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Maxtor Internal Hard Drive is it compatable with a Dell E521 dIMENSION ?

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tmb605   03-10-2009 at 04:19:31 AM

CAN I PUT A 300GB MAXTOR IDE INTERNAL HARD DRIVE INTO A DELL E521 DIMENSION AS THE SECONDARY HARD DRIVE. THERE IS AN OPEN BAY FOR AN ADDITIONAL HARD DRIVE.

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aford10   03-10-2009 at 07:03:38 AM
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I don't see where that dell has a slave drive controller. The bios may not allow it. Boot into the bios and see if you can enable a slave HD. If you can, you can add a 2nd HD, if not, then you can't.

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tmb605   03-10-2009 at 08:30:01 AM
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Thanks aford10 for a quick response have a good deal for the maxtor ide internal hd 300gb. will let you know how things turn out.

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co30cl   03-10-2009 at 09:35:22 PM
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You can put two IDE drives (master & slave) on one controller. You just need to have a 3 connection (2 drives, 1 MB) IDE cable and jumper the drives (one as master, other as slave). Also make sure the IDE Secondary/Slave isn't disabled in the BIOS, best set to AUTO.

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aford10   03-10-2009 at 09:40:54 PM
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I'm talkign about the ide controller in the bios, not the ide cable.

Yes a cable can have 2 devices on it, and maybe even the jumpers set right. But if the bios doesn't have a IDE slave drive controller (which is common in budget dell pc's), then it won't recognize the slave drive.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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