General Installation Guidelines; Connecting Drive Cables - Dell DIMENSION 3000 SYSTEMS DMC Owner's Manual

General Installation Guidelines

Connect IDE hard drives 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
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Removing and Installing Parts
power input
connector
power cable