Apple MD772LL/A, MC561LL/A, MD770LL/A, MC560LL/A manual Installing Internal Storage Devices

Installing Internal Storage Devices

Your Mac Pro has room for six internal drives: two optical drives, and four hard disk or solid state drives. In most configurations, a single drive occupies the first drive bay and an optical drive is located in the upper optical drive bay.

You can add up to three 3.5-inch cable-free Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives to the empty drive bays. The drives must meet these specifications:

ÂÂ Type: SATA 3 Gb/s

ÂÂ Width: 3.9 inches (102 mm)

ÂÂ Depth: 5.7 inches (147 mm)

ÂÂ Height: 1.0 inch (25.4 mm)

You can add up to three 2.5-inch solid state disk drives (SSDs) to the empty drive bays. The drives must meet these specifications:

ÂÂ Type: SATA 3 Gb/s

ÂÂ Width: 2.5 inches (63.5 mm)

The solid state drives (SSD) come with adapters that fit the 3.5-inch drive bays.

For more information about requirements or supported devices, visit an Apple Authorized Reseller, the Apple Store at www.apple.com/store, or the Mac Pro Support website at www.apple.com/support/macpro.

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