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    Inspiron 17R SE BIOS A08 disables Quickset Settings button (gears button)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ericdabbs, Oct 15, 2012.

  1. ericdabbs

    ericdabbs Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone experiencing that the Quickset Settings button (gears button) is disabled with the recent BIOS A08 update? I know a workaround for this issue in the mean time is to press "Win key + X".

    I only found out about this...this morning when I tried to press it and nothing happened. I even tried uninstalling the Quickset app and reinstalling it with no success. I started reading the Dell tech support forum and others are having problems with the Quickset button with BIOS A08.

    I think Dell needs to either update the Dell Quickset application or it needs to release a BIOS update that fixes this issue. I am not sure if this can be fixed via Windows Registry.
     
    ericdabbs, Oct 15, 2012
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  2. Rassal

    Rassal Notebook Consultant

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    Yep, we are already aware of this and it was already said in a few threads around here too... guess it has it`s dedicated thread now... Might give more visibility to this bug, but quite frankly, i would prefer dell to fix the boost nVidia problem over the quickset mobility setting button... you don`t have to shutdown, unplug AC, replug AC, reboot to work around the quickset button, only need to use the windows key + x... which is on my list, at the very bottom list of priorities for me... Hope dell looks at it like this also.
     
    Rassal, Oct 15, 2012
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  3. ericdabbs

    ericdabbs Notebook Consultant

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    Ehh I agree the Nvidia problem is higher priority but the gears button getting broken in the latest BIOS is something that needs to be looked at as well and is annoying. I still think that both things need to be fixed.

    Btw not everyone knows about the windows key + x shortcut.
     
    ericdabbs, Oct 15, 2012
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  4. Andrei Morar

    Andrei Morar Notebook Guru

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    I can confirm too that my 7720 using BIOS A08 has the same issue.

    A fix from Dell would be welcome!
     
    Andrei Morar, Oct 16, 2012
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  5. ericdabbs

    ericdabbs Notebook Consultant

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    So this issue has been reported to the Dell Community forums. A Dell representative has responded and they have a new Quickset driver to try that should fix the issue. At least one person has tried it and responded that the new Quickset driver has fixed the issue. I am still in the process of trying to get my hands on the new Quickset driver to try for myself. So its good news that a fix is in place and I assume that once Dell builds confidence that enough people have tried the new Quickset driver that they will upload it to the Drivers page under Applications.

    Re: Quickset button - Missing function - Laptop General Hardware Forum - Laptop - Dell Community
     
    ericdabbs, Oct 17, 2012
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  6. Andrei Morar

    Andrei Morar Notebook Guru

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    A new Quickset driver released on 22.10 appears on the Dell Drivers and Downloads. However when trying to download it I get an error message saying the driver is not available.

    Does anyone have working download link for this latest version of Quickset?

    Has anyone had any luck downloading this driver?

    EDIT: I managed to download the new Quickset drivers and all functions are working properly!
     
    Andrei Morar, Oct 24, 2012
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  7. juventino7

    juventino7 Newbie

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    same here, updated quickset driver and problem now solved :)
     
    juventino7, Oct 28, 2012
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