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audiodude   01-29-2011 at 09:59:58 PM

I added a new hard drive to my dell inspiron 9300. The bios does not detect the drive. I can't even load an OS on it. I've tried a WD 320 (ide) didn't work. Replace the drive the system came with and it still didn't see the hard drive. Any one experience this?

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tecmo34   01-30-2011 at 07:13:06 AM

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  • Have you verified the new IDE's pins aren't set to Slave instead of Master?
  • Have you verified everything is plugged in correctly & firmly?
  • Do you have a second cable to try to rule out a defective cable?


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