Dell 755 freezes during mini-setup

[ferretrix]

Hello,

I have a minor yet troublesome problem with a sysprep image created for Dell GX260/270/280/620/755 desktops. When I put the image on a 755 computer and boot it up, it starts the setup process fine but then will freeze during the installation of the drivers. I have the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) HAL selected for my master image. If I turn off the computer and start it up again, it will continue the mini-setup successfully. Sometimes I can see it pops up the screen saying it has finished installing the driver for the System CMOS/real time clock before it freezes at that screen. It does not happen on any of the other models. I was thinking it had something to do with the TPM driver so I removed the driver install path so it would not find it during the setup process but the same thing is still happening. So at this point I am not really sure what it is or why it comes up with that just on this particular model.

Any ideas would be appreciated - thanks!

Edited February 19, 2008 by ferretrix

[Kingskawn]

did you find out something because I have the same thing on older machines...

[Wilk1976]

Try going into the bios and going to drives then sata operation and changing it from ahci to ata and tell me what happens.

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

Im with wilk1976 on this one. i dont use sysprepped images but all my 755s alway lock up on first boot if AHCI is on (even if it was on on the machine the image came from)

[Kingskawn]

It's a serial ata HD but I already changed it from AHCI to serial ata

Can't find a solution. Am almost certain that it's from bad drivers. TPM or something that blocks when installing a tddl.dll file.

Edited September 17, 2008 by Kingskawn