Installed replacement dvdrw drive in my dell 4600 problems!

haveu formmated your disk & installed an operating system ie Win7/Xp it seems u have not got an operating system.

so you're saying that the computer keeps rebooting?

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Heres a link from DELL,it has all the correct parts and manuals for you,

This section is titled Removing and Installing Parts by DELL.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim4600/en/4600/sm/parts.htm

Your memory is DDR Ram.

check in the bios that it is your new hardrive it is seeing, and not your old one still sitting in thr bios memory, as taking out the battery doesnt always delete the cmos memory.

There shoul be an option in the bios to auto recognise the drive

When you reinstalled XP on your Dimension 4600, did you install the drivers in this order. USB is part of the chipset and the driver will need to be loaded for USB to function normally.


Chipset Utility:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R58201&SystemID=DIM_P4_4600&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=3268&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=27&fileid=70069
Video Driver
Audio Driver
NIC Driver

All available here:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=&SystemID=DIM_P4_4600

Hello,
Check that your motherboard supports the high capacity of HDD
Install the OS having the latest service pack combination.

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i hope u re install your operating system,
after the re installation u did not install the drivers that is the reson, best way u buy an ethernet card and try to get net connection and down load the drivers from dell.com ,then remove the card ,thats it.

That particular Dell uses a power supply with non-standard wiring. The plug is the same size as an ATX plug, but it's wired differently. If you were to replace motherboard & plug in the standard power supply, it would damage the supply, or the motherboard, or both. Also, the front panel plugs (for power & power LED & hard drive indicator) are proprietary as well. Ideally you should replace it with another Dell Dimension 4600 motherboard. I've found replacements for reasonable prices on some of the auction places on the web. I recently replaced a failed motherboard in my Dimension 8300 with one I got from a popular auction site, I think my cost was about $59 plus shipping.

The other option would be to remove the hard drive, video card (if any), and optical drives, and consider a 'barebones' package from various sites such as geeks or newegg.

Hi Peter at the back of writer there is a small peg take it out and put it into the slave setting. It sounds like you have it on master which will conflict. Hope this helps
Thanks Al

Did you reinstall windows or was this a second hard drive that you installed?