Questions & Answers for: Dell sata bios

Question about PowerEdge 1600SC Server

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drive. Also check bios settings , do hdd auto detect and save in bios if you want to use sata. If instead you want to go back to SCSI, download the drivers from the link below. Download page from Dell

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Question about Inspiron 531 Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.3GHz 1GB 500GB DVD RW Vista Home Premium PC Desktop

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sata cables on the main board are plugged in correctly the hard drive should be in sata port 0 and on some dells it's sata port 1. Make sure in the bios that the Sata HDD 0 is enabled. Hope this helps

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Question about Dimension XPS 400 PC Desktop

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...to enter the bios setup and enable the onboard SATA channels. If the bios had gotten defaulted, as from a dead CMOS battery etc. it could have also caused your original SATA drive to be

Question about OptiPlex GX280 PC Desktop

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SATA 1 you can upgrade the BIOS to latest version via Dell's support website. Regards. They came in different flavors, so the easiest way would be to look inside and discover if it has SATA connectors

Question about OptiPlex™ GX270 PC Desktop

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BIOS to A07. Am I missing something? Is it compatable with SATA? I have the same model PC with a 250gig Sata HDD and dont have any problems. If a PC can read 250g it should be able to read 1000g. This

Question about OptiPlex™ GX270 PC Desktop

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...BIOS looks at both SATA harddrives. When it finds the one with the operating system on it, BIOS will disregard the other SATA harddrive) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScqDZZeFK9I For additional ...

Question about OptiPlex 360 Desktop Computer

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...sata 1 via bios and then i bought a wester digital TB HDD sata and put it on sata 2 via bios but in device manager it shows up but in "my computer" i cant put anything on it i have scanned ...

...sata). bios setting for drives = sata operation is (RAID Autodetect / ATA). Tried factory default settings but no results. Any suggestions appreciated for multiboot system with windows xp pro and ...

Question about Inspiron 531s Desktop Computer

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...boot saying SATA 0 installed SATA 1 installed SATA 2 none SATA 3 none Johnathan,have you changed anything in BIOS.set optimal defaults ? if BIOS can change BOOTDRIVE.windows are in one of the

...BIOS goes NUTs. making Sata fail too. Not told what DRIVES you tired old dead failing SMART tests, HDD> or using modern SSD hard drive. Try only new drives. is best. and enable all ports USE DISK ...

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