So I finally got my new Latitude D630 Today. I like it. Sleek, light and runs much cooler than my D810. It did not come without some challenges though. I was having an issue where on a soft restart (not powering off first) vista would BSOD. While the article below did not pertain to my laptop it did solve the issue that I was specifically facing. I am now running Vista 64 bit 4GB ram. With an Experience Score of 4.0. Gotta love that.
Stop 0x0000007B on Select Desktop and Portable N-Series Systems with AHCI Enabled in BIOS
Journal ID:
07313KLDCV
Article ID:
328881
Date Published:
9/4/2007
Last Revised:
10/28/2007
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Overview
Change the SATA Operation Setting from RAID Autodetect / AHCI to RAID Autodetect / ATA in System Setup
Dell Solution Network: Knowledge Base Article
» Overview
Some Dell™ N-Series systems ship with both ATA and AHCI support. Both are methods for communicating with the hard drive. AHCI has benefits above standard ATA mode that increase performance. Microsoft® Windows® XP does not support AHCI mode by default, which causes the STOP 0x0000007B error message if AHCI mode is enabled before the AHCI driver is installed. Also resetting the factory defaults in the System Setup will return the value to AHCI.
AHCI mode is enabled by default from the factory and AHCI mode is the default setting in System Setup on the following N-Series systems:
- Dimension™ E520
- OptiPlex™ 755
- Latitude™ D630
- Inspiron™ 1420
- Inspiron 1520
- Inspiron 1720
- Vostro™ 1400
- Vostro 1500
- Dell Precision™ Workstation M1330
To work around this issue, enable ATA mode.
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» Change the SATA Operation Setting from RAID Autodetect / AHCI to RAID Autodetect / ATA in System Setup
To change the SATA Operation settings in the System Setup (BIOS), perform the following steps:
- Restart the computer.
- Press the <F2> key on the keyboard immediately after the keyboard LEDs flash to enter the BIOS (System Setup).
- In the System Setup screen, press the <Up> or <Down> arrow keys to highlight the Drives section, and then press the <Enter> key.
- Press the <Up> or <Down> arrow keys to highlight the SATA Operation section, and then press the <Enter> key.
- Press the <Left> or <Right> arrow keys to highlight RAID Autodetect / ATA, and then press the <Enter> key.
- Press the <Esc> key to exit the System Setup.
- Press the <Left> or <Right> arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press the <Enter> key. The computer restarts.