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Checking for media presence on boot annoying message ?
I have the 15 R3 and just had a engineer replace the keyboard and MOBO
When I turn the laptop on I see the Alienware logo then have the annoying message "Checking for media presence on boot" and then Windows loads
How can I get rid of this message as since replacing the parts it has appeared. UEFI and safe boot is turned on ?
I have the 15 R3 and just had a engineer replace the keyboard and MOBO
When I turn the laptop on I see the Alienware logo then have the annoying message "Checking for media presence on boot" and then Windows loads
How can I get rid of this message as since replacing the parts it has appeared. UEFI and safe boot is turned on ?Was it running Windows-10 at time of MB swap?If you run msinfo32, what does it say about the status of SecureBoot?Dell Rockstar
Microsoft Windows and Apple iOS Developer (Retired)
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Yes, it can be "turned on" in BIOS ... but unless Windows actually "reports it" as being ON in msinfo32 ... it's not actually working or configured properly.Dell Rockstar
Microsoft Windows and Apple iOS Developer (Retired)
- Like many of you, I can appreciate a good game-engine.
- I answer questions here, but I'm not a Dell employee.
- Consider giving posts you like a "thumbs-up"
- Posting models-numbers and software versions speeds trouble-shooting.
- Click "Mark as Accepted Answer" on any post that answers your question best.What order do have your boot devices set to in the BIOS?
It seems to me to be more likely that the new MB is what changed, rather than anything in Windows itself.
For UEFI & SecureBoot: Windows Boot Manager
For Legacy: HDD-0/SSD-0 (or drive with active/bootable OS partition C:).
Dell Rockstar
Microsoft Windows and Apple iOS Developer (Retired)
- Like many of you, I can appreciate a good game-engine.
- I answer questions here, but I'm not a Dell employee.
- Consider giving posts you like a "thumbs-up"
- Posting models-numbers and software versions speeds trouble-shooting.
- Click "Mark as Accepted Answer" on any post that answers your question best.Every time I try and set Windows Boot Manager to be top it just won't save in the BIOS. I restart and it hasn't changed. Hoping for an answer and once again another problem with this new laptop. I have an SSD in and Windows is installed to that
I think that will happen if you install Windows clean with incorrect BIOS options, or install to a HDD/SDD with existing hidden partitions.However, if you can get into Windows-10, you really should check 2 things, to make sure you don't have 2 other (separate but related) issues. If you do have them, you likely want to know so you can take care of them all at once.1. Can you Activate your Windows-10?2. Does msinfo32 report that SecureBoot is actually On. It doesn't magically turn on, just because you have the BIOS options for it turned on ... especially after a motherboard swap.Dell Rockstar
Microsoft Windows and Apple iOS Developer (Retired)
- Like many of you, I can appreciate a good game-engine.
- I answer questions here, but I'm not a Dell employee.
- Consider giving posts you like a "thumbs-up"
- Posting models-numbers and software versions speeds trouble-shooting.
- Click "Mark as Accepted Answer" on any post that answers your question best.
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Posted November 12th, 2016 04:00
Any help as I don't really want to reinstall windows