Hard disk drive problems, Working properly or, Performance – Epson 4000 User Manual

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Hard Disk Drive Problems

A newly-installed hard disk

drive is not

working properly or

ifs

performance

is not

what you

expect.

Make sure you have installed the drive correctly and check all

cable connections. Also, check the jumper settings on your

drive.

Check that you have installed the IDE drivers on your hard

disk (see Chapter 6). To take advantage of the local bus IDE

interface, your hard disk drive must support a 32-bit data path

that utilizes double-word I/O.

You see a hard disk

drive error when you

start your

system.

Run SETUP and check that your system is auto-sensing the

correct drive type. If auto-sensing is enabled and SETUP

displays information that does not match your drive, you may

need to define your own drive type. See Chapter 2 for setup

information.

Make sure the jumpers on the system board are set correctly.

Jumper J31 enables or disables the IDE hard disk drive

controller. See Chapter 4 for jumper information.

You

are

unable to

store

data

on the

hard disk

drive.

If your drive was not configured, make sure you have

partitioned and formatted it correctly for your operating

system. See your operating system manual for instructions.

Also, make sure your hard disk drive has been physically

formatted by the manufacturer. (All Epson-supplied drives are

physically formatted at the factory.) If it has not been physically

formatted, use the format utility that came with the drive to

format it before you partition it or install the operating system.

7-8 Troubleshooting

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