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I am starting this new thread, the old one got sidetracked:
When I start it up, I get a message saying "Dell; Press F2 to setup."
Then "Primary Hard Disk Drive not found and
Fixed optical drive not found.
No bootable devices F1 to reboot, F2 to enter setup."
Pressing F2, I get a set of 7 pages, including:
1 Setup page (Bios Version AO6, Pentium IV 1.7GHz, CPU speed same, Cach 512MB, SysMem 1.2MB, Video ..., Audio...., PRIMARY HARDDRIVE NOT INSTALLED, diskette drive A and B Not Installed, Modular bay CD-RW, Fixed optical Drive not installed.
{this computer does have a CD and a CDRW/DVD drive installed but no floppy drive}
2 Boot Order (lists Diskette Drive, Harddrive, CD/DVD etc in that order)
3 Boot Config (Post - minimal, LAN controller enabled, Docking status - undocked; ethernet, etc enabled.)
4 Basic Device Config Keyboard, Ports, Pointing device, etc)
5 Battery (right battery full, left not installed)
6 Power mgmt (timeouts, cpu mode, alarms, wakeup, brightness)
7 Security (passwords disabled)
Michael suggested there might be another connection on the motherboard, I don't see any other place for the HD to plug in and I have had it all apart.
M. asked if the CDROM works.... I haven't stuck a disk in there because I am fairly certain it will not be able to play a music CD or run a program from it if it so 'dead'... is this some other test that you refer to?
How do you get to the "bios setup to search for the hd manually", Michael? I did not see that option.
Faint, repeating (crescendo) zzzzzz of 2 seconds upon first powering up, Jesse - is that the noise you refer to?
How do I 'just hook up the CDROM drive', Jesse? (It's already plugged in.)
"Jumper to Master" oooo, that is over my head.
Bill I didn't even see a battery on the MB.
THANKS!
When I start it up, I get a message saying "Dell; Press F2 to setup."
Then "Primary Hard Disk Drive not found and
Fixed optical drive not found.
No bootable devices F1 to reboot, F2 to enter setup."
Pressing F2, I get a set of 7 pages, including:
1 Setup page (Bios Version AO6, Pentium IV 1.7GHz, CPU speed same, Cach 512MB, SysMem 1.2MB, Video ..., Audio...., PRIMARY HARDDRIVE NOT INSTALLED, diskette drive A and B Not Installed, Modular bay CD-RW, Fixed optical Drive not installed.
{this computer does have a CD and a CDRW/DVD drive installed but no floppy drive}
2 Boot Order (lists Diskette Drive, Harddrive, CD/DVD etc in that order)
3 Boot Config (Post - minimal, LAN controller enabled, Docking status - undocked; ethernet, etc enabled.)
4 Basic Device Config Keyboard, Ports, Pointing device, etc)
5 Battery (right battery full, left not installed)
6 Power mgmt (timeouts, cpu mode, alarms, wakeup, brightness)
7 Security (passwords disabled)
Michael suggested there might be another connection on the motherboard, I don't see any other place for the HD to plug in and I have had it all apart.
M. asked if the CDROM works.... I haven't stuck a disk in there because I am fairly certain it will not be able to play a music CD or run a program from it if it so 'dead'... is this some other test that you refer to?
How do you get to the "bios setup to search for the hd manually", Michael? I did not see that option.
Faint, repeating (crescendo) zzzzzz of 2 seconds upon first powering up, Jesse - is that the noise you refer to?
How do I 'just hook up the CDROM drive', Jesse? (It's already plugged in.)
"Jumper to Master" oooo, that is over my head.
Bill I didn't even see a battery on the MB.
THANKS!