CompTIA
220-301 · Question #590
A technician wants to upgrade a PC with a new IDE hard drive. The BIOS cannot detect the drive. What is the FIRST step that should be taken to resolve the problem?
The correct answer is B. check the jumpers on the hard drive. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A technician wants to upgrade a PC with a new IDE hard drive. The BIOS cannot detect the drive. What is the FIRST step that should be taken to resolve the problem?
Options
- AThe drive is incompatible with the current system, and cannot be used.
- Bcheck the jumpers on the hard drive
- Cadd a new IDE controller
- Dset the jumper to Cable Select
How the community answered
(48 responses)- A15% (7)
- B73% (35)
- C4% (2)
- D8% (4)
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