or whatever the number of the disk is) It will say "Disk 0 is the selected disk" Type CLEAN When it finishes, exit, and retry the restoration.

To Assist you further, please let me know the Operating System that is installed on your System.

Check on the Dell site == it may be possible to 'boot' the Dell BIOS update utility direct from a USB stick even if nothing else is working ....

have you tried replacing the keyboard?

How can access recovery partition in dell inspiron 1525 visit site for instructions http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19245630

No hard drive or software!

the number of beeps will tell you what the problem is the beeps are an error code here are the code list for your computer Beep Code Description No Beeps No Power, Loose Card, or Short. 1 Short Beep Normal POST, computer is ok. 2 Short Beep POST error, review screen for error code. Continuous Beep No Power, Loose Card, or Short. Repeating Short Beep No Power, Loose Card, or Short. One Long and one Short Beep Motherboard issue. One Long and Two Short Beeps Video (Mono/CGA Display Circuitry) issue. One Long and Three Short Beeps. Video (EGA) Display Circuitry. Three Long Beeps Keyboard or Keyboard card error. One Beep, Blank or Incorrect Display Video Display Circuitry.

Do you have a video card? Sometimes when it is overheating (video card fan not working) it does that. Otherwise try another video cable, maybe borrow from a friend.

It's in the Power Options. Click on your start button, and start typing in "Power Options". On the left hand side of the screen that pops up will be something titled "Choose what the power buttons do". Click on that. It will give you options for both the power and sleep buttons.

If computer has an output for another monitor , plug extra monitor into it. If other monitor also does not work then the problem lies within the video circuits. If external monitor works then the hassle is with the lcd screen. Either way it is not a cheap repair since it is an all in one product with proprietary parts. Add to that the labor factor and you might be looking at a new unit.

Some Keyboards have the option to display capslock on screen. To check if you can, try this

1. Open Control Panel. In Windows 8 you can access it by right clicking the bottom left of your screen, and clicking Control Panel.
2. Double click Keyboard. The Keyboard settings panel should pop up.
3. If you see a Keyboard Settings tab near the top of the panel, click it, and see if there is an option to display Capslock on screen.

You can try this 3rd Party software : CAPSLOCK Notifier 1 1 Alternatively, Dell provides a driver to display capslock on screen, however it is for a different keyboard model, so I am not sure if it will work with yours. http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER00703639M/6/APP_IO_W7_A00_Setup-YPN75_ZPE.exe

check your hard drive

press the Windows key and type Control Panel then click below the search bar on settings. Control panel should show up on the left, just click on it. Go to Sounds settings and make sure your microphone levels are up. Also, if there are any choices for recording devices, try them all. Most of the time it is because you don't have your settings correct in the control panel. If that doesn't work, make sure windows update has the latest drivers. And last of all, try a different microphone. Wasatch Techies Smartphone Tablet and Computer Repair in Utah

please adjust Brightness and contrast at comfort level. if problem persist reinstall graphic drivers.