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Grayed Out Bios On the Dell inspiron 3531
Solution! Hi, a few days ago I wanted to install windows XP on my dell Inspiron 15 3531. But when I tried changing the sata mode, the whole bios was grayed out, well everything except the bios and hard disk password. Here are the specs:
| Computer Model : | Inspiron 3531 |
| BIOS Vendor : | Dell Inc. |
| BIOS Version : | A03 |
| BIOS Date : | 7/30/14 |
Processor
| Processor : | Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N2830 @ 2.16GHz |
| Clock Speed : | 2.2Ghz |
| L2 Cache Size : | 1024 |
| Disk Drives | SanDisk SDSSDA120G ATA Device With Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate |
Any help would be appreciated
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April 24th, 2020 14:00
Hi, if you have the same problem, set a system password then reboot, then your bios will be back! Then you can remove your password if you would like
fireberd
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April 18th, 2020 16:00
Dell does not support XP on this model and thus no XP device drivers are available.
I would reconsider XP. Dell does support Win 7.
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April 18th, 2020 18:00
@fireberd Hi, I know that there is no drivers for windows XP and I just want to run it even if i don't have internet etc. but I am am able to run windows 98! Even if I can't run XP is there a way to enable the bios? Something worth mentioning is a recent hard drive upgrade to a SanDisk 120 GB SSD.
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April 19th, 2020 03:00
The BIOS and options is not available so I can't take a look at it, but on many Dells with a UEFI BIOS there is no option to run the Legacy BIOS mode, which XP needs. GPT formatted discs won't work in XP either.
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April 24th, 2020 13:00
@fireberd Hi, my dell Inspiron laptop does have legacy boot mode but I still do need that bios for a lot of things