Dell Dimension 9150 What should I do with it?

Stonker · 6 Nov 2012 at 22:30

If I go into the setup utility, it shows the boot up sequence and says the onboard SATA drive is not present

Stonker · 7 Nov 2012 at 23:13

Is it looking like a hard disc?

These machines are selling for £50-60 on Ebay so I'm not so sure it's worth a replacement disc

I was also reading that it has an unusual type of motherboard that won't run the latest processors

Idleman · 7 Nov 2012 at 23:20

Have you tried any of the diagnostic tools on the UBCD, yet?

Stonker · 8 Nov 2012 at 06:35

I can't work how to boot to it. I've gone into setup and moved the CD drive to the top of the boot up list but it just tries to boot windoze and crashes.

I'm not sure if I can get to the BIOS menu to select a boot device. I've tried F5 and F8

Stonker · 9 Nov 2012 at 21:06

Hello?

Orcvader · 9 Nov 2012 at 21:46

According to this, it's F2 to enter setup: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SYSTEMS/dim9150/en/sm/syssetup.htm#wp1043338

Stonker · 10 Nov 2012 at 10:52

It was F12....

I have asked it to boot to the disk and my screen just says:

ISOLINUX 3.86 210-04-01 ETCD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al

Stonker · 17 Nov 2012 at 20:56

Hello?