General Installation Guidelines; Connecting Drive Cables; Drive Interface Connectors - Dell OptiPlex 320 User Manual

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Drives
Dell™ OptiPlex™ 320 User's Guide
Drives
General Installation Guidelines
CD/DVD Drive
Floppy Drive
Hard Drive
Your computer supports:
One SATA (serial ATA) hard drive
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One optional floppy drive
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One optional CD or DVD drive
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1 CD/DVD drive
2 floppy drive
3 hard drive
General Installation Guidelines

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 Connector
1 colored stripe on IDE cable
2 interface cable connector
3 interface connector