Data Storage Devices; Device Support; Device Slots - NEC PowerMate Pro150 Series Service Manual

3-16 Option Installation

Data Storage Devices

The following sections provides information about installing storage devices in the system.
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Device Support

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Device Slots

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Device Preparation
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Device Cables
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Storage Device Installation
Device Support
The system board in the computer supports the following peripheral storage devices:
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up to two diskette drives, including the standard 1.44-MB diskette drive
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up to four IDE devices such as IDE hard disks and an IDE CD-ROM reader.
Other storage devices might require the installation of a compatible controller board.
Device Slots
The system has six storage device slots:
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a 3 1/2-inch accessible device slot which contains the standard 1.44-MB diskette
drive
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two 3 1/2-inch internal hard disk drive slots (1-inch high, thin-height)
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All configurations come with an IDE hard disk installed.
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three 5 1/4-inch accessible device slots (1.6-inch high, half-height)
In multimedia models, one accessible device slot contains the standard CD-ROM reader.
You can install accessible devices such as a diskette drive, tape drive, or CD-ROM reader
with a 5 1/4-inch form factor (frame) in the 5 1/4-inch slots.
You can also install a hard disk with a 5 1/4-inch form factor in the 5 1/4-inch slots.