General Installation Guidelines; Connecting Drive Cables; Hard Drive; Drive Interface Connectors - Dell Dimension 1100 Service Manual

Drives
Your computer supports a combination of these devices:
One hard drive
One optional floppy
Up to two CD or DVD drives

General Installation Guidelines

Connect the IDE hard drive to the system board connector labeled PRI IDE. Connect CD/DVD drives to the connector labeled
J6J1.
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 primary or the boot device (drive 0), and the device attached to the
middle connector on the interface cable is the secondary 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. Some drives may also have an audio connector; one end of the audio cable will attach to the drive connector
and the other will attach to the system board.

Drive Interface Connectors

Most interface connectors are keyed for correct insertion; that is, a notch or a missing pin on one connector matches a tab or
a filled-in hole on the other connector.
When connecting an IDE cable, ensure you align the colored stripe with the pin 1 connector. When disconnecting an IDE cable,
grasp the colored pull tab and pull until the connector detaches.

Power Cable Connector

Hard Drive

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions located in
the Product Information Guide.