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vjm2122 · 04-05-2006, 08:43 AM

I do understand how all the cables and jumper setting need to go I build computers as a side job. I have a feeling that the machine must have gotten a power surge in a storm because so far I changed the power supply because it was dead and the sata hard drive is also dead.

I am going to try to just hook up a single new IDE hard drive and see if it can be recognized in the bios and then start connecting things back slow.

I have a feeling everything got zapped and the computer is worthless now since it is out of warrenty from dell.

04-05-2006, 08:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
vjm2122 Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 24	I do understand how all the cables and jumper setting need to go I build computers as a side job. I have a feeling that the machine must have gotten a power surge in a storm because so far I changed the power supply because it was dead and the sata hard drive is also dead. I am going to try to just hook up a single new IDE hard drive and see if it can be recognized in the bios and then start connecting things back slow. I have a feeling everything got zapped and the computer is worthless now since it is out of warrenty from dell.