XPS One 2710 - Win8 reinstall disk question

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• Dell XPS One 2710 Fresh install

  I want to do a new install of the operating system with a new SSD, I intend to buy my 3 years old Dell XPS One 2710. It is my understanding that the Windows operating system authorization key is integrated into the motherboard. I think it is in the BIOS from what I've read.

  My question is if I install a new hard drive and do a clean from scratch the Windows OS authorization key install will still be valid and knit?  Moreover, would this work if I tried to do a clean install of Windows 10? Thank you!

  Throw the DVD in the trash if its for Windows 8.0 which is end of life. A DVD can be refused by SecureBoot. Also the Windows 8.0 installation and then allowing Windows Update for Windows 8.1 will lead to catastrophic performance.

  Its really simple to do theres just a bunch of information about the editions at the beginning... which often get confused. It seems that you are sure that your edition 8.1 Windows (Home) is however. Take a look at the associated tutorial video too:

  https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=Is6I9B9kjFM&list=PL1RkaknDn7v9wEeh0YXFqOFsrmws-9fYn&index=1

  This video tutorial is more direct because it focused only on Windows 8.x OEM with a UEFI BIOS licenses that apply to your system. It omits all details on retail licenses and hardware legacy. Note the .isos used in the tutorial video are Windows 8.1 with Update 2 and not Windows 8.1 with update 1 as shown.

• Windows 7 x 64 installation DVD does not start on a Dell XPS One 2710

  I apologize in advance for the long post...

  Just got a Dell XPS One 2710.  Lot has happened, but let me clarify the current number as briefly as possible: the machine does not start from the HARD internal disk or the Windows 7 Installer x 64 DVD.  He gets through loading files and then gray progress bar when its colorful animation it blue screens with error CACHE_MANAGER.

  I ran the diagnostic, including tests extended memory tests, and they have not found any error in what either.

  When I was troubleshooting this problem previously, in some sort the motherboard got bricks (I don't know what exactly I did to cause that), but Dell has since replaced.  The first motherboard had BIOS version A09.  It has installed A11.

  I can't find any BIOS settings combination that will allow even the Installer Windows DVD to start with the Blue error screen CACHE_MANAGER.  I tried the UEFI boot modes and legacy, I tried RAID and AHCI.  I tried with and without loading legacy OPROMs.

  What I ultimately do is set the start mode of RAID so that I can use the SSD mSATA as a cache ("Accelerate" in the Intel RST Panel).  But I can not even the installer to start on where I can load drivers RST (assuming it's even necessary).

  Other posts have suggested problems with memory, but I took each of the two DIMMS one at a time and I always had the same problem.

  Should I suspect the hard drive?  When we arrived at the machine, he seemed to be running Windows 8 very well - until we went on the way to the side dark and downgraded to Windows 7.  Then once we started to have errors on updates, things has quickly degenerated from there.  In addition, again, diagnoses don't find any problems.

  Any suggestions on how to get at least this puppy to start?   .. .or what have we done wrong?

  Thanks EJN.  It turns out that there is certainly a hardware problem on this machine.  It was a refurbished Dell making machine and apparently when they renovated the it, they missed the real problem.

  The way I know that it is material, it's that we bought actually 2 of them at the same time.  When I started to suspect the material, I decided to try this process on the other.  He worked like a knife through hot butter.  But I will say that the combination of the BIOS set to boot legacy mode and still start the installation with the option to UEFI DVD in the start menu was not easy to understand at first.  But when I followed the correct steps, everything worked very well.

  For those of you who might try this, here are a few things I learned along the way:

  1. According to EJN, take the time to get/burn a CD to install Windows 7 x 64 that already has SP1 on it.  If you go to preserve the UEFI partitions and the boot hard disk, you must have x 64.  x 86 (32-bit) does not support UEFI.

  2 unzip the RAID drivers to the * root * your USB flash or floppy drive and have it in the machine when you start the installation DVD.  I could be wrong, but it seemed to me that the installer looked for them without having to explicitly say it loads the me.

  3. as said EJN, set your BIOS boot legacy mode but use F12 at startup to bring up the Windows Boot Manager and start the installation in UEFI boot mode DVD.  If you want to implement an SSD as cache for your hard disk, you will need to set the SATA controller in RAID mode.

  4. I had partitions UEFI and was able to leave them intact.  Here's a very brief explanation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744301%28v=ws.10%29.aspx your results may vary.

  5 take this one as a possible suggestion that is worth what you pay for it: when I got the USB with RAID drivers at the root before starting the installation DVD, I didn't need to load the drivers explicitly.  As I said, it seems that the installation program has been smart enough to find and load what it takes, but honestly, I don't know.  When I load them explicitly, I got errors saying that the installer could not install on the partition, I had chosen.  Makes me think that I could have loaded both times.  What worked for me was NOT explicitly their cargo.

  6. you MUST be at your PC when Setup has completed copy and unpack the installation files.  Don't forget that you have your BIOS set to start legacy mode.  So when he tries to restart to complete the installation, it will try to start using the table inherited from on your hard disk - who is not here because you did a UEFI installation with partitions for UEFI.  So when Setup restarts the first time, you might as well get into the BIOS here and choose the UEFI boot mode.  If you do not, you will need to grab it whenever it restarts using F12 and manually tell it to boot from your hard drive using the UEFI.

  These steps, you should get installed and running.  But another thing I had to understand that when first, I installed and executed the dashboad Intel RST, there is no acceleration option even if my mSATA SSD was found healthy.  I found that if it is formatted and partitioned, you actually go into Disk Manager and delete the partition before the RST dashboard he sees as available for use as a cache.

  I hope this helps others out of me.  It's a heck of a lot easier when the hardware is not bad!

• Dell XPS One 2710 does not start - should I all reasonable options?

  A few weeks ago, my 18 - month, Dell XPS One 2710 has started to act up.  Still not start correctly.

  Ran the Dell diagnostics on their Web site.  Everything was fine - no detected hardware problem.

  Yesterday, the computer completely stopped working.  It would be start, after a sweep of drive long, finally on the desktop, but can hang after 10 minutes.  I'm on Windows 8 (not 8.1).

  Today, I thought I would do a system restore to a point a month ago.   But today I can not get a startup complete, impossible to get on the desktop.  Therefore, can't do a system restore.  Instead, I see this screen.

  I have the options to continue?   I don't have a recovery disk.

  

  You can install 8.1 on top of what you have by a 16 GB or more usb flash drive as a bootable recovery media.

  If it does not recognize the key to your Bios, you can use a generic key for install but not activate.

  All the pre installed 8.x are 64-bit so make sure you download the correct version.

  XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB (Windows 8.1 Pro)

  Windows 8.1 334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT (home)

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media

• XPS One 2710 flickering of the screen

  My XPS One 2710 has worked great for over a year. This week, it began to falter on exactly half of the screen on the right side. The Twinkle is quite violent and makes this unusable side. I have updated all drivers and made diagnoses who have shown no failures. My BIOS is A09. I think that it is suitable for a machine running Windows 7. Any ideas?

  Thanks for posting.  A friend asked me to take a look at its XPS 2710, and it was indeed the problem.  The symptoms were exactly as described in the previous posts.  I took off the lid in plastic and metal and blew out an industrial fan at the rear of the machine to test.  The machine is stable for two hours, which was much longer while it lasted usually.  Satisfied with my tests, I got creative with my Dremel:

  

  Using a model of fan 140mm, a spare R2 from fractal, a 140mm fan Grill and fan 3 pin USB converter I cut a hole in the lid plastic and mounted equipment (the Converter 3 pin is necessary because playing with the CPU and GPU fan headers will cause the BIOS to start a fan speed error).  Then I reassembled the entire thing without the metal under protection.  Three hours of DURATION and no problem.  Before spazzing would begin after about 20 minutes.  $30 in parts to repair a $2,000 machine.  Not bad.  Thank you once again, everybody who posted!

• Dell XPS One 2710 - SSD drive?

  Hello.

  I look forward to the new 27 '' AIO Dell XPS One 2710 with the 3rd Gen i7.  However, I note that there doesn't seem to be an SSD option in the settings.  Is it possible to have one included in the machine for OS and apps, etc.?

  See you soon.

  Do not order it on the site. I suggest that you build it the way you want, save to cart and print.

  Call the Dell sales department or use the Dell sales chat and ask if it is possible. In some of my orders that I couldn't include additional is by phone or chat.

• (XPS One 2710) TV Tuner card

  Hello

  I was wondering if anyone can recommend what TV tuner card is compatible with a Dell XPS One 2710 (Win 8.1, 64-bit). Is it possible to install an integrated card?

  Thanks in advance

  I found this, this model has a tv tuner Avermedia minicards.

  http://solutions.AVerMedia.com/?q=en/products/TV-tuner-MiniCard

• RAM Dell XPS one 2710 question does not start with more than 2GB of ram

  Hi, I recently updated to Win10 I've taught it will be easier way for installation after upgrade fees, but the reset button does not work so I decided to return to 8.1. I copied version UEFI victory to USB and restarted the victory while pressing F2, but the computer does not restart "just black screen even no Dell logo" so I turned it off, back on and same story. Then I disassembled the pc and know that no matter what combination I do the computer not start until there are just 2 GB or less ram in slot I have 1 x 4 GB 3x2GB and 2x1GB any variation as possible, you can imagine I tried close up with the same result. If there is more than 2 GB of system ram won't start. No idea where is the problem? for 2 years this computer worked perfectly.

  PS: Does anyone know how to reflash the BIOS I have spin A12 which is the most recent, but I want to just make sure that the BIOS is not messed up. DELL utility allows not only update reflash. Does anyone know how to force the upgrade of BIOS?

  So I found the problem, it's a BIOS. I tried to reset it in PIN on MB and it did not help removed battery no change I found that the BIOS utility can be forced thru cmd. So I did and the finishing of the bios update successful she even seems scary cos for any computer freezes. but that came on and after several early I can again use all the RAM slot with what ram size I want.

  How to force the update of the BIOS...
  Open cmd as administrator
  and run the exe with command extra /forceit in my case "A12.exe /forceit".
  Voila BIOSupdate is running

  Simple but time fly. hope it helps someone too.

• XPS One 2710 - black screen on startup. No BIOS.

  I met a problem when using Windows (during a copy of files, icons disappear from my office and I cannot start programs) and had to restart my PC. As a result, Windows could not restart showed a blue screen WDF_Violation, another boot resulted in a screen of reconstruction followed a mistake of the Intel driver Cache. After repeated that cycle a couple of teams, I hard rebooted the PC.

  Now, the computer starts with a black screen. I see the backlight turns on for a few seconds however there is no screen of the BIOS boot nor is it the beep normal when the pre-start checks complete.

  I tried to boot with a CD of Windows 10 and USB without success. I also tried pressing the full range of function keys.

  He is running Windows 10 and was without a problem for about 6 months so far.

  My data is backed up, so I don't mind a format and regenerate solution but must be able to obtain the BIOS and boot from the DVD/USB.

  Any help gratefully received.

  Dell didn't test the compatibility of the XPS with Win 10 2710. If you search these forums, you will find many users reporting the same 'black screen of death"after Win 10 on this model for a few days, weeks or even months.

  Not quite clear what happens bad, but many users had to replace the motherboard, if they could find one.

• XPS One 2710 graphics card upgrade?

  Is the graphics card on this evolutionary thing? Like can I put a GeForce GTX 670, 680 or even a 690? And what about the food? Is there one with more power to this AIO PC? I just got this computer, and now I'm a big gamer, but the 640 M is not just push what I want it. May everything would be fine, but I want to do so much more. If this can be improved?

  Hey there... all that I have read and discussed with Dell and techie outside (like me) and all say the same thing... No, it's not easy to extend it is welded to the map (granted practice how are you with an iron soldering) the video card is not easily accessible and is located behind the motherboard (you must empty the Dell to access)... once find you it you will have to remove it with an iron solder and replace it... things to be VERY concerned with... One... you lose your warranty even if you extended it you lost if you make this uprising. 2. it is really complex and not for the faint at heart, we are talking here of welding the first chip and then on the motherboard. If you don't know what you're doing here, you can completely destroy your motherboard in 3 seconds. Your uplift can go as a GPU with the same energy consumption / requirements of frequency that the GPU M640 which, according to what you have in mind when you say "I would like to do much more," I don't think not that you will get a huge helping hand with all of the options available that are compatible. 4. heat dissipation might be a major problem, he is already running hot with a M640 at full power, it can certainly handle any more heat inside the chassis. 5. this machine was not built like a fucking toy game, his intention was to General House / use of Business with some lighter games thrown in as an advantage over other AIO.

  So to answer the question directly - Yes, you can with (a lot of work), the loss of guarantee and possibly blow your system from the sky here to high if you make a mistake during the uprising

  So the second question is - if you... well :-) how deep is your pocket book? Do you care about the warranty (it is expensive to play with toy) - personally... DON'T YOU SHOULDN'T TRY THIS AT HOME :-)

  The ball is in your court here... strong points:

  1. very complex

  2 need a soldering iron and a lot of courage

  3 having to find an another GPU that has similar power/frequency specifications to work (not a lot of options here)

  4. power aside the XPS from what I can tell is not extendable (I'll look into this more deep)

  5 heat will be a major problem (not a lot of room inside the chassis to change the mechanisms of existing cooling)

  6. loss of warranty

  I hope this helps.

• XPS One 2710 - Touch screen DOES not work

  My touch screen is not available on my 2710.  It worked fine for a very long time.

  Calibration is not available... System-> about said "no pen or touch input is available for this view."

  I noticed after I upgraded to Windows 10.   (but this is not necessarily the exact time fell out, I don't use it much)

  Then I downgraded back to 8.   Isn't there.   Figured I might as well go back to Windows 10.

  I did other things within the same rough period.   BIOS upgrade to A12.   Modified by some drivers, etc...

  I tried drivers, controlled at the touch of a cable on the motherboard... but did not have a single not forwards.

  Would love to hear some suggestions or ideas.

  Thanks in advance.

  Rick

  My 2710 XPS with touch monitor WORKS.  I did have a problem at all, even at the Vernissage of builds. I think that the missing element is the Dell OSD Application, which can be downloaded here: link

  I did a clean install of Windows 10, do not know if it matters.  Also, I went and installed all the drivers from Dell as well. I recommend to enter your service tag to get the specific drivers for your configuration.  Select Windows 8.1 in the menu drop-down.

  Since the 2720 is supported by Dell, I also installed some drivers select here.  I don't remember the those who precisely.

• Dell XPS One 2710, dead

  Hello

  My new computer worked fine last night and this morning would not start.  Technical support sends a flashdrive to re - install the operating system that will wipe the data.  In theory I'm fully backed up with a service online, but in practice, restore the files to a backup computer turns out to be difficult.

  (1) it would not be possible for me to remove the dead XPS hard drive, put it in a box external (I have a practice) and then access my backup computer files?  That would make me return in the faster action.

  (2) just in case where someone can help with the XPS error, the symptoms are the following: when I start it, I get a message 'auto repair preparation', and then later a blue screen saying "your PC came across a problem and must restart...". ». Exactly what is on this screen is a little hard to say because it is only visible for half a second or more, but I'm sure I've seen a reference to SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION any.  In any case, blue screen, it goes back to "Automatic repair of preparation" and then repeats.  I have a restoration/rescue USB drive that I made when I got the PC.  When I boot on the USB, it seems good to begin with (message "Loading" files..) but then I get the same error as message when booting from the hard drive.   The diagnostics run without error.

  Help?

  Thank you

  Richard U.

  Hello

  So last night I tried to re - install the USB DELL prepared key and it did not work.  I called technical support, but this time the person didn't know what was wrong, or at least what measures were needed to fix it.

  The solution was to fiddle around with the BIOS settings to an option press Ctl - I introduced early start to display the configuration of the Intel Rapid Storage Technology technology. From there, turn off the power for help using the SSD as a cache device; then reboot (this worked, but soon); Then go to the Control Panel, the Intel Rapid Storage Technology technology; clear the contents of the SSD; reactivate the acceleration; reset; Update video drivers; reset; system fixed.   I just watched as the technician of most of the steps after starting using the remote control of the computer, so may have left the steps.

  He said the following, even if I assume that these are intuitions rather than certainty:

  (1) the problem was triggered by installing a Windows Update (maybe even just an update Windows Defender) and continue working without having to restart.   Of course, this may leave the seriously damaged SSD cache.  To avoid this problem, restart after each update even if the Windows Update system does not insist on it.

  (2) the fix described above is likely to result in the loss of all data on the disk.  By thus to the stadium where he works but slow (if it gets that far), all important data should be saved.  In my case, nothing has been lost, with the exception of a week's time.

  I would like that this has been fixed on the first call of support it would have saved me a lot of grief.  However, it may be that Dell only very recently found what was going on.

  Kind regards

  Richard

• XPS One omitting 2710 USB devices

  I've been solving this problem for several months without success. My system is a current XPS One 2710 BIOS Ver A12 with all device drivers. The system is running WIN 8.1 worm 6.3.9600 9600 build updated all Microsoft updates and patches.

  Last year, I bought two external hard drives 1 to Seagate to use as a local backup (each disc contains different files). Both are USB 3.0 with appropriate cables which I plug into the rear USB ports on the XPS. When I start the Windows machine indicates all USB devices works (printer, scanner, both drives hard ext). Anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 hours, and sometimes longer, I hear the beep of the computer and in the lower left corner, a message appears saying a USB device has failed. (Printers and other devices are not affected and continue to work). I check in device for records manager and he tells me "unknown USB device (device descriptor request Failed)" here are the details about the failure:

  Log name: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP/Configuration
  Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP
  Date: 09/04/2015 15:26:34
  Event ID: 411
  Task category: no
  Level: error
  Keywords:
  User: SYSTEM
  Computer: Doug-Office
  Description:
  Device USB\VID_0000 & PID_0002\5 & 1a5166b6 & 2 & 4 had a problem starting.

  Driver name: usb.inf
  The class GUID: {36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000}
  Service:
  Lower filters:
  Upper filters:
  Problem: 0x2B
  Status: 0x0
  The event XML:
  schemas.Microsoft.com/.../Event">
   
     
      411
      0
      2
      0
      0
      0x2000000000000000
     
      2191
     
     
      Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP/Configuration
      Doug-Desktop
     
   
   
      USB\VID_0000 & PID_0002\5 & 1a5166b6 & 2 & 4
      USB.inf
      {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}
     
     
     
     
     
     
      0x2B
      0 x 0
   
  

  The machine requires a restart of the entire system to clear this error.

  USB selective suspend setting is disabled

  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I ran out of ways to solve this problem.

  Have you checked the power management tab for each hub USB root in Device Manager?

  If the box: "allow the computer to turn off this device...". "is checked, acheck it and click OK. Repeat for all the USB root hubs, then restart. See if that helps.

  It was reported that it is a Windows problem that can be "fixed" by editing the registry. You can google for this info and edit the registry at your own risk...

• XPS One A2420 64-bit driver

  I have an A2420 a XPS with Nvidia GeForce 9600 M GT. I tried to install Vista and Windows 7 64 - bit Os on this machine. The only problem I have is the video driver for the Nvidia card. I tried the Nvidia 64 bit driver for this card from Nvidia, but I get the error "cannot install due to hardware not recognized." Microsoft update downloads as a 64-bit driver and it installs. The problem is that in Windows 7, the video screen goes black every two minutes and a message appears saying that the card was insensitive and the operating system is healed. In addition, the mouse is erratic. This became very aggravating since I contacted the support technique dell several times and they assured me that this system would be in charge of Windows 7 64 bit and all drivers would be available. Someone at - it had the same problem and resolved it? If so, how.

  Thought I would add a comment to this topic, as it's the only one I found sound advice for this problem of video on the XPS One (thanks Rajer74). Mine is the A2420, but I would not be surprised if other models have been affected.

  My problem actually started after the upgrade video via windows update drivers when I still had the original Vista 32 bit installed. Thought it was vista because it is this rubbish a BONE, so upgraded to Windows 7 32bitt in the free upgrade to Dell - same problem. I tried 64 bit in desperation - no change.

  Symptoms-

  • An intermittent cutting of the screen
  • Occasional breaks / crashes/freezes mouse who then thaw
  • System freezes requiring a reset
  • Error message after the recovery of black screen - something about kernel flaw (unfortunately, I deleted my screenshot so do not have the exact wording)
  • problem with one driver other than windows standard VGA driver or original (very old) 32-bit vista driver (on the Dell installation disk).

  If you have any of these symptoms, it is not a fault of driver - there is a problem with your nVidia video card and it must be replaced.

  If your card works fine, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 will correctly identify the card as a GeForce 9600 M and install correct nVidia drivers. Drivers available through windows update are also correct and will work properly.  (Note that I have not been able to get the driver packs downloaded directly from the nVidia site to install, but I didn't spend much time on what Windows Update drivers are very well).

  It took me forever to resolve this issue with Dell. Their support based system check means that I ended up having to wipe my HD, re - install vista 32 bit original and go throught he process everything again before the tech would believe that the problem was not the driver 64 bits (or lack thereof). I know that their system is set up to accommodate the lowest common denominator of PC savvy-ness, but they really need to simplify things for those of us who have a little idea of what's going on. I had already tried all the tech then passed around again. Spent hours on the phone with him the wretch machine remote control.

  It is interesting material technology who arrived to replace the card took a look at the screenshot, I got the error and immediately said oh - "it's a problem with the card. His opinion is that, even if nVidia chips graphics excellent, they often have manufacturing problems that they are slow to own up to and difficulty. This isn't the only dell system that suffers from dodgy nVidia chips.

  For the record, the Dell XPS One A2420 works perfectly with Windows 7 64 bit. Drivers are available for all standard material in the machine. Also, if you got the Win 7 32 bit free update, your also activation code will work with Win 7 64 bit, I just borrowed disc one friend (even if retail Win 7 packs have 32 and 64-bit included, upgrade of Dell has only 32 bit). I installed on a clean hard disk, you do not need to upgrade Vista despite some odd warnings of M$ who install a cleaning may not work because this is only an upgrade license. In fact, I highly recommend get rid you of all traces of Vista and do a clean install. My machine works much better on Win7 64 bit.

  Hope that helps!

• Pure install Windows8 on Dell XPS one 27

  Hey there

  I buy a Dell XPS 27 last week, unfortunately it is installed with a windows 7.

  When I try to install Windows 8 Pro I can not find any hard disk-> RAID is installed in cache Mode with the mSata card.

  Which driver should I use to do the 2 TB harddiscdrive visible in the installation menu?

  Thank you very much

  Reto

  PS: now I have upgraded Windows 7 installation with windows 8-> Windows Update service does not work (error triggered anytime I'll reboot the system)

  When you install the DELL XPS One 27 clean you MUST have the INTEL RAPIDSTORAGE driver on memoryStick.

  Use Windows 8 disc and start with F12 Commandbutton installation (Start menu)!

  Following the installation and use manuallinstallation option!

  Now that you see a clear list of the hard drives-> it's failure, but I have the solution!

  You can see the "Load driver" button on the left Push it!

  Now you can load your memoryStick with the unzipped driver of intel (x 64) rapidstorage!

  The installation routine find now a driver for XPS-> install

  After the installation of the driver-> all hard drives are displayed in the list.

  Best regards