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15. Route the signal cable so that it does not block the airflow to the rear of the
16. Connect the power cable to the back of the drive. The connectors are keyed
17. Push the drive cage outward, and press in on the drive-cage release tab.
18. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now.
19. Replace the support bracket (see "Removing and installing the support
20. Replace the side cover (see "Replacing the side cover" on page 64).
21. Reconnect the external cables and power cords; then, turn on the attached
Power and signal cables for internal drives
Your computer uses cables to connect IDE, Serial ATA, and SCSI devices to the
power supply and to the system board. (See "System-board internal connectors" on
page 37 for the location of system-board connectors.) Review the following
information before connecting power and signal cables to internal drives:
v The drives that are preinstalled in your computer come with power and signal
v When you install a drive, make sure that one of the drive connectors of the signal
v When you install a drive, set the jumpers either to disable auto-start or to delay
v The computer has two IDE buses, primary and secondary. Each of these buses
v If you have only one IDE device on a cable, it must be set as a master device.
v If two IDE devices are used on a single cable, one must be designated as the
The following cables are provided:
v Power cables: Four-wire power cables connect the drives to the power supply.
v Signal cables: Signal cables typically are flat cables, also called ribbon cables,
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information about cabling drives and "System-board internal connectors" on
page 37 for the location of Serial ATA and SCSI connectors on the system
board.
drives or over any microprocessor.
and can be inserted only one way.
Rotate the cage part-way into the computer; then, reconnect any power cables
you disconnected in step 8 and rotate the cage the rest of the way back into
the computer. Make sure that the drives and cables do not strike the
microprocessor fan sink.
bracket" on page 40).
devices and the computer.
cables attached. If you replace any drives, remember which cable is attached to
which drive, or label the cables.
cable is connected to the drive and that the connector at the other end of the
signal cable is connected to the system board.
startup, to prevent the system power supply from being overtaxed by all drives
trying to spin up at once.
supports up to two IDE devices. The primary IDE bus uses connector IDE1 on
the system board and the secondary IDE bus uses connector IDE2.
master device and the other as the subordinate device; otherwise, the computer
might not recognize some of the IDE devices. The master and subordinate
designation is determined by switch or jumper settings on each IDE device.
At the end of these cables are plastic connectors that can be attached to
different drives; these connectors vary in size. With Serial ATA drives, you can
use either a four-wire power cable or a five-wire Serial ATA power cable, but do
not use both at the same time (use one or the other).
that connect IDE, SATA, SCSI, and diskette drives to the system board. Two or
three types of signal cable come with your computer: