Dell Precision T 3400 Issue with..

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Second internal Hdd is not Not recognized
Power and data cables are confirmed good,
the 250 Hdd has been tested and is good
Windows 7 Pro is installed, and working properly.
I've checked the BIOS, but I just don't know how to enable it.
need help urgently Please.

[photolady]

Second internal Hdd is not Not recognized

Is it new? If new, did you use Disk Management to set partition and format it?

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Photolady..
I've made a small omission The os is installed in drive 0 and is fine drive 1 is not recognized at all in windows or BIOS, and that is the issue I have.
I need instruction on how to navigate this Rig Bios, and enable the drive.
This post is about enabling the drive IN bios, that's where your help is needed!!

[Midknyte]

I've checked the BIOS, but I just don't know how to enable it....drive 1 is not recognized at all in windows or BIOS

Did you make sure the SATA port for drive 1 is on/enabled?

Check the manual. pg 83.
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-produ...uide_en-us.pdf

SATA Drives 0
through 5
(On default)
Enables or disables drives attached to the SATA connectors on
the system board.
• Off — The drive attached to the interface is disabled.
• On — The drive attached to the interface is enabled.

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Midknyte
thx for the manual, I'll study it and report back.
And no I did not enable drive 1 in Bios because I didn't know how to,
maybe the manual will help matters.

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Here is what's happening.
In BIOS Setup I enabled all the drives to ON
There are 5 drives listed.
After exiting the BIOS The boot sequence showed that
drive 2-3-4 where not found (press F1 to continue)
apparently drive 5 is the drive that's registered and working!
At the center of the motherboard there are 4 risers + 2 more above.
one for drive o and the other for the DVD ROM.
I plugged the data cable on the lower left and reentered the BIOS setup.
and disabled drive 2-3-4 seved the mods and rebooted
that drive 2-3-4 not found disappeared from the POST menu.
In Windows the second drive is recognized and working properly
One problem still remain the booting this Rig it takes a lot longer and it needs to be fixed.

[Midknyte]

the 250 Hdd has been tested and is good

250GB is pretty small nowadays. Is it a used drive? What is the make/model? What did you use to test the drive?

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Midknyte
I didn't test the 250 properly, Acronis disk director formatted it for me,
and reported as a healthy drive, all my important "stuff"
is burned and stored on my external 2 Terra drive anyway.
everything in my computer. are copy of original stuff.
so if the drive go south, it doesn't matter much to me.