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My Hard Drive wont boot!
thanks for all the replies everyone. I tried the ide cable in the other channel, and tried a different cable (also in both channels), but sadly to no avail. I was hoping there would be something simple I had missed, or something that was unique to Dells only, but it looks as though I will...- FurQ
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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My Hard Drive wont boot!
thanks for the reply, but I have already tried to flash the BIOS (its now version A10). Whenever the drive is connected (and its connected correctly) the bios simply wont pick up any drive now! I cant see anything obvious on the motherboard that could have been changed that would cause this...- FurQ
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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My Hard Drive wont boot!
I am trying to upgrade the hard drive in my dell optiplex gx300. the original drive is a 3gb IBM, which I am trying to replace with a 20gb Maxtor. With the new hd connected, I get the BIOS loading bar, but it locks at the end, requiring a reboot. I cant even get into the BIOS with the hard...- FurQ
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