Dell Motherboard Replacement

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sicdeath

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I currently have a Dell Dimension 5100. About 5 months ago, I tried to swap harddrives and after doing so, the computer just wouldn't turn on into windows. It kept booting the Dell Screen and showed a blank screen with a blinking asterisk ( _ ). After many attempts of removing all parts and putting them back inside, i had no luck.

So i just ended up blaming the motherboard but i read that if you reinsert the cmos battery or even replace it, it sometimes does the trick, but still no luck. Is there a guide which tells you how to do this procedure?

Recently, i found this motherboard for Pentium 4 but had concerns about it working properly with my computer. Would this motherboard work fine iwth my pc or is it just a waste of time? Below are the links for the motherboard and PC.

P.S. if you think there is something else with the computer, feel free to leave comments. Thanks

Motherbaord Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130607

PC: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5100/en/sm/specs1.htm#wp1097553
 
I had a spare 120 gb hard drive sitting around. I was using the 80 gb hard drive and when i swapped it for the 120 gb, this problem started to occur. Then when i placed the old hard drive back in, it still was not working. So thats where i think i might have shocked the motherboard somehow even though i don't remember toughing anything besides the sata wire.

By the way, when i took the cpu apart to swap the hard drives, i pulled out the power wire from the back of the cpu really fast without turning the extension off. Maybe that caused a short-circuit or something.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
Did you reinstall Windows onto the (I'm assuming new) hard drive?
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Both hard drives had windows already installed on them. I installed windows on that 120 gb and had it sitting on the side incase i ever needed to swap, i wouldn't have to install and wait for everything to load. I used both of these hard drives with the same computer so i wasn't switching between different pcs. Sorry for the late reply.....hope this helps
 
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