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compelling computer problem
Here is my situation:
I have a dell dimension 8200 (i think) with an Intel Pentium 4 processor 1.80 GHz. My 40 Gig hard drive failed recently. I purchased an 80 Gig hard drive and installed it - both were Seagate hard drives. I've tried to load Windows XP with my reinstallation cd that came with the computer and get a message that windows requires an 80486 or later processor. This same computer with the smaller hard drive operated with windows xp. Any suggestions as to how to handle this problem?
I have a dell dimension 8200 (i think) with an Intel Pentium 4 processor 1.80 GHz. My 40 Gig hard drive failed recently. I purchased an 80 Gig hard drive and installed it - both were Seagate hard drives. I've tried to load Windows XP with my reinstallation cd that came with the computer and get a message that windows requires an 80486 or later processor. This same computer with the smaller hard drive operated with windows xp. Any suggestions as to how to handle this problem?
If you have any suggestions please share them. It seems the problem rests with my processor. What are some possible causes of a pentium 4 processor 1.80 GHz running at a 100 MHz Bus speed? Again if you have any suggestions share them, I'm at my wits end.
b-tiger
- It may also be helpful to provide the following information from the BIOS setup screen, as posted on another thread and copied here.
"Here is the CPU information from the set up screen:
CPU speed: Normal
Bus speed: 100 MHZ
Processor 0 ID F12
Clock Speed 1.80 GHz
Cache Size 256 KB
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Posted December 27th, 2005 18:00