Can this work and does anyone have an easy step by step guide to doing it? The Acer has so many hardware problems it's not even funny and I got 4 Dell gx280's without hard drives for free.
Acer Aspire T180 hard drive in a Dell gx280 sff?
- Thread starter Fjork
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I got the hard drive in the computer but I'm getting this screen:
Intel (r) Grantsdale-G PCI Accelerated SVGA BIOS
Build Number: 3329 PC Dev. 04/12/2004 17:02:24
DECOMPILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Intel Corp. All Rights Reserved
Any way I can make this work?
Intel (r) Grantsdale-G PCI Accelerated SVGA BIOS
Build Number: 3329 PC Dev. 04/12/2004 17:02:24
DECOMPILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Intel Corp. All Rights Reserved
Any way I can make this work?
My Computer
Yha, harddrives are not computer specific... As long as you have the cables/connections youre fine.
Your error is because you are trying to use the Acers windows in a non Acer system, which is against the TOA, You have to format anbd reinstal the dells Windows.
Your error is because you are trying to use the Acers windows in a non Acer system, which is against the TOA, You have to format anbd reinstal the dells Windows.
My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
- Motherboard
- Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
- Memory
- 12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
- Graphics card(s)
- gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dual 22" // Headless
- Hard Drives
- OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
- PSU
- Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
- Case
- Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
- Cooling
- Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
- Other Info
- Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Not only does it go against terms of use, it also won't work because an installation of windows is tied to the computer it is installed on.
You will have to get out the disk that came with your acer and use it to reinstall Vista.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
- CPU
- Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
- Memory
- 8 gb
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Alienware 25 AW2521HF
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 &1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
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- Operating System
- Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Poweredge T140
- CPU
- i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
- Memory
- 8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB & 360 GB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
None of them came with any discs. The Acer was a refurbished model.
Is there a way I can get the Dell to work with the Acer hard drive or are they all useless without their originals?
Is there a way I can get the Dell to work with the Acer hard drive or are they all useless without their originals?
My Computer
This is usually true however dell is infamous for doing sometimes restricting computer parts to only those released by them.
Nothing wrong in trying however Windows will have to be reinstalled with your dell disks.My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
- CPU
- Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
- Memory
- 8 gb
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Alienware 25 AW2521HF
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 &1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
-
- Operating System
- Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Poweredge T140
- CPU
- i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
- Memory
- 8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB & 360 GB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
This is usually true however dell is infamous for doing sometimes restricting computer parts to only those released by them.
Dells only have mobo/case and the older psu issues. Memory, gpu, hard drives and cards are just standard
What you need is the dell's windows serial number. Look on the case for the microsoft sticker with the windows key on it.
Then you can borrow a disk of the same windows, and use that disk with your key. The biggest issue is yo will have ca vinilla, aka blank, install of windows and will have to get all the drivers from the dell site, and install them using an usb stick or burnt cd.
My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
- Motherboard
- Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
- Memory
- 12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
- Graphics card(s)
- gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dual 22" // Headless
- Hard Drives
- OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
- PSU
- Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
- Case
- Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
- Cooling
- Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
- Other Info
- Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...