General Installation Guidelines; Connecting Drive Cables; Drive Interface Connectors - Dell OptiPlex GX520  User Manual

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Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX520 User's Guide
  Drives
 Drives
Your computer supports:
 One serial ATA hard drive
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 One optional ATA hard drive
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 One optional floppy drive
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 One optional CD or DVD drive
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1 CD/DVD drive
2 floppy drive
3 hard drive
 

General Installation Guidelines

Connect CD/DVD drives to the connector labeled "IDE" on the system board. Serial ATA hard drives should be connected to the connectors labeled "SATA0" or
"SATA2" on the
system
board.
 

Connecting Drive Cables

When you install a drive, you connect two cables—a DC power cable and a data cable—to the back of the drive and to the system board.
 

Drive Interface Connectors

 
 
IDE Drive Connector
Serial ATA Connector
1 colored stripe on IDE cable
2 interface cable connector
3 interface connector

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