Dell XPS Consumer Information

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Dell XPS Notebook Reimage “How-To” Guide2.6 BIOSDell recommends flashing the latest BIOS available to the system. This is posted on Dell’s driver &downloads support web site (support.dell.com) under the “BIOS” section.Some of the BIOS settings are critical to Operating System performance and installation. These are as follows:Settings  System Configuration SATA Operation Disabled: SATA Controllers are hidden AHCI, SATA bus is configured for AHCI mode (Advanced Disk Operation mode) whichoffers faster performance, eSATA support, and increased battery life. This mode requiresan additional storage driver. RAID On, SATA bus is configured to RAID mode (Redundant Array of IndependentDisks). This mode requires an additional storage driver. It’s default setting for shipmenton Dell-XPS-9550.o If AHCI mode is selected, System may occur blue screen and it is not recommend to set it for thisplatformo If RAID mode is selected, Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver should be pre-loaded on PCIe SSDSKU if the PCIe SSD can’t be seen while re-install OS. See section “2.6.4 Intel Storage” of thisdocumento Must keep the SATA mode setting the same as choose while building Operating system. If the modechange from original selection will cause Blue screen-INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE and can’t bootto OS until change the mode back. Refer to Appendix C- BIOS SATA mode selectionSettings  General Advanced Boot Options Enable Legacy Option ROMso If OS installed with Legacy Mode, system may occur un-expected behavior and it is notrecommended to install OS with Legacy Mode