General Installation Guidelines; Ide Drive Addressing - Dell GX280DT - GX280 Desktop Computer User Manual

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Drives
Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX280 Systems User's Guide
General Installation Guidelines
Hard Drive
Adding a Second Hard Drive
Drive-Panel Inserts
Floppy Drive
CD/DVD Drive
Your computer supports:
two serial ATA hard drives
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two floppy or optional Zip drives
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two CD or DVD drives
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NOTE: Due to the limited amount of drive bays and IDE controllers on this computer, you will not be able to connect all devices at once.
1 CD/DVD drive
2 floppy drive
3 power supply
General Installation Guidelines
Connect CD/DVD drives to the connector labeled "IDE" on the
SATA1," "SATA2," or "SATA3" on the

IDE Drive Addressing

When you connect two IDE devices to a single IDE interface cable and configure them for the cable select setting, the device attached to the last connector on
the interface cable is the master or boot device (drive 0), and the device attached to the middle connector on the interface cable is the slave device (drive 1).
See the drive documentation in your upgrade kit for information on configuring devices for the cable select setting.
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
IDE Drive Connector Serial ATA
system
system board.
board. Serial ATA hard drives should be connected to the connectors labeled "SATA0,"