Installing And Replacing Drives - Gateway E-420 Maintaining & Troubleshooting

Carefully lift the DIMM out of the socket.
2.
Store the DIMM in a static-free container.
3.

Installing and replacing drives

The standard configuration for your computer includes a 5.25-inch IDE
CD-ROM drive, a 3.5-inch IDE hard drive, and a 3.5-inch diskette drive.
As you prepare to install drives, keep the following in mind:
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Before you install a drive, see the drive's documentation for
information on configuring the drive, setting any jumpers on the
drive, and attaching cables to the drive.
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If you are installing a drive that uses an expansion card controller,
install the expansion card before you install the drive.
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The computer's integrated IDE connectors can support four IDE
drives. The computer's integrated diskette connector can support a
diskette drive.
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IDE hard drives can be configured as single, master, or slave. IDE
CD-ROM drives can be configured as master or slave. Use the
drive-select jumpers on the drives to configure IDE drives as
follows: If only one drive is attached to the controller cable,
configure the drive as single if it is a hard drive or master if it is a
CD-ROM drive. If two drives of any type are attached to the cable,
configure one as master and one as slave.
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If you want to install SCSI drives, you need to install a SCSI
controller card to operate the drives and may need to install
software drivers.
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You may need to configure the drives you install through the
system's Setup program. Press F1 at start up to access the Setup
program.
Important!
To remove and install
drives, you need a
grounding wrist strap and a
Phillips screwdriver. If you
remove a drive, make sure
to place it in an antistatic
bag.
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