Cannot install OS using MDT on SATA drives, new Dell Optiplex 3020

Got in a few new Optiplex 3020s and wanted to deploy Win7 using MDT.
It gets to the point of going to
File: \boot\boot.sdi, waits a few seconds (when usually MDT should start) and then gets an error:
"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1.
2.
3.
Status: 0xc0000001
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
This is happening on a few systems, different HDs.
I have updated the MDT with the latest 3020 CAB files, as well as specifically the network drivers. It still doesn't work.
The BIOS is the latest, as it came with A03, set to AHCI.
What might I be missing in this process?

JohnClin - Missing some information from you here.
If you are getting "black screen" boot problems, then getting the latest drivers from Dell won't help.
*HOW* are you booting up? Sounds like you are doing a PXE boot here (or USB vs DVD vs hard disk boot). Did you boot up to a PXE server with a verified uEFI image? Tells is about your PXE server. Specifically, does the Dell 3020 support CSM, and BIOS
PXE (I doubt it).
Also, in the uEFI world, we don't call it a BIOS anymore, we call it firmware. :)...
-k
Keith Garner - Principal Consultant [owner] -
http://DeploymentLive.com

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