Filter
Top Products
46
Chapter 4: Installing Components
www.gateway.com
■ IDE hard drives can be configured as single, master, slave, or cable-select.
IDE CD drives can be configured as master, slave, or cable-select.
■ If cable-select is available (drive assignments will be marked on the
cable), the IDE cable assigns the master/slave positions to the drives
it connects. You can override these assignments using the jumpers on
the drives.
■ If you are connecting two IDE drives to the cable, connect the middle
cable connector to the slave drive and connect the end cable
connector to the master (boot) drive.
■ If cable-select is not available and only one drive is attached to an IDE
controller cable, configure the drive as master if it is a CD drive. If
two drives of any type are attached to the cable, configure one as
master and one as slave.
■ You may need to configure the drives you install using the BIOS Setup
utility. Press F2 at startup to open the BIOS Setup utility.
Installing a CD or diskette drive
To install a CD or diskette drive:
1 Follow the instructions in “Preventing static electricity discharge” on
page 41.
2 Open the server case by following the instructions in “Opening the server
case” on page 42.
3 If you are replacing a drive, go to Step 6.
- OR -
Important Drives connected to the primary and secondary IDE
connectors should be ATA100 drives, and drives
connected to the third IDE connector should be ATA66
drives.