However, the drivers & downloads there seem to be Win 7 only & the most recent date I've seen is 2014. Also, none of the articles are mentioning your problem. I'm thinking, maybe have the page detect your current configuration. Then it may have drivers & articles that could help...
But post a plan first for us to examine & comment. What I hope you see is a fix that addresses the issue.
I wonder, in Device Manager, under System Devices, do you have Intel Management Engine Interface? D-Clk it, & report its version. There is a thread here in which that is described as the culprit for a similar sounding problem...
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December 9th, 2015 22:00
I found your Dell Support site...
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/studio-xps-8100/configuration
However, the drivers & downloads there seem to be Win 7 only & the most recent date I've seen is 2014. Also, none of the articles are mentioning your problem. I'm thinking, maybe have the page detect your current configuration. Then it may have drivers & articles that could help...
But post a plan first for us to examine & comment. What I hope you see is a fix that addresses the issue.
I wonder, in Device Manager, under System Devices, do you have Intel Management Engine Interface? D-Clk it, & report its version. There is a thread here in which that is described as the culprit for a similar sounding problem...
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19647365
Some say to disable it; some say replace it. Read it, & post a plan.