Ide Hard Disk Drive Settings; Cd-Rom Drive/Dvd Drive Jumper Settings; Bios Levels - IBM 2179 Hardware Maintenance Manual

IDE hard disk drive settings

Primary (Master) Hard Disk Drive
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Secondary (Slave) Hard Disk Drive
2

CD-ROM drive/DVD drive jumper settings

The slim CD-ROM drive and DVD drive are connected to the DASD interface
board. The DASD interface board includes connectors for the two signal cables,
power and speaker cables and jumper pins:
v Primary (master) pins 1,2
v Secondary (slave) pins 2,3

BIOS levels

An incorrect level of BIOS can cause false error and unnecessary FRU replacement.
Use the following information to determine the current level of BIOS installed in
the computer, the latest BIOS available for the computer, and where to obtain the
latest level of BIOS.
v Current Level BIOS information
– Run the Configuration Utility to determine the level of BIOS installed.
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