Dell Precision 620 User Manual

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11. Connect a DC power cable to the power input connector on the back of the drive (see Figure 13).12. Check all connectors to be certain that they are properly cabled and firmly seated.13. Connect one of the device connectors on the EIDE cable to the 40-pin interface connector on the back of the hard-disk drive (see Figure 13).Figure 13. Attaching Hard-Disk Drive Cables14. If the other end of the EIDE cable is not already connected, connect it to the IDE1 connector on the system board.To locate the IDE1 connector, see Figure 1 in "Installing System Board Options."15. Replace the front bezel.16. Replace the computer cover.17. Reconnect your computer and peripherals to their power sources, and turn them on.ALERT! Cover was previously removed.18. Insert a bootable diskette (such as the Dell Diagnostics Diskette) into drive A.19. Enter System Setup, and update the appropriate Drive category (0 or 1) under Primary Drive n and Secondary Drive n.See "Primary Drive n and Secondary Drive n."20. While in System Setup, reset the chassis intrusion detector by selecting System Security, and change Chassis Intrusion to Enabled,Enabled Silent, or Disabled.21. After you update the System Setup settings, reboot the system.22. Partition and logically format your EIDE hard-disk drive using the program(s) offered by your operating system.NOTICE: You must match the colored strip on the EIDE cable with pin 1 on the drive's interface connector to avoid possibledamage to your system.1 EIDE interface cable2 EIDE interface connector3 DC power input connector4 DC power cableNOTICE: You must match the colored strip on the EIDE cable with pin 1 on the IDE1 connector to avoid possible damage to yoursystem.NOTE: After you remove and replace the cover, the chassis intrusion detector will cause the following message to bedisplayed at the next system start-up:NOTE: If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact the network administrator for information onresetting the chassis intrusion detector.NOTES: EIDE hard-disk drives must be physically formatted, partitioned, and logically formatted before they can be used tostore data. Every hard-disk drive from Dell is physically formatted before it is sent to you.In the Microsoft® Windows NT® operating system with the file allocation table (FAT) 16 file system, the primary partition for