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Only Hard Drive is Detected on Channel 3 - Not 0
My hard drive crashed and I am replacing it with Western Digital Sata drive. After I installed the drive and rebooted the machine, the new drive is being detected on channel 3 instead of channel 0. My machine is a HP Pavilion a1540n. HP documentation said that if it is not detected on...- kengay21
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Replacing a HP Pavillion Hard Drive
Thanks Tony. I'll let the forum knows how it turns out. BTW, the specification of machine state that the drive was a SATA, so I assume the cable should work. Here is the link for the specification. Let me know if you see anything that raises a red flag...- kengay21
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Replacing a HP Pavillion Hard Drive
My HP Desktop Pavillion hard drive crashed and I need to replace it. HP technical support said the drive must be replaced with an HP SATA 250 GB 7200 RPM which cost $279. They are trying to convince me that any other drive will likely not work. My question is: Couldn't I replace the drive...- kengay21
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
