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Original Title: What is this delay in starting Windows 8????
When I turn on my laptop, instead of immediately going to the start page of windows 8, my screen is black with the Dell logo, and a message to the left that says 'Start PXE over IPv4'. after a good while it then says 'FXE-E18 Server Response Timeout'. then after another while, it says 'Start PXE over IPv6'. then after another minute or more wait it says, 'FXE-E16 no offer received', and the little spinning balls start spinning and the start page finally shows up? What is this delay in 'connection (it's probably a good 3 minutes, maybe more)? What does this mean?
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Thank you for your kind words, although I think a few on here might disagree with you. Sometimes a simple 2 or 3 sentence answer is more useful than links, screen grabs and pages of information.
Having made the hard disk the 1st boot device if you ever need to boot from DVD just press the F12 key and you get a one time boot device selector, far easier than changing things in the BIOS.
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Hi! I have a very similñar issue, but mine never goes further than "Start PXE over IPv4'". And the problem is that pressing F2 doesn't get me to the BIOS settings, so I'm really stuck! Any idea? Thanks for your help!
PXE over IP is the option to boot from a network source and is a setting in the BIOS.
Press F2 when the Dell logo is displayed to go into BIOS settings. In the NIC settings you should be able to turn off PXE boot altogether as this would only be used on corporate networks. In the boot options you can make the 1st boot device the hard disk.
I have a Dell Model Inspiron (15) 3520. It was working fine, and I received notice (when I shut down a couple nights ago) there were some updates, so I clicked 'install and shutdown'. The next morning is when I started getting these black screen messages...I will also inquire over at Dell about this, I see other folk have had this problem by checking the links here you have provided...unfortunately I bought this laptop in Mexico and it is running a Windows 8 single language (spanish) OS...
Hi Lorenzo,
Please provide the following information in context of this issue:
What is the Model of the Dell laptop?
This issue usually occurs when there are changes in the BIOS settings. You can refer to the link for reference:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19491654.aspx
**Note:**Modifying BIOS/ complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Modifications of the settings are at your own risk.
I would suggest you to post the query on Dell community to get the details on this issue. You can refer to the link to do so:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/default.aspx
For further help, you can also contact Dell support. Use the link:
http://www.dell.com/support/contents/us/en/19/category/Contact-Information?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19
Do let us know if you need any other assistance on issues with Windows.
