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Click the

Monitor

tab.

The

Monitor Type

list box displays the monitors attached to your system.

NOTE: If a Remote Access Card (RAC) is installed in your system, the RAC appears as a third video

device in the Monitor Type list box. Use the scroll buttons in the Monitor Type list box to display

any additional monitor types.

NOTE: If Windows Server 2003 cannot identify the monitor type, the operating system identifies

the monitor as a "Plug and Play Monitor."

BIOS Version A01

New features were added to the A01 release of the system BIOS that are not present in the previous

release. As a result, flashing the BIOS back to the earlier release may cause unexpected system

behavior. Dell does not recommend that you revert your system to a previous BIOS release.

Adding a Second IDE Device to the IDE Controller Cable

The system board has one IDE controller and one IDE connector that is normally used to connect

an IDE optical device installed in the 5.25-inch drive bay. The System Setup program provides an

option to enable or disable the IDE controller, and the primary master optical device can be viewed

through the boot order in the System Setup program.

If a second IDE device, such as an IDE tape backup drive, is installed in the 5.25-inch peripheral

bay and is attached to the slave connector of the IDE cable, details of the second device can be

viewed only in the operating system and not the System Setup program.

Embedded SATA 2s Controller-to-CERC SATA 6-Channel

Upgrade Considerations

If you are presently using the embedded SATA 2s controller in a dual hard-drive configuration and

are upgrading to a CERC SATA 6-channel expansion card RAID array, you must first disable and

remove the embedded SATA 2s configuration.

NOTICE: Operating the system in a CERC 6-channel SATA RAID array with the embedded SATA 2s

controller enabled is not a supported configuration and can cause the operating system to malfunction

during shutdowns and other unpredictable results.

Follow the guidelines listed below if you are presently using an embedded SATA 2s controller

configuration and are upgrading to a CERC SATA 6-channel configuration.

Back up the data from the hard drives that the embedded SATA 2s controller is using.

The hard drives must be reinitialized for use with the CERC SATA 6-channel upgrade.

Disable the embedded SATA 2s controller in the System Setup program.

See "Using the System Setup Program" in the

User’s Guide

for additional information.

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