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03-06-2017 04:07 AM
I think you may have unintentionally used a double negative.
It's just semantics. 😉
"I don't consider the issue resolved until I don't have "IDE" choice in BIOS - SATA Emulation"
I can ask about this internally. What you are describing sounds pretty strange.
What is the BIOS family?
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03-06-2017 09:58 AM
After looking at your screen-shot picture, what is available on the "Configurazionne del dispositive" item ?
If 'F10' and 'ESC' work at that point, try 'F1' to get "help" about which other keys (Enter, Up, Down, PageUp, PageDown) should also work.
03-06-2017 10:27 AM
@erico wrote:I think you may have unintentionally used a double negative.
It's just semantics. 😉
"I don't consider the issue resolved until I don't have "IDE" choice in BIOS - SATA Emulation"
I can ask about this internally. What you are describing sounds pretty strange.
What is the BIOS family?
Yes, sorry, my english isn't so good 😉
I don't consider the issue resolved until *I have* "IDE" choice in BIOS - SATA Emulation
The BIOS Family is MAN VA0.24
@mdklassen wrote:After looking at your screen-shot picture, what is available on the "Configurazionne del dispositive" item ?
If 'F10' and 'ESC' work at that point, try 'F1' to get "help" about which other keys (Enter, Up, Down, PageUp, PageDown) should also work.
in all other section where there's a coiche, the left and right arrows work to change between the possibilities.
For what you ask (I set BIOS language in English)
Hitting "RETURN" on this voice opens the following box
with no options, F10 = ESC = it returns to the previous screen
03-28-2017 07:57 AM
Good morning,
this morning I received n. 6 HP 280 G2 computer and I had the same problem. After an hour I found the solution. First you enter to the BIOS, under "protection", enable "support legacy." Restarted the PC and .. good job !
03-28-2017 09:04 AM
> For what you ask (I set BIOS language in English)
> (picture was here)
Instead of selecting the "Device Configuration" option,
move down one row, and select "Storage Options",
and take another snapshot of the screen.
The "triangle-pointing-to-the-right" implies that some keyboard keys can be used, either left/right arrow, or up/down arrow, or page-up/page-down, or ENTER to open a secondary menu, where 'IDE' will be listed as an option.
03-29-2017 01:18 AM
The screenshot you are asking for is in post #25
It's in italian, "Storage Option" is "Opzioni di archiviazione"
You can see that is open the submenu with the selected option "AHCI", I open the choice page and the only selectable option is "AHCI"
05-01-2017 08:47 AM
> So how people can fix this problem, if SATA configuration ----AHCI not changable?
> Do you have any fix?
> Maybe upgrade BIOS?
> And where is find update??
> How resolve this issue?
A previous posting:
03-28-2017 07:57 AM
Good morning,
this morning I received n. 6 HP 280 G2 computer and I had the same problem.
After an hour I found the solution.
First you enter to the BIOS, under "protection", enable "support legacy."
Restarted the PC and .. good job !