Installing An Eide Hard-Disk Drive; Eide Drive Addressing - Dell OptiPlex GXi Reference And Installation Manual

9. For an EIDE tape drive or CD-ROM drive, con-
nect the other end of the interface cable to the
interface connector labeled "IDE2" on the system
board.
For a diskette drive, connect the cable from the
drive to the interface connector labeled
"DSKT" on the system board.
For a drive that comes with its own controller
card, connect the other end of the interface cable
to the controller card.
Check all cable connections. Fold cables out of the
way to provide airflow for the fan and cooling vents.
10. If the 5.25-inch drive bay was previously empty,
remove the front-panel insert from the computer
cover.
See "Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts"
found earlier in this chapter.
11. Replace the computer cover.
If the bezel on your drive is not flush with the bezel
on your computer, remove the drive and adjust the
position of the drive on the bracket, making sure to
insert and tighten the screws in the order marked.
Replace the drive in the drive bay, and then replace
the computer cover.
12. Reconnect your computer and peripherals to
their power sources, and turn them on.
13. Update your system configuration information.
For a diskette drive, enter the System Setup program
and update the appropriate
A B
( or ) 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
.
INSTALLED
For EIDE CD-ROM and tape drives, set the appro-
priate category (
DRIVE
drive section to
AUTO
14. Verify that your system works correctly.
See your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide for
information on running the diskette-based diagnos-
tics and troubleshooting any problems that may
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category
DISKETTE DRIVE
category to
NOT
or ) in the
0 1
SECONDARY
.
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 docu-
mentation 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
by 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 running 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 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 a
SCSI hard-disk drive, 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 to
the left of the drive cage. The first EIDE drive is installed
in the 1.6-inch (left) drive bracket; a second drive is
installed in the 1-inch bracket.

EIDE Drive Addressing

When two EIDE devices are connected to a single EIDE
interface cable, a master/slave relationship must be
defined between the two devices so that they will operate
correctly while cabled together.
If your computer includes an EIDE hard-disk drive and
another EIDE device such as a CD-ROM or tape