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Question posted by gmpchri on March 7th, 2014

Poweredge Sc440 Ide Hard Drive Can't Detect

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Getting Started Guide - Page 5

...-Attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives with an integrated SATA controller or - System Features The major hardware and software features of your system include: • One of the following integrated features: • Dual-channel IDE controller that supports up to two supported devices including IDE CD, DVD, CDRW/DVD combination drive, and an IDE tape backup device...

Getting Started Guide - Page 10

...hard drives with the integrated SATA controller or Up to two non-hot-plug, 3.5-inch, internal SAS drives with a SAS controller card one optional 2.5-inch, 1.44-MB up to two optional IDE CD, DVD, or combination CD-RW/DVD drives... module sockets Memory module capacities Minimum RAM Maximum RAM Drives Hard Drives Diskette drive Optical drives 8 Getting Started With Your System Intel® Pentium...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 4

... Bezel 43 Replacing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel 44 Diskette Drive 44 Removing the Diskette Drive 44 Installing a Diskette Drive 45 Optical and Tape Drives 47 Removing an Optical or Tape Drive 47 Installing an Optical or Tape Drive 49 Hard Drives 51 Hard Drive Installation Guidelines 51 Removing a Hard Drive 51 Installing a Hard Drive 52 Expansion Cards 56 Removing an Expansion...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 6

... System Memory 87 Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive 89 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 90 Troubleshooting an IDE Tape Drive 91 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 91 Troubleshooting a SAS RAID Controller 92 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 93 Troubleshooting the Microprocessor 95 5 Running the System Diagnostics 97 Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics 97 System Diagnostics Features 97...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 11

...front panel. Front-Panel Features and Indicators 1 2 9 3 8 4 5 7 6 Table 1-2. Table 1-2 provides component descriptions. Front-Panel Components Item Component Icon 1 upper 5.25-inch drive bay 2 lower 5.25-inch drive bay 3 flex bay 4 hard-drive activity indicator Description Holds an optical drive. Indicates hard drive activity. Figure 1-1. About Your System 11

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 12

... is turned off . No light - Blinking amber - The system is powering up. • If the hard drive indicator is off . Steady green - Blinking green - The system is faulty. The system is in troubleshooting... the DC power supply output to be replaced. • If the hard drive indicator is on page 15. 12 About Your System Table 1-2. See "Diagnostic Lights" on . The power...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 16

... memory modules detected. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on error. Memory configuration See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 87. System Messages System messages appear on the screen to notify you receive a system message that is not listed in Table 1-6, check the documentation for the application that the diskette drive and hard drive are properly connected...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 19

... the function number. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on disk read The diskette or hard-drive controller detected an uncorrectable read error. Bad error-correction code (ECC) on page 107. Controller has failed The hard drive or the associated controller is blocking the airflow vents and that all fans are hexadecimal. Ensure that...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 20

... page 107. 20 About Your System Diskette write protected The diskette is faulty. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Data error The diskette drive or hard drive cannot read failure The diskette might be Run the system diagnostics. See faulty. Diskette read the data. "Running the System Diagnostics" on , cable might be...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 24

... or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 107. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on page 91. The file that you are trying to copy is not properly connected. If memory has not been added or removed, check the SEL to determine if single-bit or multi-bit errors were detected and replace...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 30

... system's internal calendar and clock. Off does not report errors. Enables or disables a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) device (such as hard drive or IDE drive). Displays the Controller type, Port number the drive is using , Drive ID number, Capacity, whether the drive is ECC capable, single or dual rank, type, and organization for the internal diskette...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 78

... I /O panel cable to the FRONTPANEL connector • 5.25-inch device data cable to the IDE connector • Processor cooling fan cable to the FAN_CPU connector • Card cage cooling fan cable to the FAN_CARD_CAGE connector • SATA hard-drive data cable(s) to the system board. See "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 57...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 91

... • Device driver error. • One or more hard drives not recognized by the system. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on page 107. See "Opening the System" on page 41. 6 Ensure that the IDE interface cable is securely connected to the tape drive and to the IDE connector on the system board. 7 Ensure that you know...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 92

...NOTE: When troubleshooting a SAS RAID controller, also see "Getting Help" on the hard drive. 1 Run the appropriate online diagnostics test. Before you are configured correctly. c Exit...that the hard drive has been configured correctly for the RAID. NOTICE: This troubleshooting procedure can destroy data stored on the system and attached peripherals. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" ...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 93

... an Expansion Card" on page 41. 7 Ensure that the cable connections between the hard drives and the SAS controller are correct. See the controller's documentation for the installed controller card...see your operating system and the expansion card. Troubleshooting Your System 93 See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on page 41. 10 Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet. 6 Open...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 97

...system. For information about using the PowerEdge Diagnostics, then use the system ...detected or terminate testing when a user-defined error limit is to identify the problem using diagnostics, see the Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics User's Guide. The system diagnostics menus and options allow you if tests are available at support.dell.com and on chassis and storage components such as hard drives...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 104

... 5 FRONTPANEL front panel 6 POWER main power 7 IDE IDE drive 8 SATA0, SATA1, SATA2, SATA3 SATA drives 9 RTCRST RTC reset jumper 10 INTRUDER chassis intrusion header 11 SLOT1 PCIe x1 12 SLOT2 PCIe x8 13 SLOT4 PCIe x4 14 SLOT3, SLOT5 PCI 15 AUX_LED auxiliary hard-drive LED 16 FLOPPY diskette drive 17 FAN_CARD_CAGE card cage fan 18 FAN_CPU...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 135

... stored on the system board or riser board for a peripheral device. (Hard-drive controller subsystems include integrated host adapter circuitry.) To add a SCSI expansion bus... by h. In general, I/O activity can be assigned an IRQ number. ID - IDE - Integrated drive electronics. Provides simultaneous physical mirroring of changing the circuitry in a system; Integrated mirroring ...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 137

...readme file - Glossary 137 PDU - pixel - Pixels are prohibited from their system using the hard drive The Windows 2000 and UNIX 32-bit operating systems run in ROM code. POST - protected ... 50. RAS - You must usually be revised to run in rows and columns to servers and storage systems in a rack. A power source with the format command. A video resolution, ...

Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 139

...the network adapter, while leaving TCP/IP control decisions to the host server. memory, disk drives, or printers, for network clients. UTP - Video graphics array. ... - Watt(s). A battery-powered unit that enable software integration through the use on the hard drive. Most VGA and SVGA video adapters include memory chips in a business or home to ...