Gateway 7210 User Manual

          Replacing and Adding Internal Devices

There are several types of drives and similar devices that can be installed in 
the server. All drives are easy to install and require no tools to replace.

One 3.5-inch diskette drive, one 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drive, and one CD 
drive are included with the computer. You can add additional drives of the 
following types:

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1-inch high, 3.5-inch hot-plug drives.

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Half-height 3.5-inch hard drives - The system board has two IDE 
connectors that support as many as two drives each. IDE drives include 
the IDE CD drive.

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Half-height 5.25-inch devices.

As you prepare to install drives, keep the following in mind:

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If you remove a drive, place it in an antistatic bag or container.

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Before you install a drive, see the drive documentation for information 
on configuring the drive, setting any jumpers on the drive, and attaching 
cables to the drive.

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If you are installing a drive that uses an add-in controller, install the 
expansion card before you install the drive.

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IDE hard drives can be configured as single, master, or slave. IDE 
CD drives can be configured as master or slave. Configure the drives by 
using the drive-select jumpers located on the drives.

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If only one drive is attached to a controller cable, configure the drive as 
single if it is a hard drive or master if it is a CD-ROM drive. If two drives 
of any type are attached to the cable, configure one as master and one 
as slave.

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You may need to configure the drives you install using the BIOS Setup 
utility. Select F2 at start up to open the BIOS Setup utility.

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