Installing Mass Storage Devices; Connecting Ide Devices - HP Vectra VE5 3 User Manual

Installing Mass Storage Devices

You can install additional mass storage devices, if you need extra mass
storage space for your application software.
NOTE You can install a non-IDE hard disk drive or CD-ROM device, but it will
need an accessory board and driver software (usually supplied with the
device). Contact the product vendor for further information.

Connecting IDE Devices

There are two IDE connectors on the system board. One of these
connectors is empty (labelled "CD-ROM"), and one has a cable
connected marked "HDD". The hard drive cable has connectors for two
HDD IDE devices. The master connector of this data cable must be
connected to the bootable or master hard disk drive.
Connector for slave IDE device
(for example: connect a
non-bootable hard disk drive here)
Connector for master IDE device
(connect the bootable hard disk
drive here)
NOTE If you add a CD-ROM, we recommend that you connect it to the empty
CD-ROM connector using a separate IDE data cable. (The IDE cable is
available separately as an HP accessory). Connecting a CD-ROM and a
hard drive on the same IDE data cable will alter the HDD performance.
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