Can a Compaq dc7100 cmt pc desktop use a ide hard drive

how did you clean by hand ?
did you move any wiring data or power leads

Test all leads power and data that attach from motherboard to your hard drive,IDE,SATA

make sure all of you your drives power and data leads have secure connections

make sure the CPU central processing unit has a dust free secure seating

make sure your computer ram modules have secure seatings with no dust in sockets

Cmos battery has charge with no dust in the socket some motherboards cmos batteries are soldered in


hope this helps

Try setting the jumper on the IDE hard drive to SL (ie slave).

Yes, the DC7100CMT does support IDE Hard Drives and CD/DVD Drives.

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Hi,

9 beeps means that the input voltage to the PC's power supply is incorrect, have you changed the switch at the back of the PC from 110 to 240v or vice versa. If the PC was not bought in the UK then it may be set to 110v in which case the voltage selector at the back of the PC needs to be changed to 240v. If there is no voltage selector would recommend changing the power supply.

If by changing the selector to the correct voltage it still beeps 9 times you are looking at a new power supply unit which you can buy from HP at a high cost or buy a used one from:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160617535239

Hope this helps!!!

Well theres alot of things that may be wrong with your PC.
Im presuming your running Windows XP yes ?
1. Adding some coolerpaste may do the trick.
2. Try replacing the RAM i had this trouble and it was a dodgey/dead stick of RAM
3. Make sure theres no short circuiting anywhere.
4. Replace the Power supply.
5. Try reinstalling Windows again.
Hope this helped. Any more questions just ask me :)
James.

Hi im Rain.
Ok when installing components inside a motherboard always use a ESD braclet that will ground you to your computer. Failure to use a ESD braclet can fry parts in your system. if you have replaced the cmos battery and it still will not keep yime . The problem may be the motherboard its self. Make sure that you have installed the correct battery for your systems CMOS. If that fails you will need to replace your motherboard.

Hi,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asus_a8n_VMCSM02.jpg
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1423/abit_i_n73hd_geforce_7100_motherboard/index.html
u can check both the links and get the picture of motherboard

Is it like that before? If not then probably, a failing component, a short, most likely RAM card (when you happened to check its rated capacity getting low), connection problem.

Also, too much running applications at the same time, hard drive getting almost full, virus. Or borderline hardware specification for installed application.

Check the easiest first. Is this virus? is hard drive getting full? Borderline specification? Add on card contact dirty? Ailing component?

hope it helps

Try this,Remove the TPM and start computer,

TPM Card for dc7100
On the desktop and workstation models, the connector is located under the drive bay on the right hand side of the computer. In order to recover the system you should remove the TPM module and re-install the OS.

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2 Way to solve that:

1. Change in the Bios - SATA SETTINGS - to Native Mode \ ATA \ IDE
2. Load HDD drivers from floppy:
http://tinyurl.com/lajwx

goodluck :)