Gateway 980 manual Installing drives

Chapter 4: Installing Components

Installing drives

Your server’s basic configuration includes one CD drive and one 3.5-inch diskette drive. Your server also has two additional 5.25-inch drive bays.

Your server can have up to eight SCSI hard drives in the hot-swap bay behind the front access door.

CD drive

Diskette drive

5.25-inch drive bay

5.25-inch drive bay

Hot-swap bays

As you prepare to install drives, remember:

■Do not use the top 5.25-inch drive bay for drives which have electronic components exposed on the top. Drive mounting rails at the top of the bay may damage any exposed electronic components.

■Before you install a drive, see the drive’s documentation for information on configuring the drive, setting drive jumpers, and attaching cables.

■IDE hard drives can be configured as single, master, slave, or cable-select. IDE CD drives can be configured as master, slave, or cable-select.

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