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    Installed replacement motherboard and Dell 3020 can't find boot device.

    Cleared CMOS and no luck. Getting an RMA and returning to seller. Thanks.
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    Installed replacement motherboard and Dell 3020 can't find boot device.

    We are restoring a number of computers that were recently in a flood. Some of the MB's got wet. I created an image I am using om 6 of the 3020's. It works fie on the units that still have working motherboards. The 2 replacements don't want to read a boot record. I've used other HDD's from...
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    Installed replacement motherboard and Dell 3020 can't find boot device.

    I double checked all connections and checked them against another computer. Tried different SATA ports and different cables. Disabled CD ROM drive just so it wouldn't show up and eliminated all but the HDD in the boot sequence settings. The computer sees the HDD and will boot from it if I make...
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    Installed replacement motherboard and Dell 3020 can't find boot device.

    Will boot from hard drive if i manually force it on setup (f12). Finds drive in setup. Tried drives from other identical 3020's. Have updated drivers while in Windows (from manual setup start). Identical problem on second machine. Dell (supposedly) 490P1 boards both. When using Dell Detect to...