This update is labeled as “ URGENT” according to Dell. Added SATA legacy mode support for older operating systems. The Dell BIOS update (rev A04) was released 6 November and is available on the Dell site at. From my testing, you do not actually need to load the Dell SATA drivers, but I believe this user was using a different OS (XP SP2 32-bit) and that may be a factor.

Then the user loads Windows XP and with F6, loads the Dell SATA drivers. The user there recommends installing the updated BIOS, which then enables a “Legacy” mode to be selected in the SATA Operation menu. As for the fix, I have only tried it with Windows XP 圆4 with SP2 slipstreamed.Ī user online has reported the same problem, albiet with a slightly different solution: : This error occurs in both Windows XP and Windows XP 圆4, even with SP2 slipstreamed. In BIOS, in the Drives - SATA Operation, you can change from the default RAID/ AHCI mode to RAID/ ATA mode ( not Legacy mode), and Windows setup will now run. In this particular instance, it means Windows cannot detect and load the correct harddisk controller driver, because it does not support the default SATA operation mode in the Dell BIOS. Installation fails due to the BSOD and is not recoverable.

Windows XP installer does a blue screen of death on installation, with a STOP: 0×0000007B error.

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