bios - dell inspiron n5050 fan constantly turned on

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2014-07
  • Nabeel Amjad

    My dell inspiron n5050 fan is continuously turned on from start till I shut down. I updated Bios to A05 and ran diagnostic test to check HD failure and I got this error error code 2000-0142 validation 64750 Msg: Hard Drive 0-S/N 6 VEY9X6H status=7

    Any suggestions what to do with it?

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    I have an Inspiron 1501 that I've installed 64bit Windows 7 on. It's running beautifully, but I am stuck trying to update the BIOS. Dell only provides the Windows BIOS flash utility and when I try to run that I get the Error Code: 1275 which I've narrowed down to being an issue with 32 vs. 64 bit (I think). I've tried using my USB DOS boot drive but the BIOS utility complains that it will not run in DOS. I'm running the flash utility as an administrator and I've tried all of the compatibility settings.

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  • slhck

    A simple fix:

    Use a spare hard drive, any size will do. Re-install any Dell supported 32-Bit version of Windows only, no other software required. Then install the Windows-only BIOS Flash upgrade and upgrade the BIOS.

    Then swap your original drive back to use your 64-Bit Windows.

  • harrymc

    How have you installed 64bit Windows 7 on a Dell Inspiron 1501?
    Dell support only admits to Vista 32bit and XP on this model.

    I believe the BIOS is therefore the least of your future worries. I would really advise to go back to a 32bit OS, as a 64bit OS won't have any appreciable advantage on this machine. You can use Win7 32bit, as the Dell Vista drivers are compatible with it.

  • ralford

    To elaborate on what Systech said, sometimes the BIOS goes through a version update simply to follow a hardware update. Therefore, it's not unheard of that a newer BIOS may not work with an older revision of your motherboard's PCB.

  • Jakub

    There is also no resulting 'performance increase' from a BIOS upgrade, as it has been said, if it ain't broke don't fix it! Most BIOS updates are only necessary when new hardware is not detected at boot.

    Event then those are rare cases, and mostly result in updates past the products intended life-cycle.

  • Neill808

    I am running into the same problem. I have 2 1501s. The first one updated the bios on vista 32bit with no issues. Running xp 64bit on my new 1501 isn't working. I may install a 32bit just to update the bios.

    Yes dell didn't make running a 64bit OS very easy. However I now have my first 1501 running xp 64bit with all drivers (including video) and 8gb of RAM! Yes eight gigs.