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Broken Dell Inspiron

J_B · 2023-02-13 14:22:44

Nephew has just messaged, his laptop has gone into 'automatic repair' mode "And I’ve tried all the advanced options" It was out of warranty in Nov22! It was randomly turning off before, but now it's like this! I think I will try reinstall W11 but I've never done 11 before only 10 - presumably, it's the same? I have put the…

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debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,470 Forumite

18 February 2023 at 3:39PM

J_B said:

Anyway - the job's finally done.
Thanks to everyone who tried to help and especially to @km1500 for the bit about turning RAID off

Just one error message that I've said 'don't ask again.
He had to buy a replacement generic charger which is 45w whereas the bios suggested that we ought to use a 65w one.
Does it matter?

Pobably not , but charge speed will be longer. Mind you my knowledge of this sketchy , c.f. Mobile phone chargers.

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