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Dell Dimension 8300: Why will my PC not boot from SATA Solid State Drive

Sat, 17 Dec 2016 22:27:50 -0700

I upgraded by adding a SSD via SATA port on the motherboard. It works fine but will only boot if I also have a (redundant) operating system (Windows XP) on the original IDE drive. I can then choose to boot straight from Windows 7 on the SSD. Without the IDE drive I get a boot error something like Primary Hard Drive Not Found.

The IDE drive has now developed a fault and I want to install a new hard drive on the other SATA port rather than replace with in IDE drive.

Can anyone offer advice? DM.

⟐ Edited December 17, 2016 at 22:27 MST

Dell Dimension 8300: Dell Dimension has no power

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 01:36:40 -0700

I'm having the same problem. My system will not turn on. Replaced the power supply. Still will not power up. Could this be a bad power button? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

⟐ Answer edited January 04, 2025 at 1:36 MST

Dell Dimension 8300: Dell Dimension has no power

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 09:32:16 -0700

Dell Dimension 8300 will not turn on. Has the power supply died?

⟐ Commented January 03, 2025 at 9:32 MST

Dell Dimension 8300: Windows update failed and system slowed down

Sat, 17 Dec 2016 22:28:00 -0700

I have just done fresh install of Windows 7 on SSD after upgrading hard drives. Everything was going fine until windows update failed repeatedly. Now windows explorer has ground to a halt. Ran windows fixit and successfully installed updates.Anti virus seems ok bot windows still very slow. Any ideas?

⟐ Edited December 17, 2016 at 22:28 MST

Dell Dimension 8300: Why have I two channel 0 ata controllers

Sat, 17 Dec 2016 22:28:12 -0700

Under IDE ata/atapi controllers I have two ATA channel 0 which seem identical. Does anyone know why this might happen?

⟐ Edited December 17, 2016 at 22:28 MST