Installing an Eide Hard-Disk Drive

See "Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts" found earlier in this chapter.

12.Replace the front bezel according to the instructions in "Removing and Replacing the Front Bezel" found earlier in this chapter.

13.Replace the computer cover, and reconnect your computer and peripherals to their power sources and turn them on.

NOTE: After you remove and replace the chassis, the chassis intrusion detector will cause the following message to be displayed at the next system start-up:

ALERT! Cover was previously removed.

14.To reset the chassis intrusion detector, enter the System Setup program and reset Chassis Intrusion to Not Detected. See "Using the System Setup Program," for instructions.

NOTE: If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for information on resetting the chassis intrusion detector.

15.Update your system configuration information.

For a diskette drive, update the appropriate Diskette Drive category (A or B) on Page 1 of the System Setup screens to reflect the size and capacity of your new diskette drive. (For more information, see "Using the System Setup Program.")

For EIDE CD-ROM and tape drives, set the appropriate Drive category (0 or 1) under Drives: Secondary to Auto.

16.Verify that your system works correctly.

See your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide for information on running the Dell Diagnostics and troubleshooting any problems that may occur. Use the following guidelines to determine which test to use:

If you installed a diskette drive, test it by running all of the subtests in the Diskette Drives Test Group of the Dell Diagnostics.

If you installed a CD-ROM drive, see the documentation that came with the drive for instructions on loading device drivers and using the drive. If it is an EIDE CD-ROM drive, test it by running all of the subtests in the IDE CD-ROM Drives Test Group of the Dell Diagnostics.

If you installed a tape drive, perform a tape backup and verification test with the drive as instructed in the tape-drive software documentation that came with the tape drive.

NOTE: The tape drives sold by Dell come with their own operating software and documentation. After you install a tape drive, refer to the documentation that came with the drive for instructions on installing and using the tape drive software.

Installing an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive

This section includes information on installing, partitioning, and formatting EIDE hard-disk drives. For instructions on installing, partitioning, and formatting SCSI hard-disk drives, see "Installing SCSI Devices" found later in this chapter.

Up to four 1-inch or up to two 1-inch and two 1.6-inch EIDE drives can be installed in the internal hard-disk drive cage below the externally accessible 5.25-inch drive bays.

EIDE Drive Addressing

All EIDE devices should be configured for the cable select jumper position, which assigns master and slave status to devices by their position on the EIDE cable. When two EIDE devices are connected to a single EIDE cable and are configured for the cable select jumper position, the device attached to the last connector on the interface cable is the master or boot device (drive 0) and the device attached to the middle connector on the interface cable is the slave device (drive 1). Refer to the drive documentation in your upgrade kit for information on setting devices to the cable select jumper position.

With the two EIDE interface connectors on the system board, your system can support up to four EIDE devices. EIDE hard-disk drives should be connected to the EIDE interface connector labeled "IDE1." (EIDE tape drives and CD-ROM drives should be connected to the EIDE interface connector labeled "IDE2.")