3-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini Tower Systems User’s Guide

NOTE: For all devices obtained from Dell that use the built-in EIDE controller, set the

appropriate

Drive option to Auto.

T he four Pr imary Drive
n
and Secondary
n
options identify the type of EIDE devices
installed i n t he com puter. F or e ach driv e, fiv e pa ramete rs can be chosen a s a group b y
drive-type number, entered individually from the keyboard, or set automatically. A

drive-type number

specifies the parameters of a hard-disk drive, based on a table
recorded in the system’s BIOS.
To choose a setting for each option, press <Enter> to access the field’s pop-up set-
tings menu . Then type c h aracters from the k ey board or use the lef t - or right-arro w ke y
to cycle through the following settings:
Auto (use this setting for all EIDE device s from De ll)
Off
User 1 or User 2
A specific drive-type number

NOTE: Operating systems that bypass the system BIOS may not obtain optimum

hard-disk drive performance.

F or EIDE hard-dis k drives, the sy stem prov ides an automatic drive-type detect fea ture.
To us e this feat ure f or P r imary Driv e 0 , highl ight th e P rim ary Driv e 0 op tion a nd type a
(for

automatic

); to use it for Primary Drive 1, highlight the Primar y Drive 1 option and
type a. In each case, the option setting changes to Auto. After the system reboots,
the System Setup program automatically sets the correct drive-type number and
options for each drive.
B ef ore ins talling a ne w EIDE hard-d isk d riv e, also check the docum entation that came
with the drive to ve rify that all jumper settings on the drive are appropriate for your
configuration.
If the system generates a drive error message the first time you boot your system
after inst allin g an EIDE drive, it may mean that your particular drive do es not work
with the automa tic drive-type detect feature . If you think that your problem is relat ed
to drive type, try entering your drive-type information as described in the following
subsections.
Use the dr ive-type num ber you found in th e doc um entat ion tha t came w ith th e dri ve,
or if the drive was installed by Dell when you purchased your system, access the
Manufacturing Test Report from the Dell Accessories folder.
To set the drive-t ype number in the System Setup program, highlight the appropriate
drive option (Primary Drive 0 o r P rim ary D rive 1) and type the corre ct drive-type num-
ber. If you prefer, you can press the right- or left-arrow key to increase or decrease,
respectively, the drive-type number until the correct one is displayed.