Installing and Removing Drives
When installing additional drives, follow these guidelines:
●The primary Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive must be connected to the dark blue primary SATA connector on the system board labeled SATA0.
●Connect a SATA optical drive to the white SATA connector on the system board labeled SATA1.
●Connect devices in order of SATA0, SATA1, then SATA2
●Connect an optional eSATA adapter cable to the black ESATA connector on the system board.
●Connect a media card reader USB cable to the USB connector on the system board labeled MEDIA. If the media card reader has a 1394 port, connect the 1394 cable to the 1394 PCI card.
●The system does not support Parallel ATA (PATA) optical drives or PATA hard drives.
●You must install guide screws to ensure the drive will line up correctly in the drive cage and lock in place. HP has provided extra guide screws for the external drive bays (five
Figure 2-19 Extra Guide Screw Locations
No. | Guide Screw | Device |
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1 | Black M3 Metric Screws | All Drives (except hard drives) |
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2 | Silver | Secondary Hard Drive |
There are at total of five extra silver
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