Showing posts with label Setup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Setup. Show all posts

Friday, September 28, 2018

Windows 10 setup stuck at preparing files on Dell Precision M6400 with Intel Rapid Store ICH9M-E Raid Controller

I tried to install Windows 10 on a Dell Precision M6400 laptop from an USB Boot Stick.
Everything went fine until Windows 10 setup stuck at the "Preparing files for installation" step. Tried this several times and it hung at different percentage levels, but never finished the step.

How-I-fixed-it:

I downloaded
Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Pre-OS Install) Driver
from
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/precision-m6400/drivers
and unzipped it to my USB stick.

During the setup process choose "custom install" :

Then choose "Load driver":


Navigate to the Directory on the USB stick containing the driver and load it.

Continue with the setup.

Monday, March 31, 2014

How to connect a TP-Link TL-WA850RE 300Mbps Universal WiFi Range Extender / WLAN Repeater to a Vodafone EasyBox 803 using WPS?

A friend asked me to help him to setup his TP-Link WiFi Repeater with his Vodafone EasyBox 803.

How-I-fixed-it:

Setting up the connection using WPS is pretty straightforward:
1. Plug in the repeater to a socket next to the EasyBox and wait until the Wireless and the RE LED are flashing (the RE will turn off after a while)
2. Press the WPS button on the upper left of your EasyBox (the one with the antenna symbol) for min. 2 seconds until the WiFi light on the frontside of the router starts flashing slowly
3. Press the RangeExtender/WPS button on the frontside of the repeater to start WPS setup. RE is now flashing.
4. After some time (can be up to 1-2 minutes), the RE LED should stay on.
5. The repeater is now connected to WiFi.

No Connection / Manual setup:
Plug the repeater into a socket and connect it to your computer using a LAN cable. In your browser address bar type http://tplinkextender.net. to Login use "admin" for username and password. On the status page it tells you, whether it's connected to WiFi or not.
For manual setup, please refer to:
http://www.tp-link.com.de/resources/document/TL-WA850RE_V1_User_Guide_19100.pdf