HP dx5150 4.3PATA Drive Installation Guidelines, 4.2.3 PATA Cable Layout, Single-DriveCable, Two-DriveCable

Serial and Parallel ATA Drive Guidelines and Features

4.2.3 PATA Cable Layout

The faces of industry-standard cable connectors are color-coded for easy recognition:

■System board connector = blue face

■Device 0 connector = black face

■Device 1 connector = gray face

✎The color code of an industry-standard cable is applicable only if the drive’s jumper is in the cable-select position.

Single-Drive Cable

System		Device 0
Board
	Blue	Black
	Face	Face

Two-Drive Cable

System		Device	1	Device 0
Board
	Blue	Gray		Black
	Face	Face		Face

On a two-drive cable, the Drive/Device 0 connector is always the farthest one from the system board connector and the Drive/Device 1 connector is always the closest to the system board connector.

✎Some cables may be labeled “Drive 0” instead of “Device 0” and “Drive 1” instead of “Device 1”.

4.3PATA Drive Installation Guidelines

ÄCAUTION: HP only supports a PATA hard drive in SATA systems when the PATA hard drive is used in a MultiBay device.

This computer system board has one Parallel ATA (PATA) channel.

The channel can have up to two devices attached to it. All drives are connected to a channel using an industry-standard 80-conductor cable.

✎The industry standard 1.44 MB diskette drive has its own separate channel and is not included as a part of the maximum four drives.

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