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M-BIST is a BUST? :p How to Troubleshoot Power Issues on a Dell Laptop says: "M-BIST must be manually initiated before Power-On...

The simplest answer is "YES". Windows 11 is very versatile, in that it will make itself right at home, almost anywhere you want to put...

If you have the 3cell battery, it is like this one...

Looking through the Inspiron i5 3511 Laptop Service Manual, I see the system needs to be powered on in order to perform any of these...

Page 2 of that brief shows that the full part number tells you the size. You may be able to see the part number in Device Manager, if...

It would not matter with this adapter. Amazon.com

I suppose you've already followed all the Dell troubleshooting procedures before calling the laptop toast. Including to check whether...

I did most of the troubleshooting (hard reset, AC adapter checks) but not the M-BIST. I'll do that. Just to be sure, the battery status...

BTW, the 3520 configuration says "SSDR,512G,G44,30S3,QLC,2400A". The device manager says "NVMe 2400A NVMe Micron 512GB". Looking at the...

I thought about it too but why would the system power down if the drive died? I had a power down in another laptop. Then a visual...

The one thing I haven't seen mentions is the possibility that the drive is dead; probably not, because you didn't mention being told the...

Same here, just to save the data..

For my purpose I don't use it as a permanent enclosure, I use it for the interface to save the data to a different drive. Because of...

No such obstacle!

Keep in mind device encription might be an obstacle.