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Dell™OptiPlex™GX60SystemsUser'sGuide
General Installation Guidelines
Hard Drive
Front-Panel Inserts
Floppy Drive
CD/DVD Drive
Your computer supports:
lOne hard drive
lOne floppy or optional Zip drive
lOne optional CD or DVD drive
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General Installation Guidelines
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Connect hard drives to the connector labeled "IDE1," and connect CD/DVD drives to the connector labeled "IDE2."
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IDE Drive Addressing
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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.
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Connecting Drive Cables
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When you install a drive, you connect two cables—a DC power cable and a data cable—to the back of the drive and to the system board. Some drives may
also have an audio connector; one end of the audio cable will attach to the drive connector and the other will attach to the system board.
IDE Drive Connector
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1
CD/DVD drive
2
floppy drive
3
hard drive