Bios will not recognize new hard drive

Snick said:

jim davis

On your other post at #38 I stated that I've had bad experiences with Western Digital Drives, HDD and SSD.

More than one, dead on arrival, more than one failed within a year, onboard electronics, irreparable and data was lost.

Snick

Thank you.
yes but others swore on their mothers grave it was a wonder work horse.
do you think it is a dead drive? cause I can call it up with Ubuto, and use, just not MS 7
as well do you work for another drive company, sorry had to ask.
the western hd in there now is 13 years old.


as well you say just installing a western can hurt your mother board Etc.

What settings have you got for the drive in the bios is uefi, legacy is it sata3 or sata2 and what does your board support

[B said:

samuria[/B];3472127]What settings have you got for the drive in the bios is uefi, legacy is it sata3 or sata2 and what does your board support

thank you samuria
this is all I know, below, frankly i know nothing about computers
thank you for all you might gleam and suggest
this machine had xp in it and then was moved up to win 7
As Well, this machine has a xp registry (Lic.) number on side, where would i find the new wins 7 lic. number, so I can down load a new clean seven program.


General DELL OPTIPLEX 745
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
System Type 32 bit
Central Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz x2
User Name Owner
Graphics
Video Adapter Intel(R) Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family
Video Memory 384.00 MB
Screen Resolution 1024 x 768
Video Adapter Intel(R) Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family
Video Memory Unknown
Screen Resolution NULL x NULL
Storage
Total Memory 1.99 GB
Free Memory 1.30 GB
Total Hard disk 74.41 GB
Free Hard disk 47.65 GB
I/O
Mouse USB Input Device
Keyboard USB Input Device
Computer System
Computer Name OWNER-PC
User Name Owner
Organization N/A
Operating System
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
OS Version 6.1.7601
Service Pack 1.0
Product ID 00359-OEM-8992687-00095
System Up Time 6/1/2020 9:50:33 PM
Internet Explorer Version 9.11.9600.19596
Microsoft DirectX Version 4.09.00.0904
OpenGL Version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Registry
Maximum Size 682 MB
Current Size 59 MB
Status OK
Memory Resource
Total Memory 1.99 GB
Used Memory 713.84 MB
Free Memory 1.29 GB
Memory Usage 35%
Physical Memory
Memory Bank N/A
Description Physical Memory 0
Device Locator DIMM_1
Capacity 512.00 MB
Speed 667 Mhz
Manufacturer CE00000000000000
Data Width 64 bit
Memory Type DDR
Form Factor DIMM
Physical Memory
Memory Bank N/A
Description Physical Memory 1
Device Locator DIMM_3
Capacity 512.00 MB
Speed 667 Mhz
Manufacturer AD00000000000000
Data Width 64 bit
Memory Type DDR
Form Factor DIMM
Physical Memory
Memory Bank N/A
Description Physical Memory 2
Device Locator DIMM_2
Capacity 512.00 MB
Speed 667 Mhz
Manufacturer 2C00000000000000
Data Width 64 bit
Memory Type DDR
Form Factor DIMM
Physical Memory
Memory Bank N/A
Description Physical Memory 3
Device Locator DIMM_4
Capacity 512.00 MB
Speed 667 Mhz
Manufacturer 2C00000000000000
Data Width 64 bit
Memory Type DDR
Form Factor DIMM
Central Processor
CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz x2
Code Name Model 4, Stepping 1
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Current Clock Speed 2990 Mhz
Max Clock Speed 2990 Mhz
Voltage 1.8V
External Clock 800 Mhz
Serial Number BFEBFBFF00000F41
CPU ID x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1
Socket Designation Microprocessor
N/A 16 KB
N/A 1024 KB
Motherboard
Model 0MM599
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Serial Number ..CN1374077404JM.
BIOS Name Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 2.3.1
BIOS Vendor Dell Inc.
SMBIOS Version 2.3.1
BIOS Date 5/21/2007
BIOS Features
PCI is supported Yes
Plug and Play is supported Yes
APM is supported Yes
BIOS is Upgradable (Flash) Yes
BIOS shadowing is allowed Yes
Boot from CD is supported Yes
Selectable Boot is supported Yes
EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive) Specification is supported Yes
Int 13h - Japanese Floppy for Toshiba 1.2mb (3.5, 360 RPM) is supported Yes
Int 5h, Print Screen Service is supported Yes
Int 9h, 8042 Keyboard services are supported Yes
Int 14h, Serial Services are supported Yes
Int 17h, printer services are supported Yes
ACPI supported Yes
USB Legacy is supported Yes
LS-120 boot is supported Yes
Disk Drives
Name WDC WD800JD-75MSA3 ATA Device
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Capability 74.50 GB
Interface Type IDE
Partitions 2
Total Cylinders 9726
Total Heads 255
Total Sectors 156248190
Total Tracks 2480130
Tracks Per Cylinder 255
Bytes Per Sector 512
Sectors Per Track 63
S.M.A.R.T Support Yes
Current Temperature 0C (32F)

Just confirm the cable to the hard drive is like this What Is an IDE Cable or Connector?


and is the a cd or anything else on the cable as they need to be set to master slave if they are set wrong it wont be seen

Samuria:

It's been several years since I owned a Dell OptiPlex 745 minitower, but I'm pretty sure it has a legacy BIOS and has SATA2 ports for storage drives and disc drives. I don't remember for sure if it also has IDE ports.

Snick said:

jim davis

Posting again on this thread, it will tell you what you have and what RAM and SSDs are compatible with your system.
You don't necessarily have to purchase Crucial, I have 3 in my machine and one Samsung. Can't tell any difference in speed, and the Crucials are less expensive. I've run them for years no problem.

Crucial Advisor tool

Snick

thank you snick, I am liking this above as a tool and liking the ideal of just making a spare 1 T hard drive copy to just drop in if my new one dies