Ah-DOS.
Insert pic of Radar from Mash.
If I could only get there.
Advanced Install fails to provide the those menu items.
I’m not trying the repair/recovery option as it’s not even available.
I have the original install disc.
I’ve let it run and after 2 hours of “Completing Installation”, I’m nearly an hour into a black screen with a functioning mouse pad/cursor and nothing to click on.
At this point during the installation it is needing the SAT drivers installed. The drivers are on the Dell Drivers disk that you received with your computer. You can also follow the steps below.
You will need to install the Sata Driver. On one of the setup screens is an option to install drivers on the lower right side of the screen. Choose this option and put the Dell Driver disk in. The driver it is looking to install is the Intel Matrix Storage Driver. If you need to download this driver and put it on a disk you can click the title below.
Another way to complete the install without first installing the driver is to change the bios setting to ATA. To do this restart the system and press F2 to enter setup. Once there you can TAB down to Onboard Devices and hit Enter. Then tab down to SATA Operation. You will then see at the top of the screen on the right side ATA and AHCI. Change this to ATA. Save the changes and exit out. Once the system restarts you should be able to complete the install. After the install and you have loaded the drivers you will need to go back into the bios and change the setting back to AHCI.
Intel Matrix Storage Manager - Notebooks
Thanks, Dell-Jesse
Lots of issues here.
Firstly, it sounds like you may want to just control the tv with the laptop keyboard. That’s not possible as the tv is merely an extra monitor for the computer via the S-video setup.
A USB keyboard plugged into the smart TV and configured in the TV’s menu will allow controlling the TV with the keyboard vs. the clunky tv remote interface.
On to the computer.
Whelp, you blew out the BIOS settings which previously supported a working OS. Since it’s a laptop lots of issues can result from this.
First thought is the pause at a black screen after 1+ hr.s may indicate BIOS S3 power state has kicked in. Go into BIOS, find S1, S3 aka Power Saving settings and disable both S1 and S3.
Check also that the Plug and Play OS BIOS option is checked -which it should be by default.
And did you blow out the partitions? An OS install should go on the Primary partition otherwise there is trouble later on. The partitions are deleted from the disc during OS setup. Select all partitions it shows, find the delete key and delete them! When you have one, contiguous “Unallocated Space” you are clear to install there, and ONLY there.
The S-video to smart tv is easy. Just plug the tv in with the S-Video cable. Set the smart TV to output via that connection. Go into Windows. R-click Desktop, Properties. The smart TV will show up as an additional monitor. Select a resolution (lower is necessary since it’s a laptop video card). When the Desktop displays on the tv you’re good.
Those Dells are good machines.