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Dell Dimension 1800
I am working on two machines similar spec p4 1,6Ghz , 256 Rambus , 20 gig hdd , cdrom
My problem is when the machine post's it isn't recognizing the idea devices if I go to the bios I am greeted with unknown devices.
Hdd is set to primary master and Cd is secondary master,
I have taken the cmos battery out for a good 20 mins and still no change I also have reset the bios by entering a set of keyboard commands in the bios on which the machine resets and autoconfigs the ide's but once again is unable to find anything
Any ideas chaps?
My problem is when the machine post's it isn't recognizing the idea devices if I go to the bios I am greeted with unknown devices.
Hdd is set to primary master and Cd is secondary master,
I have taken the cmos battery out for a good 20 mins and still no change I also have reset the bios by entering a set of keyboard commands in the bios on which the machine resets and autoconfigs the ide's but once again is unable to find anything
Any ideas chaps?
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iowatech
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Have you tried manually specifying the IDE device in BIOS, sometimes if you tell it ATAPI CD ROM and HDD Device it will then correctly pull in all information and boot properly. -
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sthomas
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Usually with Dells you have to set the IDE drives to cable select. Try that and if the drives aren't bad they will show up in the BIOS.Working on: MCSA 2012 R2