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July 24th, 2007 20:00
optiplex 170l bios boot sequence problem
i have updated my bios to AO9 on my optiplex 170l.
i have installed a 160gb SATA hd as a secondary data drive and it has been formatted and recognized by the machine.
i have also added a second cd drive, which has not been recognized and now my primary cdrw drive is gone.
drive config. under bios
*SATA Primary Drive......................Hard Drive
*Primary Master Drive....................Hard Drive
Primary Slave Drive.....................OFF
Secondary Master Drive..................OFF
Secondary Slave Drive...................OFF
IDE Drive UDMA..........................ON
*drive type auto
Boot sequence
Hard Disk Drive C:
in boot menu
1. normal
2. sata primary
3. primary master
4. diskette drive
5. hard disk drive c:
if i manually pick #3 computer will boot to os
if i don't go into the boot menu the computer won't boot
neither of the cd drives are listed as installed or bootable options?
is there a way to recognize all of my peripherals and storage and get the machine to boot on start-up
do i need to manually change the jumper config on the devices?
i have installed a 160gb SATA hd as a secondary data drive and it has been formatted and recognized by the machine.
i have also added a second cd drive, which has not been recognized and now my primary cdrw drive is gone.
drive config. under bios
*SATA Primary Drive......................Hard Drive
*Primary Master Drive....................Hard Drive
Primary Slave Drive.....................OFF
Secondary Master Drive..................OFF
Secondary Slave Drive...................OFF
IDE Drive UDMA..........................ON
*drive type auto
Boot sequence
Hard Disk Drive C:
in boot menu
1. normal
2. sata primary
3. primary master
4. diskette drive
5. hard disk drive c:
if i manually pick #3 computer will boot to os
if i don't go into the boot menu the computer won't boot
neither of the cd drives are listed as installed or bootable options?
is there a way to recognize all of my peripherals and storage and get the machine to boot on start-up
do i need to manually change the jumper config on the devices?
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Elsbeth.
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July 26th, 2007 12:00
Welcome to the Dell Community Forums.
First for the drives, you would need to turn on the drives in the BIOS, you need to set the primary and secondary IDE drives to On. Also make sure you set the jumpers to cable select.
As far as the boot problem I would suggest resetting the NVRAM. You can follow the instructions in your manual from the Dell website.
vtgolf
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July 31st, 2007 19:00
Elsbeth.
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August 1st, 2007 08:00
You would need to check in the BIOS to see about changing the boot order. You would need to set the Primary Master drive above the SATA drive in the boot order. If it doesn't allow you to do that, then there is no way to change it.
vtgolf
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August 1st, 2007 13:00
Elsbeth.
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August 1st, 2007 14:00
There is software out there that will allow you to clone the drives. Acronis and Norton Ghost are two popular packages.