Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (
More info?)
[not addressed to Tom Scales in particullar]
I've seen something in this ng much much more so than in any other I've
been in.
Please consider top posting to messages where others have top posted,
and bottom posting to where others have bottom posted.
But mixing them up is making a hell of a mess.
Tom Scales <tomtoo@softhome.net> coughed up the following:
> Jumpering a drive as Slave AND putting it on the middle (Slave)
> connector WILL work fine. Jumpering it as Slave and putting it on
> the end (Master) connector will not.
>
> Tom
> "John W. Wells" <djinn@7Tsimmery.axe> wrote in message
> news:jebd80lk057d6rno2aef7hv1bok1g3r0ou@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:15:53 -0400, "Frank K."
>> <fkozerski@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Richard" <superrickynospamhereplease@sympatico.ca> wrote in
>>> message news:%W8hc.38102$Gp4.823505@news20.bellglobal.com...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to add my old 10gig hard drive in my
>>> new 8300 Dell
>>>> computer as a second hard drive. Could there be a problem
>>> of compatibility
>>>> or a problem with the Dell warranty doing so?
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you have a Serial ATA drive installed and are installing
>>> an ATA 10 Gig, here is some info.
>>>
>>> I recently bought a Dell Dimension 8300 with a 120Gig HD. I
>>> took the 80Gig out of my old 4100 and installed it in the
>>> 8300. The 120 Gig is a serial ATA drive and the 80Gig is an
>>> IDE. The power cable is in place in the case, but I had to
>>> use a ribbon cable for the 80 Gig. The BIOS didn't recognize
>>> the 80 Gig, so I called Dell Support. They got me
>>> straightened out by walking me through things that are not
>>> in the manual or on the site mentioned in this thread. First
>>> of all you move the installed drive to the bottom bay and
>>> put the 10 Gig in the top bay. There are two different color
>>> coded loose power cables hanging in the case. Hook the power
>>> cable to the 10 Gig drive, making sure it's the same type as
>>> is plugged into the original HD. Plug the ribbon cable into
>>> the empty black receptacle on the motherboard and plug the
>>> last, not middle, ribbon connector to the HD. As mentioned
>>> in this thread, the drive jumper should be set to
>>> cable-select (CS).
>>>
>>> This is where I'm not absolutely sure of the procedure, but
>>> it goes something like this.
>>>
>>> Once the connectors are all in place, boot the system. Press
>>> F2 at the DELL screen and get into the setup screen. Turn on
>>> the scroll lock, caps lock and numlock so that all three
>>> lights are ON. Then you press ALT-E, then ALT-F. As I said,
>>> there is a specific sequence of key strokes that must be
>>> followed and I'm NOT certain of it. Call Dell Support unless
>>> someone here can attest to the sequence.
>>
>> I had the very same experience as you. When my Dimension XPS arrived
>> last November (with single SATA drive), the first thing I did was
>> attempt to install a 120gb ATA drive. I couldn't figure out how to
>> get the BIOS to "welcome" it. Called tech support and got led down
>> the same labyrinth of weirdness (including a couple on-holds for the
>> tech to get help himself)--but an hour later, voila! I must admit I
>> thought the guy was nuts when he directed me to "turn on all the
>> lights" on my keyboard--voodoo!!
🙂
>>
>> Before calling I had installed my second drive (as I always had in
>> the past) as a 'slave,' not 'cable-select' as often mentioned here.
>> Works fine.
>>
>> --John W. Wells
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