Precision 7875 Tower Hard Drive Boot Option Not Available

Summary: This article provides information about The Hard Drive boot option disappearing when trying to boot from the F12 menu on the Precision 7875 tower.

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Symptoms

 

When the system has the Hard Drive password and RAID on mode, the hard drive boot option disappears when resuming from hibernate mode (S4) or shutdown mode (S5) and when trying to boot from the F12 menu on the Precision 7875 tower.

 

Cause

BIOS coding issue, storage communication time-out

 

Resolution

Updating the BIOS to version 01.02.42 or later on the computer resolves the issue. To download and install the BIOS, reference BIOS Update Guide.

Affected Products

Precision 7875 Tower
Article Properties
Article Number: 000220741
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2025
Version:  6
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