Installing Drives 7-7
11. If the 5.25-inch drive bay was previously empty ,
remove the front-panel insert from the front bezel.
See “Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts”
found earlier in this chapter.
12. Replace the front bezel according to the instruc-
tions 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.
14. Update your system configuration information.
For a diskette drive, enter the System Setup program
and 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 Chapter 2, “Using
the System Setup Program.”)
If you installed a non-EIDE tape drive as the second
drive, set the Diskette Drive B category to Not
Installed.
For EIDE CD-ROM and tape drives, set the appro-
priate Drive category (0 or 1) under Drives:
Secondary to Auto.
15. 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 run-
ning all of the subtests in the Diskette Drive(s)
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 b y running all of the subtests in the IDE
CD-ROM Drives Test Group of the Dell
Diagnostics.
•If you installed a tape drive, first verify that your
diskette drive is still operating correctly by run-
ning all of the subtests in the Diskette Drive(s)
Test Group of the Dell Diagnostics. Then per-
form 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.
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nstalling an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive
This section includes information on installing, partition-
ing, 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 two EIDE drives (one of which must be 1-inch
high or less) can be installed in the hard-disk drive
bracket below the drive cage. The first EIDE drive is
installed in the 1-inch (lower) drive bay labeled “HD1”; a
second drive is installed in the 1.6-inch bay labeled
“HD2.”

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 interface cable.
When two EIDE devices are connected to a single EIDE
interface 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.
NOTE: If you want to install a second EIDE drive that is
a different type from the first drive but you do not have
the specifications for the first drive, do one of the
following:
•If you purchased the drive from Dell, you can contact
Dell for the necessary reconfiguration information.
(See the chapter titled “Getting Help” in the Diag-
nostics and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions
on obtaining technical assistance.)