New M6500 Discussion Thread

I removed it from the device manager (but I did not remove the driver) and rebooted. No message appeared. When I did a rescan in device manager, it appeared. But when I try to use it, I get the same errors.

I'm stumped. The card they sent me was marked refurbished. Maybe it's bad or maybe I really do need to reinstall Windows. I'd rather shoot myself.

Thanks for your help.

 

I had the exact same problem where A03 I froze at Starting Windows banner on Windows 7. I had to move back to A02. It makes me wonder what is different about our hardware.

I think people with this problem need to continue to push Dell and see what could be causing it. One thing i noticed is that it never got to the point where it turns on the WiFi.

Matt

 

Glad you're getting it sorted....nothing worse than a windows problem...that's why I like linux so much....another thread...

 

I just found the problem after searching for two days. When I uninstalled Zone Alarm, the 6300 worked perfectly.

Moral of the story - DON'T USE ZONE ALARM with x64.

 

Would it be possible to get an A03 hdr file for linux users? I've tried downloading the exe and running with -writehdrfile -nopause but when I try to flash with smbios upon reboot it says it's currupted. I also got an error booting into ubcd and running the exe file directly from DOS

 

Yep...don't use MalwareBytes with Panda Pro AV either....MalwareBytes got uninstalled followed by a reg cleaner....

here's a little tid bit: Anyone using V-moda Octave earphones? Pretty awesome for 36 bux at Sam's Club....

 

Mitchellboy - I have the same issue with A03. By any chance is your processor a Q820? I am wondering what is causing this BIOS to fail when loading Windows, and thought maybe the hardware difference might be something like the processor we are using. Probably a long chance but I thought I would ask.

 

I tried to install ControlPoint System Manager on my machine with a Q820 and I get an unsupported processor error. I am wondering how common it is for people to order this laptop with the Q820. I am starting to get the feeling this hardware configuration was not fully tested.

Matt

 

Looks like they've removed BIOS A03 from the downloads page....we'll see an A04 shortly.... With my m4400 they had at least one short lived BIOS like that...

 

Don't they have a download for RHEL? I thought they did last time I looked....I've just kept a small windows partition on my Vostro for that stuff...lame, I know....I'll check it myself...