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    HDD removed problem & wifi (15 R2)

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by SpyCracker, Apr 17, 2016.

  1. SpyCracker

    SpyCracker Notebook Geek

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    Hi everyone,

    whenever i put the computer to sleep ( AW 15 R2) , after i turn it on it says the secondary disk which is the 1TB HDD is removed. I have to shut down the comp and turn it back on to make it recognizable again.

    Its annoying cause my onedrive file is in my secondary disk and everytime it does that i have to specifiy the path again.

    Also again after i wake the computer from sleep, sometimes my wifi gets messed up. it doesn't see any wifi even though the icon says it does and i have to reset the computer for it.

    Both of these problems only happens after i put the computer to sleep.

    Anyone having these problems?
     
  2. sirleeofroy

    sirleeofroy Notebook Evangelist

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    I must point out that there are known issues with reboots and hard drives disappearing and they are down to flaky BIOS releases from Dell.

    Also, if you are running the stock install of windows, I would fully fully recommend doing a clean install using the media creation tool from Microsoft. Somehow Dell manage to really mess things up, I just don't understand how they do it. Get updated drivers from the respective manufacturers, particularly the graphics and the Killer networking drivers. The ones found on the Dell site are seriously outdated.

    What BIOS version are you running? Pretty much all but 1.2.2 have issues where if you reboot, your hard drives don't show. I had this issue with version 1.2.7 so I rolled back to 1.2.2
     
  3. SpyCracker

    SpyCracker Notebook Geek

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    I just updated to 1.2.12 I guess. the latest on on dell's website.

    yes i am on stock windows. i will do that too