Dell Inspiron 3493 Bios Update
Saran Bascas
Thanks for you response. There is no issue to use F12 to access in the one time boot menu or F2 to access in BIOS. The issue is the USB device is not visible to select in the one time boot menu or in the BIOS.
I doubt that there is a Linux Distro that will run on it without much work, So far have not found a way of reloading Windows from a USB stick unless the BIOS has the key for that to happen. Dell only mention their Recovery Assist programme.
Maybe eventually someone will update the Linux kernel to run that CPU. The next problem will then be to modify the BIOS so that it will boot. Unfortunately, you will have to use the Windows OS it came with. You are not alone is wanting that Dell laptop to run Linux.
If I check this on the below link at the bottom of this document it shows it is compatible with linux. The reasons I bought this laptop light weight, slim and provide more than 10 hours battery backup which is very convenient to use. It is very strange it does not have any option to boot from USB to load Windows operating system.
There appears to be confusion about the laptops. There are two of them that appear to have the same name and number! If I look at -products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_inspiron_laptop/inspiron-14-3420_reference%20guide_en-us.pdf then I see it has an Intel CPU which will run Linux and hence you get the statement you refered to. If you look at -uk/000211095/dell-inspiron-14-3420-usage-and-troubleshooting-guide then we see a SnapDragon CPU which will not.
I created the bootable USB using rufus with UEFI mode. I tried both disable and enable the secure boot but no luck. I am not sure whether I can install Linux on it. This laptop does not detect any kind of USB in boot menu to boot from USB storage or USB DVD ROM. I am thinking in future if the disk crash and if I need to replace the disk how can I install Windows on it.
Thanks for sharing the valuable finding here. I hope we will have updated linux version in future compatible with ARM and I hope DELL will release the updated BIOS to install linux on ARB based laptop.
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The switch for Bluetooth disappeared. I uninstalled it in the device manager and scanned for hardware changes, but it didn't reinstall. I manually reinstalled the drivers from intel's website and it still won't show up. Under services there are three Bluetooth related items all running on automatic. When I run the Bluetooth trouble shooter it says my computer doesn't have Bluetooth. My computer says everything is up to date and so are the drivers.
Thanks, in your case the restore may be what solved the problem. But still I gained great insight from your comment. You are the one who pointed me to the right direction(BIOS) where I found Bluetooth unchecked. I enabled it and installed latest drivers. Hurray! I now have Bluetooth.
Thanks so much for the update. My Bluetooth connection just disappeared.
What I did was to go F12 > BIOS > WIRELESS. Both my WLAN and Bluetooth is checked.
I just unchecked and checked again > APPLY.
I had noticed that my bios diagnostics said that no Bluetooth was installed. So I assumed my Bluetooth internal device must have had a hardware failure. But I was pleasantly surprised when this approach of using the restore old settings in bios fixed it.
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This is supper. I did not know that Bluetooth can be enabled or disabled from Bios setup utility. I found the check box for Bluetooth unchecked. I ticked it and immediately the computer restarted, dell support assistant suggested driver update which I did and my Bluetooth worked immediately. Prior to this I had tried windows as well as dell troubleshooter which both showed I was running the lates drivers. Windows showed that Bluetooth is not available on this device while dell said the machine is out of warranty hence they cannot assist. Thanks man.
Bluetooth Handsfree Service.
Bluetooth Audio Gateway Service.
Bluetooth Support Service.
Bluetooth User Support Service.
Right-click on the services listed above and click on Properties.