Installing Mass Storage Devices - HP Vectra VL800 User Manual

Installing Mass Storage Devices

The PC has an integrated Ultra ATA-100 controller that supports up to four
IDE devices. Removable media IDE devices, such as CD-ROM drives, DVD
drives, tape drives and Zip drives, require front access. In addition to the
floppy disk drive, your PC can support another 3.5-inch internal device plus
three front-access 5.25-inch devices. Note that one front-access shelf may
already have an optical drive installed in it.
You can physically install up to two 7.2 or 10 Krpm hard disk drives in the
minitower chassis.
Refer to the drive's manual to see if you must set jumpers or if there is a
special installation procedure to follow.
Cables and Connectors (all models)
If you add an IDE Zip drive, hard disk drive, DVD drive, CD-ROM drive, CD­
RW drive, or tape drive, you need to connect it to power and data cables.
The data cables and connectors provided are shown below:
Secondary IDE cable for access devices
such as CD-ROM Drives or Zip Drives
Secondary IDE
Connector
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Primary IDE Connector
Installing Mass Storage Devices
Two IDE data cables each
with two connectors for IDE
Drives
Primary IDE cable supports
two Hard Disk Drives
Cable with one 34-pin
connector for
3.5-inch Floppy Disk Drive
Floppy Disk Drive Connector
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