Dell XPS 15 L521X :: Can't Get Windows Installation When Smart Response Is Activated In The BIOS
Oct 27, 2012
I'm in the process of upgrading my L521X/XPS 15 to Windows 8. The A09 BIOS introduced UEFI booting, which I of course intend to use. However, I can't get Windows installed when Smart Response is activated in the BIOS. The installer simply doesn't show any disks - even when loading the correct drivers. Changing to AHCI allows me to install - but of course without the benefit of Smart Response. Now, the question is: is it possible to use pure UEFI and Intel Smart Response Technology on the L521X?
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Apr 7, 2013
I have 1TB HDD and 60GB SSD installed,and the ISRT driver/software updated to the newest too.
How to enable Intel Smart Response Technology.To use the SSD caching.
There is no RAID or "Intel Smart Response Technology" choice in BIOS->SATA.
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Apr 5, 2013
I have a laptop Inspiron 14R 7420 with HDD and SSD.
I want to use ISRT but i found there is no "Intel Smart Response Technology" choice in BIOS->SATA.
How can I use ISRT?
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Apr 30, 2013
Just bought an Inspiron 17R SE 7720 with a 32gb SSD. Started it up today and completed the 'setting up windows' bit. Opened up 'Intel Rapid Storage Technology' and it can see both of my 750gb HDD, and the 32gb SSD but there is no 'accelerate' tab available.
Incidentally, when I click on My Computer, I can also see both 750gb HDD and 32 GB SSD- i though the latter was not supposed to be visible here. Under 'Computer management' the SSD has an 8gb 'Hibernation' partition and a second usable partition.
Having read numerous posts about this already, I have checked in the Bios that Intel Smart storage is already selected.
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Apr 5, 2014
I have a lenovo u410 with a 500gb hdd and a 24 gb cache. Now, I am experienced with hardware and software and have built/reinstalled a lot of computers before. This time it is a bit different. I did not get my windows 8 key with the computer only the OneKey recovery. I did do a backup with this program when the computer was new and I assume it is on the hdd.
So what I want to do is to replace the hdd with a new 2,5 in ssd and keep my windows 8 licence + all the lenovo goodness ( onekey feature, keyboard shortcuts etc..). What would be the best way of doing this? Can i transfer the backup I did to the new drive?
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Jun 10, 2014
I have an out of warranty 15" XPS that will just shut down at random intervals, doesn't seem to be heat related as it will sometimes do it immediately after turning on, doesn't seem to make any difference if its plugged into the mains or on battery either.
Run dell diagnostics at start-up and no problems were found.
Machine will usually turn back on fine, sometimes the battery needs to be disconnected first though...
Other notes:
Currently running Windows 7 64 x and tried with fresh Windows 8 install too (feels more like hardware really)
Currently running the A16 Bios
Fan works correctly...
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Dec 20, 2013
Basically I am trying to install a new Samsung SSD into a W530, however, I can not get the Bios or Windows instalation to see it (when you select what drive you want to install windows on).
I can externally attach the SSD to my other laptop and see the drive. I can create partitions, format them, etc. But none of that worked my original issue.
I have also updated to the latest BIOS version, tried turning off UEFI, no luck.
What I am missing here to get this SSD to show up?
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Jul 23, 2014
I bought a new HP pavilion g6 laptop with windows 8 os preinstalled.
After 6 months I upgraded it to 8.1 using a DVD from my friend , Now it is shown "windows is not activated"
How can I activate the windows moreover I want to create recovery disks for windows 8.1
Details of my laptop are as under
HP pavilion g6 notebook pc
product no--- C9L65PA#ACJ
product id---- 00261-50000-00000-AA989
BIOS VER------ F.24
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Jun 9, 2010
Thinkpad SL510 operated with windows 7.
Whatever I try, I am not able to activate the WLAN card. When I diagnose the network connection it says somethink like "the device is not activated or not installed". However, the device is listed properly as "Intel WiFi Link 100 BGN" in the device manager. All windows updates are installed, and the Lenovo update manager only shows one optional update (Intel Chipset driver for Windows 7) which gives an error when trying to install it.
One strange thing is that, when I use the "ping 127.0.0.1" command in the command shell, only 1-2 out of the 4 tries give a result, the other ones show a timeout error.
What is more, the device works properly with an Linux Live disk, so the hardware seems to be ok. It is just not working with windows 7.
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Mar 3, 2013
I rebuilt my new XPS 15 with Windows 7. I didn't build any recovery media before I wiped the hard drive. Where can I download the recovery tools to restore to factory build ?
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Apr 8, 2013
I've got a XPS 15 L521x that was running Windows 7 for weeks with out incident. I decided I'd like to try Windows 8. I installed (after changing Sata to AHCI) without incident. After the install completes I reboot and it crashes. The OS goes to "attempting repairs". I can run a "refresh" of the OS and it will fix the issue and then crash again after a reboot.
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Feb 28, 2013
Recently I have purchased a DELL XPS 15 (L521X) but I am not able to install windows 8 pro on it as the installer could not find the hard disk and keep continuously ask for the driver.
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Apr 9, 2013
I just received my XPS 15 and plan on dual-booting Win 7 and Ubuntu. I'm trying to install both, but I have no disk drive boot option in UEFI mode, only in legacy mode.
How can I boot from a disk using UEFI mode?
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Jun 1, 2014
Product Info: HP ENVY TouchSmart 15-j013ea Notebook PC
I was having few problems with my computer so using HP Recovery Media Creation I created a USB recovery Key, after using it I was able to factory reset everything but now my windows in not activated, I spoke to Microsoft but they told me to speak to HP about this matter, I am soo confused now
I also decided to update to windows 8.1 to see if it solves any probelm as thats what I had before the factory reset but it is still the same and on the desktop there is a small message which says "Windows 8.1 Build 9600"
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Jan 4, 2010
i have acer aspire 5738G witho windows windows vista i upgrade OS to windows 7 and every think ok but my problem with acer powr smart manager didnot work when i press the button not work and lamp not light and not work and open launch manager and i select power smart manager.exe but no change... i have acer upgrade kit and i try install drivers and app but no change
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Dec 27, 2009
Wonder if anyone has upgraded to windows 7 x64 Home Premium and got the powersmart key working on this model? I have downloaded and installed the powersmart manager from the acer website but it has made no difference.
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May 2, 2014
Im using an HP DV6 - 7028TX, Product number: B3K22PA#ABG and im having an issue with the latest BIOS installation.
Currently I the bios version is F.2B and the most current one available is F.2D REV A.
So my issue is when I run the update feature through HP support assistant it runs fine and insydeflash says its succsessfully copied and requires a a restart. Upon restart the "press delete to enter setup" shows and then a blank screen and it remains on that blank screen indefinitly. Then by pressing the power button i restart the laptop and it boots up just fine.
I have tried downloading only the bios package from the hp support website and run it as administrator, but as on restart I just get the blank screen again and no response.
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Oct 5, 2009
I know this question is NOT about Dell Studio/Inspiron, but I know someone can help. So my old latitude D630 is messed up(running slowly, with all sorts of spyware and junk), so I decided to format and re-install XP. I used a bootable CD(which
"press any key to boot from CD..", it gives me this error:
"File i386iosinfo.inf cannot be loaded. The error is code 2... Setup cannot continue"
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Aug 26, 2009
I finally received my 14z yesterday afternoon and was excited to to install Windows 7 via USB.
I used this guide (Install Windows 7/Vista from USB drive) which worked flawlessly, but now
I'm wondering where you guys are downloading your x64 drivers. I'm also wondering where I can find drivers for two instances of "Base System Device" showing up in my Device Manager
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Mar 17, 2010
I'm not pleased with some of the bloatware the laptop shipped with, so I just wanted to make sure that I can clean install from the "Reinstallation DVD" my computer came with. The product key isn't on the disc but it does seem to be on a sticker on the bottom of the notebook. Am I safe in doing this? I've already backed up all my files...
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May 13, 2009
I have just ordered my M4400 with an 128gb ssd disk. I already have official windows XP 64 bit so i didn't order an operating system. My question is as follows:
1. with the SSD disk will i be able to install windows on my own? Am i going to need an extra driver like with the SATA drives?
2. if yes how will i be able to load it during the install? will i need nlite or similar software to create a windows installation cd?
3. Has anybody done it and knows the actual procedure? any other recomendations for the installation? Are there any tricks apart from installing the drivers in the order mentioned in the dell site?
4. Finally can i partition the SSD disk through the windows setup like with normal HDs?
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Nov 7, 2009
my computer can't "standby" or "hibernate" I can see that option but its disabled, what can I do?
I'm downloading some drivers right now like, my wireless card drivers, ethernet drivers and some others that were lost during the reinstall.
The drivers I'm missing are:
Ethernet Controller
Video controller
Video controller (VGA compatible) ....
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Jan 10, 2010
I own a Dell Studio SXPS16 and would like to install Windows 7.
My question being how will i install the drivers ???
Like do i have to download one by one or will windows 7 downloads themselves
Another point being how to do update my video drivers ??
Graphics Card - ATI 3670
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Dec 11, 2008
I have a lot of stability issues with Factory Vista x64 installation, I will try to install from scratch Windows XP x64 and Windows Vista x64, I am not very familiar with Dell Notebooks (ex Lenovo guy), please could you tell me where I can find the correct installation sequence for all the drivers and tools?, I did some tests already, but I was not able to successfully install Dell Control Point, I got and error in the middle of the installation, I think I am doing something wrong, also I have installed the driver for UWB, but I do not find the tool to setup the Wireless USB hub?
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Feb 2, 2009
After reading Its OFFICIAL! Windows XP works perfectly on the XPS m1330!, I've decided to install XP on my M1530, but i'm unsure on what to do about step 1:
"Step 1... You need a version of Windows XP SP2 with built-in SATA drivers... I personally used LastXP (feel free to go find this on a torrent site somewhere,
you have the option to install one of your own valid XP keys as part of its setup). (The other way is to put SATA drivers on a USB stick and hit F6 during initial Windows setup...) .....
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Jul 11, 2009
I'm trying to re-install Vista 32 bits on my laptop, but it gives me a error. The error that I get is:
Windows installation encountered an unexpected error. Verify that the installation sources are accessible, and restart the installation. Error code: 0xE0000100
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Feb 25, 2013
Any documentation or instructions that I can follow to successfully install Windows 8 onto a Precision M4600 as if Dell had done a factory install?
Here are the problems I've faced with the installation I've tried to do myself:
Fan comes on high speed when screen is locked and gone blank.
Dell have not provided drivers for everything under Windows 8, which means I've got to figure out (a) which drivers I need to get from Windows 7 and (b) what order to install them in.
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May 20, 2009
I've recently upgraded my 6930G to 4GB RAM as well as a 320GB & I decided to install Windows 7 64 bit RC instead of Vista.
I tried a test installation which went OK, with only 2 devices listed as requiring drivers to be installed are the Infra Red Device (which is listed as unknown device in Device Manager) and the fingerprint scanner.
What I was hoping is whether someone out there who's already installed Windows 7 RC and could help me with a guide for what other drivers should be installed, e.g. Chip set, ACHI etc. and whether they need to be installed in any particular order when it comes to installing for 'real'?
I noticed as well that the Acer empowering software was not compatable with Windows 7 (even in compatability mode), but am not sure whether this is any big deal?
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Jan 31, 2013
I'm trying to upgrade the operating system on my laptop. Preinstalled Windows 7 x64 Home Basic, and I update to Windows 8 x64 Professional. At the end of the installation process hangs and all I see on the screen - this is the logo in the center of the screen, a few words at the bottom and five frozen in one position points that previously ran in a circle.
I repeated the installation several times, but all of these attempts have ended the same way.
Have any of you have a similar situation and how you solved it?
I have a laptop - Dell Inspiron N5110.
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May 3, 2012
I have an HP Pavilion dv6500z (32-bit laptop) running Windows Vista Home Premium. I have a combined problem, and do not know if they are related, or separate.
1) I am missing an icon from the initial screen that you are presented with when Windows first comes up, where you select which account to login to, prior to any Login/PW screen. (see additional comments below).
This starting occurring on every "boot" (cold or warm) after having run my laptop in the Safe mode, to analyze a different issue.
2) My fingeprint scanner is not working...I no longer get any pop-up if I accidentally drag a finger across the scanner's eye.
Normally when I boot my computer, I get two icons to choose from: one with my name/icon. My account is a SysAdmin account, not a normal account. I know what its icon is. I don't remember what the other was...I don't think it was a Guest account since the icons (pictures) to choose from when creating a Guest account don't look familiar to what was on the screen as the 2nd icon. I don't remember what is was, but think that it was logging-in using the fingerprint scanner.
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