Whenever I boot up my Dell 4100 PC I get before windows xp loads, pres <Del> to coninue and then the computer boots up. I tried to update, flash my bios to the newest version but it still does it.
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Whenever I boot up my Dell 4100 PC I get before windows xp loads, pres <Del> to coninue and then the computer boots up. I tried to update, flash my bios to the newest version but it still does it.
are you sure it says to continue or does it say to enter setup??
I also have the dell 4100 and the same thing happens to me. I have windows ME installed, so it's not the operating system. Seeing there were no replies, maybe another forum would be better to answer this question. Let me know if you figure it out.
no replys? lol
it sounds more like normal operation to me, we would need more info on what the exact message is, also being you two have the same system , that makes me think that its even more normal operation and not XP related.
Well it happened to me the last time I had to reinstall xp after everything was installed I went to reboot and now I need to press (del) key to continue. I get the dell logo and the info telling me about my spec, processor speed, ram etc with press (del) to continue. Dell support tried to help me but they were stumped we tryed everything. It is really no big deal just I would like to know what is wrong.
press (del) and see if it enters the bios, if it does its normal
it kinda sounds like the cmos battery has died and needs to be replaced, hence the request to either enter setup, press a key to load defaults or press a key to continue.
Since my message, I contacted Dell. They said I had to 1. flash the bios. 2. Reset to default and 3. clear NVRAM. Unfortunately, in order to accomplish step 3, you have to open the case and change the jumper so it will boot into "maintanence mode". You then go into setup and clear the NVRAM (whatever that is). Then you change the jumpers back abnd reboot. Needless to say, I kina haven't gotton aroound to doing step 3!
Makes you wonder what the hardware developers at Dell were thinking. Actually, they came to their senses in the 8000 series because there you can accompish step 3 via software control apparently.
turn on system
enter either BIOS or windows
See if date is correct(dont alawys trust windows on this one, BIOS is better)
if the BIOS battery is dead the date will never hold.