Dell Dimension 8400 (about 3-4 years old). Stock SATA 160gb hard drive crashed (got the blue screen, all the codes, etc.) Took it to a computer place, they also said the HD crashed. I have bought a replacement 250gb SATA HD - attached the two inputs to the back (one thin and ling, one thin and short) and all I get on boot up is a couple of chirps and the screen says "Drive 1 (and 2 and 3) Not Found: Serial ATA, SATA-1" and repeats for drives two and three. The drive is warm, it's being accessed (it's humming), but I've also tried a third 160gb drive, same thing. I even replaced the original drive back in and the same thing - not even the blue screen and error codes any more.
Went to F2 set up, set to auto detect, all (SATA) drives sets to 'on.'
I'm computer literate, but not a techy or anything.
Totally lost now. Please help.
emsguy4you at aol dot com
Went to F2 set up, set to auto detect, all (SATA) drives sets to 'on.'
I'm computer literate, but not a techy or anything.
Totally lost now. Please help.
emsguy4you at aol dot com