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  1. 06-29-2006, 06:56 PM #1
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    Dell Dimension E310, something cooked

    I was messing w/ my sisters NEW Dell Dimension E310. I was trying to hook up an IDE hard drive (disconnected serial ata). I plugged it into the tiny round ide cable (in series) that comes factory installed on cd rom. I'm guessing it couldnt handle the current. Something burnt & it wouldnt post - hard ware error, contact vendor error. I crapped my paints! After 1/ hr of disconnecting ea. individual component I hooked up a plain 80 ide cable & it worked again. So if I wanted to hook up a regular ide cable in place of the serial HDD, will I be able to?
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  2. 06-29-2006, 07:17 PM #2
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    i'm not following you. what round ide cable?

    the new dells only have 1 IDE port, so you would have to put the hd right under the cdrom if anything. the bottom bays are dedicated for SATA drives.
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    http://support.dell.com/support/edoc....htm#wp1043338

    This may help you with the system.
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