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If the BIOS does not detect it I would do these things...
1) Set the drive to 'cable detect' with the jumper pins
2) If the BIOS has the ability to accept manual inputs for the drive specs, you can enter them. You will find the number of cylinders, head, & etc either on the drive or in the documentation
3) If your motherboard still cannot detect it, I would buy a PCI drive controller card.
If you are going to be buying a board for the computer, I would suggest tat you buy an entire new mother board and CPU. This is what I usually do every four to five years. Make sure that you also get at least 1GB RAM as XP really needs it. It will run on less but very badly and slowly.
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