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Hello everyone. I have an old Dell OptiPlex GX110, and being an old hardware geek, I decided to see how well Windows 7 would run on it, since I've seen older comps run it just fine. I did a low level format on the drive, dropped in the Windows 7 disk, and it copied all of the files without an issue. Then when I reboot it, all I see is the blinking cursor. The machine seems to be noticing that there is an OS on the drive, because if I swap the drive for one which has no OS, it will display "No Operating System Installed."
I've tried clearing the CMOS, NVRAM, changing hard drive cables, swapping RAM sticks, changing hard disks, removing every card that wasn't 100% needed, and even re-seating the CPU and heatsink. The BIOS detects the HDD correctly, and it is recognised.
I know that the problem isn't the horrible specs, because I hat the same problem when I reinstalled the original OS.
Anyone have any ideas what the problem might be?
The specs:
Intel Pentium III 666MHz
512MB RAM
Dell OptiPlex GX110 Stock mobo
nVidia GeForce 2 MX 16MB
Quantum Fireball 1ct IDE HDD, 30GB
I've tried clearing the CMOS, NVRAM, changing hard drive cables, swapping RAM sticks, changing hard disks, removing every card that wasn't 100% needed, and even re-seating the CPU and heatsink. The BIOS detects the HDD correctly, and it is recognised.
I know that the problem isn't the horrible specs, because I hat the same problem when I reinstalled the original OS.
Anyone have any ideas what the problem might be?
The specs:
Intel Pentium III 666MHz
512MB RAM
Dell OptiPlex GX110 Stock mobo
nVidia GeForce 2 MX 16MB
Quantum Fireball 1ct IDE HDD, 30GB