Cabling Storage Devices; Ide Drive Cabling - NEC PowerMate Professional 9000E Series User Manual

Cabling Storage Devices

All storage devices require power and signal cable
connections. Devices shipped with the system are already
connected.
Your computer supports four types of cabled storage devices:
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IDE devices — includes hard drive, Zip drive, tape backup
unit, or CD-ROM drive
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diskette drive — 1.44-MB drive
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PC card adapter (with a PC adapter card)
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SCSI devices.

IDE Drive Cabling

The following procedure describes how to cable an IDE
drive.
Note:
vary from the one shown.
1. Connect the signal cable connector to the connector on
the IDE drive.
Take care to prevent bending drive connector pins. Align
the cable connector as shown in the following figure.
2. Locate an available power connector coming from the
power supply.
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