Dell 350 manual Drives, Overview, IDE Drive Addressing, Connecting Drive Cables

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Dell Precision™ Workstation 350 Service Manual

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the System Information Guide.

Overview

Your computer supports:

Two hard drives

Two floppy drives

Two CD or DVD drives

1CD/DVD drive(s)

2floppy drive(s)

3hard drive(s)

IDE Drive Addressing

When you connect two IDE devices to a single IDE interface cable and configure them for the cable select setting, the device attached to the last connector on the interface cable is the master or boot device (drive 0), and the device attached to the middle connector on the interface cable is the slave device (drive 1). See the drive documentation in your upgrade kit for information on configuring devices for the cable select setting.

Your computer supports up to two IDE devices. Hard drives should be connected to the connector labeled "PRI IDE," and CD/DVD drives should be connected to the connector labeled "SEC IDE."

Connecting Drive Cables

When you install a drive, you connect two cables—a DC power cable and an interface cable—to the back of the drive.

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