Afternoon All!
My question is specifically: Does anyone know where I can find technical documentation on the process of the Dell Bios during boot up?
I've been kicking around an Inspiron E1705 laptop for more than a year now that I keep meaning to get to. It seems everytime I get started on it something else comes up and I get distracted. This unit will power up but hangs at the dell logo. The progress indicator bar always stops at a 1/3 of the way and then it just sits there. It hangs before any options appear to enter bios, select boot device, etc...
When this was first given to me the previous owner had ordered a second video card (GPU is a module.) which produced the same symptoms. At that time I also had an identical laptop that worked great. Basically I swapped the motherboard between units and the problem followed MB. The only thing I can't specifically remember doing is a reset of the bios if there is even a way to even do that?
I am suspecting some type of bios corruption which really caused me to start thinking and questioning. What exactly is the process the dell bios goes through behind the scenes when it boots up? This would help me identify what it's doing at 1/3 of the way when it gets stuck.
Any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions are greatly welcomed and appreciated.
Thank you
My question is specifically: Does anyone know where I can find technical documentation on the process of the Dell Bios during boot up?
I've been kicking around an Inspiron E1705 laptop for more than a year now that I keep meaning to get to. It seems everytime I get started on it something else comes up and I get distracted. This unit will power up but hangs at the dell logo. The progress indicator bar always stops at a 1/3 of the way and then it just sits there. It hangs before any options appear to enter bios, select boot device, etc...
When this was first given to me the previous owner had ordered a second video card (GPU is a module.) which produced the same symptoms. At that time I also had an identical laptop that worked great. Basically I swapped the motherboard between units and the problem followed MB. The only thing I can't specifically remember doing is a reset of the bios if there is even a way to even do that?
I am suspecting some type of bios corruption which really caused me to start thinking and questioning. What exactly is the process the dell bios goes through behind the scenes when it boots up? This would help me identify what it's doing at 1/3 of the way when it gets stuck.
Any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions are greatly welcomed and appreciated.
Thank you
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