Connecting Drives - Lenovo ThinkCentre 8111 User Manual

7. Install the drive into the bay until it snaps into position.
8. Continue at "Connecting drives."

Connecting drives

The steps to connect a drive are different depending on the type of drive you are
connecting. Use one of the following procedures for your drive connection.
Connecting an optical drive or a parallel ATA hard disk drive
1. Locate the two-connector signal cable that comes with your computer or with
2. Locate the PATA primary IDE connector on the system board. See "Identifying
3. Connect one end of the signal cable to the drive and the other to the PATA
4. Locate the extra four-wire power connector and connect it to the drive.
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the new drive.
parts on the system board" on page 13.
primary IDE connector on the system board.