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Hard drive not recognized

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Today I took the hard drive out of my computer, and installed another hard drive temporarily. When I plug the original (or any other) in now I get the Dell screen and then a message "press F1 to reboot, F2 for setup" The hard drie works in another computer. I've also verified that the ribbon works. I didn't change anything, just unplugged one and plugged in another. Any ideas?

Name: OtheHill
Date: October 3, 2007 at 21:19:02 Pacific

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Did you try pressing F2?

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Yes, it takes me into the setup

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PS: When I go to Hard Disk Drive Sequence in setup it says "Not Installed"

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Name: OtheHill
Date: October 4, 2007 at 10:29:26 Pacific

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Possibly a cable has worked loose?

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Looks like the IDE slot on the Motherboard has gone bad :( Thanks for your help though!

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Name: OtheHill
Date: October 4, 2007 at 12:32:45 Pacific

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Verify the IDE controller is Enabled in the BIOS. Check the jumper position on the harddrive.

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