Connecting The Cables To The Front Internal Drive - Epson ActionPC 7300 User Manual

Connecting the Cables to the Front Internal Drive

Follow these steps to
to the front internal drive:
1.
Locate the IDE device cables that are connected to the IDE
interface on the system board. They are flat cables with a
system board connector at one end and two IDE device
connectors at the other end. The cable has a red wire on
one side. (If necessary, see "Locating System Board
Components" in Chapter 4 to find the primary and
secondary IDE interfaces on the system board.)
system board
connector
Use the primary IDE interface for your boot drive and your
second hard disk drive; use the secondary IDE interface to
connect IDE CD-ROM drives, other IDE devices, or your
third and fourth drives. You cannot connect a CD-ROM
drive and hard disk drive to the same interface.
Identify the IDE device connector you will use on the IDE
2.
device cable.
Locate pin 1 on the drive connector. The number 1 or 2 may
3.
be printed on the drive's connector or circuit board to
identify the side of the connector containing pin 1.
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the IDE device and power cables
connect
red wire
IDE device
connectors