General Installation Guidelines - Dell Optiflex 740 User Manual

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Dell™ Optiplex™ 740 Systems
User's Guide
Drives
Drives
Your computer supports:
Two SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives
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One optional floppy drive or Media Card Reader
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Two optical drives
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1 optical drive 2 floppy drive or media card reader

General Installation Guidelines

NOTE: Connect the first SATA hard drive to the blue SATA0 connector.
Connect SATA hard drives to the connectors labeled "SATA0" or "SATA1." Connect SATA CD or DVD drives to the connectors labeled "SATA2" or "SATA3" on the
system board (see System 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 and to the system board.
Drive Interface Connectors
Serial ATA Connector
1 interface cable connector
3 hard drive
for information about mini tower system board connectors).
2 interface connector