Connectors And Settings For Additional Drives - IBM Aptiva Hardware Handbook

Connectors and settings for
additional drives
After you have installed a drive in your system unit, use
these instructions to attach the drive to the correct
system board connector and make the appropriate drive
settings.
For instructions on changing a drive's setting, see the
note:
documentation that came with the new drive.
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If you are installing a first or second hard disk drive,
attach it to Local Bus connector 1.
Set the newly installed drive as a master device if:
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It is the only drive attached to the connector.
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Another drive that is not a hard disk drive (such as
a CD-ROM) is already attached to the connector.
Set the drive that is already attached to the
connector as the slave device.
Set the newly installed hard disk as a slave device if
another hard disk is already attached to the
connector.
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If you are installing a third or fourth hard disk drive,
attach it to Local Bus connector 2.
Set the newly installed drive as a master device if:
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It is the only drive attached to the connector.
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Another drive that is not a hard disk drive is
already attached to the connector. Set the drive
that is already attached to the connector as the
Slave device. (If your computer came with a
CD-ROM drive preinstalled, see page 96 to set the
CD-ROM as a Slave device.)
Set the newly installed hard disk as a slave device if
another hard disk is already attached to the
connector.
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If you are installing a CD-ROM drive (or any drive
that requires a software device driver), you can
attach it to Local Bus connector 1 or 2.
Set the newly installed drive as a master device if it
is the only drive attached to the connector.
Otherwise, set the new drive as a slave device.
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If you are installing a diskette drive, attach the drive
to the diskette connector. Set the newly installed
drive to the Drive 1 address.
If the new drive is a:
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5.25-inch device, you must purchase a signal
cable with a "card edge" connector. Attach the
card edge connector to the 5.25" drive.
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3.5-inch device, you may have to purchase a
signal cable.
You do not have to change any settings on a diskette
note:
drive that is already installed.
Installing additional drives 97