HP Workstation x2000 hp workstation x2000 - Technical Reference and Troublesho - Page 164

Installing and Replacing Hardware Parts Mass Storage and Optical Device Overview Examples of multiple IDE drive combinations Configuration 2 Hard disk drives 1 CD-ROM drive 1 Zip drive Connections to data cables Bootable hard disk drive: Second hard disk drive: CD-ROM drive: Zip drive: Master connector, Primary IDE Cable Slave connector, Primary IDE Cable Master connector, Secondary IDE Cable Slave connector, Secondary IDE Cable Verifying Your IDE Drive 1. Switch on the computer. 2. To verify the configuration of your hard disk drive, press F2 to enter Setup when the HP logo appears. Once in Setup, select the Advanced menu, then the IDE Devices submenu. In the Primary Master item, check that the details for the device have been correctly detected by the Setup program. 3. Press F3 to save and exit Setup. 4. Refer to the operating system documentation for information on partitioning and formatting a drive. 5. If an IDE drive is removed, switch on the computer. The system BIOS will detect that the device is missing. Press F4 to confirm that you want to remove the device. The system configuration will be updated automatically. Installing SCSI Drives Models with a SCSI card can be connected to up to five internal SCSI devices. Figure 1-8 shows both SCSI and IDE cables. 164 Chapter 6