Filter
Top Products
Upgrading Your Computer 27
drive, and has one additional connector available. The
Secondary connector supports your CD-ROM as a
master and your Zip drive as a slave. To locate these
connectors, see the illustration in the back of this manual.
Preparations for Installing Drives
To avoid accidental discharge of static electricity as you
handle components or switches, use a grounding wrist
strap, or refer this procedure to qualified service
personnel.
As you install drives, keep the following in mind:
•
AST tests the drives it distributes to ensure that they are
compatible with AST computers. These drives are
recommended for use in this system.
•
To ensure that a newly installed drive is properly
grounded, tighten all screws completely.
To prepare a drive for installation, read the documentation that
came with it. Also do the following:
•
Note its capacity in kilobytes or megabytes.
•
For a tape-backup drive, configure the device in
accordance with the instructions that came with the
drive.
•
For an IDE hard drive, position the drive-select jumper to
configure the drive as master or slave. Your system ships
with the hard drive as master, and the master should be
the drive from which the system boots.
•
If a hard drive has a defect list, copy down the
information and save it.
Installing a Drive in the Front Drive Bay
To install the drive:
1.
Turn the computer off, unplug the power cord, and
disconnect all peripheral devices. Remove the system
cover and the front panel (see “Replacing the System
Cover” on page 21 and “Removing the Bottom Panel” on
page 21).
3694manl.bk : 3694manl.fm Page 27 Tuesday, December 24, 1996 9:15 AM