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Article Number: 000126178

Precision T3600, T5600, and T7600 May Not Have Covers Over Integrated SAS Ports On Motherboard

Summary: Precision T3600, T5600, and T7600 have no covers on the integrated SAS ports.

Article Content

Symptoms

This article contains information abotu Precision Workstation T3600, T5600, and T7600 systems not having covers over the integrated SAS ports on the motherboard

The Precision Workstation systems mentioned have integrated SAS ports on the system board. Users may be attempting to use them as additional SATA ports. Users need to ensure to remove any SATA drives connected in the ports marked HDD 0-3. Users must install the hard drives into the ports marked SATA, or the drives will not detect in the system.

If a user is attempting to use the SAS ports and the ports are not working, update to the latest BIOS revision for the system. Early models had the SAS ports disabled temporarily, and the latest BIOS update should enable them. All systems currently shipping from the factory should have functional SAS ports.

***HELPFUL LINKS***

Dell Precision T3600 System BIOS

Dell Precision T5600 System BIOS

Dell Precision T7600 System BIOS

If you have further questions about this article, contact Dell Technical Support.

Article Properties

Affected Product

Precision T3600, Precision T5600, Precision T7600

Last Published Date

21 Feb 2021

Version

3

Article Type

Solution

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