Installation; Opening Your Computer; Unpackaging Your Hard Drive; Jumper Settings - IBM Deskstar 14GXP Installation Manual

Step 2: Installation

Opening your computer

1. Turn the system off.
2. Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
3. Remove all cables from the back of your computer, labeling them if necessary.
4. Remove the cover from your computer. (Consult your user's guide for instructions if needed.)

Unpackaging your hard drive

1. Remove the drive from the anti-static package that it was shipped in.
2. Handle the drive by the sides only.
3. Do not touch the main computer chip board.
4. Do not drop. A drop from only 1/4 inch could permanently damage your hard drive.
5. If available, use an ESD (Electronic Static Discharge) wrist strap while handling your drive.
6. Place the drive carefully on a static free area.
Step 3: Jumper Settings
The jumper settings are found on the hard drive next to the interface connector. (See diagram on page 9)
They are physical settings that you need to change for different uses of your hard drive. If your drive will
be used as a single drive or as a boot drive, no changes are required. The drive is shipped with jumpers
set to Master. If you wish your drive to be the Master drive, skip to Mounting on page 10.
Decide how you want to set up your drive. Will it be the only drive in the system? Will it be in a system
that has an existing drive?
Single drive - Master setting
Use this setting if you are replacing your old drive with the new Deskstar drive and you
will not be using your old drive.
Put a jumper on pins A-B & G-H to make this drive the only drive in your system.
(Shipping default is 'Master' setting - 16 heads)
Second drive - Master setting (boot drive)
Put a jumper on pins A-B & G-H.
(Note: If your BIOS setup does not detect the slave drive, you may need to use the
SLAVE present setting by placing a jumper on pins E-F & G-H.)
Second drive - Slave setting
Use this setting if you want to retain your old drive as the boot drive and have the new
drive available for program and data storage.
Put the jumper on pins A-B & C-D.
Cable Select -
This setting should be used if your system uses special "cable select" cables.
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