Please ensure the green dongle is NOT inserted into any of the USB slots on the PC
(This will corrupt your dongle if it is still in when you change the date and time)
Insert a USB keyboard in the front of the pc and apply power to the pc, when the blue DELL logo appears Press F2 to enter bios settings (if you don’t do it quickly enough it will boot to windows) , once in the bios you will see a list of categories on the left of screen
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Under SYSTEM ;
Date/Time – set the correct time and date
Boot Sequence – disable all devices except SATA (and make sure SATA is set to 1st)
(Use space to enable / disable. The letter ‘U’ brings the highlighted drive to the top of the list)
Under DRIVES - Diskette Drive - Set to Off
Under ONBOARD DEVICES - USB Controller - Set to No Boot
Under POWER MANAGEMENT - AC Recovery – Set to ON
Under POST BEHAVIOUR - Keyboard Errors – Set to Do Not Report
Press the ESC key
Now select Save Setting and Exit
Re-insert the dongle as machine boots up.