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OK so I'm trying to install an OS on a new HD and the BIOS in the Dell Dimension 3000 doesn't recognize the CD drive making it hard to boot from CD.
I;ve tried the CD drive in other puters and it works fine. So . . . any suggestion on how to get the CD drive loaded in BIOS?
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by oh smeg Accepted solution
Is it a SATA Drive?
If it is you'll need to go into the BIOS and set the SATA to [b]Not the RAID Option[/b] and it may work now. If it is a SATA Drive and you are planning on configuring a RAID Array you have to use an IDE Drive because the Dell Raid Array locks up all the SATA Connectors.
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by rob miners Accepted solution
or attatched the CD to the Primary IDE drive
cable to see if it works. It maybe that the Secondary IDE drive slot has failed.
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by rob miners Accepted solution
it with another jumper setting. If it is Master make sure that it is on the end of the secondary IDE cable. Try setting the Jumper as a Slave or CS. You could try resetting the CMOS by clearing it.
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