Optical Drive; Expansion Cards; Hard Drive - Gateway E-9425R User Manual

Optical drive

Your server does not recognize an optical drive
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Your optical drive tray does not open
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Expansion cards

Your server does not recognize an expansion card
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Hard drive

The hard drive cannot be accessed, or you receive a "General failure reading drive C" error
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You receive a "Non-system disk" or "disk error" error message
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CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting
Restart your server, then open the BIOS Setup utility by pressing and holding F2 while your
server restarts. Make sure that the IDE controllers are enabled. For more information, see
"Using the BIOS Setup Utility" on page
Reinstall the device driver. For instructions, see Using Your Server Companion DVD.
Make sure that the drive is configured correctly by following the instructions in the drive's
documentation.
Turn off your server, then remove the drive and push it in again to make sure the drive
is seated correctly. For instructions, see
page 31.
Press a straightened paper clip wire into the optical drive's manual eject hole. The drive
tray opens.
If this problem happens frequently while the server is turned on, the drive may be defective.
Restart your server.
Make sure that you have installed the necessary software or driver. For instructions, see
the card's documentation.
Reseat the expansion card and riser card. For instructions, see
PCI expansion cards" on page
If a diskette is in the diskette drive, eject it and restart your server by pressing the reset
button.
Restart your server by pressing the reset button.
Turn off your server, then remove all hard drives and push them in again to make sure
the drives are seated correctly. For instructions, see
on page 33.
If your server has been subjected to static electricity or physical shock, you may need to
reinstall the operating system.
Eject the diskette from the diskette drive, then press E
Make sure that your hard drive has an active partition. For more information, see
master boot record is corrupted" on page
57.
"Removing and installing an optical drive" on
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