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June 6th, 2016 13:00
No bootable device AW 17 R3 - Windows 10 preinstalled
Hello,
I have recently bought an Alienware 17 R3 but whenever i want to boot it keeps saying not bootable device found. Once it did boot, but now it doesn't.. at all!
Neither can I run the diagnostic tool that the qr code generated from the "on board" diagnostics because it requires windows to be booted. Anyway, the qr code error was generated on a hdd error as in the picture below.
I found this guide but i can't afford to unscrew every time and hope.
Please give me a solution because this is unacceptable.
Regards
[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA__bJO_WN8:550:0]
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mohamadch
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June 14th, 2016 07:00
What bios do you have installed ?
IonNeculce
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June 14th, 2016 07:00
Hello,
So I have finally one week later, managed to get into windows repositioned the HDD... now it sees the hdd and my sata ssd. What I have concluded so far is that resitting the sata cable gave me a positive result but after 2 days of continuous use it errored me again one more time.
The HDD was verified to not have any errors by HDD Sentinel. The only issue shown was "The hdd was unable to communicate with host 400+ times. No bad or weak sectors detected".
Now with the SSD Toshiba Q Series Pro 256 GB installed with the win 10 recovery image from dell, I seem to be limited by Sata 2 speeds with all drivers up to date, kionix drivers on or off (same thing). I've run several benchmarks and read/write results are half of what the normal output of the ssd should be.(200-250 MB/s instead of 470-500 MB/s on sequential read/write)
IonNeculce
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June 14th, 2016 07:00
Bios version, latest 1.2.14. Sata mode always set to AHCI.