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Automatic, Configuration, Flexibility

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Automatic Configuration Flexibility NOTE 1 Your PC's Performance Features Increasing the Speed Limit With Ultra SCSI Your PC is able to configure many SCSI mass storage devices automatically through a new feature, SCSI Configured Automatically (SCAM). When installing SCSI devices, refer to the documentation supplied with the device to see if it supports this feature. SCSI devices which do not support this feature will probably need jumpers to be set for their configuration. To make use of the SCAM feature: 1 Turn off your PC. 2 Turn on any external SCSI devices connected to your PC. 3 Turn on your PC. Any SCSI device connected to your PC which supports SCAM will be configured automatically by your PC's SCSI BIOS. You can confirm that new SCSI devices have been correctly configured with the SCSISelect Utility. Refer to the User's Guide supplied with your PC for information on this Utility. The SCSI controller in your PC provides a number of new features to make your mass storage configuration more flexible. Among these features is the ability to select any SCSI hard disk or CD-ROM drive as the boot drive when using Windows 95. You can select your PC's boot drive through the built-in Setup program. For more information on your PC's Setup program, refer to your PC's User's Guide. By default, your PC is set to boot from an IDE hard disk drive. If you have both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives installed, your PC will only boot from an IDE hard disk drive when using the following operating systems: Windows for Workgroups; Windows NT; or OS/2. English 29

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Your PC’s Performance Features
Increasing the Speed Limit With Ultra SCSI
Automatic
Configuration
Your PC is able to configure many SCSI mass storage devices
automatically through a new feature, SCSI Configured Automatically
(SCAM). When installing SCSI devices, refer to the documentation
supplied with the device to see if it supports this feature. SCSI devices
which do not support this feature will probably need jumpers to be set
for their configuration.
To make use of the SCAM feature:
1
Turn off your PC.
2
Turn on any external SCSI devices connected to your PC.
3
Turn on your PC.
Any SCSI device connected to your PC which supports SCAM will be
configured automatically by your PC’s SCSI BIOS.
You can confirm that new SCSI devices have been correctly configured
with the SCSISelect Utility. Refer to the
User’s Guide
supplied with
your PC
for information on this Utility.
Flexibility
The SCSI controller in your PC provides a number of new features to
make your mass storage configuration more flexible. Among these
features is the ability to select any SCSI hard disk or CD-ROM drive as
the boot drive when using Windows 95.
You can select your PC’s boot drive through the built-in Setup program.
For more information on your PC’s Setup program, refer to your PC’s
User’s Guide
.
NOTE
By default, your PC is set to boot from an IDE hard disk drive. If you
have both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives installed, your PC will only
boot from an IDE hard disk drive when using the following operating
systems: Windows for Workgroups; Windows NT; or OS/2.