Posts by WeAreNotAlone

Quote: Originally Posted by rel87 THANK YOU so much! I was on the phone Dell for 4hrs and got nothing but the run around about fixing this same issue. They wanted to restore my computer and make me pay $59 for nothing so...

RE: For those that have done a CLEAN install, deleted the Media partition, zero'd out the hard drive deleted the HPA partition, Replaced the Harddrive, or are running Linux here is a thread about disabling the Media Direct Button so...

Reserved space for info on modifying the Media Direct Button Micro-switch permanently.

CHEAP, EASY, REVERSIBLE FIX that keeps Media Direct from overwriting the MASTER BOOT RECORD below. (Dell Laptops - 2009 and earlier?) PROBLEM: On a pre-ver 4.xx Media Direct Dell laptop that has the hard drive replaced, The...

Hello all... For those reporting that pushing the Media Direct button while the PC is powered off has trashed their OS install (won't boot), but pushing the media direct button again then restarted it fixes the Master-Boot-Record so the...

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...224058&lang=en#

. First of all Kudo's (many thanks) for taking the time to post back /create a totally new thread as I'm sure it will help someone. On the link though.. just tried it... are you sure this is the correct link you used?:...

Quote: Originally Posted by BB69 Hello, this is my first thread here. I have spend the last week and half getting where I am, and doing a lot of searching and waiting for HP chat sessions. Anyway, I bought a new HP...

Check HP partsurfer: See if the MOTHERBOARD used is the same from whatever cpu you're wanting to use.. (Find a model within the same product range using the cpu you're thinking about, see if the same motherboard is used in both...

. On most machines, you can run a HD test from the BIOS... .