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Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1300 Systems EIDE Hard-Disk Drive Update This document updates information contained in your Dell PowerEdge 1300 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. It describes how to install and use the enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) hard-disk drives supported by your system and provides an EIDE-related update to your System Setup program information. The integrated EIDE controller in the PowerEdge 1300 supports up to two optional 1-inch or 1.6-inch EIDE hard-disk drives.
With the two EIDE interface connectors on the system board, your system can support up to four EIDE devices. EIDE hard-disk drives should be connected to the EIDE interface connector labeled “IDE1.” (EIDE tape drives and CD-ROM drives should be connected to the EIDE interface connector labeled “IDE2.”) Installing a Drive To install an EIDE hard-disk drive, perform the following steps: 1.
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.
no larger than 2 gigabytes (GB). Extended partitions can be larger than 2 GB, but each logical drive within an extended partition must be no larger than 2 GB. To partition and logically format your hard-disk drive, use the program(s) offered by your operating system. System Setup Program Update The Power Management option in the System Setup program works with most EIDE hard-disk drives as well as with monitors.
