Other potential problems – Dell 3 User Manual

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Other Potential Problems

Table 13-4 describes other items that might cause problems.

Ta b l e 1 3 - 4 . O t h e r P o t e n t i a l P r o b l e m s

Topic

Information

Physical drive

errors

To display the Media Error and Other Error options, select
the Objects—> Physical Drive menu and press <F2> after you
select a physical drive. A Media Error is an error that occurred
while actually transferring data. An Other Error is an error that
occurs at the hardware level, such as a device failure, poor
cabling, bad termination, or signal loss.

Virtual sizing

The virtual sizing option enables RAID expansion. Virtual

sizing must be enabled to increase the size of a logical drive or

add a physical drive to an existing logical drive. To enable

virtual sizing, run the BIOS Configuration Utility by pressing

<Ctrl> <M> at bootup. Select Objects—> Logical Drive.

Then select View—> Update Parameters. Set virtual sizing to

Enabled.

PERC 3 Power

Requirements

The maximum PERC 3 power requirements are 15 watts at

5 v and 3 amps.

Windows NT

®

does not detect

the PERC 3

Refer to the PERC 3 Operating System Driver Installation

Guide for the chapter about Windows NT driver installation.

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