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Isolating system software issues ........................................................... 43
Procedures involved in troubleshooting ............................................. 45
Starting up from the Power CD ........................................................ 46
Using Disk First Aid .......................................................................... 47
Using Hard Disk Toolkit•PE to test and repair SCSI disks ............... 48
Using the System Software installer ................................................. 51
Rebuilding the desktop file ............................................................... 55
Resetting (Zapping) the PRAM ......................................................... 56
Technical Support Contact Information ............................................. 56
Chapter 5 Installing PCI Expansion Cards
What you need to know about adding expansion cards ..................... 59
Required tools ................................................................................... 60
Removing the cover ............................................................................. 60
How to remove the cover ................................................................. 61
Installing expansion cards ................................................................... 66
How to install a PCI card .................................................................. 66
Chapter 6 Adding Memory
Adding memory ................................................................................... 71
Required tools ................................................................................... 71
Removing the cover ............................................................................. 71
How to remove the cover ................................................................. 72
Removing and Installing RAM ............................................................. 77
What you need to know about adding RAM ................................... 77
Prepare the computer ....................................................................... 79
Removing a DIMM ........................................................................... 80
Inserting a DIMM ............................................................................. 81
If the new RAM doesn't work ........................................................... 82
Chapter 7 Installing Internal Drives
What you need to know about installing internal drives ................... 85
Installation steps ............................................................................... 85
Preparing the drive ............................................................................... 86
Set the SCSI ID .................................................................................. 87
Preparing a Minitower system .......................................................... 90
Inserting a drive into a Minitower system ....................................... 94
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