Dell 2100/180, 2100/200 Removing a Host Adapter, Swapping a Host Adapter, Restart your computer

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15.When you see the following message, click OK to exit:

The changes you have made will not take effect until the computer is restarted.

If this message does not appear, no changes have been made to the Windows NT system configuration.

16.Restart your computer and Windows NT. Some drive letter assignments may have changed from the previous configuration.

Removing a Host Adapter

Removing a PCI expansion-card SCSI controller is as simple as physically removing it from its slot when your computer is shut down. Windows NT boots and functions properly in this configuration, but a warning message is generated every time you boot Windows NT.

CAUTION: If you have removed a host adapter but still have other host adapters of the same type installed in your computer, do not use Windows NT Setup to remove the device driver.

To eliminate the warning message, you must update the Windows NT software configuration as follows:

1.Select and start the Windows NT Setup program. There is a brief pause while Windows NT Setup scans your hardware configuration.

2.Select the Options pull-down menu, and then select Add/Remove SCSI Adapters. The SCSI Adapter setup program displays a list of all host adapters currently installed.

3.Select the host adapter you want to remove, and click Remove. When the Windows NT Setup pro- gram asks you for confirmation, click OK.

Because SCSI device drivers are loaded during sys- tem start-up and because they may be needed to load Windows NT itself, a screen may appear warning you that Windows NT may not start if you remove the SCSI adapter.

4.When you are sure you are removing the correct host adapter type, click OK.

5.Return to step 3 if you want to remove driver sup- port for other types of host adapters, or click Close to exit the SCSI adapters portion of Win- dows NT Setup.

6.Close the Windows NT Setup program. When the following message appears, click OK to exit:

The changes you have made will not take effect until the computer is restarted.

If this message does not appear, no changes have been made to the Windows NT system configuration.

7.Restart your computer.

NOTE: The Windows NT Setup program does not delete the device driver from your hard-disk drive; it only updates Windows NT software configuration information so that the device driver is no longer loaded during sys- tem start-up.

Swapping a Host Adapter

The procedure for swapping one type of host adapter for another is similar to the procedure for adding a host adapter, except that you make all software configuration changes while Windows NT is running, before you make the hardware changes.

1.Install the driver for the new host adapter by fol- lowing the steps in “Installing or Updating the Driver With Windows NT 3.51” found earlier in this section.

It is not essential to remove the device driver for the host adapter you are replacing. Windows NT dynam- ically detects the absence or presence of host adapter hardware, and no problems should arise if you leave the existing device driver installed. You can remove the device driver later, after you have successfully rebooted Windows NT. However, if you leave the driver in, the system alerts you with an error mes- sage about the extra device driver every time you boot. See “Removing a Host Adapter” found earlier in this section.

2.Once the new device driver is installed, shut down Windows NT and replace the existing host adapter.

3.Restart your computer and Windows NT. Some drive letter assignments may have changed from the previous configuration.

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2100/180, 2100/200 specifications

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