The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    M15x Windows 7 USB fail to detect

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Mobius 1, Apr 14, 2016.

  1. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    3,447
    Messages:
    9,069
    Likes Received:
    6,376
    Trophy Points:
    681
    Hey everyone.

    I recently had enough with Windows 10 and whatever it's trying to do, decided to go back to Win 7 instead.
    I burned an ISO (murphy78) with Rufus (tried GPT, MBR, and mixed) and the M15x did not recognize the USB at all. Messed with boot devices and it appears USB is also not detected when HDD boot is disabled (Samsung 850 EVO 500GB).

    Any possible solutions for this?
     
    Mobius 1, Apr 14, 2016
    #1
  2. GodlikeRU

    GodlikeRU Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    165
    Messages:
    1,254
    Likes Received:
    562
    Trophy Points:
    131
    Check if you have "Legacy USB support" disabled. You need to have it enabled in order to boot.
     
    GodlikeRU, Apr 14, 2016
    #2
    Zoltan@zTecpc likes this.
  3. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    3,447
    Messages:
    9,069
    Likes Received:
    6,376
    Trophy Points:
    681
    I'll try that when I get back home, it's the setting in the BIOS right?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    Mobius 1, Apr 14, 2016
    #3
  4. GodlikeRU

    GodlikeRU Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    165
    Messages:
    1,254
    Likes Received:
    562
    Trophy Points:
    131
    Yeah it should be in BIOS. This option is often misunderstood and should not be touched. It's enabled by default.
     
    GodlikeRU, Apr 14, 2016
    #4
  5. Zoltan@zTecpc

    Zoltan@zTecpc Company Representative

    Reputations:
    229
    Messages:
    207
    Likes Received:
    114
    Trophy Points:
    56
    That's right most likely the issue is with the Legacy setting.
     
    Zoltan@zTecpc, Apr 14, 2016
    #5
    Mr. Fox likes this.