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    Dell Harddrive not reading in my IFL90

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by atlxkevinx, Oct 17, 2007.

  1. atlxkevinx

    atlxkevinx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello everyone, after a long wait time, I finally got my Barebone IFL90. I ordered a 160gb seagate from dell from a deal back then, but when I am installing windows it says no harddrives detected. In bios, it reads my HD. Anyone know how I can fix this problem? Thanks
     
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    vista1984 Notebook Geek

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    is your new harddrive the S-ATA interfere, seems dell's laptop always have this problem,,
    please get into the bios, and find out option which can make S-ata simulate ata, then do it. and the problem will be solved.
    you must find out where to change the setting,,i'm afraid i forgot..
     
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    Change from AHCI mode to ATA mode in Bios, exactly and good luck
     
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    It is a SATA interface, I disabled AHCI mode, and it works! OMG thanks, you are the best :).
     
    atlxkevinx, Oct 17, 2007
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