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    Boot configuration is missing?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by zergslayer69, Apr 18, 2016.

  1. zergslayer69

    zergslayer69 Liquid Hz

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    Anybody suffer from this upon turning on their computer? I've had this happen twice now while on Windows 10. Although I suspect that it's not windows 10 that's the problem. I'm guessing it's the samsung 950 pro that the alienware 17 r3 doesn't seem to play nice with.
     
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    I had this problem, 3 times 950Pro ... I have two disks 950Pro ...
     
    ma_ko, Apr 19, 2016
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    Honestly, the 128gb nvme that the AW came with has perfectly acceptable read speeds. About on par with the 2.5" ssd read speeds sorta. It's just the write speeds that suck, and you're not constantly writing to it. I'm thinking of installing windows on the 128 and installing steam and all programs to the 950 pro. That should eliminate a lot of issues AND I still get the benefit of the fast 950 speeds.
     
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    I thought this was a documented issue already, unless I'm reading wrong....... http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...up-your-samsung-950-pro-m-2-ssd-17-r3.787205/

    I don't have the 950 Pro's myself but I read they don't show in the BIOS but work fine......

    There is also the possibility that this is a BIOS problem, most of them have issues with all hard drives disappearing on reboot. I had it with 1.2.7 and it has been reported on 1.2.8 and 1.2.12. I rolled back to 1.2.2 and I have had no problems since..
     
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    Rolling back to that version could help, the latest version we released should have a fix implemented for this behavior.
     
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    Brilliant, I look forward to updating my BIOS someday! :D
     
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    Hmm, what about 1.2.3? That is an ok bios too right? Although with dell taking it off the driver list makes me worried.
     
    zergslayer69, Apr 19, 2016
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