2.5.2Installing a Serial ATA hard disk drive

To install a Serial ATA hard disk drive:

1.Follow steps 1 to 4 of section “2.5.1 Installing an IDE hard disk drive.”

2.Connect one end of the 7-pin Serial ATA cable to the SATA interface at the back of the drive then connect the other end to a SATA connector on the motherboard.

Refer to the motherboard

3

2

 

 

 

user guide for the location

 

 

 

of the Serial ATA

 

 

 

connectors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.Connect the 15-pin SATA power plug from the PSU to the power connector at the back of the drive.

-OR-

Connect a 4-pin (female)

 

power plug from the power

 

supply unit (PSU) to the 4-pin

 

(male) power connector at the

3

back of the drive.

Use either the 15-pin Serial ATA power connector O R the legacy 4-pin power connector. DO NOT use both to prevent damage to components and to keep the system from becoming unstable.

ASUS VENTO 7700

2 - 9