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Installing Internal Drives
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3.5-inch to 5.25-inch drive adapter, if you are installing a 3.5-inch drive.
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Software drivers, if required.
CAUTION: If you are not proficient with electronic equipment, Power
Computing Corporation recommends that you have a certified technician
install expansion cards, RAM, and internal drives. If you attempt to install
expansion cards, RAM, or drives yourself, any damage you may cause to
your equipment will not be covered by the limited warranty on your
computer. Please call technical support at 1-800-708-6227 for additional
information about this or any other warranty question.
CAUTION: If an anti-static grounding strap was supplied with the
expansion card or other device that you are installing, put it on and
ground it as directed by the device’s instructions before touching any
components inside the computer.
CAUTION: Never turn the computer on or operate the computer with the
cover removed.
CAUTION: Never bump the hard drive against any hard surface. A sharp
blow can cause major damage immediately and/or reduce the life of your
drive.
Preparing the drive
Your computer uses SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) buses to connect
internal and external drives. It has both a conventional 5 MB per second SCSI
bus and a 20 MB per second UltraSCSI bus. For a more detailed discussion of
how the SCSI bus on your computer is set up, see
Using SCSI devices, starting on
page 16. Pay particular attention to the discussion of SCSI termination,
discussed in
Ensuring proper termination on page 18.
SCSI drives must be set up before they are installed. Drive set up involves
setting the SCSI ID, checking termination, and, if you’re installing a 3.5-inch
drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay, installing a drive bay adapter.
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