Quote Originally Posted by Computernerd22 View Post
ALSO, EVERY HARD DRIVE I PLACE IN THIS DELL IS GIVING JUST A GENERIC NAME (NOT THE DETAILED INFORMATION NAME OF HDD VENDOR OR SIZE ETC.. YOU THINK this has anything to do with it?
Check the disk face for fingerprints, dirt etc. Run a lens cleaner too.
Then my next thought would be the Dell disk is some how damaged. Or the something is wrong with the motherboard.
Look for bad capacitors. http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=5

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvlNKZ8GzEg