Hi there,
After foolishly buying an Inspiron 7537 last year i quickly discovered my hard disk wasn't functioning correctly. Since i created a dual boot of Ubuntu alongside the sluggish and generally quite useless Windows 8.1 (which i never wanted in the first place but couldn't avoid purchasing because of Dells 'arrangement' with Microsoft) i discovered i was immediately out of warranty.
So, _one_ of the problems i've been faced with since getting this hunk o' junk is the fact that many times, on starting up, i'm greeted by whining clicks, whirrs and beeps that, after some light googling is related to the accelerometer in the hard drive. The result of this is a black startup screen and after some minutes a message declaring my HD to be non existent or unrecognisable. The usual remedy was to leave the *** paperweight to figure itself out, powered off, and maybe twenty minutes later it would start up normally. however this problem seems to be resurfacing again. The result has been a completely unreliable machine that in the real world is fairly worthless.
Another problem, partially related to this, is that I'm trying to use Dells support site to help me upgrade the firmware (Literally the _only_ thing i need the dreadful Windows for - firmware updates) and get drivers in order. However, the suggested updates for the suggested components, particularly for the hybrids SATA HD. This is split somewhat confusingly into four components:
- LiteOnIT Solid State Drive Firmware Update LCS-128L9S-HC7110D_ZPE.exe
- LITEONIT Solid State Drive Firmware Update LCS-256L9S-HC8110D_ZPE.exe
- SK Hynix Solid State Drive Firmware Update SH920-1010BL00_ZPE.exe
- Firmware Release for Segate HDD M8BP2. Version 2BA30003 Dell_2BA30003 Patch.zipx
The first 3 updates simply don't work. Is there anyone out there that can suggest what is going on and what steps i need to take in what direction for me to do it on my own?