I'm going to start from the begining. I started up my computer and right at the end of post it started a continous rapid beeping. Then the enter password (startup) command sarted scrolling down the screen. As as I touched the first key of my password I would get a message "incorrect password". I tried to boot with a disk...no help. I thought the HD was bad so I bought a new one installed it and got the message primary disk not found hit F1 to continue or F2 for setup. I tried both. After much consternation I managed to get the new OS loaded (ME) but upon booting I would get primary disk not found hit F1 .... if you hit F1 windows will continue to boot like normal.
I hooked the old HD into my backup system and it worked just fine. Ihook the new HD into the backup system and it also works with the exception of the video drivers that come with me are incompatiable with the card so there is some giration you need to go through that I can't remember to fix that. But I digress. I replaced the cables with no change...I suspect a motherboard or RAM problem but I am at the limits of my ability...Any help would be appreciated...I have tried most of the suggestions at the HD help site.
