Maxtor ATA Hard Drive Installation Manual page 14

Plug the blue connector on the provided Ultra ATA cable
2.
straight into the ATA connector on your motherboard or
ATA adapter card. The correct orientation of the cable connector
can be found by matching the key notch on one side of the cable
connector with the corresponding groove in the ATA connector.
3. If the hard drive has been configured as a master, plug the
black cable connector into the ATA connector on the rear of the
hard drive. If the hard drive has been configured as a slave,
plug the gray cable connector into the ATA connector on the hard
drive. If the hard drive has been configured as cable select and will
be used as the boot drive, plug the black cable connector into the
ATA connector on the hard drive. If the hard drive has been
configured as cable select and will be used as additional storage only,
plug either the black or gray cable connector into the ATA
connector on the hard drive.
Connect the power cable to the hard drive.
4.
If you are attaching a second device to the same ATA cable,
5.
plug the ATA and power connectors into this device.
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