G15 5520

Dell

G15 5520

11 positive 0 neutral 9 negative

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Alienware not recognizing device

awcc is notoriously flaky. dell's latest update broke it for a lot of people on the g15. try downloading an older version from dell's support site - version 5.5 or 5.6 often works better. use revo uninstaller to completely wipe the current install including registry entries before reinstalling. also

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LetterheadClassic306 in r/Dell

April 10, 2026 5:27 AM

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I loved this 2023 Gaming Laptop… until I realized it was artificially limited (32GB RAM cap)

My thought too. I have a G15 5525 with Ryzen 5 6600H and Dell says it can only take 32gb DDR5 and I put in 64gb and it works fine. Does it take forever to boot because of memory timings or whatever, yes, but the machine is stable and registers all 64gb and uses it all when needed.

No-Head-633 in r/Dell

April 14, 2026 1:59 PM

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Dell makes some absolute garbadge

I bought a gaming laptop dell g15. I bought a PC because I didn't want to take a risk with laptops anymore.

Watche_1V47C43R in r/Dell

April 17, 2026 10:42 AM

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Touchpad picked up as PS/2 Compatible Mouse (Code 10 - A request for the HID descriptor failed)

i feel you, driver stuff on the G15 can be a pain. had similar with mine where the trackpad would get weird after updates. what helped me before was going into device manager and uninstalling the PS/2 mouse entry completely, then restarting without reinstalling manually. also check dell's support si

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LetterheadClassic306 in r/Dell

April 18, 2026 6:28 PM

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