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PC won't power up!
Both ends are notched and they're pushed in all the way. The strangest thing is that the hard drive only has to be disconnected while I'm trying to get the BIOS to start up. Once the BIOS is going I plug the hard drive back in and everything boots up fine! I forgot to mention that I replaced...- maconsol
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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PC won't power up!
Sorry! The IDE cable is idiot-proofed (lucky for me!) with a notch on one side to prevent putting it in the wrong way.- maconsol
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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PC won't power up!
I have an HP Pavilion 4540. About two days ago I tried to upgrade my hard drive. The upgrade was a drive that was new but unused for the past six months. When I installed it I had the jumper set to master, and it was the only hard drive on IDE channel 1, i.e., the exact same configuration...- maconsol
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