I’m trying to figure out what the culprit is on a Dimension 2400 tower.
Error, at boot, is “Primary drive 0 not found”.
I ran the Dell diagnostics which finds & reports the drive ok. Reseated & tested RAM. Reseated all cards (phone modem only).
When I first looked at the tower, I saw the backplate was loose & snapped that back in- the unit started right up- so I thought- “hmm, maybe a ground or such”?. I ran MS updates (most were done). I’ve seen this same unit, about 4-6 mths ago- same error- where I replaced the IDE cable & battery. It has run fine since that time.
Since then, RAM has been added & also every USB port filled. The current PSU is 200wts. I’m wondering if it may be failing & just not able to supply proper power?
I have a PSU tester- but it’s quite basic- doesn’t actually give what each line is outputting.
This morning, I started the PC & came to the same screen. I was standing next to it, looking at my previous notes, when I suddenly heard the hard drive spin up. The darned thing is so quiet, I hadn’t noticed it was not running until I heard this (actually, once it spins up, there is no real noise from it). Again, does this sound like PSU?
Next, was to try to find whether this model is standard ATX. I found a schematic on the Dell site & the wiring diagram does appear the same as standard.
Is there anyplace that has this info posted (which Dell or others are standard)? Or, has anyone here replaced the PSU in a Dimension 2400 w/ATX?
TIA,
Tracy
