Dell OptiPlex Gs Reference And Installation Manual

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Installing Drives 7-98. Connect one end of the EIDE cable to the 40-pininterface connector on the back of the hard-diskdrive (see Figure 7-14).The cable is keyed so that the colored strip on theEIDE cable lines up with the pin-1 end of the inter-face connector.Figure 7-14. Attaching Hard-Disk DriveCables9. If it is not already connected, connect the otherend of the EIDE cable to the IDE1 connector onthe system board.To locate the IDE1 connector, see Figure 6-1.10. Connect a DC power cable to the power input con-nector on the back of the drive (see Figure 7-14).Check all connectors to be certain that they are prop-erly cabled and firmly seated.11. Replace the expansion-card cage as instructed in“Replacing the Expansion-Card Cage” inChapter 5.12. Replace the computer cover. Then reconnect yourcomputer and peripherals to their power source,and turn them on.13. Insert a bootable diskette (such as the diagnosticsdiskette) into drive A, and turn on the computersystem.14. Enter the System Setup program, and update theDRIVE 0 category under DRIVES: PRIMARY.See “Drives: Primary and Secondary” in Chapter 2.After you update the drive setting, reboot the system.15. Partition and logically format your drive asdescribed in the next subsection before proceed-ing to the next step.16. Test the hard-disk drive by running the Hard-Disk Drive(s) Test Group in the Dell diagnostics.See your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide forinformation on running the diskette-based diagnos-tics and troubleshooting any problems that mayoccur.17. Install your operating system on your hard-diskdrive.Refer to the documentation that came with youroperating system.Partitioning and Logically FormattingYour EIDE Hard-Disk DriveEIDE hard-disk drives must be physically formatted,partitioned, and logically formatted before they can beused to store data. Every hard-disk drive from Dell isphysically formatted before it is sent to you.NOTE: On systems with hard-disk drives larger than2 gigabytes (GB), create a primary partition of 2 GB anddivide the remaining capacity into partitions of 2 GB orless. For example, a system with a 2.5-GB hard-disk drivewould have a primary partition of 2 GB (drive C) and aCAUTION: You must match the colored stripon the EIDE cable with pin 1 on the drive’sinterface connector to avoid possible damageto your system.CAUTION: You must match the colored stripon the EIDE cable with pin 1 on the IDE1 con-nector to avoid possible damage to yoursystem.EIDEcableIDE1 connectorDC power cable93816BK0.BK : 93816c70.frm Page 9 Monday, September 16, 1996 1:21 PM