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Chapter 4: Installing Components
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■ IDE hard drives can be configured as single, master, slave, or cable-select.
IDE CD or DVD 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 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 or DVD
drive. If two drives of any type are attached to the cable, configure
one as master and one as slave.
■ 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.
■ 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, DVD, or diskette drive
To install a CD, DVD, or diskette drive:
1 Follow the instructions in “Preventing static electricity discharge” on
page 25.
2 Follow the instructions in “Opening the server case” on page 26.
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.
