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Dell xps 400 won't boot after loading defaults
My xps 400 won't boot after the windows xp screen after I loaded system defaults in the bios. First it would say floppy diskette error, so I went to the bios and turned off the floppy drive cuz I don't even have one. Now it will go to a blue for like a split second then restart itself to a never ending cycle. Any help would be appreciated.
jackshack
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July 15th, 2009 10:00
Try going back to system setup and changing your SATA controller to something else. I don't know about the XPS 400, but the 410 came set to RAID ON despite having only one drive. I believe the default is simply RAID Autodetect/AHCI, which could have something to do with your problem. On the other hand, if you find it already set to RAID ON, try setting it to RAID Autodetect/AHCI to see if that helps.
Julian8127
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August 6th, 2009 20:00
Hey it worked! I did what you said and it worked perfectly fine. I know this thread is old and I got my computer working weeks ago but I think you deserve the credit for helping me find the solution. Thanks!