The flat ribbon cables are the interface cables for internal drives. These interface cables are described in more detail in Chapter 8, “Installing Drives in the External Bays,” and Chapter 9, “Installing Drives in the Internal Bays.”

The system board—the large, vertical printed circuit board at the right side of the chassis—holds the com- puter’s control circuitry and other electronic components. Hardware options are installed directly onto the system board in the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) or Extended Industry-Standard Architecture (EISA) expan- sion-card connectors. The external drive bays provide space for up to three half-height drives—typically a dis- kette drive is installed in the top bay, a CD-ROM drive in the middle bay, and the bottom bay is reserved for an optional drive (often a tape drive for backing up data from the hard-disk drives). The internal drive bays pro- vide space for up to three 3.5-inch small computer system interface (SCSI) hard-disk drives. Drives installed in the internal drive bays can be up to 1.6 inches high.

During an installation procedure, you may be required to change a jumper or switch setting on the system board, on an expansion card, or on a drive. For more information, see “Jumpers—A General Explanation” in Appendix B.

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2100/180, 2100/200 specifications

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