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    How do I get into my bios?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by madroxinide, Apr 15, 2007.

  1. madroxinide

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    Whenever I have my external hard drive powered on and I reboot my computer hangs on a black screen during startup. I think that it is trying to boot from the external drive first. Any way I can fix this?
     
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    To go to the Bios at the Dell logo hit F2
     
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    okay i managed to get into the bios...and changed the boot sequence but it didnt seem to fix anything..I noticed something called USB Emulation was enabled, could this be it? Do I need this or can I disable it?
     
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    USB emulation was needed for me, I tried disabling it and my external HDD wasn't reconized all I can say is try it and see what happens. Check to see if there is conflict with IRQ's or drivers.
     
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    irq? i guess i'll just have to shut off my hard drive whenever i reboot lol..fine with me
     
    madroxinide, Apr 15, 2007
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