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    Installed vista ultimate 64 on M860TU - but can't change the bios to say "vista" instea of "xp"?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by DRTH_STi, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. DRTH_STi

    DRTH_STi can't.stop.buying.laptops

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    Okay - any help is greatly appreciated..

    I installed vista ultimate 64 bit - but when I go into the bios I see that the system thinks that xp is running (I think this is why i'm not able to sleep or hibernate), BUT - when I try to change it to vista I get bluescreened. Constant blue screen loop.

    My system came with no os so I loaded it myself. Typically I have no problems with installations but should I have changed it to "vista" before I loaded the OS? Is that why it's not letting me change it now? Don't really know...any help appreciated. Thanks!
     
    DRTH_STi, Sep 13, 2008
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    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    did you delete the old partition of XP?
     
    Nirvana, Sep 13, 2008
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  3. DRTH_STi

    DRTH_STi can't.stop.buying.laptops

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    there was never any xp partition. My ultimate 64 bit os occupies all 320 gigs. well it's really 299 usable but still - no previous partition. I guess it says "xp" as a standard thing or something.
     
    DRTH_STi, Sep 13, 2008
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    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    I believe it has something to do with how the bootloader is handled. If that is so, you would have to redo the os.
     
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    DRTH_STi can't.stop.buying.laptops

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    yeah i'm just going to reformat it later tonight and set the bios option to "vista" before I format. Hopefully that'll clear up my sleep/hibernate issue.
     
    DRTH_STi, Sep 13, 2008
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    livesoft BUSTED

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    I just checked on my BIOS and it says Vista as OS.

    What I did:
    - Boot from Vista DVD
    - Format partition
    - Clean install Vista

    So maybe you should try and reinstall Vista again x_x
     
    livesoft, Sep 14, 2008
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    theriko Ronin

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    I believe that setting is the equivalent of the robson/ahci on the 579x, so you can enable it after install, but you need to manually install the intel matrix storage manager driver first
     
    theriko, Sep 14, 2008
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    DRTH_STi can't.stop.buying.laptops

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    thanks guys - re-installing soon. got held up a bit.
     
    DRTH_STi, Sep 15, 2008
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    faideela Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, I have the Eurocom version of the M860TU and I also didn't order an OS with my laptop

    The bios also says xp when I have Vista 32bit installed. However, I haven't noticed any problems (e.g. sleep or hibernation errors) yet.

    Should I bother with a clean install etc to fix this bios error? Or is it not really a problem at all...? Thanks
     
    faideela, Sep 15, 2008
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    It's not really a problem, it just means that you aren't using the AHCI mode for your hard drive (Advanced Host Controller Interface - which enables native command queueing) You are unlikely to see much of a difference in everyday circumstances
     
    theriko, Sep 15, 2008
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  11. poopdawg27

    poopdawg27 Notebook Consultant

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    yeah there is totally no need to reformat to fix that..
    1. Exit all Windows-based programs.
    2. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
    3. If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
    4. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci
    5. In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
    6. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.



    Simple registry edit, after that you MUST change the BIOS to vista on the reboot. AHCI will reduce your boot time
     
    poopdawg27, Sep 15, 2008
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