General Installation Guidelines; Connecting Drive Cables; Drive Interface Connectors - Dell OptiPlex GX745 User'smanual

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Drives
Dell™ OptiPlex™ 745 User's Guide
General Installation Guidelines
Hard Drive
Drive-Panel Inserts
Floppy Drive and Media Card Reader
Optical Drive
Your computer supports:
Two SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives
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One floppy drive or Media Card Reader
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Two SATA optical drives
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NOTE: Due to the limited number of drive bays and controllers on this computer, you will not be able to connect all supported devices at once.
1 optical drive
2 floppy drive
3 hard drive
General Installation Guidelines
Connect SATA hard drives to the connectors labeled "SATA0" or "SATA1." Connect SATA optical drives to SATA connectors on the system board (see
Board Components).

Connecting Drive Cables

When you install a drive, you connect two cables—a DC power cable and a data cable—to the back of the drive.

Drive Interface Connectors

SATA Connector
System