Mount The Drive - IBM Deskstar 25GP Installation And Reference Manual

Note: The 40 pin, 80 conductor ATA/IDE cable provided with the IBM Deskstar is color coded for
the Master, Slave, and system connectors. The Master connector is black, the Slave connector is
gray, and the system connector is blue.
• To use the provided ATA/IDE cable, remove the existing cable from the primary
ATA/IDE connector of your motherboard or controller card.
• Attach the blue connector of the ATA/IDE cable to the ATA/IDE connector
marked "Primary" or "0" on the motherboard or controller card. The primary ATA/IDE
connector controls the first and second ATA/IDE devices in the system.
Note: The pin 1 edge of an ATA/IDE cable is marked with a colored stripe. The connectors are also
keyed to insert one way only.
• Attach a power cable to each hard disk drive.
• Attach the black connector of the ATA/IDE cable to the Master drive.
• Attach the gray connector of the ATA/IDE cable to the Slave drive.

Mount the drive

Note: Drive bays and other enclosures vary in size and orientation from system to system. They
m ay be or i ent ed ver t i cal l y, hor i zont al l y, upsi de dow n, or si dew ays.
mounted with any side or end vertical or horizontal, but must not be mounted in a tilted position.
• Mount the drive as instructed by your computer system manual.
The IBM Deskstar can be
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