Attaching Cables And Mounting The Drive - Seagate MEDALIST 17240 ST313030A Installation Manual

6 Medalist 17240, 13030, 10231, 8420 and 4310, Rev. B

Attaching cables and mounting the drive

1. If you are attaching a new ATA interface cable to a single drive,
attach one end of the cable to the interface connector on your
host adapter or motherboard. Motherboard connectors can be
identified by the IDE or HDD 40-pin connector. The ATA cable
must be no more than 18 inches (457 mm) long.
2. Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach
the connector at the end of the interface cable to your new
drive.
Note. If you have two drives, you can use either connector for
the master or slave drive.
Figure 2. Attaching the cables
Caution. To avoid possible damage to your system,
!
make sure to align pin 1 on the host adapter or mother-
board with pin 1 on your drive or drives. Pin 1 on the
interface cable is usually indicated by a stripe along the
edge of the cable.
Pin 1
Host
adapter