Operating Manual

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System expansions Installing and removing drives
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Installing and removing drives
The system unit houses a total of four accessible drives (three 5 1/4-inch drives and one 3 1/2-inch
drive) and two non-accessible half-height (Slimline) drives .
IDE drives
By default four IDE drives are supported. Ideally hard disks are connected to IDE port 1, and
accessible drives, for example CD-ROMs, to IDE port 2 (see also the Technical Manual for the
system board).
SCSI drives
If you want to install an SCSI drive, you require an SCSI controller and an SCSI cable. Note that:
not every SCSI controller is suitable for operating SCSI hard disks
each SCSI device must be assigned its own SCSI-ID
The SCSI cable must always be terminated at the end, either by a drive or by a terminating
resistor on the cable. The terminating resistors of all other SCSI devices attached must not be
activated or connected.
Depending on the SCSI technology (UW, U2W), an adapter may be required for terminating the
SCSI drives with a 50-pin connector.
Installing an accessible drive
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Open the system unit (see "Opening the system unit").
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B
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2
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Pry the plastic drive cover (A) out of the front cover.
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Pry the shielding plate (B) on left-hand side out of the bay.
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Do not throw away the covers. If you remove the drive again later, you will have to
reinstall the covers.