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Offline Intheswamp

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Dell bios problem????
« on: June 26, 2013, 05:48:05 pm »
Ok, one of the two Dell 780 3GHz computers (the one I'm using) that I got has a problem of sorts.  These computers are running Win7 Pro 64-bit.  The blue progress bar that is seen when the bios is booting up only fills in one segment of the bar length and then goes on to the Windows splash screen.  The other 780 completely fills out the bar before going on to the Windows splash screen.  Both take about the same time to get to windows.  I'm figuring on putting our small business on these two computers and I'm wondering about this discrepancy between the two computers.

The only problem that I've had has to do with a weather website that I put online... www.beeweather.com ...with the problem being on the page www.beeweather.com/gauges-ss.htm .  The gauges work ok but the LCD "tape" forecast at the top does not....both the tape and gauges use the same uploaded text file to operate.  The problem appears to be only with this computer with the short "progress bar" as the other computer has no problem with the forecast.  The computer that works ok has a version A04 (older) bios while the one I'm having a problem with has a newer bios...A14.  I'm wondering if this website issue could be associated with the truncated "progress bar"...if it might be a symptom.

A final question...can I replace the newer A14 bios with the older A04 bios?

Thanks,
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Re: Dell bios problem????
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2013, 07:29:17 pm »
Well, I got the progress bar working...for what it's worth.  It was the bios.   I flashed the bios with the (older) A04 firmware (system said the flash failed, but it did actually work).  The progress bar worked with A04 installed.  I then reflashed it back to A14....the progress bar again wasn't working right.  I ended up with the highest version I could get to and still have the progress bar working...that was version A10.  So, the progress bar is working.

The website issue is still there, though.  No great deal as the forecast on the webpage works on all the other computers that I have access to.  Odd that it won't work on this one, though.   :?

Ed
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Re: Dell bios problem????
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2013, 06:31:13 pm »
I got it all working...  :)

Ed
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Re: Dell bios problem????
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2013, 12:35:16 am »
well glad everyone here could help you out. ha ha.

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Re: Dell bios problem????
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2013, 01:11:07 am »
They've been great help before.  I just imagine they're all elbow-deep in bees about now or either slinging honey. :)

Ed
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Re: Dell bios problem????
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2013, 09:17:36 am »
Was the Bios the problem? seems unlikely.
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Re: Dell bios problem????
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2013, 02:47:49 am »
heh, don't doubt, it. I was just being a smartass. glad you fixed the issue in any case. ;)

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Re: Dell bios problem????
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2013, 12:18:53 pm »
As mentioned earlier, the bios was the problem with the Dell boot-up progress bar.  The problem with the website took a lot of hard work, much indept research, a high degree of education, and great expertise....I had not set the time to the correct time zone.  :laugh:  Alls well now. ;)

Ed
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American blood spilled to protect the freedom and peace of people all over the world.  320,000 USA casualties in WWI, 1,076,000 USA casualties in WWII, 128,000 USA casualties in the Korean War, 211,000 casualties in the Vietnam "conflict", 57,000 USA casualties in "War on Terror".  Benghazi, Libya, 13 USA casualties. These figures don't include 70,000 MIA.  But, the leaders of one political party of the United States of America continue to make the statement..."What difference does it make?".

"We can't expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism."..."The press is our chief ideological weapon." - Nikita Khrushchev

"Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they wont come to yours." - Yogi Berra