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Configuring the removable media drive
Installing the drive
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OWNER'S HANDBOOK
Removable-media drives sometimes require configuration, perhaps
by altering jumpers on the drive itself, prior to installation.
Configuration details vary from drive to drive: a second ATA drive
needs to be configured as a slave drive, and a SCSI drive requires
that its device ID number be set (the boot SCSI drive is usually
drive '0'). Most drives are supplied with documentation describing
how to configure the drive. If you are uncertain about configuring
the drive consult your supplier.
To install a removable-media drive:
1.
Turn off the computer and unplug all power cords.
2.
If there is a diskette in the diskette drive, remove it.
3.
Take suitable anti-static precautions and remove all the system
panels. For more information see "Anti-static precautions" in
the Safety & Regulatory Notices at the start of this manual.
4.
Carefully remove the plastic bezel blanking insert from the
selected drive slot by pushing it out from the rear with a blunt
instrument (for example, the end of a rubber-tipped pencil). A
hole for this is provided inside the system unit, alongside the
drive bay.
5.
Pull out the metal blanking plate from the front of the internal
drive bay metalwork.
6.
Carefully slide the new drive into the bay from the front and
secure it on both sides using the special screws provided with the
drive.
7.
Attach a spare power cable to the drive (it does not matter
greatly which of the available power cables you choose).
8a. If you are fitting a SCSI device, install the SCSI host bus
adapter card as described in the Expansion Cards chapter of this
manual, then connect the ribbon cable supplied with the
device (or the card) between the rear of the device and the
card.
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