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gimegames · 11-21-2008, 01:48 PM

OK - Here Goes
System = Dell Dimension 3000
Ram = kingston kvr400 1gr
Hard Drive = WD Caviar 40GB

Friend brought over this PC and wanted me to fix it.
I noticed that hard drive only had 30MB of space left, so I suggested we get another hard drive and Ghost it to an new bigger drive. So we bought a WD Caviar 250GB drive ran the Ghosting software (Symantec). When it was complete I placed the new drive in and it would not boot and the bios would not detect the drive (and it does not even spin up). I switched out the drive with old one, same thing, not detected (no spin).
1. OK I tested drives on another system - they both were detected and I could FDISK the new drive without any issues.
2. I tried testing the drives on IDE1 & IDE2 connectors still not detected (the CD drive was detected though)
3. I tried different power connectors for the drives, same thing
4. Jumper settings are correct
5. I tried with only the hard drive connected, same thing
So where does that leave me?
I'm sure it's not the drives, because they work on my other PC.
Any suggestions, before I rip my hair out?

11-21-2008, 01:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
gimegames Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	[SOLVED] Hard Drive not detecetd by Bios OK - Here Goes System = Dell Dimension 3000 Ram = kingston kvr400 1gr Hard Drive = WD Caviar 40GB Friend brought over this PC and wanted me to fix it. I noticed that hard drive only had 30MB of space left, so I suggested we get another hard drive and Ghost it to an new bigger drive. So we bought a WD Caviar 250GB drive ran the Ghosting software (Symantec). When it was complete I placed the new drive in and it would not boot and the bios would not detect the drive (and it does not even spin up). I switched out the drive with old one, same thing, not detected (no spin). 1. OK I tested drives on another system - they both were detected and I could FDISK the new drive without any issues. 2. I tried testing the drives on IDE1 & IDE2 connectors still not detected (the CD drive was detected though) 3. I tried different power connectors for the drives, same thing 4. Jumper settings are correct 5. I tried with only the hard drive connected, same thing So where does that leave me? I'm sure it's not the drives, because they work on my other PC. Any suggestions, before I rip my hair out?