Dell PowerEdge T300 Owner's Manual

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Information Update

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 (32-bit) 
Installation Notes
If you have installed the Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) operating system 
using the Dell™ Systems Build and Update Utility, you will need to manually 
install driver Intel_5100-Chipset-Software-_A02_R196223.exe (version A02 
or later). You can download this driver through the update utility or from 
www.support.dell.com.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 
Installation
Running the Microsoft® Windows® 2003 operating system on a multi-core 
Intel® Xeon® Processor 5000 sequence-based server without the most current 
integrated Service Pack (SP) will cause a system failure.

If you install the first release (R1) of Windows 2003 without a service pack, 
you will receive the following system error: 
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 
Perform the following steps to install the most current release of 
Windows 2003 Service Pack (SP2) on your system:

1 Temporarily disable the Demand-Based Power Management setting.

a

Power on the system.

b

Press <F2> during startup to enter the System Setup program. 

c

From the Main screen, select CPU Information and press <Enter> 
to open the CPU Information screen. 

d

Select Demand-Based Power Management and press the right-arrow 
key to change the setting to Disabled. 

e

Press <Esc>, save your changes, and exit the System Setup program 
screen.

December 2008

Rev. A03

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