Are the jumpers on your HD set up for Cable Select or as Master? Is the ribbon cable oriented correctly? Pin 1 of the cable to Pin 1 on the system board and Pin 1 on the HD. Do you know for a fact that your HD replacement works? I'm assuming that you are using IDE or EIDE hard drives.
I didn't read every reply, but here are a couple of things that I have found in my experiences. First, if you shut down your system without first closing Outlook (if its open) the system will take what seems like forever, to close. The other thing is if your running anti-virus software...
Do you get any error messages or does your system just "freeze"? Check your cooling fan and make sure its working. Make sure the fan is not blocked or plugged up with dust. If you feel comfortable opening up your PC, check the cooling fan on the CPU if it has one. Make sure that it...
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