Hard drive problems

otf649 · 04-13-2008, 07:42 PM

I have a dell dimension 4600c desktop. I get an error message after initial start-up screen that says SATA primary drive 0 not found. Strike F1 key to continue,F2 to run set-up. When I hit F1 it just repeats the message. On the back I have 3 green lights and D is yellow. Is my hard drive bad or maybe the ribbon cable? I have checked all connections and they are all ok. No apparent bad spots in ribbon cable. What is the max GB hard drive I can put in it. It has a seagate 80gb 7200.7. What is compatable with it? Want as much as I can get if it is bad. Thanks.

dai · 04-13-2008, 09:18 PM

sata don't use the ribbon cable it's a very thin one about 1/2 inch wide
try a new sata cable,the plugs have been known to come loose
you can put any size drive you like in there

04-13-2008, 07:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
otf649 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Hard drive problems I have a dell dimension 4600c desktop. I get an error message after initial start-up screen that says SATA primary drive 0 not found. Strike F1 key to continue,F2 to run set-up. When I hit F1 it just repeats the message. On the back I have 3 green lights and D is yellow. Is my hard drive bad or maybe the ribbon cable? I have checked all connections and they are all ok. No apparent bad spots in ribbon cable. What is the max GB hard drive I can put in it. It has a seagate 80gb 7200.7. What is compatable with it? Want as much as I can get if it is bad. Thanks.

04-13-2008, 09:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,637 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Hard drive problems sata don't use the ribbon cable it's a very thin one about 1/2 inch wide try a new sata cable,the plugs have been known to come loose you can put any size drive you like in there __________________