USB boot problem

Question

I made a bootable USB stick, and I can not used to boot on the latitude D610, on other PC his USB is working nice as a booting device. I made bios update but no use. Can I get a tip?

Art · Answer

Perhaps you need to go to BIOS Menu (F12 or F2 on first boot screen) and set that as first device to boot from, F12 should allow you to do it as a 'one time setting'.

Art · Answer

You might check to see that you have Notebook System Software installed, it is critical for the correct operation of USB devices.

sorinn · Answer

I did what u suggested to me before but no use at all...

sorinn · Answer

the problem is that i can not boot from my USB stick. But I tried to boot on other machines and it was booting just fine. There is no problem with my operating sistem. There is a problem, as far I can see, from the laptop bios cause it can not boot from my stick. So I seek for a solution...or a clue.

sorinn · Answer

Because is a different machine, D610 than D600 ,and bios revisions aren't the same. I tried hard to solve this problem, but in the end the answer was a bios problem...

Shawn2019 · Answer

I searched the forum and here it says they fixed the problem on D600 BIOS ver A5: Check it here   But why my D610 BIOS A5, A6 still has this bug?

Shawn2019 · Answer

I am really disappointed in Dell's tech. But, thanks a lot, sorinn

sorinn · Answer

Usually: USB Storage Devices means that u can boot from any external device that has an usb cable (as external DVDROM's, floppy disks, HDD, USB sticks...) but in this particular case is not available. I manage to boot on any device as DVDROM, HDD and floppy (external) ,but no bootable USB...

sorinn · Answer

In fact the bios does not recognize the USB stick as a boot device.

Shawn2019 · Answer

So, what's this boot option for('USB Storage Devices')?

sorinn · Answer

Is a bios problem, let's hope that on next  revision they will solve this issue.  Till then let's hope that they figure how...

Shawn2019 · Answer

I have the same problem about USB boot.

My laptop is Latitude D610 and I also have a 512MB DELL USB Memory Stick, which come with my laptop .

I can only format this USB stick to HDD mode, (because it's over 256MB, ZIP or FDD mode are not available). But I can not boot my laptop with it! I tried it on my desktop, and it works!

I tried to update the fireware of my laptop to A6, but still I can not find USB boot mode like ZIP, HDD or FDD.

So, I guess my Latitude D610 still doesn't support HDD mode USB boot, does it?

sorinn · Answer

In fact......... i feel the same , so i shall think to get me another laptop....NO Dell :) But I hope to get another revision for that bios maybe a A1112321 to solve that :))))))))))

Ronnie-J · Answer

I've got the same problem on a D610 with an external USB 80 gig drive. I've applied external power to the drive - it will not boot unless I place the drive in the internal bay. I started at A05 and upgraded to A06 - same problem.

The symptom I get is it starts to boot - I get the XP load screen - then the screen blanks and BIOS power-on-self-test runs again. I pulled the internal drive out to make sure it was not interfering.

Anyone have any ideas?

Ron

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