sounds like you got lucky! good for you! My last system exchange was built new instead of outlet and I got mine in 6 days. And I thought that was fast...
I agree that dell released this system prematurely. Exactly like the i9200. But the 9200 was re-released as the 9300 a few months later (or was it days) and had completely different base components.
and after Alexander's comments, I...
No problems here. Used both OS'es and switched a couple of times. No problems at all. I would go into your bios and set the defaults. Reboot. Rinse. Repeat. Then see what happens.
It would be an imaging nightmare to code a specific key to a drive... The only way I would think is they have it the same way as before or you have to enter your key like an oem
So what you are saying is that the computer wont boot off the Bios flash CD? I would recommend starting by flashing back to stock.rom and going from there... If you can. Can you get into safe mode and delete the video...