I would put Windows 7 back on the computer since Windows 7 was working for you. I cannot say if Windows 10 will work on this computer since Dell did not test it with Win 10 or create any Win 10 drivers for it. I have read here on the forum that others have installed Windows 10 on older computers.
You can surely try again installing it, but make sure you update the bios first. I would also do a fresh install as opposed to an upgrade. You may have better luck.
The M5040 offered the following video cards. Both support DX9.
Thanks for your advice Jesse I'll probably just go back to windows 7, as I think it should possible to install 10 on this computer, but looks like it's pretty tricky for me. It been whole day doing research and trying to fix this
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October 27th, 2015 06:00
art4444,
I would put Windows 7 back on the computer since Windows 7 was working for you. I cannot say if Windows 10 will work on this computer since Dell did not test it with Win 10 or create any Win 10 drivers for it. I have read here on the forum that others have installed Windows 10 on older computers.
You can surely try again installing it, but make sure you update the bios first. I would also do a fresh install as opposed to an upgrade. You may have better luck.
The M5040 offered the following video cards. Both support DX9.
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October 27th, 2015 20:00
Thanks for your advice Jesse I'll probably just go back to windows 7, as I think it should possible to install 10 on this computer, but looks like it's pretty tricky for me. It been whole day doing research and trying to fix this
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October 29th, 2015 01:00
Revert to Windows 7 and ensure you have the latest BIOS revision installed.
Wait until Windows 10 TH2 is out on the maintrack before trying again so you can directly clean install it.
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October 29th, 2015 22:00
Thanks Natakuc4 for the helpful info.