Hi all, I'm well aware that the gx270 is an older machine but i've upgraded it several times now with various hardware so i'm happy with it's performance. What i'm not happy with is it's inability to run W8 and Dell's lack of interest to keep up it's bios upgrades to adjust to new os or software. I've tried installing W8 and found that i hadn't got NX bit enabled on my processor. I looked for it in the bios but couldn't find it so i ran coreinfo.exe and found my processor has nx bit capabailities but i can't turn it on or off in the bios. I've tried installing W8 from the setup in sources file but it failed on reboot with the same nx bit error code. Am i completely bushed and are Dell or anyone else going to update the bios for the thousands of users going to publish a workround or update for what i can see must be a relatively easy fix? If i have to get a new machine to be able to run windows 8 i'll be staying well clear of Dell because if they're not doing anything about it it's a joke.
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