Data Storage Devices; Device Slots - NEC POWERMATE VE - SERVICE MANUAL 05-1996 Service Manual

DATA STORAGE DEVICES

The system board in the computer supports the following storage devices:
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up to two diskette drives, including the standard 1.44-MB diskette drive
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up to four IDE devices such as IDE hard disks and an IDE CD-ROM reader.
Other storage devices might require the installation of a compatible controller board.

Device Slots

The PowerMate system has four storage device slots:
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a 3 1/2-inch accessible device slot which contains the standard 1.44-MB diskette
drive
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one 3 1/2-inch internal hard disk drive slots (1-inch high, thin-height)
Hard disk configurations come with an IDE hard disk installed.
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two 5 1/4-inch accessible device slots (1.6-inch high, half-height)
In multimedia models, one accessible device slot contains the standard CD-ROM
reader.
Other accessible devices (diskette drive, tape drive, CD-ROM reader) can be
installed in the 5 1/4-inch slots.
A hard disk with a 5 1/4-inch form factor can be installed in the 5 1/4-inch slots.
Option Installation 3-17