Connecting The Cables To The Front Internal Drive - Epson ActionTower 8000 User Manual

Connecting the Cables to the Front Internal Drive

Follow these steps to connect the IDE device and power cables
to the front internal drive:
1. Locate one of the IDE device cables that are connected to the
IDE interfaces 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. A red wire is on one
side of the cable. (See "Locating the 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 hard disk drives. You cannot connect a
CD-ROM drive and hard disk drive to the same interface.
2. Identify the IDE device connector you will use on the IDE
device cable.
3. Locate pin 1 on the drive connector. The number I or 2 may
be printed on the drive's connector or circuit board to
identify the side of the connector containing pin 1.
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red wire
IDE device
connectors