Reference Guide
Dell PowerEdge 1300 Systems EIDE Hard-Disk Drive Update 3
To locate the IDE1 connector, see the “System Board Features” illustration in
your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
5. Replace the front bezel according to the instructions in “Removing and Replacing
the Front Bezel” in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
6. Replace the computer cover. Then reconnect your computer and peripherals to
their power sources, and turn them on.
NOTE: After you remove and replace the cover, the chassis intrusion detector will
cause the following message to be displayed at the next system start-up:
ALERT! Cover was previously removed.
7. Insert a bootable diskette (such as the Dell Diagnostics Diskette) into drive A.
NOTES: For more information on performing steps 8 and 9, see the appropriate cate-
gories in “Using the System Setup Program” in your Dell PowerEdge 1300 Systems
User’s Guide.
If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network
administrator.
8. Enter the System Setup program, and update the appropriate Drive category
(Drive 0 or Drive 1) under IDE Drives: Primary.
9. While in the System Setup program, reset the chassis intrusion detector by
changing Chassis Intrusion to Not Detected.
After you update the System Setup settings, reboot the system.
10. Partition and logically format your drive, as described in the next subsection,
before proceeding to the next step.
11. Test the hard-disk drive by running the Hard-Disk Drives (Non-SCSI) Test Group
in the Dell Diagnostics.
See “Running the Dell Diagnostics” in your Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide for information on running the diagnostics and troubleshooting any prob-
lems that may occur.
12. Install your operating system on the hard-disk drive.
Refer to the documentation that came with your operating system.
Partitioning and Logically Formatting Your EIDE
Hard-Disk Drive
EIDE hard-disk drives must be physically formatted, partitioned, and logically format-
ted before they can be used to store data. Every hard-disk drive from Dell is physically
formatted before it is sent to you.
NOTE: When using the Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
operating system with the file allo-
cation table (FAT) 16 file system, the primary partition for each hard-disk drive can be