SOURCE: PowerEdge 2600 does not boot up ?
you need to set the boot device order. Usually F12.
or you can go to bios with F2 or F10.
your cd-rom is wrong you need the Instalation and Server Management CD. I think it's possible to download this cd at their site.
good luck
SOURCE: Dell PowerEdge 840
Look in Bios setup for OS Install mode setting. If it is enabled, it restricts the RAM to 256MB. Change the setting to off and it will sense the total RAM
SOURCE: Adding DVD to Poweredge 2600
PE2600 has lots of spare power (unless you are already using all 6 SCSI drive bays) ..
You can fit 3 x SATA drives in the space where the (useless) tape backup unit is sitting [you can even buy a 'proper' enclosure = Icy Dock MB453SPF or I think the SNT-2131 will fit ] .. and you can split the power off the Tape drive (4pin) power socket ..
I've not found a DVD burner (only a combined DVD reader / CD burner = TS-L462C) .. however if you have a spare IDE port you should be able to use an external unit [you will need an e-ide cable & enclosure for the drive]
SOURCE: DELL Poweredge 2600
The Dell original standard CD drive shipped with the PE2600 is incapable of 'understanding' the latest generation of bootable CD's (no matter what the BIOS says).
As far as I can tell, it's not fixable in the firmware ..
However you can swap it out for a more modern drive - such as the TS-L462C (which is a plug in replacement combined DVD reader / CD reader/writer - and Dell post the required drivers on their PE 2600 web pages, so I assume it must be a 'supported' solution)
SOURCE: Drive Options with a Dell Poweredge 2600
I would definitively not recommend to remove the backplates, unless you want to ask for serious trouble with your system.
I would install a PCI SATA adapter card (one like these) and connect your SATA drives to it.
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