Hi, I just purchased a new XPS 8700. It came with a 1TB 7200 RPM SATA HDD @ 6.0Gb/s. I always keep my data in a separate drive, and I want to add my existing data HDD (WD Caviar Green 1TB SATA WD10EADS) as a secondary drive.
I installed it on SATA3 and rebooted. The computer got stuck on the Dell logo. Tried all the other SATA slots with no change. Swapped cables with the factory HDD and the DVD drive and no change. The computer would not even go into Setup. As soon as I disconnected the WD HDD booting was fine. Did some research. Read that sometimes secure boot with UEFI may do it. Went back to Setup and disabled it. Rebooted with just factory HDD. Everything fine. Plugged in the WD HDD. Stuck on Dell logo. Removed the drive and enabled UEFI back in Setup.
When I put the WD HDD back in the old computer, everything is perfect (BTW, my old system is an XPS 400 with Pentium 4)
Before I go buy another hard drive: could it be the cable? is the HDD too slow for this system? which is a good device compatible with my new system?
Please help.
Thanks.