Pata Cable Layout; Pata Drive Installation Guidelines - HP Dx5150 - Compaq Business Desktop Reference Manual

Serial and Parallel ATA Drive Guidelines and Features

4.2.3 PATA Cable Layout

The faces of industry-standard cable connectors are color-coded for easy recognition:
■
System board connector = blue face
■
Device 0 connector = black face
■
Device 1 connector = gray face
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The color code of an industry-standard cable is applicable only if the drive's jumper is in the
cable-select position.
Single-Drive Cable
Two-Drive Cable
On a two-drive cable, the Drive/Device 0 connector is always the farthest one from the system
board connector and the Drive/Device 1 connector is always the closest to the system board
connector.
✎
Some cables may be labeled "Drive 0" instead of "Device 0" and "Drive 1" instead of
"Device 1".

4.3 PATA Drive Installation Guidelines

Ä CAUTION: HP only supports a PATA hard drive in SATA systems when the PATA hard drive is used in
a MultiBay device.
This computer system board has one Parallel ATA (PATA) channel.
The channel can have up to two devices attached to it. All drives are connected to a channel
using an industry-standard 80-conductor cable.
✎
The industry standard 1.44 MB diskette drive has its own separate channel and is not included as
a part of the maximum four drives.
4–4
System
Board
Blue
Face
System
Board
Blue
Face
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Device 0
Black
Face
Device 0
Device 1
Gray Black
Face Face
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