Installing An Eide Hard-Disk Drive; Installing An Eide Hard-Disk Drive In The Hard-Disk Drive Bracket; Figure 9-8. Connecting The Y-Shaped Power Cable Extension - Dell Precision 400 User Manual

8. Connect a DC power cable to the controller card.
If none of the DC power cables from the power sup-
ply can reach the controller card, connect one end of
an optional Y-shaped power cable extension to one
of the DC power cables from the power supply (see
Figure 9-8). Connect another end of the Y-shaped
power cable extension to the power input connector
on the controller card.
DC power cable from
power supply
attach one of these
connectors to controller card
Figure 9-8. Connecting the Y-Shaped Power
Cable Extension
Check all cable connections. Fold cables out of the
way to provide airflow for the fan and cooling vents.
9. Replace the computer cover.
10. Connect the tape drive's external interface cable
to the tape-drive port connector on the back of
the controller card, and tighten the screws on the
connectors.
11. Reconnect your computer and peripherals to
their power sources, and turn them on.
12. Install and test the tape drive software as
instructed in the software documentation that
came with the tape drive.
I
nstalling an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive
This section includes information on installing, partition-
ing, and formatting EIDE hard-disk drives. For
instructions on installing a SCSI hard-disk drive, see
Y-shaped power
cable extension
"Installing SCSI Devices" found later in this chapter. For
information on partitioning and formatting a SCSI hard-
disk drive, refer to the documentation that came with the
SCSI software drivers and your operating system.
Up to two EIDE drives (one of which must be 1 inch high
or less) can be installed in the hard-disk drive bracket to
the left of the drive cage. The first EIDE drive is installed
in the left (1.6-inch) drive bracket bay; a second drive is
installed in the 1-inch bay of the bracket.
Installing an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive in the
Hard-Disk Drive Bracket
Install an EIDE hard-disk drive in the hard-disk drive
bracket as follows:
1. If you are replacing a hard-disk drive that con-
tains data you want to keep, be sure to make a
backup of your files before you begin this
procedure.
2. Unpack the hard-disk drive and prepare it for
installation.
CAUTION: When you unpack the drive, do
not set it on a hard surface, which may damage
the drive. Instead, set the drive on a surface
with sufficient cushion, such as a foam pad.
Check the documentation that accompanied the drive
to verify that it is configured for your computer
system. Configure the drive for the Cable Select
jumper setting so that it will be assigned master or
slave status appropriately (for a detailed explanation
of Cable Select, see "EIDE Drive Addressing" found
earlier in this chapter).
3. Remove the computer cover as instructed in
"Removing the Computer Cover" in Chapter 7.
CAUTION: See "Protecting Against Electro-
static Discharge" in the safety instructions at
the front of this guide.
4. Remove the drive bracket from the chassis.
If a hard-disk drive is already installed in the drive
bracket, disconnect the DC power cable and EIDE
cable from the drive.
Installing Drives 9-9