Dell poweredge 1600 sc XP install

These are the Dell part numbers for the PowerEdge 1600 SC heatsink:
7R181 Heatsink Assembly (Includes heatsink and fan)
83MGJ Heatsink Clip (2 required)
Dell spare parts can be reached by phone at 1-800-357-3355

It depends on what type of drive you are using. Plus, you may have to specify the array controller drivers if your are using the SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) drives.

The first thing to try is open Device Manager and uninstall the existing driver for serial ata (SATA) controller. Afterwards, use the Drivers and Utilities CD that you received from Dell to install the Chipset driver depending on the model of your Dell computer. Alternatively, you can go to htttp://support.dell.com and click the Drivers Home link. Enter the 7-digit alphanumeric service tag of your computer , click Continue. Select the operating system version you have, then download the main Chipset driver for your computer. Install it after the download. In addition, check for the Serial ATA category on the drivers page and download the Intel Matrix Storage Manager if available for your computer. Feel free to let us know how it goes.

yes you can do that but you need the drivers for the scsi interface. when you install windows xp (for example) i think you may have to press the f6 key on the installation to add these drivers.

Otherwise, installation wont take place.

try another windows xp disk or burn another copy of the disk you have. it's also possible that there's a problem with the optical drive that you're using.

You have to "FDisk" or "Partition" the Drive before Windows will see it.

XP - Goto: Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk Management
Vista/Win7 - Goto: Control Panel | System and Security | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk Management
You will see hopefully both Drives... Highlight the New One... Create a New Partion by Right Clicking or use the Pull Downs. It will ask size etc... use the defaults.
Next Format the Drive - Select the Drive again...Right Click Format using Quick Format to save time and you should be set.

Is there a RAID card Eg PERC installed? If so, did you use the hardware raid setup? Also, Why do you want to put Windows 7 on a Server? Have you thought about Windows Server 2003 or 2008?

Open her up and check all the connections and also the BIOS settings. Does the DVD drive appear in the BIOS detection screen? I would suggest tackling the DVD issue first! Maybe that you need to change the order that it boots so that the DVD drive is first.

I am not sure where you got your information but I just checked Dell's website and they have Windows 2000 drivers for your server which include the video driver.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WNT5&osl=EN&catid=-1&impid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=PWE_P4_840&hidos=WNET&hidlang=en&TabIndex=)

If you are still having a problem then you should call Dell support. Every Dell server has lifetime free phone support.

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Hi
My is working , i have same dell server 1600 , i download the driver from LSI website here is the link
http://lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/scsi_hbas/lsiu320/index.html?remote=1&locale=EN

you just need u320 scsi driver for server 1600sc

download XP driver 32 bit it will work
victor

May be worth reseting the bios using the on-board jumper.