340 drives comparing ribbon cables to floppy drive ribbon cables, 147 cylinders, 93-94 determining capacity, 101-102 formatting, 124 geometry, 94 heads, 93 IDE, 94 improving speed, 107-108 partitioning, 126-127 platters, 93 replacing, 133 sectors per track, 93 support, 106 support for large hard drives, 125-126 troubleshooting, 135-136 unformatting, 133 hot swappable, 116 installing, 310 DMM (Digital Multimeter), 311 DMM batteries, 311 floppy drive cables, 310 IDE hard drive cables, 310-311 jumper blocks, 311 mounting frames, 311 mounting screws, 311 rails, 311 SCSI external cables, 311 SCSI ribbon cables, 311 Y-cable power splitters, 311 logical DOS, 125 master, 95 optical, 137 parallel-port, 203 removable, 150-151 orphans, 153 troubleshooting/ <strong>repairing</strong>, 154 SCSI, configuring, 117 slave, 95 tape retensioning, 164 troubleshooting, 161-164 tape backup, 155-156 ADR, 156-158 choosing, 159 comparing, 159-160 Travan, 155-157 Zip (Iomega), 153-154 DSP (digital signal processor), 264 dual inline memory module (DIMM), 6, 38-40, 44 DVD (digital versatile disc), 6 DVD drives, troubleshooting, 139 DVI (digital video interface), 6 DVI (Digital Visual Interface) connectors, 243 DVI-D connector, 243-244 DVI-I connector, 243-244 E /E switch, 135 ECC (Error Correction Code), 6, 43 ECP (Enhanced Capabilities Port), 190 ECP ports comparing to EPP ports, 190-191 requirements, 191 EIDE (enhanced IDE), 97
EISA (Enhanced Industry St<strong>and</strong>ard Architecture), 6 EISA expansion slots, 62 electronic contact cleaner, 315 electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection kit, 310 Emergency Disk, 137 Emergency System Disk, 300 enabling power management, 213, 240 Encable On-Dem<strong>and</strong> Dialing check box, 187 encryption (wireless networks), 284 Endust for Electronics, 314 Enhanced Capabilities Port (ECP), 190 enhanced IDE (EIDE), 97 Enhanced Industry St<strong>and</strong>ard Architecture, 6 Enhanced Industry St<strong>and</strong>ard Architecture (EISA) expansion slots, 62 Enhanced Serial Ports (ESP), 171 EPP ports comparing to ECP ports, 190-191 requirements, 191 error codes Alphanumeric, 85-86 keyboards, 229-230 Error Correction Code (ECC), 6, 43 error messages floppy drives, 150 onscreen, 88 Fast Ethernet NICs 341 errors fatal, 83 non-fatal, 83 parity, 8 reporting (BIOS), 83-88 ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection kit, 310 ESD-safe vacuum cleaners, 315 ESP (Enhanced Serial Ports), 171 ESSID, 284 Ethernet cables, building, 278-280 exp<strong>and</strong>ing memory, 44 expansion cards, installing, 311-312 expansion slots, 62, 67 AGP, 66 EISA, 62 ISA, 62 PCI, 66 VL-Bus, 62 Extended CHS mode, 98 Extended Int13h support, 103 extended partitions, 129-130 external devices installing, 312-313 SCSI, 119 external modems comparing to internal modems, 180 pinouts, 184 external ports (sound card), 323 F Fast Ethernet cabling st<strong>and</strong>ards, 281 Fast Ethernet NICs, 272
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