new drive sata wont start

[xavier]

One other thing clear the cmos if you dont know how then remove battery for appx. 20 min. re set time in bios after clearing cmos

[ImnoGuru]

Xavier, Thank you. Im going to give that a try today and tommorrow it should be fixed (hopefully).
Start up hit Ctl Alt d  (for diagnose).
I'll take it slowly and go through it all step by step.
I'll format a 13 gig drive IDE and install that tonight to test out the system.
Id like to thank everyone that offered help on my problem.
Hopefully these last few steps will cure it all. Thanks.

[xavier]

Let us know

[xavier]

If after you install the ide drive and it is recognised, why nor put your os on that and then try the sata drive

[ImnoGuru]

Xavier, thanks Ive tried to replace the cd drive with another, (just now actually), but the computer doesnt see it.
I put the 13 GIG drive in, it has win98se on it and so far (touch wood) it operates. plays solitare completely. there isnt anything else on the drive except Win 98 and the cd doesnt work so I cant load any other programs on it.

When I use add new hardware, the cd player isnt found. When I pick out cd player from the menu list it tells me I dont have a cd player installed. Also the bios doesnt have the cd player installed either.
Im just going through the bios settings and changing them one by one and rebooting the computer. Do you have a fast way of getting the cdplayer installed?

[patio]

Very early on in the XP install process there is a prompt "Press F6 to install SATA/RAID drivers".....
At that point press F6 and have your Dell Driver disc handy.

[ImnoGuru]

I put the 13 GIG drive in, it has win98se on it

Thanks patio, I only have Win 98, the cd player does not work and the tools for loading the sata drive are on cd. So far the sata drive is not recognized and I cant load XP yet.
Ive been trying to get an Imation Superdisk LS120 on my other computer to download the DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS for the sata drive, then install the superdisk on the Dell so I can load the drivers and get the 500 Gig drive operational.
Then for the CD problem. I think I should start a new thread for that one.
In fact I see the cd Player as a more important issue than the drive at this stage. At least with an IDE drive with win98se on it, I can get the Dell on the net and download the drivers that way

[patio]

Borrow another CD player to make sure it's not the drive itself...
With Win 98 you will need to install drivers...

[ImnoGuru]

Ive got several in "stock" to choose from. I tried another cd Player same result... no player installed.maybe they are both broken? I'll try another.
Patio when I go to the bios, it tells me cd not installed??, so I changed the cable from the cd, to the cable off the IDE then to the cd. So the cd and the player were on the same cable. No result, then I changed the cable from the mobo for another cable altogether, no result.
Im going to change the pins from master to slave and test the sequences.
If I can get the Dell online, I might be able to update the bios. Now that I have a working hard drive installed, Ican instal a modem or a network card.

[patio]

Try it on it's own on IDE2 with a brand new cable and it jumpered as Master...