Installing The First Optical Drive; Installing A Parallel Ata Drive - Lenovo 9686 Hardware Installation And Replacement Manual

3. Locate the IDE connector on the system board. See "Identifying parts on the
4. Connect one end of the signal cable to the drive and the other to the IDE
5. Locate the extra four-wire power connector labelled P4 and connect it to the
Figure 17. Installing the first optical drive
Connecting a parallel ATA drive
1. Locate the extra connector on the three-connector signal cable that is attached
2. Connect the extra connector on the signal cable to the new drive.
3. Locate the extra four-wire power connector and connect it to the drive.
Figure 18. Installing a parallel ATA drive
Connecting a serial ATA drive
A serial optical or additional hard disk drive can be connected to any available
SATA connector.
1. Locate the signal cable that comes with the new drive.
2. Locate an available SATA connector on the system board. See "Identifying parts
3. Connect one end of the signal cable to the drive and the other to an available
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system board" on page 9.
connector on the system board. To reduce electronic noise, use the connectors at
the end of the cable only.
drive.
to the IDE connector on the system board. See "Identifying parts on the system
board" on page 9.
on the system board" on page 9.
SATA connector on the system board.