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Precision T3610 always requires F1 to boot
Just as the title says.
We've got a Dell Precision T3610 that checks out on all Dell diagnostics, that nonetheless needs me to press F1 to boot every time. It claims it can find no bootable devices, and then wala! I press F1 and it magically finds one. >:/
JOcean
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September 13th, 2022 19:00
Not knowing exactly how old your system might be, assuming over 5 years anyway, it is possible the CMOS battery needs to be replaced.
Chino de Oro
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September 13th, 2022 22:00
Hello, if you use Windows, you may want to set Windows Boot Manager as first boot in BIOS settings. Or use BCDEdit for Editing Boot Options
Master-None
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September 14th, 2022 10:00
That is a huge pain, as the CMOS batteries on those precisions are an INCREDIBLE pain to get at and remove from their holders. I dunno why Dell put those big plastic tabs over the top of the cell, completely unnecessary, it's like it's clamped in there and I worry that forcing it will break them. >:/
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September 14th, 2022 10:00
This is a Windows 10 Pro system, and the Windows Boot Manager is the first and only option in the UEFI boot settings. I will check BCDEdit, though, I suppose that's a possibility? But it still doesn't make sense why it would say "No bootable devices found", only to then... you know, BOOT, after I press F1.
I'm a little hard-pressed to think it's something on the OS-side, since the UEFI hooks into the EFI file and that's that. It doesn't know to do anything else. So it's clearly doing the following:
Doesn't make any sense to me. I have also done the following:
I suppose I should run a chkdsk C: /r, but I'm not sure what else I can do at this point.
Chino de Oro
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September 14th, 2022 17:00
I suspect that you may have more than one drive in your system and the EFI boot partition was on the second drive (which is not a OS drive). Verify if that was the case.
Master-None
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September 15th, 2022 13:00
I do have another drive in the system, but it does not have a bootable partition or anything. I will try booting it unplugged to verify if this is the culprit, I may just need to wipe it.