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February 28th, 2011 05:00
Boot on a USB 3 port
Hi,
On my Precision M6500, I try to boot on an external USB3 hard drive.
But, the USB 3 hard drive does not appear in the BIOS, so I cannot boot on it... But, if I go under Windows, it works correctly.
If I plug the HDD on a USB 2 port, it works correctly.
Is there a way (or a new bios) to make USB3 port bootable ?
Thank you and best regards,
Marc.
Marcofil
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February 28th, 2011 05:00
It is strange !
When I bought this PC to DELL, I have precisely asked to be able to boot on an USB3 external disk... And they say it was OK with the DELL Precision M6500...
ejn63
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February 28th, 2011 05:00
Most likely not, since the USB 3 controller isn't part of the system chipset - it is an add-on chip.
The forthcoming Intel Sandy Bridge architecture includes USB 3.0 support and will likely allow booting from the USB 3.0 port.
Marcofil
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February 28th, 2011 06:00
Does someone know if the Precision M6500 has the "power over eSATA" functionnality ?
ejn63
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February 28th, 2011 06:00
Yes, it does.
pcsorin
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March 24th, 2013 13:00
hi , if u are looking to boot from a second hard, you have a good laptop that u can use msata ssd ( mini pcie ssd )