I have never had the issue with a Dell tech but many years ago I had a Tandy service person swap me processors.
Jon On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not entirely positive. This was my first experience with Dell > "consumer" support. I was surprised how adamant they were that their > authorized service rep performed the hardware replacement. I knew I was in > trouble when I saw him continually messing with the PXE boot options for the > integrated NIC in an attempt to resolve the issue. I'll check the processor > when I get home tonight. > > - Sean > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are you sure they put the correct processor in place? Could it be a x32 >> bit processor now instead of the x64? >> >> Jon >> >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Sean Martin >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dell Studio 540 - Windows Vista Ultimate x64 >>> >>> I recently experienced a hardware issue with my desktop. Dell dispatched >>> a technician who was able to resolve the hardware issue by replacing the >>> motherboard, cpu and power supply. It appears the CPU was the culprit behind >>> the original hardware issue. However, now my desktop won't boot. It's as if >>> the hard drives are unrecognized. I see the all too familiar message >>> "Missing Operating System". I loaded the original OS disk that came with the >>> desktop. It sees the C: partition as unformatted. >>> >>> Desktop is configured with two 640GB Samsung SATA drives in a RAID 0 >>> config. From what I can tell, the drives are plugged in correctly. The only >>> configuration options in the BIOS are "ATA" or "RAID" for the onboard >>> peripheral devices. I can choose RAID, save changes and exit, yet it still >>> won't boot. Going back into the BIOS, the same option is set back to >>> ATA. This is an integrated RAID controller, and I see the same symptoms >>> using the original motherboard and the replacement motherboard. The PC does >>> initiate one beep, followed by 3 quick beeps during post, but later research >>> seems to indicate the beeps are related to the USB devices I have plugged >>> in. >>> >>> I can't help but think there should be additional RAID configuration >>> options, but none are to be found. Are there any tips and/or tricks I'm >>> missing, or is it likely the original CPU problem has somehow caused this >>> additional issue? Shouldn't the RAID configuration be accessible from the >>> drives themselves? >>> >>> If there doesn't appear to be any solutions, is anyone familiar with an >>> external SATA drive bay I can plug these drives into and then possibly >>> access from another PC via USB? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
