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    R2 Hangs at Bios

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Deofol, Feb 17, 2011.

  1. Deofol

    Deofol Notebook Enthusiast

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    Its not really a big deal, but my R2 hangs at the bios screen when I have my phone plugged into the USB. I unplug the phone and it continues.

    Anyone else seen this?

    Its a Motorola Droid FWIW.
     
    Deofol, Feb 17, 2011
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  2. Radam

    Radam Notebook Geek

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    Yeah I have had the same issue. I think it's to do with the BIOS getting stuck identifying the usb device or something like that.
     
    Radam, Feb 17, 2011
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    argwings Notebook Guru

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    same issue charging a motorola cliq.
     
    argwings, Feb 17, 2011
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    infoghost Notebook Guru

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    Not uncommon. I've had other PC's do similar things, where windows wouldn't fully start until I unplugged the USB device. If memory serves, I think it used to happen with my blackberry.
     
    infoghost, Feb 18, 2011
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  5. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    My MSI notebook does the same thing if I have certain USB devices plugged in. I would have this problem mostly with my USB printer because it has a built-in card reader. You could adjust the boot order in the BIOS, but when I take my laptop on the road, upon bringing it back home and reconnecting everything, I would have the exact same problem. I figured out that if I plugged the printer into a certain port on my NZXT Cryo LX cooler, the BIOS would not detect it as a device, but it would still work fine once in Windows.

    The problem results from the BIOS putting a connected USB storage device (be it a thumb drive, HDD, card reader) first in the boot order by default. I would think this could be easily fixed by re-working the BIOS so that such devices are put at the bottom, leaving the boot order that was established by the end user otherwise in tact. I have an open tech support thread with MSI, and the rep says he is going to contact their home office and have them look into it. I need to follow-up on that.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 18, 2011
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  6. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    Many computers (laptops and desktops) will do this when you have an unmounted USB storage device plugged into it. Not all computers do this, and not all storage devices do this. But it happens.

    Your computer happens to see your Motorola Droid as a USB storage device with unmounted storage (the micro-SD card isn't mounted to the PC).

    Solution: Just unplug your Motorola Droid before you boot up your computer. Problem solved.
     
    kent1146, Feb 18, 2011
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