The Dreaded Black Screen -- Dell Inspiron N7010

A family friend of my has a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop she got in 2007. She had it in the trunk of her car for an entire year! When she turned it on, everything worked fine but she accidentally knocked it off the table on to a hardwood floor. Ever since that happened, the computer starts up but sits...

Aloha Chev65 & Centaur78, Many Mahalos for the assist you've been giving to KrazyJethro...I've got the same problem so your posts have helped me to at least get crucial info for your review via “SFDT”. I've also attached a screenshot of our Dell Laptop system info. This is the wireless client...

gang I'm having trouble helping someone with this N7010 model Inspiron. what chipset does the non-ATI model have and can you guys direct me to the best Video driver to use for the model? having lots of issues getting Sync'd to HDTV or other external monitors over HDMI... very stubborn about...

This is not a typical BSOD crash. My Dell Inspiron's monitor intermittently doesn't wake up once power management shuts it off. The problem is monitor doesn't fully shut off. One way to know the monitor won't wake up is when the CPU is griding away, fan is on full blast, laptop heated up, monitor...

I have an Inspiron N7010 laptop. Running Windows 7, 32bit, professional. It came with the home version, but we upgraded to the professional version so we could connect to our company's domain. I was running wireless. Now I have been moved out of wireless range, but I have an ethernet line...