MelmacD 0 Posted October 16, 2004 I'm about to add a 4-port USB 2 hub (yes I flashed my bios already), plus my original 40G harddrive in is failing, so I want to get my hands on a mother board manual quick before I intervene. I believe the board is: ACPI\PNPOC01\1, Microsoft ACPI-compliant. I can't seem to find anything of the kind with my original documentation (yes, I kept it all together), nor on the web. Questions: 1. Is the "Solutions Guide", which ships with the Dimension, meant to take the place of the system board manual? It covers most of the relevant information, but I still feel insecure about moving forward with the hardware replacement without a real mobo manual. 2. I have two hard drive slots, one empty. Would it be possible/advisable to install the replacement drive as a slave in the second slot, back up to it, then flick it over to be the master? The alternative is to install the usb 2 hub, buy an external back-up unit, back-up, then replace the harddrive and restore to it. Which is better? Thanks, in advance, for any feedback you might have. Share this post Link to post
peterh 1 Posted October 16, 2004 Option 1 seems faster and with a HD copy program such as Ghost or Drive Image would do it fine. Share this post Link to post
