Installing Expansion Cards - DFI G586VPM/C User Manual And Programmers Manual

Adding a Second IDE Hard Drive
When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the
other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manu-
facturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives. No
changes are needed on the G586VPM/C system board when adding a
second hard drive.
We recommend that the IDE hard drives be from the same manufac-
turer. In a few cases, drives from two manufacturers will not function
properly when used together. The problem lies in the hard drives, not
the G586VPM/C system board.
Preparing an IDE Drive for Use
IDE disk drives are already low-level formatted, with any bad-track er-
rors entered, when shipped by the drive manufacturer. Do not attempt
to do a low-level format, or you may cause serious damage to the drive.
To use an IDE drive, you need to enter the drive type (this information
is provided by the drive manufacturer) into the system' s CMOS setup
table. Then run FDISK and FORMAT provided with DOS.
Note:
Do not run FDISK and FORMAT programs on a drive that has already
been formatted, or you will lose all programs and data stored on the
drive.

Installing Expansion Cards

The G586VPM/C is equipped with three dedicated PCI and three dedi-
cated ISA slots. One PCI slot and one ISA slot are shared. You can
only install a card in one or the other of the shared slots at a time, you
cannot install devices in both slots. The location of the expansion slots
are shown below.
Note:
The BIOS needs to be configured for the PCI add-on cards installed in
the PCI slots. Refer to the PCI Configuration Setup on pages 33 and 34
for more information.
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