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Your Gateway Computer
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Contents 1 Preparing to Install Your Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Preparing your work area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Preventing static electricity discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Removing an Existing Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Removing drive software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preparing to 1 Install Your Drive This guide provides the information you need to install a new or replacement: ■ CD or DVD drive ■ Diskette drive ■ Flash memory drive ■ Tape drive ■ Zip drive Only the tape and Zip drives require uninstalling and installing software as part of the installation process. 1
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Chapter 1: Preparing to Install Your Drive To install a drive, follow these steps: 1 Remove drive software (if replacing a Zip or tape drive). 2 Remove the existing drive (if replacing a drive). 3 Install the new drive. 4 Install drive software (if installing a Zip or tape drive). Preparing your work area To prepare your work area: 1 Find a place that: ■ Is clean. (Avoid dusty areas.) ■ Is a low-static environment. (Avoid carpeted areas.) ■ Has a stable platform on which to set your computer. ■
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Preparing your work area Preventing static electricity discharge The components inside your computer are extremely sensitive to static electricity, also known as electrostatic discharge (ESD). Warning ESD can permanently damage electrostatic discharge-sensitive components in your computer. Prevent ESD damage by following ESD guidelines every time you open the computer case. Warning To avoid exposure to dangerous electrical voltages and moving parts, turn off your computer and unplug the pow
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Chapter 1: Preparing to Install Your Drive www.gateway.com 4
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Removing an 2 Existing Drive Read this chapter to learn how to remove an existing drive. You need to remove an existing drive if you are replacing a drive. If you are not replacing a drive, go to “Installing a New Drive” on page 13. Warning Avoid exposure to dangerous electrical voltages and moving parts by turning off your computer and unplugging the power cord and modem cable before opening the case. 5
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Chapter 2: Removing an Existing Drive Removing drive software If you are installing a diskette, CD, or DVD drive, you do not need to remove any software. Go to “Installing a New Drive” on page 13. If you did not previously have a Zip drive or tape drive installed in your computer, you do not need to remove any software. Go to “Installing a New Drive” on page 13. If you are replacing a Zip drive or tape drive, you must uninstall your drive software before you remove the old drive from your co
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Removing drive software 4 Click Add/Remove or Remove and follow the on-screen instructions. If you are asked to remove any shared files, click No. (These files may be needed by other programs.) 5 When the removal is complete, shut down Windows and turn off your computer. www.gateway.com 7
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Chapter 2: Removing an Existing Drive Removing the drive To remove the existing drive: 1 Turn off your computer, then remove the computer case cover following the static electricity precautions on page 3. See the documentation that came with your computer for instructions on removing your computer case cover. 2 If you are removing a CD or DVD drive, disconnect the audio cable by pressing down on the locking tab as you pull the cable out of the audio connector. Make sure that you pull the con
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Removing the drive 4 Disconnect the front panel USB round data cable from the back of the flash memory drive. Make sure that you pull the connector, not the cable. Note the orientation of the connector. You will attach the data cable to your new drive using the same orientation. www.gateway.com 9
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Chapter 2: Removing an Existing Drive 5 Disconnect the flash memory drive’s round data cable from the system board. Make sure that you pull the connector, not the cable. Note the orientation of the connector. You will attach the data cable from your new drive using the same orientation. www.gateway.com 10
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Removing the drive 6 Disconnect the power cable from the back of the drive. Make sure that you pull the connector, not the cable. Move the connector slightly side-to-side, if necessary, to disconnect the cable. 7 See the documentation that came with your computer for instructions on sliding the drive out of the computer case. 8 If this drive is a replacement for a failed drive, follow the instructions on the return form to send the old drive back to Gateway for credit. www.gateway.com 11
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Installing a 3 New Drive Read this chapter to learn how to: ■ Configure IDE and SCSI drives ■ Install the drive 13
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Chapter 3: Installing a New Drive Identifying connectors The following illustrations identify basic drive connectors. CD, DVD, diskette, tape, and Zip drives Power cable and connector Data cable and connector Jumper block Analog audio connector Digital audio connector Diskette drive CD or DVD power cable drive power and connector cable and connector ■ Power connector. Both small and large power supply connectors attach only one way. CD, DVD, tape, and Zip drives have a large power connector.
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Identifying connectors ■ Jumper block. The jumper block is used to configure your IDE drive as a master, slave, or cable select drive, or to configure your SCSI drive’s ID and termination. A label on the drive shows which jumper/pin position corresponds to which setting. Diskette drives do not have a jumper block. ■ Analog audio connector. If your drive is a CD or DVD drive, it may have an analog audio connector. ■ Digital audio connector. If your drive is a CD or DVD drive, it may have a d
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Chapter 3: Installing a New Drive Configuring the new IDE drive You can configure CD, DVD, diskette, and Zip drives as bootable drives. You can use bootable drives to start up (boot) your computer with special bootable media, such as a system diskette (a diskette that contains operating system files). Your system board may contain as many as three controllers (where the wide ribbon cables attach to the main system board or a host adapter add-in card). One controller is for the diskette drive
