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DELL DIMINSION 3000

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by sjdogl1 1 view

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i REACENTLY PURCHASED A DELL 3000 MOTHER BOARD. i ALSO PURCHAES A A NEW ESTER DIGITAL 160 GB HARD DR. NOW I CAN'T GET THE COMPUTER TO RECOGNIZE THE XP HOPME CD. i AM RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS. THE COMPUTER THAT I PUT IT IN IS A DELL B110. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN

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by oh smeg

What Model M'Board is this? Is the Western Digital HDD a SATA or IDE type Drive and does the M'Board support it Natively of do you need an adapter?

If the WD Drive is an IDE Drive is it on the same Data Lead as the Optical Drive? If it is have you jumpered both devices so that they will work and does BIOS see the new HDD?

Have you set the BIOS to boot off the Optical Drive first before the HDD?

Post back with an answer to these and I or someone else here will try to help you out.

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by ayje

First try not to type all in caps. It sounds rude. Does your cd reconized other cd, such as music or data cd. Check computer management you might have to assign new drive letters to the cd drive and the HD

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