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Dell Precision 610 mini tower systems have eight drive bays for installing the following types of drives (see Figure 1-5): The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the computer consist of one 3.5-inch drive bay (dedicated to a 3.5-inch slimline diskette drive) and three 5.25-inch drive bays that can hold up to three half-height, 5.25-inch devices-typically tape drives or CD-ROM drives. Alternately, 3.5-inch devices can be installed in the 5.25-inch bays using adapters available from Dell. The four-bay hard-disk drive cage below the externally accessible bays can hold up to four 1-inch or up to two 1-inch and two 1.6-inch hard-disk drives installed vertically. The maximum number of hard-disk drives must be either two EIDE hard-disk drives or up to four SCSI hard-disk drives. NOTE: For detailed information about installing SCSI devices, see Chapter 10, "Installing Drives," in the User's Guide. externally accessible drive bays four-bay hard-disk drive cage (internal) The enhanced dual-interface EIDE subsystem supports two EIDE interfaces (primary and secondary), each of which can support up to two EIDE devices. The EIDE controller resides on the high-speed PCI bus. The primary EIDE interface (IDE1) provides support for up to two highperformance EIDE devices. The computer's boot drive should be connected to the primary EIDE interface. The secondary EIDE interface (IDE2) also provides support for up to two highperformance EIDE devices, typically EIDE tape drives or CD-ROM drives. 1-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini Tower Systems Service Manual

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Dell Precision 610 Mini Tower Systems Service Manual
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Dell Precision 610 mini tower systems have eight drive bays for installing the
following types of drives (see Figure 1-5):
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The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the computer consist of
one 3.5-inch drive bay (dedicated to a 3.5-inch slimline diskette drive) and
three 5.25-inch drive bays that can hold up to three half-height, 5.25-inch
devices—typically tape drives or CD-ROM drives. Alternately, 3.5-inch
devices can be installed in the 5.25-inch bays using adapters available from
Dell.
¹
The four-bay hard-disk drive cage below the externally accessible bays can
hold up to four 1-inch or up to two 1-inch and two 1.6-inch hard-disk drives
installed vertically. The maximum number of hard-disk drives must be
either two EIDE hard-disk drives or up to four SCSI hard-disk drives.
NOTE: For detailed information about installing SCSI devices, see Chapter 10,
“Installing Drives,” in the
User’s Guide
.
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The enhanced dual-interface EIDE subsystem supports two EIDE interfaces
(primary and secondary), each of which can support up to two EIDE devices.
The EIDE controller resides on the high-speed PCI bus.
The primary EIDE interface (IDE1) provides support for up to two high-
performance EIDE devices. The computer’s boot drive should be connected to
the primary EIDE interface.
The secondary EIDE interface (IDE2) also provides support for up to two high-
performance EIDE devices, typically EIDE tape drives or CD-ROM drives.
externally accessible
drive bays
four-bay hard-disk
drive cage (internal)