Enable ahci on dell 6400 - Dell Inspiron 6400 Notebook

Hi friend,

Please follow this link.. it will helpful for your problem

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bios-boot-cdrom

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Trinoj

Hi Jordan,
You should be able to access your BIOS setting when you first turn on the pc. The first screen you see will tell you (briefly) to push either the Esc button, or F8, F12 to access the BIOS setup. Once your in the BIOS you may have to hunt down the control your looking for but the options are not that many and you should be able find it within a few minutes. Word of warning, by changing settings in the BIOS, you can cause your pc to act much differently or not even boot up correctly. So if you enable the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) and it does not act like you want it to, you can always change it back.
Hope this helps

If you would like to make use of the SATA controller's AHCI features, you should enable this BIOS feature. But please note that enabling this feature requires you to load the SATA controller driver during the Windows XP installation routine.
If you do not intend to use the AHCI features, it's recommended that you disable this BIOS feature. This allows you to use the native Windows XP driver. You won't need to load the SATA controller driver during the Windows XP installation routine.

Read more: http://www.techmetica.com/howto/sata-ahci-mode-bios-setting.-what-does-it-do/#ixzz0y5ObAtN8

You can turn on/off Bluetooth and Wireless using the Fnand F2 key.
To enable or disable wireless networking, press <Fn><F2>.
Turns on when a card with Bluetooth® wireless
technology is enabled.
NOTE: The card with Bluetooth wireless technology is an optional feature, so the ordered the card with your computer. For more information,
see the documentation that came with your card.
To turn off only the Bluetooth wireless technology
functionality, right-click the
area and click Disable Bluetooth Radio.
To quickly enable or disable all wireless devices, press
<Fn><F2>.

Please refer the page #69 to 74 for complete information on the Wireless and Blue-tooth

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/om/MD402AO3.pdf

The most popular Blue Screen of Death error in Windows is the STOP 0x0000007B error, sometimes called the 0x7b error or the "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE" BSOD.
This BSOD (which is actually the common name for a STOP Error) could mean that there's a serious hardware problem with a hard drive controller, a driver issue, or even a boot sector virus.
In your case though, this is most likely one of 4 capacitors that are known to blow out on any SX270. Slide the bar at the back of your PC to the remove cover side and look inside for swollen caps. Remove the fans and cpu cover as well and check around there. Replace any bad ones you can find with old caps borrowed from an old motherboard if you have one, or new ones from any decent electronics parts warehouse. This fix has worked for me on every SX270 I have ever had.

OK try this, go to the bios and disable the AHCI, and change it to the alternative which is ATA?. The PC should now boot up perfectly fine. See if I can re-enable the AHCI once you install all the dell drivers properly in the Windows OS.

the side of the computer is usually where it is, it slides up.....

Click the buttor or if you use windows go Start -> Control panel -> Mouse -> Synaptics and enable your touch pad.

Here are my recommendations for this issue:

1. Reseat the battery.
2. Remove All External Components
3. Check the battery connectors on the battery and the system. Examine the connector on the battery and the system. Make sure that there is no physical damage and that it is clear of debris.
4. Remove All External Components
5. Try a known-good battery in the system, if available.

The Wi-FI light turns on when wireless networking is enabled. To enable or disable wireless networking, press and hold the blue <Fn> key and press the <F2> key. The <Fn> key is located on the lower left hand side of the keyboard.


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