Dan

[dan macduff]

I own a dell optiplex gx 50 with windows 98. every time it boots the following shows

DISKETTE DRIVE 0 SEEK FAILURE
PRIMARY HARD DISK DRIVE 0 NOT FOUND
PRIMARY HARD DISK DRIVE 1 NOT FOUND
SECONDARY HARD DISK DRIVE 0 NOT FOUND
SECONDARY HARD DISK DRIVE 1 NOT FOUND
STRIKE F1 KEY TO CONTINUE. F2 TO RUN THE SETUP UTILITY

I tried striking the f1 key but it only says INSERT BOOT DISK
could it be that the ribbon cables are faulty/loose/backwards
and how do i know if the ribbon cable is backwards?
please help!!! and happy holidays

 

[Emerald]

the red line on the ribbon cable should connect to Pin1

 

[dan macduff]

tried that. but the same error comes up. what if i take the 5v battery out to reset bios

 

[Emerald]

does you hdd spin up when you turn on your PC?

 

[dan macduff]

yes but the computer can't find its driver and wont boot all the way

 

[p4nz3rm4d]

sounds like a HDD failure... they all do it sometime...

 

[dan macduff]

but when i start the computer it sounds like its reading it