Asus 7700 2.5Installing a hard disk drive

The photo shows the motherboard installed in the chassis.

2.5Installing a hard disk drive

The chassis supports three IDE/

Serial ATA hard disk drives.

Internal hard disk driv e bays

Configure your hard disk drive as Master/Slave device before installing it to the chassis. Refer to the HDD documentation on how to set the drive as a Master/Slave device.

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Chapter 2: Basic installation

Contents

Page E2539 Revised Edition March Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Basic installation Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Safety information Electrical safety Operation safety About this guide How this guide is organized Where to find more information Conventions Page 1.1Welcome 1.2Package contents 1.3System specifications 1.4Exploded drawing 1.5Internal features Page 2.1Preparation Basic components to install Tool 2.2Removing the side panel Page 2.3Installing the power supply unit (PSU) Voltage selector 2.4Installing the motherboard 2.5Installing a hard disk drive 2.5.1Installing an IDE hard disk drive Page 2.5.2Installing a Serial ATA hard disk drive 2.6Installing a 5.25-inchdrive Page Page 2.7Installing a 3.5-inchfloppy disk drive Page 2.8Installing expansion cards Page 2.9Replacing the side panel ASUS contact information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taiwan) ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany/Austria)