Drive Specifications; Power And Signal Cables For Internal Drives - Lenovo NetVista A40p User Manual

Drive specifications

Your computer comes with the following IBM-installed drives:
v A CD-ROM drive in bay 1 (some models).
v A 3.5-inch hard disk drive in bay 3.
v A 3.5-inch diskette drive in bay 4.
Models that do not have drives installed in bays 1 and 2 have a static shield and
bay panel installed.
The following illustration shows the locations of the drive bays.
The following table describes some of the drives you can install in each bay and
their height requirements.
Notes:
1. Drives that are greater than 41.3 mm (1.6 in.) high cannot be installed.
2. Install removable media (tape or CD) drives in the accessible bays: bay 1 or 2.

Power and signal cables for internal drives

Your computer uses cables to connect integrated drive electronics (IDE) drives to
the power supply and to the system board. The following cables are provided:
v Four-wire power cables connect most drives to the power supply. At the end of
v Flat signal cables, also called ribbon cables, connect IDE and diskette drives to the
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1 Bay 1 - Max Height: 41.3 mm (1.6 in.)
2 Bay 2 - Max Height: 41.3 mm (1.6 in.)
3 Bay 3 - Max Height: 25.4 mm (1.0 in.)
4 Bay 4 - Max Height: 25.4 mm (1.0 in.)
these cables are plastic connectors that attach to different drives; these
connectors vary in size. Also, certain power cables attach to the system board.
system board. There are two sizes of ribbon signal cables that come with your
computer:
– The wider signal cable has two or three connectors.
CD-ROM drive (standard in some models)
5.25-inch hard disk drive
5.25-inch hard disk drive
3.5-inch hard disk drive (requires a
mounting bracket)
CD-ROM drive
DVD-ROM drive
3.5-inch hard disk drive (preinstalled)
3.5-inch diskette drive (preinstalled)