Installing Additional Drives - HP dx2818 - Microtower PC Hardware Reference Manual

Installing Additional Drives

When installing additional drives, follow these guidelines:
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The primary Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive must be connected to the dark blue primary SATA
connector on the system board labeled SATA1.
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Connect the first SATA optical drive to the white SATA connector on the system board labeled
SATA2.
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Connect a second SATA optical drive to the orange SATA4 connector.
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Connect a second SATA hard drive to the light blue SATA3 connector.
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Connect a diskette drive to the connector labeled FLOPPY.
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Connect a media card reader to the USB connector labeled F_USB2.
● The system does not support Parallel ATA (PATA) optical drives or PATA hard drives.
● You may install either a third-height or a half-height drive into a half-height bay.
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If needed, HP has provided extra drive retainer screws on the interior of the front bezel that are
used to secure the drives in the drive cage. Hard drives use 6-32 standard screws. All other drives
use M3 metric screws. The HP-supplied 6-32 standard screws (1) are silver. The HP-supplied M3
metric guide screws (2) are black.
Figure 2-16
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Extra Drive Retainer Screws Location
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