Stupid Dell Help~~!!!

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wubbie412

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ummm i know alll of you guys know how retarded Dell is.. and some of you really despise them... well i willl be joining your rank pretty soon cuz its pissing me off too...

heres the thing... i wnated to reinstall os again and start fresh again (this is my brothers comp).

so i deleted the partition and everything but hwen it tries to install OS... the hard drive automatically tries to execute a file and when i press open.. the installation stops.

wth?

so i installed a new ATA hard drive to replace the old one and now it leads me to what i get in setup (delete button) and then it just stay there... i tried changing the boot order and everythign but it would just give me a warning msg (plz press f1 for setup or f2 for boot menu....) - just that one line everything i try to start. ugh... and continually makes the beep sound...

help me... ugh.. plz..
 
what exactly is your problem? Sounds to me like a bios issue, try goin on the mobo and resetting the cmos setting and try putting everthing back into a default setting state and see what happens.
 
ok don't hate, but go into setup(f2) turn on caps lock, scroll lock, and num lock, so all are lit, hit alt+f, should beep, alt+e should beep once, if more than once hit it until it's only 1 beep, then alt+b should reboot, that'll load setup defaults and clear nvram off the board, then go into setup and disable any features that aren't on system(floppy drive, etc..), good luck
 
Not sure what your problem is exactly, but it sounds like you can't boot from your windows disk. If you want to boot off a CD, hit F12 to bring up the boot option menu and then choose USB/Onboard CD-Rom.
 
Caliche said:
what exactly is your problem? Sounds to me like a bios issue, try goin on the mobo and resetting the cmos setting and try putting everthing back into a default setting state and see what happens.
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how do u do that?

n ill try everything you guys have mentioned hwen i get home. thanks guys! =)
 
wubbie412 said:
how do u do that?
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Shut down the machine, unplug the psu and remove the battery thats on the mobo for a few minutes. Install the battery and the cmos should be reset. I don't think there are any jumpers on Dell mobo's, I could be wrong, but if I remember correctly the last one I worked didn't have any.. That should do it.

Oh, and what, exactly does this have to do with video cards?? Wrong forum, should be in Operating Systems.....
 
digital_exhaust said:
Shut down the machine, unplug the psu and remove the battery thats on the mobo for a few minutes. Install the battery and the cmos should be reset. I don't think there are any jumpers on Dell mobo's, I could be wrong, but if I remember correctly the last one I worked didn't have any.. That should do it.

Oh, and what, exactly does this have to do with video cards?? Wrong forum, should be in Operating Systems.....
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depends on the system, some have jumpers, some don't clearing the nvram and setup defaults is basically the same as clearing cmos:)
 
dell dimension 3000 (its a piece of crap..lol) rite now im just trying to salvage it.. n atleast get it to work or let me install os...
 
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