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    More M1330 frustration

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by LordRasta, Jan 24, 2010.

  1. LordRasta

    LordRasta Notebook Consultant

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    I swear it is always something with this product. I made a bootable USB flash drive and put Windows 7 on it. I have 2 M1330's, the only difference between them is CPU/RAM/HDD. One of them boots just fine off the USB drive, the other doesn't. They are both running the A15 BIOS. What am I missing here? I've compared the BIOS settings side by side and they are identical.
     
    LordRasta, Jan 24, 2010
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  2. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    reflash/reset the bios?

    it's a little weird for me too.... i set mine to boot from HDD first and disable flash, but somehow it always seem to boot from flash if i have it stuck in...

    that's why i got myself a desktop and delegated the laptop to smaller use
     
    paper_wastage, Jan 24, 2010
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  3. LordRasta

    LordRasta Notebook Consultant

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    I tried that and nothing changed.
     
    LordRasta, Jan 24, 2010
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    smjohns Notebook Consultant

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    When you say it doesn't boot, can you be a little more specific? Does it even try or does it just ignore the usb drive completely? I assume if you boot the laptop normally then you can access the USB drive using the same port?
     
    smjohns, Jan 25, 2010
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  5. LordRasta

    LordRasta Notebook Consultant

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    It does not recognize the flash drive when booting but once in Windows 7 it sees it fine. My other M1330 boots right from said flash drive with no issues.
     
    LordRasta, Jan 25, 2010
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    Silly question but I suppose you have tried both USB ports? What about creating a simple boot to DOS usb stick and see if that works.
     
    smjohns, Jan 26, 2010
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