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Win Service pack 2 with Dell dimension 4600

  • 21-04-2005 1:50pm
    #1
    snakeater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭


    Hi maybe most of you are already aware of this, but I thought I'd post this as a warning anyway.

    My desktop is a Dell Dimension 4600 and when I installed Service pack 2 my pc would hang at the welcome screen and I could not log on. When I searched the net to see what my problem was it turns out I should have downloaded a BIOS update from Dell's site. Probably serves me right for not checking out everything before I installed SP2 :(


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  • #2
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Thats is a very odd thing, having to do a BIOS update to install a service pack. First I've heard of this. Contact Dell and ask them.


  • #3
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    That doesn't seem right. Generally hangs are to do with software, not hardware (and BIOS might as well be hardware)

    With Dell, anything could happen, just give them a call (or go online [i've been brainwashed!])


  • #4
    hostyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭hostyle


    snapscan1212p wrote:
    That doesn't seem right. Generally hangs are to do with software, not hardware (and BIOS might as well be hardware)

    I've had the complete opposite experience. All bluescreens/hangs I've had with modern Windows releases (2k / XP) have always been hardware related.


  • #5
    snakeater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭snakeater


    These links here have some info about the problem I encountered

    Windows support

    about hallfway down the page under "What To Do Before You Download Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)" part 4

    Dell support


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