Installing Optical And Storage Drives; Optical And Storage Drives Installation - Asus Pundit P1-AH1 User Manual

2.9 Installing optical and storage drives

2.9.1 Optical and storage drives installation

The system supports one Ultra ATA 100/66 IDE or one Serial ATA hard disk drive.
Configure your hard disk drive as Master device before installing it in
the storage drive assembly. Refer to the HDD documentation on how
to set the drive as a Master device.
To install an IDE hard disk drive and optical drive:
1. Turn the storage drive assembly upside down with the 3.5-inch bay
on top of the 5.25-inch bay.
2. Insert the optical drive upside down to the 5.25-inch bay, then secure
it with two screws on both sides.
3. Turn the storage drive assembly, insert the hard disk drive upside
down to the 3.5-inch bay, then secure it with two screws on both
sides.
4. Connect the black plug of the IDE cable to the optical drive, then the
gray plug to the hard disk drive.
5. Connect the 4-pin power plugs to the power connectors at the back of
the drives.
6. Install the storage drive assembly to the chassis.
7. Secure the storage drive assembly with three screws.
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