NOTE: Cable ends are
color coded so that black
identifies the floppy-disk
drive cable, yellow the
front I/O panel cable,
orange the secondary IDE
cable, white the SCSI
cable, and blue the
primary IDE cable.
CAUTION: To avoid the possibility of electric shock, turn off the computer and any devices, disconnect them from their electrical outlets, and then wait at least 5 seconds before you open the computer cover. Also, before you install a drive, see the other precautions in "Safety First—For You and Your Computer."
NOTICE: To avoid possibly damaging the drive by electrostatic discharge,
ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on the back of the
computer.
Check the documentation that accompanied the drive to verify that the drive is configured for your computer. Change any settings necessary for your configuration.
If you are replacing a drive that is already installed in the bay,
disconnect the power and floppy-drive cables from the back of the
drive before you remove the drive and bracket assembly.
Press inward on the two tabs on the sides of the drive bay to disengage
the bracket.
Slide the bracket upward, and remove it from the inside of the
computer.
Floppy-Drive Removal
If the replacement drive does not have the bracket rails attached,
remove the rails from the old drive by removing the two screws that
secure each rail to the drive.
Drive-Rail Bracket Removal and Replacement
Attach the bracket to the new drive by aligning the screw holes on the
drive with the screw holes on the rails and tightening all four screws.
Reinstall the 3.5-inch floppy drive and bracket assembly by gently
sliding the bracket into place until the tabs securely click into position.
Floppy-Drive Installation
Connect the power cable and floppy drive cable to the connectors on
the drive.
Close the computer cover, reconnect your computer and devices to
their electrical outlets, and turn them on.
Check the documentation that accompanied the drive to verify that the drive is configured for your computer. Change any settings necessary for your configuration.
Disconnect the power cable and the floppy-drive data cable from the
drive.
Press inward on the two tabs on the sides of the drive bay to disengage
the bracket.
Slide the drive upward, and remove it from the computer.
Floppy-Drive Removal
If the replacement drive does not have the bracket rails attached,
remove the rails from the old drive by removing the two screws that
secure each rail to the drive.
Attach the bracket to the new drive by aligning the screw holes on the
drive with the screw holes on the bracket rails and tightening all four
screws.
Drive Rail Bracket Removal and Replacement
Gently slide the drive into place until the tabs securely click into
position.
Attach the floppy-drive data cable to the back of the floppy drive.
Connect the power cable to the power input connector on the drive.
Close the computer cover, reconnect your computer and devices to
their electrical outlets, and turn them on.
Check the documentation that accompanied the drive to verify that the drive is configured for your computer. Change any settings necessary for your configuration.
Press inward on the two tabs on the sides of the drive bay to disengage
the drive from the computer.
Slide the drive upward and remove it from the computer.
Removable Media Drive Removal
If the replacement drive does not have the bracket rails attached,
remove the rails from the old drive by removing the two screws that
secure each rail to the drive.
Attach the rails to the new drive by aligning the screw holes on the
drive with the screw holes on the rails and tightening all four screws.
If you are installing a new drive, connect it to the set of rails that are
attached to the inside of the cover.
Removable Media Drive Installation
Reinstall the removable media drive and bracket assembly by gently
sliding the bracket into place until the tabs securely click into position.
If you are installing a drive that has its own controller card, install the
controller card in an expansion slot.
NOTE: Problems may
arise if two expansion
cards are trying to use the
same resources: memory,
I/O addresses, and IRQs.
To avoid this type of
conflict, see "Interrupt
Assignment Conflicts" in
your User's Guide and the
documentation that came
with the card for more
information.
Connect a power cable to the power cable connector on the back of
the drive.
Connect the appropriate removable media drive data cable to the
removable media drive connector on the back of the drive.
If your computer came with an IDE CD drive, use the spare connector on the existing removable media drive data cable. Otherwise, use the IDE drive data cable provided in the drive kit.
Connect the removable media drive data cable to the system board or
a controller card, depending on the type of drive.
For a CD drive, connect the other end of the removable media drive data cable to the removable media data connector labeled "IDE SEC" on the system board.
For a drive that comes with its own controller card, connect the other end of the IDE drive data cable to the controller card.
Check all cable connections, and fold cables out of the way to provide
airflow for the fan and cooling vents.
If you are replacing a removable media drive and bracket assembly, follow these instructions. If you are installing a new drive that does not have bracket rails attached, connect the drive to the set of rails that are attached to the inside of the cover.
NOTE: If there are no
screws with the bracket in
the mini-tower computer,
contact Dell. See
"Getting Help" in your
User's Guide for
information on contacting
Dell.
Unpack the drive and prepare it for installation.
Check the documentation that accompanied the drive to verify that the drive is configured for your computer. Change any settings necessary for your configuration.
Open the computer cover.
Remove the removable media drive data cable from the removable
media drive.
Remove the removable media drive power cable and audio cable from
the removable media drive.
Press inward on the two tabs on the sides of the drive bay to disengage
the drive from the computer.
Removable Media Drive Removal
Slide the drive upward and remove it from the computer.
If the replacement drive does not have the bracket rails attached,
remove the rails from the old drive by removing the two screws that
secure each rail to the drive.
Drive Bracket Rail Removal and Replacement
Attach the bracket to the new drive by aligning the screw holes on the
drive with the screw holes on the bracket rails and tightening all four
screws.
Reinstall the removable media drive and bracket assembly in the
computer by gently sliding the drive into place until the tabs securely
click into position.
If you are installing a drive that has its own controller card, install the
controller card in an expansion slot.
NOTE: Problems may
arise if two expansion
cards are trying to use the
same resources: memory,
I/O addresses, and IRQs.
To avoid this type of
conflict, see "Interrupt
Assignment Conflicts" in
your User's Guide and the
documentation that came
with the card for more
information.
Connect the removable media drive power cable and audio cable to
the removable media drive.
Connect the removable media drive data cable to the removable
media drive.
If your computer came with an IDE CD drive, use the spare connector on the existing removable media drive data cable. Otherwise, use the IDE drive data cable provided in the drive kit.
CAUTION: To avoid the possibility of electric shock, turn off the computer and any devices, disconnect them from electrical outlets, and then wait at least 5 seconds before you open the computer cover. Also, before you install a drive, see the other precautions in "Safety First—For You and Your Computer."
If you are replacing a hard drive that contains data you want to keep,
be sure to make a backup of your files before you begin this procedure.
NOTICE: Ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on the
back of the computer.
NOTICE: When you unpack the drive, do not set it on a hard surface, which
may damage the drive. Instead, set the drive on a surface such as a foam pad,
that will sufficiently cushion it.
Unpack the drive, and prepare it for installation.
Check the documentation for the drive to verify that it is configured for your computer.
Remove the drive bracket from inside the computer.
If a hard drive is already installed in the drive bracket, disconnect
the power and hard-drive data cables from the drive.
Press in on the tabs on each side of the bracket, and slide it up and
out.
If the replacement drive does not have the bracket rails attached,
remove the rails from the old drive by removing the two screws that
secure each rail to the drive.
Drive Bracket Rail Removal and Replacement
Attach the bracket rails to the new hard drive by aligning the four
screw holes of the drive and bracket and then inserting and tightening
the screws that came with your upgrade kit.
Reinstall the hard-drive bracket by gently sliding the bracket into place
until you hear it securely click.
Installing a Hard Drive
NOTICE: To avoid possible damage to the computer, you must match the
colored stripe on the hard-drive data cable with pin 1 on the drive's data cable
connector and with the IDE drive data connector (labeled IDE_PRI) on the
system board.
Connect a power cable to the power cable connector on the drive, and
connect the hard-drive data cable to the hard drive.
Check all connectors to be certain that they are properly cabled and firmly seated.
NOTICE: Ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on the
back of the computer.
NOTICE: When you unpack the drive, do not set it on a hard surface, which
may damage the drive. Instead, set the drive on a surface, such as a foam pad,
that will sufficiently cushion it.
Unpack the drive, and prepare it for installation.
Check the documentation for the drive to verify that it is configured for your computer.
Press in on the tabs on each side of the bracket, and slide it up and out.
If the replacement drive does not have the bracket rails attached,
remove the rails from the old drive by removing the two screws that
secure each rail to the drive.
NOTICE: To avoid possibly damaging the drive by ESD, ground yourself by
touching an unpainted metal surface on the back of the computer.
NOTICE: When you unpack the drive, do not set it on a hard surface, which
may damage the drive. Instead, set the drive on a surface, such as a foam pad,
that will sufficiently cushion it.
If necessary, attach the bracket rails to the new hard drive by aligning
the four screw holes of the drive and bracket and then inserting and
tightening the screws that came with your upgrade kit.
Reinstall the hard-drive bracket by gently sliding the bracket into place
until you hear it securely click.
Hard-Drive Replacement
Connect a power cable to the power cable connector on the back of
the drive, and connect the hard-drive data cable to the hard-drive data
cable connector on the drive.
Check all connectors to be certain that they are properly cabled and
firmly seated.
NOTICE: To avoid possible damage to the computer, you must match the
colored stripe on the hard-drive data cable with pin 1 on the drive's data cable
connector and with the IDE drive data connector (labeled IDE_PRI) on the
system board.
If it is not already connected, connect the other end of the hard-drive
data cable to the IDE_PRI connector on the system board.
NOTICE: Ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on the
back of the chassis.
NOTICE: When you unpack the drive, do not set it on a hard surface, which
may damage the drive. Instead, set the drive on a surface, such as a foam pad,
that will sufficiently cushion it.
Unpack the drive, and prepare it for installation.
Check the documentation for the drive to verify that it is configured for your computer.
NOTICE: Match the colored strip on the cable with pin1 on the drive.
Locate the extra connector on the drive cable that is attached to the
first hard drive and attach the connector to the second hard drive.
For more information, see "IDE Drive Addressing."
All IDE devices require that you configure the cable select setting, which assigns master and slave status to devices according to their position on the interface cable. You usually configure a drive for cable select by setting a jumper or switch, depending on the drive. Refer to the drive documentation in your upgrade kit for information on configuring devices for the cable select setting. When you connect two IDE devices to a single IDE interface cable and configure them for the cable select setting, the device attached to the last connector on the interface cable is the master or boot device (drive 0), and the device attached to the middle connector on the interface cable is the slave device (drive 1).
With the two IDE interface connectors on the system board, your computer supports up to two IDE devices. IDE hard drives should be connected to the IDE interface connector labeled "IDE PRI." (Always connect removable media drives to the IDE interface connector labeled "IDE SEC.")
When you install a drive, you connect two cables—a DC power cable and an interface cable—to the back of the drive. Your drive's power input connector (to which you connect the DC power cable) resembles the following connector.
When you attach the interface cable to a drive, be sure to match the colored stripe on the cable to pin 1 of the drive's interface connector. For the location of pin 1 on the drive's interface connector, see the documentation that came with the drive.
When you disconnect an interface cable from the system board, be sure to press in on the locking tabs on the cable connector before you disconnect the cable. When you attach an interface cable to the system board, be sure that the locking tabs snap into place so that the cable is firmly attached to the connector on the system board.
Most interface connectors are keyed for correct insertion; that is, a notch or a missing pin on one connector matches a tab or a filled-in hole on the other connector. Keyed connectors ensure that the pin-1 wire in the cable (indicated by the colored stripe along one edge of the cable) goes to the pin-1 end of the connector. The pin-1 end of a connector on a board or a card is usually indicated by a silk-screened "1" printed directly on the board or card.
NOTICE: When you connect an interface cable, do not reverse the interface
cable (do not place the colored stripe away from pin 1 of the connector).
Reversing the cable prevents the drive from operating and could damage the
controller, the drive, or both.
With the two IDE drive cable connectors on the system board, your computer can support up to four IDE drives:
Cable the primary IDE system-board connector to IDE hard drives.
Cable the secondary IDE connector to IDE CD, DVD, tape, DAT, and zip drives.
To locate the IDE drive data connectors on the system board, see "System Board Components" or the interior service label. Each IDE drive data connector on the system board supports the following:
Two devices, master and slave
Logical blocking address (LBA)
PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4
Ultra ATA/100 (backward-compatible with ATA/66 and ATA/33)
To transfer data at full speed, Ultra ATA/100 hard drives require an 80-conductor cable like that used with ATA/66 drives. The 80-conductor cable has a 40-pin connector like the ATA/33 cable, but it has twice as many wires within the cable. If you use an ATA/33 cable with Ultra ATA/100 hard drives, the drives will operate properly, but data will transfer at ATA/33 speeds.
NOTICE: Dell recommends that you use only IDE cables purchased from Dell.
Cables purchased elsewhere are not guaranteed to work with Dell™ computers.
To install a SCSI device, you can use one or both of the following SCSI controllers:
The SCSI connector on the system board. To locate the SCSI system board connector, see "System Board Components" or the interior service label.
NOTE: The system
board SCSI controller
will support hard drives
only. Do not connect CD
or DVD drives, tape
drives, DAT drives, and so
on. An add-in SCSI
controller can be installed
in your computer for this
purpose.
A SCSI controller card installed in your computer.
NOTE: There is no requirement that SCSI ID numbers be assigned sequentially or
that devices be attached to the cable in order by ID number.
SCSI devices installed by Dell are configured correctly during the manufacturing process. You do not need to set the SCSI ID for these SCSI devices.
If you attach additional optional SCSI devices, refer to the documentation for each device for information about setting the appropriate SCSI ID number.
NOTICE: Dell recommends that you use only SCSI cables purchased from
Dell. Cables purchased elsewhere are not guaranteed to work with Dell
computers.
SCSI logic requires that termination be enabled for the two devices at opposite ends of the SCSI chain and disabled for all devices in between.
Dell recommends that you use terminated cables and that you disable termination on all devices. See the documentation provided with any optional SCSI device you purchase for information on disabling termination on the device.
Follow these general guidelines when installing SCSI devices in your computer:
Although you install SCSI devices essentially the same way as other devices, their configuration requirements are different. For details on configuring your particular SCSI subsystem, refer to the documentation for your SCSI devices and/or your host adapter card.
Configure the device for a SCSI ID number and disable termination, if necessary.
To use an external SCSI device, you must have a SCSI controller card installed in your computer. Connect one end of the external SCSI cable to the connector on the back of the SCSI device. Attach the other end of the external SCSI cable to the connector on the controller card installed in the computer.
After installing a SCSI hard drive, Primary Drive 0 and Primary Drive 1 should be set to None in system setup if no IDE hard drives are installed. If you have any IDE devices on the second IDE channel, such as a CD or tape drive, Secondary Drive 0 and/or Secondary Drive 1 should be set to Auto.
You may need to use programs other than those provided with the operating system to partition and format SCSI hard drives. Refer to the documentation that came with your SCSI software drivers for information on installing the appropriate drivers and preparing your SCSI hard drive for use.
Ultra 160/m and Ultra2/Wide LVD drives (typically hard drives) both use a 68-pin cable. One end of the cable attaches to the SCSI connector on the system board or the SCSI controller card installed in your computer. The remaining connectors on the cable attach to the various drives.
Narrow SCSI drives (optional SCSI cards such as tape drives, CD drives, and some hard drives) use a 50-pin cable. One end of this cable attaches to the SCSI controller card. The remaining connectors on the cable attach to the various Narrow SCSI devices.
NOTICE: Dell recommends that you use only SCSI cables purchased from
Dell. Cables purchased elsewhere are not guaranteed to work with Dell
computers.
