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No bios?
I updated the BIOS on my inspiron 546 2 weeks ago from version a02 to a10 I believe.Normaly When i start my pc up I leave the room so I never noticed I was missing the dell splash screen on start up intill now.I was trying to enter my bios to set it to boot from cd-rom for a software install and I can't.
I have no splash screen and hitting F8,F10,F12 all take me to a page asking to start up in safe mode or last best configuration for windows,etc
I can't do a system restore.but i do have the ultility cd-rom ..Anyone have a idea how I can get the splash screen/bios to work?
puffins27
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November 23rd, 2009 13:00
Simple enough =) thanks..Would you happen to know why the splash screen is gone?
The_Namek
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November 23rd, 2009 13:00
puffins27,
F2 is the key that accesses the BIOS on an Inspiron 546.
The_Namek
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November 23rd, 2009 14:00
No problem. The splash screen is probably gone because fast boot is enabled in the BIOS. It can be turned off in there.
puffins27
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November 23rd, 2009 15:00
*edited* Ok i managed to get into bios seems i have to hit f2 many times over.I changed what you mentioned to enabled so I could get the splash screen.But now I'm getting beep codes. one beep as soon as I reboot (which it always did) and a second beep as soon as the vista icon screen appears..Any thoughts?
The_Namek
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November 23rd, 2009 15:00
Did you change fast boot to enabled or disabled? Enabled is the default setting. You should set it to disabled in order to get the splash screen to appear.
puffins27
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November 23rd, 2009 16:00
I went back in and it is changed to disabled.I have the splash screen back but like I said before I now after I set it to disabled get a extra beep at the vista start up logo I checked the beep codes and Im not sure what that means.I get the normal "everything is ok" beep when I turn the pc on but this beep is after everything loads and just before the welcome screen for vista appears.Everything in the bios is default other than the fast setting I ran a memory check and nothing was wrong.Is this some kind of post boot check beep/error?.
puffins27
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November 23rd, 2009 16:00
For the heck of it i went and turned the splash screen back off and the second beep code stopped so i guess it's no big deal.It never happened when i had the splash screen before the bios update so i'll assume it has something to do with that.I'll learn to live with the extra beep .
Sorry for the many posts :emotion-1: and thanks for your help.
The_Namek
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November 23rd, 2009 16:00
I don't think I could tell you what the second beep is about without actually playing around with an Inspiron 546 for a little while. There's nothing about beep codes or diagnostic LEDs in the online documentation for this model.