IBM ATA-3 manual Attaching the Cables to the Drive, Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide

Step 6. Attaching the Cables to the Drive

Use the following procedure to attach the cables.

Pin 1

Pin 40

1. Locate	a free device		connector	on	the IDE	interface	cable in your
computer.	The	illustration	shows	an	interface	cable with	three
connectors	and	two attached devices.

One

end

connector

and

the

middle

connector

on

the

cable

connect

to

the

storage

devices.

The

other

end

of

the

cable

connects

to

the

IDE

port.

The

IDE

port

can

be

on

the

computer

system

board

or

on

an

adapter

installed

in

an

expansion

slot. For

the

best

signal

quality

when

you

have

only

one

device

on

the

IDE

cable,

connect

the

device

to

the

connector

on

the

end

opposite

the

IDE

port.

2. Attach an available connector

on

the

interface

cable

to

the

connector

on

the

hard

disk

drive.

Be

sure

that

pin

1,

the

colored

wire

on

the

interface

cable

is

closest

to

the

dc

power

connector.

3. Find

an

unused

power

connector

on

a

cable

coming

from

the

computer power supply and attach

it

to

the

four-pin

dc

power

connector.

The

power

connector

is

keyed

so

that

it

attaches

one

way only. Do not force it.

If

the

connector

does

not

attach

using

reasonable

pressure,

turn

it

and

try

again.

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