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Storage Device
Your computer has the following cables which may be used by storage devices:
Cables
•
A primary
which is already connected to the Master connector on this cable.
•
A secondary IDE drive cable with two connectors. If you already have a
Master connector on this cable. If you install a CD-ROM drive, or a third hard disk drive, or both, connect it or them to
this cable.
•
A floppy disk drive cable. This supports up to two floppy disk drives (or one floppy disk drive and one tape drive). One
3.5-inch floppy disk drive (drive A:) is already connected to the Master connector on this cable.
System Board
If you add a floppy disk drive, hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, Zip drive, or tape drive, you need to connect it to power
and data cables. The connectors are shaped to fit one way only. The data cables are shown below.
Connectors
System Board
IDE
hard disk drive cable with two connectors. This cable supports up to two IDE hard disk drives, one of
FDD
Floppy Disk Connector
CD-ROM
Secondary IDE Connector
HDD
Primary IDE Connector
CD-ROM
drive installed, it is connected to the
FDD
Master (Drive A)
FDD Slave
Connectors for 3.5-inch Floppy
Disk Drives or Tape Drives
3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories
Adding Accessories
Connectors for Secondary
IDE Devices (CD-ROM
Drives, Zip Drives, or IDE
Hard Disk Drives)
Secondary Slave
Secondary Master
Primary Master
Connectors for Primary
IDE Devices
Primary Slave
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