Gateway 9210 - Manual (Page 78)

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Expansion cards
Your server does not recognize an expansion card
■ Restart your server.
■ Make sure that you have installed the necessary software or driver. For instructions,
see the card’s documentation.
■ Reseat the expansion card. For instructions, see “Installing a PCI expansion card” on
page 43 .
Hard drive
The hard drive cannot be accessed, or you receive a “General failure reading drive C”
error message
■ If a diskette is in the diskette drive, eject it and restart your server by pressing the
reset button.
■ Restart your server by pressing the reset button.
■ Turn off your server, then make sure the drive cables are connected correctly. For
instructions, see
“Installing a hard drive” on page 37 .
■ Run a verification from the SCSI BIOS. This applies only if your configuration includes
a SCSI hard drive.
■ If your server has been subjected to static electricity or physical shock, you may need
to reinstall the operating system.
You receive a “Non-system disk” or “disk error” error message
■ Eject the diskette from the diskette drive, then press E NTER .
■ Make sure that your hard drive has an active partition. For more information, see “The
master boot record is corrupted” on page 74 .
Your server does not recognize an SCSI drive (applies to SCSI configured servers only)
■ Make sure that the SCSI controller is enabled in the BIOS Setup utility.
■ Reinstall the device driver. For instructions, see “Using your System Companion CD”
on page 20 .
■ Change the drive’s SCSI address to one that is not being used by your server. For more
information about SCSI device configurations, see your drive’s documentation.
■ Run SCSI Verify in the SCSI BIOS. For more information about the SCSI BIOS, see the
SCSI controller’s documentation.
■ Turn off your server, then make sure the drive cables are connected correctly. For
instructions, see
“Installing a hard drive” on page 37 .