I am trying to upgrade to a 1tb SATA HDD on my Dell Optiplex GX270. It does not recognise my new drive in my BIOS, I have updated BIOS to A07. Am I missing something? Is it compatable with SATA?

That error is a boot device error and you need to check the BIOS to see what is listed for hard drives and other devices and see if AHCI is enabled etc.

Unplug the power. Open case. Unplug and reconnect cables at drive. There are only two. IDE / SATA and power.

Try to set the BIOS to Default.
Hope this may Solve.

Hi,

It makes no difference providing the computer motherboards support SATA interface.

SATA 1 and 2 drivers are in the BIOS. If all the computers have SATA 1 you can upgrade the BIOS to latest version via Dell's support website.





Regards.

Hi,
1. You can refer to your device motherboard user manual to find it our if the SATA HDD is supported or not.
2. If you dont have motherboard manual, just remove the screws behind your computer and remove the cabinet side cover and look onto the motherboard inside it. If you find SATA slots, then you can use SATA HDDs in your machine.

3. If there is no SATA slots in your motherboard, you can still use a SATA HDD to your system by getting a PCI to SATA convertor card.

I Hope this is helpful to you
Thanks

u will need to first update your bios and then reinstall dvd cdrw

It Seems to me IDE HDD In your BIOS should be set to on.

Is there a disk in the A drive?

this may or may not help, try taking out the cmos battery out (looks like a watch battery) and leave for a few minutes then replace, this will reset the bios.

Hi, reset the BIOS u need to follow below given steps(Perform all the steps carefully )

1.Restart the notebook.
2.Tap the F10 key as soon as the Dell logo appears.
3.Using the arrow keys, navigate to Exit Menu, select "Load Setup Defaults" and select "Exit Saving Changes".

 

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