Dimension 4600 (Startup Issues)

Question

I'm having some issues with my 2 year old dimension 4600 i think one of my friends may have messed up my BIOS a little bit whenever i go to turn on my computer now it says: 'Primary Drive 1 not found Secondary Drive 1 not found Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility' this screen comes up after the Dell startup progress meter finishes (hangs for about 1 minute after bar fills then goes to this screen) any suggestions? Message Edited by jonmacd on 11-08-2007 05:15 PM

ro_lie07 · Answer

drain power from the computer by removing the power cable from the back of the computer > press and hold power button for 10 seconds > plug power cable back in > turn on computer.    if you will still get that error. go to your bios screen and reset your bios defaults.  > press F2 when booting up the computer > in the bios screen press + to set bios defaults > press ESC then save and exit.

gcarrick · Answer

I did this on a Dimension 8300. I clicked on F but didn't get any message to confirm. When I rebooted, I had a message about automatic IDE configuration which lasted 2 - 3 minutes. Then the computer came up with no problems. Thanks for the tip.

Message Edited by gcarrick on 11-13-2007 01:05 PM

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