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Break the bottle neck! Release your computing power Home Company Product Support Partners Contact Us Buy How To Install and Troubleshoot RD-ATA8 Drives Do not drop or jar the drive. Keep the drive in the protective anti-static container until ready to install. Protect the drive from static discharge by wearing a grounded wrist strap. Handle the drive by the edges of the frame. Do not apply pressure or attach labels to the circuit board or the top cover of the drive. Turn off the power to the host system before installation. What do you need Phillips screwdriver and four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws. Standard 80-pin ATA interface cable. An unused drive power cable for your new drive. Attaching Cables and Mounting the Drive Attach one end of the interface cable to the connector on the system board (see user's manual for locations) Align pin 1 on the cable with pin 1 on the connector. Attach the interface connector and a power connector to the drive. Secure the drive using four 6-32 UNC mounting screws. Do not overtighten the screws. Configure the BIOS Run the system setup program. Enable LBA mode and UDMA mode, if applicable. Select the auto-detect option. If this is not available, select "user defined" and enter the CHS parameters shown on the drive label. CHS addressing supports capacities up to 8.4 GB only. To access the full capacity of a large drive, use the LBA mode. Save and exit the system setup program. Troubleshooting Does the drive spin up? If it does not spin, check that the power connector and the interface cable are securely attached. Does the computer recognize the drive? Verify the drive is enabled in system BIOS. If not, select the auto-detect option. Does FDISK detect the drive? Run the FDISK program with FDISK /STATUS to verify the drive is present. Does SCANDISK find the drive defect free? If defects are detected, this may indicate a problem. Copyright © 2003-2007 REAL RAM DISK Inc. Developed by AutomationTech Inc