Regardless, I was referring to the connectors on the mobo (some are raid and
some are solo).
"CdLsRN" <NOSPAM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23J7r2Tr2IHA.5664@xxxxxx
Quote:
>I brought this drive back after trying to install it with Dell. They said
>it
> was defective. I got a 1 TB Seagate, SATA, hard drive. It installed
> easily,
> with directions from Dell's owner manual (different from the dell help).
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:553D433E-0AB7-4969-98ED-02B5BE969D13@xxxxxx Quote:
>> As Dustin suggests, it sounds like you have connected to a raid
>> controller
>> instead of a standard controller.
>>
>> "CdLsRN" <NOSPAM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:epQUu3a2IHA.5512@xxxxxx Quote:
>>>I have a Dell XPS 420 desktop with 750 GB, and 4 gb memory. I tried to
>>>add a Seagate 750GB hard drive today. I put it in according to Dell
>>>instructions. went to BIOS setup . the drive was enabled properly. Only
>>>with drive configuration in Auto Detect Raid was it detected. Then only
>>>as 40 gb. Re-booted and windows wouldn't boot up. What went wrong here?
>> >