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220-301 · Question #63

A user has a Pentium class system board with a built-in hard drive controller. The user decides to upgrade the hard drive and purchases a 10 GB ATA 100 drive. The drive is installed and the user…

The correct answer is C. The system board does not support the drive. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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A user has a Pentium class system board with a built-in hard drive controller. The user decides to upgrade the hard drive and purchases a 10 GB ATA 100 drive. The drive is installed and the user reports that the BIOS does not recognize the drive. What is the MOST likely cause of this ActualTests.com problem?

Options

  • AThe wrong hard drive BIOS driver was installed.
  • BThe drive jumpers need to be changed to ATA 33.
  • CThe system board does not support the drive.
  • DThe hard drive is not properly grounded.

How the community answered

(40 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    80% (32)
  • D
    13% (5)

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